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New comment by abkolan in "Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work"

abkolan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:36:02 +0000

It's here https://github.com/arman-bd/guppylm/blob/main/guppylm/genera...

New comment by abkolan in "Good Taste the Only Real Moat Left"

abkolan — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:50:52 +0000

Ever since Rick Rubin has been on his book tour, he has become the patron saint of Product Manger Tech Twitter.

New comment by abkolan in "Taste in the age of AI and LLMs"

abkolan — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:47:01 +0000

Looks like the comments on this article are too.

New comment by abkolan in "Good Taste the Only Real Moat Left"

abkolan — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:44:25 +0000

I think it's just an internet trope at this moment.

New comment by abkolan in "Taste in the age of AI and LLMs"

abkolan — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:43:09 +0000

What's evergreen about it?

New comment by abkolan in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

abkolan — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:50:02 +0000

Thank you for saying this. Some journos don’t mind crossing the line for a click bait headline.

New comment by abkolan in "I'm OK being left behind, thanks"

abkolan — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:11:00 +0000

A certain YC company fired a few employees for not using AI, the CEO bragged about it on X and incidentally it was a crypto company.

New comment by abkolan in "Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language"

abkolan — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:18:23 +0000

Input: I ate an ice cream.

Output: I’m thrilled to share that I’ve successfully completed a strategic session of personal refueling by optimizing my afternoon with a premium cold-chain dairy solution.

In today’s fast-paced environment, it’s vital to pause and celebrate the small wins. This experience reminded me of the importance of temperature control, instant gratification, and the power of a well-timed reward.

Key takeaways:

1. Agility is everything—eat it before it melts.

2. Quality matters—always go for the double scoop.

3. Consistency is king.

How are you investing in your personal growth today? Let’s connect!

#Leadership #SelfCare #Optimization #GrowthMindset #IceCreamStrategy

New comment by abkolan in "Sizing chaos"

abkolan — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:06:28 +0000

What a beautifully made website.

New comment by abkolan in "WhatsApp introduces ads in its app"

abkolan — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:41:28 +0000

Exactly, it's only Updates tab "for now".

New comment by abkolan in "Ask HN: 3rd Week at FAANG and feeling imposter syndrome"

abkolan — Thu, 01 May 2025 01:48:44 +0000

No they are not. Don’t do this OP.

New comment by abkolan in "Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days"

abkolan — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 07:11:20 +0000

Truly fantastic video straight from the authors who know what they are speaking

New comment by abkolan in "Google Earning Q1 2024 [pdf]"

abkolan — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:33:59 +0000

MSFT pays dividends.

New comment by abkolan in "Meta Llama 3"

abkolan — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:55:43 +0000

> now it's in Zuck's interest to get his competitor's moat bridged as fast as possible.

It's this, and by making it open and available on every cloud out there would make this accessible to other start ups who might play in Meta's competitor's spaces.

New comment by abkolan in "XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis"

abkolan — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 04:39:50 +0000

Yes, this absolutely mind boggling. Not insinuating or suggesting anything, but if I could wear my tinfoil hat for a bit. I wonder if there was a significant psy-op conducted IRL so that the original author couldn't devote time and would eventually handover ownership to bad actors.

I hope some three letter agencies are conducting a deeper investigation into this.

New comment by abkolan in "Morale plummets at Google as workers complain bosses are 'inept' and 'boring'"

abkolan — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 04:24:51 +0000

> I mean, LinkedIn has what, 20,000 employees? If you had spherical developers in a vacuum, I doubt you'd need more than 40-50 to maintain their products, but there's more to running a tech company.

This is a ridiculous take. You would need way more than that just to maintain Kafka and run ops for it, that LinkedIn heavily relies on. You are trivializing the complexity of running a platform like LinkedIn.

New comment by abkolan in "Lumiere: A space-time diffusion model for realistic video generation"

abkolan — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:23:46 +0000

How soon can Google _Productize_ it?

New comment by abkolan in "Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car antenna (2022)"

abkolan — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:59:22 +0000

As a non US/Canada based reader reading the article, I had a hard time grokking the article without visuals of how this was pulled off.

New comment by abkolan in "Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp"

abkolan — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 02:45:45 +0000

> Too bad what happened with the licensing stuff at the company though.

OOTL here. What happened?

New comment by abkolan in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

abkolan — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:23:04 +0000

The Spotify inserted ads during the podcast makes a lot of sense now. They are really trying to make the books look good. Is this a leading indicator that the podcasts could go more towards the exclusives / originals route? For example: Like Joe Rogan.