Finally! I've been using the assistants api in building an ai mock interviewer (https://comp.lol) but the responses were painfully slow when using the latest iterations of the gpt-4 model. This will make things so much more responsive
I'd still want to see the entire response all at once. Having it stream in while I read it would be very distracting and make it difficult for me to read.
It's a request the front-end developer should be confronted with, not OpenAI.
The website could as well buffer the incoming stream until the used clicks an area to request the display of the next block of the response, once he has finished reading the initial sentences.
yes, it like surfing porn in the early internet year using a dialup modem. One line a the time until you finally can see enough of the picture (reply) to realize that is was not the reply you were looking for.
LLM streaming must be a cost saving feature to prevent you from overloading the servers by asking to many questions with in a short time frame. Annoying feature IMHO
How is hiding it behind a loading spinner any better? You still can't spam it with questions since you need to wait for it to finish. With streaming you can at least hit the stop button if it looks incorrect, so you actually spam it more with it enabled.
For me, the constant visual changes of new parts being streamed in are annoying, and straining on the eyes. Ideally, web frontends would honor `prefers-reduced-motion` and buffer the response when set.
Personally, I've fallen in love with that visual effect of streaming text you're talking about. It's a bit pavlovian, but I think in my head it signifies that I'm reading something high signal (even though it isn't always).
It's more about UX, to reduce the perceived delay. LLMs inherently stream their responses, but if you wait until the LLM has finished inference, the user is sitting around twiddling their thumbs.
I've been doing side projects for a bit, and they've been a combination of things I think are just cool and relate to hobbies I like, or solve some kind of problem I'm having, or are cool things I've seen other people talk about (either twitter or in person meets or something)
The one I've been working on for a while is solving PITA leetcode style interview prep. I just don't do well in prepping without some kind of mock environment. To reference from a previous comment I made:
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I'm building https://comp.lol. It's AI powered mock coding interviews, FAANG style. Looking for alpha testers when I release, sign up if you wanna try it out or just wanna try some mock coding. If its slow to load, sorry, everything runs on free tiers right now.
I really dislike doing leetcode prep, and I can't intuitively understand the solutions by just reading them. I've found the best way for me to learn is to seriously try the problem (timed, interview like conditions), and be able to 'discuss' with the interviewer without just jumping to reading the solution. Been using and building this as an experiment to try prepping in a manner I like.
It's not a replacement for real mock interviews - I think those are still the best, but they're expensive and time consuming. I'm hoping to get 80% of the benefit in an easier package.
I just put a waitlist in case anyone wants to try it out and give me feedback when I get it out
Gonna apologize in advance about the copywriting. Was more messing around for my own amusement, will probably change later"
In any case, this is heartening to see. The majority consensus seems to be you can either be a good dad, or pursue lofty goals, but not both because of the time commitment required for each.
TBH I'm looking for successful examples of parent founders (founding when they had a kid, and not when the kids were grown), particularly in the realm of vc backed ventures (even indie would make good examples, but there's a slightly different dynamic). I haven't found any good examples yet, and I don't know if that's because people don't talk about being a parent while pursuing other goals, or its something people don't do,
Tbf if you’re going to be quitting your 9-5 I don’t think it’s an issue. But no, I have not seen any _American_ examples of being a good dad + 9-5 + being a successful founder
Interesting. So from what I'm understanding, in your experience it is impossible to pursue goals for starting a startup or escaping the 9-5 once you have a child (or at least in the first several years of having a child?), and the 'correct' course of action is to accept that your goal is to provide and raise a family as your priority?
YES, it is all-consuming. It was for me and probably for most. Obviously there are factors like grandparents help available etc, but unless you have a full time live-in maid like they have in Asia (au pairs don’t count cause they’re still 45hrs/week), there’s so many chores to do, on top of watching and entertaining the baby.
At first I tried to still do everything, but after some fights I realized I wasn’t being a good husband/father and progress was so slow on the business that it was probably not gonna make it anyway.
My current advice: If you have such unmet goals, assume that there’s a 90% chance you’ll have to give them up. Then make your decisions based on that. Which are you more willing to give up on? It could lead to very tough decisions eg splitting with your spouse, if it’s something you truly can’t see eye to eye on. Mostly if you wanna do both and still have a few childbearing years left get off your ass NOW and go for it, quit your job, whatever, it might be your last shot.
One other tidbit: with kids there’s no time to do things but there’s LOTS of time to THINK about things eg when watching them, doing dishes, etc. I would have 100x more time to think about what I could do with the business than I actually had to be on my laptop to do them. It was absolutely maddening.
EDIT to add: I do believe having kids is one of the most beautiful, fulfilling and noble acts most of us can do, and in fact for most people (who spend most of their free time on entertainment) it’s the right thing… but the sacrifice is far greater for some than others.
I would agree with OP, especially if your goal is to be a good parent. If you want do just basics of parenting, then it is not hard to pursue other goals.
I got young kids who definitely need a lot of personal attention, got appointments, playdates, driving around, etc. I could cut out a lot of these activities but then they end up watching tons of TV. I keep thinking once they are older, then I will have more time for personal projects but my friends with older kids are just as busy. If their kid is in sports, then forget about any freetime. They are always driving them to trainings, games, etc. One friend wakes up 3 in the morning to drive their kid to swim practice. They sleep in the car for 2-3 hours, then take their kid to school.
If your kids are not in the sports, then it does not look as bad but it seems they are always doing driving for their kids.
But I also think part of being a great parent is to teach your kids to pursue their dreams. And the best way to teach that is by showing them how you pursue your own dreams. Now how to do it all without burning out, I am still trying to figure out. (Or maybe I need to accept that it is not possible to do so)
His early streams back in the day when he was doing CTFs were so much better. Now its just him trying to flex is ego while rambling about bad the government is and how great Musk is. Libertarian brain rot is real.
I think it's about losing patience with ideas he already holds, seeing that they never get a chance for implementation. I believe this happens to all of us as we get older, regardless of our political beliefs.
Im betting its more of the fact that he got a pretty serious lawsuit by Sony at his early age, which probably does not do good for ones mental development. Getting beaten down like that by the world would probably leave a good number of people with a general disdain for society. Happened to Musk as well.
He also self admittedly got addicted to painkillers at one point in time, so that doesn't help either.
I'm not junior anymore, but something not mentioned which I've found useful is in-person networking. But for me in person networking wasn't so much of "I'll go meet people and ask for an interview", but rather going to places to learn / talk about technical stuff I was interested in, and getting to know people doing the same things. Unfortunately, it helps to be in a place where these kinds of events happen, so tech hubs etc.
I've also searched for recruiters for a company on linkedin and messaged them directly, in addition to cold applying. Helps sometimes.
It also helps to be prepared to interview at any times, especially if you're looking at startups. So being on top of your system design (maybe not applicable at 1.5 years) and coding game.
I'm not a fan of leetcode (and maybe as a fe person you don't actually get asked it much?) but using some roadmap to learn it while applying is really useful, doing mock interviews etc. Neetcodes roadmaps are pretty good, and I'm building an AI mock interviewer at that _somewhat_ should help in doing 'mocks' (not as good as a real mock though but I've found it great for learning).
It's at https://comp.lol/. Sign up if you want to try it out. Sorry if the last part sounded like an ad, no real pressure to try it but I've had some interest from folks interviewing. Best of luck!
I've built several things! These include bots for code generation that you can tag onto issues, q&a on text etc.
The thing I'm working on now is AI mock interviewing. It's basically scratching my own itch, since I hate leetcode prep, and have found I can learn better through interaction. To paste a blurb from an earlier comment of mine:
I'm building https://comp.lol. It's AI powered mock coding interviews, FAANG style. Looking for alpha testers when I release, sign up if you wanna try it out or just wanna try some mock coding. If its slow to load, sorry, everything runs on free tiers right now.
I really dislike doing leetcode prep, and I can't intuitively understand the solutions by just reading them. I've found the best way for me to learn is to seriously try the problem (timed, interview like conditions), and be able to 'discuss' with the interviewer without just jumping to reading the solution. Been using and building this as an experiment to try prepping in a manner I like.
It's not a replacement for real mock interviews - I think those are still the best, but they're expensive and time consuming. I'm hoping to get 80% of the benefit in an easier package.
I just put a waitlist in case anyone wants to try it out and give me feedback when I get it out
Gonna apologize in advance about the copywriting. Was more messing around for my own amusement, will probably change later
Very cool, I signed up. I agree that practicing a coding interview is better under pressure. It's a much difference skill to solve a coding problem both under time pressure and pressure to speak your thoughts to entertain the interviewer. Only practice can help improve that skill.
Yeah, I agree, the scenario is totally different in an actual pressure situation, I've fumbled so many easy questions. I don't necessarily like leetcode style questions as the standard for the industry for interviewing, but its still a reality and, from what I'm noticing, becoming more difficult in terms of expectations.
Thanks for signing up, will send out an email once its ready to take for a spin!
I haven't read Nation but I till now Guards! Guards! Guards! has been my favorite. Its been a while since I read Discworld, will have to pick up nation
Thats exciting! I might read the Remembrance this year.
Murderbot is exciting! There is very little world building, you are thrown into the world and you slowly figure things out. Each novella is a new adventure, but as a whole(the series) its a lot more; an android seeing and understanding humans in a very different way.
It also explores how a world of robots would have various bots with each having a different personality(they develop) based on their lifelong assigned task.
The Muderbot itself is sulky, tired of incompetent humans and its dry behavior adds humor to the narration. Plus it addicted to watching soap operas so it has a very unique understanding of human creativity and reality.
