jballanc

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  1. Let's say, hypothetically, that you had a model that did not need to re-train in order to incorporate new information in its weights. What would you do with such a model?

  2. Just what the title says: I'm wondering why we're still, years after ChatGPT, having to wait weeks or months for "the next version" of a model when so much else in the software world has moved toward continuous…

  3. The Singularity Is Coming (manhattanmetric.com)
  4. A quick bit of background: I have a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology and published a peer-reviewed paper on my thesis topic when I was in grad school. Then, I went to work as a software engineer. Now, since leaving…

  5. For the past 15 years I have wanted to write a Scheme implementation that was, effectively, macros to LLVM. When I first got my hands on Cursor and was looking for some random, non-critical project to "vibe code" on, I…

  6. The last 12-18 months or so I've started to realize that I'm having a harder time reviewing code, especially if that code is from a stranger (e.g. on an OSS project) or a new colleague. I find that I will take a first…