Hacker News: ironfootnz

New comment by ironfootnz in "DARPA project for automated translation from C to Rust (2024)"

ironfootnz — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:28:36 +0000

I think the only folks can solve this at the guys at autohand.ai They're into something at this level.

New comment by ironfootnz in "What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop in five minutes?"

ironfootnz — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:01:38 +0000

@Sean you can try this https://x.com/unslothai/status/1956027720288366883?s=46&t=Bo...

New comment by ironfootnz in "I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again"

ironfootnz — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:26:27 +0000

That’s my policy too. I see way too many Jenkins/Actions scripts with big logic blocks jammed into YAML. If the entire build and test process is just a single script call, we can run it locally, in a GitHub workflow, or anywhere else. Makes it less painful to switch CI systems, and devs can debug easily without pushing blind commits. It’s surprising how many teams don’t realize local testing alone saves huge amounts of time.

New comment by ironfootnz in "I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again"

ironfootnz — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:25:09 +0000

I’ve seen many teams get stuck when they rely too heavily on GitHub Actions’ magic. The key issue is how tightly your build logic and config become tied to one CI tool. If the declarative YAML gets too big and tries to handle complex branching or monorepos, it devolves into a maintenance headache—especially when you can’t test it locally and must push blind changes just to see what happens.

A healthier workflow is to keep all the logic (build, test, deploy) in portable scripts and let the CI only orchestrate each script as a single step. It’s easier to troubleshoot, possible to run everything on a dev machine, and simpler if you ever migrate away from GitHub.

For monorepos, required checks are maddening. This should be a first-class feature where CI can dynamically mark which checks apply on a PR, then require only those. Otherwise, you do hacky “no-op” jobs or you force your entire pipeline to run every time.

In short, GitHub Actions can be powerful for smaller codebases or straightforward pipelines, but if your repo is big and you want advanced control, it starts to feel like you’re fighting the tool. If there’s no sign that GitHub wants to address these issues, it’s totally reasonable to look elsewhere or build your own thin orchestration on top of more flexible CI runners.

New comment by ironfootnz in "New LLM optimization technique slashes memory costs"

ironfootnz — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:30:17 +0000

I'm a big fan of their papers, this one didn't disappoint

New comment by ironfootnz in "Model Context Protocol"

ironfootnz — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:05:14 +0000

L0L, this is basically OpenAI spec function calls with a different semantics.

New comment by ironfootnz in "Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon"

ironfootnz — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:54:53 +0000

New fear unlocked!!! I will no longer look at my phone the same way!

New comment by ironfootnz in "[dead]"

ironfootnz — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:23:06 +0000

Over the next five years, intelligent code assistants like GitHub Copilot will significantly transform software development by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing developer productivity. These tools, built on advancements in AI and large language models (LLMs), will help developers focus more on problem-solving and less on manual coding. While LLMs won’t replace developers, they will streamline workflows, making programming more accessible globally, especially with innovations in personalized models and natural language interfaces. The future of coding may evolve into a collaborative process between humans and AI, reshaping the development landscape.

New comment by ironfootnz in "Llms.txt"

ironfootnz — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 05:25:47 +0000

What a useless way of proposing something to the web. robots.txt is the way to go to anyone on the web.

New comment by ironfootnz in "FastHTML – Modern web applications in pure Python"

ironfootnz — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 04:51:46 +0000

I think this is a very useful framework to write about on Wikipedia on how not to use HTML in your python code. There's a canonical reason on why we shouldn't.

Readability, reusability ... the list goes on.

New comment by ironfootnz in "Safe Superintelligence Inc."

ironfootnz — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 05:06:36 +0000

Sorry but this will collapse in the next 18 months.

New comment by ironfootnz in "Sam Altman is showing us who he really is"

ironfootnz — Wed, 22 May 2024 00:36:59 +0000

Sam is willing to lie to become relevant to AI history. What's his doing is just creating a crumble to his own ruin. - GeoHortz

New comment by ironfootnz in "Winner of $1.3B Powerball jackpot is a immigrant from Laos who has cancer"

ironfootnz — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:19:14 +0000

$1.3B reduced to $420M.

I thought the tax were already paid and the money was clean. Far out!

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

ironfootnz — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 02:02:04 +0000

Sundar Pichai, CEO, said: “Our results in the first quarter reflect strong performance from Search, YouTube and Cloud. We are well under way with our Gemini era and there’s great momentum across the company. Our leadership in AI research and infrastructure, and our global product footprint, position us well for the next wave of AI innovation.”

The only one mention, it's strong position across conservative approach. A must have for any large multi national company like Google.

New comment by ironfootnz in "Bayer is getting rid of bosses and asking staff to ‘self-organize’"

ironfootnz — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 03:39:55 +0000

I've been saying this for the last 10 years. Middle managers are Bozos. They don't let you get shit done and don't let you flush your ideas and brainstorm to products. I hope this tendency becomes the new norm.

New comment by ironfootnz in "I've shorten my NVDA position today, here's why"

ironfootnz — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:02:40 +0000

To me, it doesn't make more sense the price for the common stock for NVDA, a 66 p/e ratio for NVDA is anticipating them beating earnings handily for the next decade.

This is to think that AMD or any cloud provider wouldn't compute against them in this meantime.

But what really put me off, was their balance sheet, a slow town of roughly 18% in the output pace compared to the previous quarters is staggering. Which means they have at least 5 to 6 months of leading time before other vendor catch-up.

Enough for me, it was a fun ride since 2017.

I've shorten my NVDA position today, here's why

ironfootnz — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:02:40 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/igorcosta/status/1762207718646190343

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39520643

Points: 1

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New comment by ironfootnz in "Kevin Mitnick has died"

ironfootnz — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:37:01 +0000

RIP my friend.

New comment by ironfootnz in "Emerging architectures for LLM applications"

ironfootnz — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:44:29 +0000

It's a good article for people with no strong background in NLP or LLMs. Gives a comprehensive overview on how this could be applicable for startups.

Enterprise, not so quite, there are a lot of other stuff to consider like points missing, ethical application, filtering, security, points that are very important for enterprise customers.

Also, in-context learning is just one way to apply LLMs, there are way more applications like few short learning, fine tuning, depending on cost and application involved as I've highlighted here

https://twitter.com/igorcosta/status/1671316499179667456

New comment by ironfootnz in "Show HN: AI Playground by Vercel Labs"

ironfootnz — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 02:04:13 +0000

the UI is quite limited, check out the outputs https://play.vercel.ai/r/I25tmJs when needs a scroll bar.