joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone use a code to mindmap/flowchart tool?
Really cool - keep at it.
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joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Gemma: New Open Models
Could you give an example of these datasets?
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you come up with side project ideas in 2024?
1. GPT4 "500 tough professions w/ hardship involved"
2. Multiply that with "500 shifts in <profession> or <industry> regulations> since 2000"
3. Get inspired to come up with - grumpy fisherman mad about mooring fees, dog walkers upset about walking limits, 10x increases in flytipping in blackpool
4. As your ideation improves, train a better gpt.
Frankly all those FB groups (min. names) are probably in the GPT training set, just a case of finding good prompts to get inspiration.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you come up with side project ideas in 2024?
Often 40+ yr old people complain about problems that you can solve e.g. vet technicians don't like veterinary software - you can fix that somehow.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you come up with side project ideas in 2024?
Some starting points:
- Find old datasets (hn.algolia.com "datasets", use huggingface, search arxiv)
- Use weird search engines, e.g. exa.ai (searches based on embeddings vs. google's pagerank/keywords) + google dorks. weird input = weird output
- mix 2 ideas you see - look at showcase channels on discord and pages on random frameworks, things people are building at Buildspace
- Find old facebook groups with lots of grumpy members posting regularly
These are just random strategies I use before I make things I post on twitter (https://twitter.com/joshelgar), but they work pretty well for coming up with fun projects.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Stable Cascade
Why are they benchmarking it with 20+10 steps vs. 50 steps for the other models?
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Every "Launch HN" Ranked
Sharing another weekend project here - every "Launch HN" post ever made, coloured according to how many points they received.
Code: https://github.com/JoshElgar/HNLaunches
Data: https://github.com/JoshElgar/HNLaunches/blob/main/src/app/da...
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: One pixel for every food in the USDA database
I've open-sourced it here:
https://github.com/JoshElgar/foodpixel
The tech stack was NextJS, Tailwind + Vercel.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?
Hey, had a similar idea, would be great to chat - can reach me at my username on google’s mail.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?
1. An infinite crafting game: https://foodformer.com
2. An embeddings-based job search engine: https://searchflora.com
3. I used LLMs to caption a training set of 1 million Minecraft skins, then finetuned Stable Diffusion to generate minecraft skins from a prompt: https://multi.skin
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Infinite Food Craft
Inspired by Neal's "Infinite Craft" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39205020), I made a food-based version. You can use the sidebar to create a new food and click or drag the example ones.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Infinite Craft
Saw this on Neal's twitter a couple of days ago, it inspired me to make the food version :)
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Startup funding simulator
What was the point of you being pedantic? It simulates what happens in different scenarios.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2024)
Hey there, do you sponsor visas?
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: To YouTube: I'd gladly pay you if your website was de-bloated and fast like this
People sometimes forget this - people don't pay just because they use something.
And sometimes, like with Youtube, many people wish they didn't use it. It's hard to get people to pay for something they wish they didn't use.
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
Any idea how this compares to Supabase's Realtime & Presence libraries?
joshelgar | 2 years ago | on: Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
Hey Aaron, cool product! Well done so far.
Curious why you think no-one has done TCR before? Also, any insights on why you're bullish on the "multiplayer web"?
Will be cool to see example docs / repos as they come out!
joshelgar | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
Are you looking for graduates at all by any chance?
joshelgar | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
Hi there, are you interested in graduates at all?
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