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iamrobertismo··on Stoat – open-source, user-first chat platform
I don't get it. I checked out the website, is this just a discord clone? Maybe with frontend customization? I actually can't tell what this is from your website.
iamrobertismo··on Vouch
Building projects, especially larger ones, has not been solely about writing code. I don't see how anything you are saying is a bad thing at all. Drive-by PRs and similar practices are bad. A high barrier is a feature, not a bug.
iamrobertismo··on Fixing retail with land value capture
Always in agreement to such initiatives. I do think a barrier to adoption is the space of possibilities is quite large and generally not well organized around a specific proposal or mandate, so opposition to these initiatives can pick them apart of details. Especially since opposition is usually much more engaged in local governance.

It's somewhat complicated to understand, but I think this is an opportunity for strong communicators to present to a public that is much more receptive toward these ideas.

iamrobertismo··on Oregon gave homeless youth $1k/month with no strings
> I don't want to pay taxes that go to social programs

This is such awild thing to say. What do you think the point of society is? Also, there is no way you "Totally agree" if at the same time you are saying this.

Also if you understand the cost of incarceration and the negative social ills of poverty, then being against social programs, broadly, makes no sense.

iamrobertismo··on Deep dive into Turso, the “SQLite rewrite in Rust”
Yeah I am really not speaking in terms of a risk for all end users, just those who may rely on turso as a company. To assume a startup, no matter how well funded, will survive is naive. There are historically a lot of issues with this business model. This is not a certain failure, but we cannot ignore the challenges companies in a similar space have faced.
iamrobertismo··on Deep dive into Turso, the “SQLite rewrite in Rust”
I don't understand you reply here. Database startups have always had the consistent issue of cloud providers providing managed solutions without contributing back. It is why many moved to or use the AGPLv3 and why there was the whole SSPL controversy in the first place. Running a successful open source database startup is not trivial. None of this applies to SQLite.
iamrobertismo··on Ask HN: Junior getting lost
Think of all the lessons you have learned in life, and think of all the ways in which you haven't followed them to a tee. Now multiple that by the size of your organization. Don't overstress over things like this, it will waste your time and energy. Learn what you can improve and make attempts at what is unknown to you. Try continuously.
iamrobertismo··on Anna's Archive is sued for $13T
I am personally not a very big fan of Spotify for a variety of reasons, I would not be against them losing this lawsuit. Especially with their moves toward AI, they seem to have very little respect for this media they claim to be defending.
iamrobertismo··on Deep dive into Turso, the “SQLite rewrite in Rust”
The MIT licensing makes this even less trustworthy. I can image a major cloud or fly.io just proprietary forking them as a service, as cloud providers have done for years.
iamrobertismo··on The way I run standup meetings (2024)
I notice the biggest issue with these types of organizational visions is that if you are not in fairly high leadership, it doesn't go very far. You really need buy-in and nearly everyone has an opinion on this type of stuff, so you end up competing on "the best way to not waste people's time."

Luckily if you lead a team, something like a standup, you basically have full control over, but I think the bigger issue is that orgs don't respect team leadership very much and end up stepping over systems like this for a variety of really uncoordinated reasons.

iamrobertismo··on Ask HN: Is token-based pricing making AI harder to use in production?
Oh you're arbing! I see now. Makes sense, seems like it could be useful if you have a rock solid DX.
iamrobertismo··on The truth Elon left out
Perfect example of "Why the mids beefin?"
iamrobertismo··on The truth Elon left out
I can't be the only one tired of the consistent relitigation of OpenAI corporate structure and funding, because like a lot of things with AI, generally it doesn't matter who you think is legally correct. We are in an environment in which non of this is actually being scrutinized under it's legal merit, but rather, personal and geopolitical.

But, generally I assume the idea is about building a case for when the dust settles, rather than looking for something to happen now.

iamrobertismo··on Ask HN: Is token-based pricing making AI harder to use in production?
Would you just be... subsidizing low volume users? I am saying this isn't like a new problem in the grand scheme of things. hopefully I am not being too negative, do you have a site or something to learn more? It's not clear how you can have better token economics to provide me or someone else better token economics, rather than just burning more money lol.
iamrobertismo··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
Bruh, I'm not from SV lol. I just don't work at massive orgs.
iamrobertismo··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
I don't quite understand how this relates?
iamrobertismo··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
Thanks! This is helpful to read.
iamrobertismo··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
Very very true, never thought about orgs like that. However, I don't think someone should use this like a bandaid like that. If the idea is that you want to have a domain associated with a service, then organizationally you probably need to have systems in place to make that easier.
iamrobertismo··on Ask HN: Is token-based pricing making AI harder to use in production?
Not clear what you are pitching, if you don't control the infrastructure or have a major contract, how exactly are you lowering or stabilizing costs. Especially if you are not chasing the newest model, at this point token economics is essentially a commodity. Commodity pricing is not a engineering problem, it is a financing problem.
iamrobertismo··on Ask HN: What is your knowledge domain and how do you stay up-to-date?
I just use Thunderbird or Emacs, for RSS, I do not have a sophisticated setup. I live in a big city, so I stay up to date by continually engaging with friends and colleagues in-person. One person can only see so much, twelve can see a lot more.
iamrobertismo··on Ctrl+F All of Manhattan (NYC coming soon)
Is this just a one off or do you plan on developing this further?
iamrobertismo··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
Yeah actually seems pretty useful to not rely on the name server for something that isn't human facing.
iamrobertismo··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
This is interesting, I am guessing the use case for ip address certs is so your ephemeral services can do TLS communication, but now you don't need to depend on provisioning a record on the name server as well for something that you might be start hundreds or thousands of, that will only last for like an hour or day.
iamrobertismo··on Pocket TTS: A high quality TTS that gives your CPU a voice
Yeah, I don't understand the point of the prohibited use section at all, seems like unnecessary fluff.
iamrobertismo··on CVEs affecting the Svelte ecosystem
Yeah I have never been a fan of the devalue part of svelte.
iamrobertismo··on Remails: A European Mail Transfer Agent
Woah this is so cool. I am literally building a MTA right now! I see we are targeting two very different goals here, but good to see more people working on the email problem space.
iamrobertismo··on Americans Overwhelmingly Support Science, but Some Think the U.S. Is Lagging
Yep, and that is why you raise massive sums of U.S. capital to buy top lawyers lol
iamrobertismo··on Raspberry Pi's New AI Hat Adds 8GB of RAM for Local LLMs
Yes, it getting a lot more competitive generally. But the brand and community around PI is still A1.
iamrobertismo··on Americans Overwhelmingly Support Science, but Some Think the U.S. Is Lagging
I think some people overblow the lawsuit risk in the US. It really does suck here, however one of the benefits to certain types of innovation is that the US has a lot of IP protection infrastructure. Which stiffles innovation in a lot of ways, but also makes investment easier in some cases.
iamrobertismo··on Raspberry Pi's New AI Hat Adds 8GB of RAM for Local LLMs
really good point, but I actually don't think the Pi's biggest competitor is Chinese clones, but just regular laptops and mini-pcs that have dramatically lowered in price over the years. I do still think Pis have a purpose though, it's just harder to justify in certain cases.
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