Hacker News: izik

Model Architecture Description Encyclopedia

izik — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:56:22 +0000

Article URL: https://madl.si5.pl/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47714945

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

LeaderKey – Efficient Nested Shortcut Launcher

izik — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:15:56 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/mikker/LeaderKey.app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42895864

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by izik in "Ruby Video – On a mission to index all Ruby conferences"

izik — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:18:51 +0000

I was wondering if the same type application exists for Python and there is similar: pyvideo [1]

[1] https://pyvideo.org/

New comment by izik in "Our audit of Homebrew"

izik — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:09:07 +0000

The vanilla pacman will not work on macos as expected but there are attempts [1],[2] to make it works with some modifications/hacks.

[1] https://github.com/liudongmiao/pacman [2] https://github.com/kladd/pacman-osx

Ragas – Framework for RAG Evaluation

izik — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:50:58 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/explodinggradients/ragas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38383427

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: What are the LangChain's parts not easy replicable with custom code?

izik — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:35:19 +0000

For individuals who have invested significant time in developing LLM-based applications using Langchain, it's important to acknowledge that a critical perspective on Langchain has been expressed in various articles and discussions. Given this context, I would like to inquire about the specific aspects of Langchain that, in your experience, stand out as being challenging to replicate with custom code. In other words, considering the potential criticisms and recognizing your expertise, could you elaborate on the strengths and unique functionalities of Langchain that make it a valuable choice in LLM integration and that are not easily replaceable through the development of custom solutions? Your insights will be valuable in shedding light on Langchain's merits and differentiators for the benefit of others in the field.

Here are some problems identified by the users, but I would like to find the gems in LangChain that justify using it.

Problems:

1. Overly complex and unnecessary abstractions 2. Easy breakable and unreliable 3. Poor documentation 4. A high level of abstraction hinders customization 5. Inefficient token usage 6. Difficult integration with existing tools 7. Limited value proposition 8. Inconsistent behavior and hidden details 9. Better alternatives available 10. Primarily optimized for demos

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37493407

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by izik in "Libre Office ReleaseNotes 7.6"

izik — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:58:00 +0000

Google Summer of Code

You can make top LLMs break their own rules with gibberish

izik — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:36:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/27/llm_automated_attacks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36941153

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by izik in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

izik — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:47:08 +0000

https://safjan.com

Microsoft Announcing Power BI in Jupyter notebooks

izik — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:36:42 +0000

Article URL: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-power-bi-in-jupyter-notebooks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35699613

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: How does prompt optimizer works?

izik — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:14:06 +0000

I think one possible way is to obtain dataset with prompts for given model and train the language model. Optimized prompt could be generated one, longer, with the "add-ons" that are typically added to the prompts with similar meaning. What are the technical solutions underlying the services as e.g. https://promptperfect.jina.ai/?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35697824

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Transformers from Scratch

izik — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:27:19 +0000

Article URL: https://e2eml.school/transformers.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35684633

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New cognitive skills in the age of AI tailored information

izik — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:33:57 +0000

Article URL: https://safjan.com/pros-and-cons-of-reliance-on-ai-generating-models/#pros-and-cons-of-reliance-on-ai-generating-models

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35052615

Points: 62

# Comments: 63

Federated Social Web Manifesto

izik — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 21:40:20 +0000

Article URL: https://safjan.com/federated-social-web-manifesto/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35048041

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by izik in "Even the Pylint codebase uses Ruff"

izik — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:03:47 +0000

It is already happening and with the availability of the tools like PyO3 [1] (it allows Python developers to write performance-critical code in Rust and then expose it as a Python module) the Rustication of the Python will be progressing while some controversies will appear [2]. Adding new language adds complexity to the python code base but it is always good to have at least choice and decide case-by-case if use Rust in Python app or not.

[1] https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3

[2] https://safjan.com/rustification-of-python/#drawbacks-and-co...

New Cognitive Skills in the Age of AI Tailored Information Presentation

izik — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 08:07:51 +0000

Article URL: https://safjan.com/pros-and-cons-of-reliance-on-ai-generating-models/#pros-and-cons-of-reliance-on-ai-generating-models

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34638537

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Non Obvious Ways RSS Feeds Can Make Life Easier

izik — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 20:07:36 +0000

Article URL: https://html.com/blog/25-ways-rss-can-make-your-life-easier/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32667669

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Httpbin.org

izik — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:10:19 +0000

Article URL: https://httpbin.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31751346

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by izik in "Accounts to Support Ukrainian Army Directly via Bank of Ukraine"

izik — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:04:12 +0000

From what I heard, there are exceptions (father is the only parent, medical reason,…)

New comment by izik in "Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet blackout?"

izik — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:15:27 +0000

Why - I suppose that government want to get tactical advantage over protesters by limiting information flow and making protest coordination more difficult.

How - both deep packet inspection + filtering and primitive solution - making communication services (mobile and broadband) stop functioning. Such things happen already in the past in Turkey, Egipt, Iran.