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  • It probably really depends on the project, though I’d probably try and start with the tests that are easiest/nicest to write and those which will be most useful. Look for complex logic that is also quite self-contained.

    That will probably help to convince others of the value of tests if they aren’t onboard already.


  • I think calling it just like a database of likely responses is too much of a simplification and downplays what it is capable of.

    I also don’t really see why the way it works is relevant to it being “smart” or not. It depends how you define “smart”, but I don’t see any proof of the assumptions people seem to make about the limitations of what an LLM could be capable of (with a larger model, better dataset, better training, etc).

    I’m definitely not saying I can tell what LLMs could be capable of, but I think saying “people think ChatGPT is smart but it actually isn’t because <simplification of what an LLM is>” is missing a vital step to make it a valid logical argument.

    The argument is relying on incorrect intuition people have. Before seeing ChatGPT I reckon if you’d told people how an LLM worked they wouldn’t have expected it to be able to do things it can do (for example if you ask it to write a rhyming poem about a niche subject it wouldn’t have a comparable poem about in its dataset).

    A better argument would be to pick something that LLMs can’t currently do that it should be able to do if it’s “smart”, and explain the inherent limitation of an LLM which prevents it from doing that. This isn’t something I’ve really seen, I guess because it’s not easy to do. The closest I’ve seen is an explanation of why LLMs are bad at e.g. maths (like adding large numbers), but I’ve still not seen anything to convince me that this is an inherent limitation of LLMs.


  • The things I’m doing are mainly just as a hobby at the moment, so the advice of others may be more relevant to you, but I’ve learned a lot from and really enjoyed just creating a really overkill stack for a simple web app I made.

    I’m talking setting up grafana for monitoring, using ansible/terraform, setting up backups, etc etc. Lots of just picking cool software I’ve heard about and trying to stuff it into my use case.



  • Thanks for the info on crossposting! I thought I’d seen someone mention a cross posting feature but couldn’t see any button to do it. I’m using the Jerboa app on Android which I guess doesn’t have that button, but I see it on the website now as you say.

    It’s also good to know that linking to the original URL is generally better and the rest can be handled by the UI - that does seem nicer.




  • qwop@programming.devOPtoDevOps@programming.devGitLab Outage
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    1 year ago

    I find it funny how the updates slowly seem to realise that people can’t access the GitLab issue because it’s down.

    Starts with “details in”, then “details will be posted”, then “will be posted once available” then “once availability has been restored”




  • My experience using docker on windows has been pretty awful, it would randomly become completely unresponsive, sometimes taking 100% CPU in the process. Couldn’t stop it without restarting my computer. Tried reinstalling and various things, still no help. Only found a GitHub issue with hundreds of comments but no working workarounds/solutions.

    When it does work it still manages to feel… fragile, although maybe that’s just because of my experience with it breaking.





  • Ah, that’s too boring. I have a range of responses to pick from to keep things interesting:

    • LGTM
    • Nice
    • Looks good
    • Thanks
    • Looks great
    • :thumbsup:
    • Looks good to me
    • :shipit:

    For me, no text means “I haven’t really reviewed this properly so don’t want to write anything that could be used against me if (when?) this breaks something in prod”