Hacker News: westsmithhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=westsmithHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:11:17 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by westsmith in "A practical guide to AI image generation, from diffusion to agents"]]>Neat! I've followed you on Github. I like the idea of going to the past to see what works and adapting it for the LLM age. Nice work!

]]>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:58:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177852westsmithhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177852https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177852<![CDATA[New comment by westsmith in "A practical guide to AI image generation, from diffusion to agents"]]>I wrote this after a few weeks of experimenting with image models through APIs, mostly to work out what’s actually cheap and reliable. Every image in it came from those experiments and cost about a penny each. The bits I found most interesting were why “describe the camera” works better than “describe the view”, and how poorly general models handle exact structure like sprite sheets. Happy to answer questions.

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]]>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:22:39 +0000https://danielball.com/notes/ai_image_generation.htmlwestsmithhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50171379https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50171379<![CDATA[Show HN: AI-assisted coding landscape without the hype]]>Article URL: https://danielball.com/notes/ai_assisted_coding.html

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]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:16:27 +0000https://danielball.com/notes/ai_assisted_coding.htmlwestsmithhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47144069https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47144069<![CDATA[Not everything needs GPT. Sometimes a simple equation will do]]>Article URL: https://danielball.com/notes/machine-learning-models.html

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