cloudking's comments

On: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?

[cloudking]

I have one too, font sizes increased + dark mode:

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On: LLM based agents as Dungeon Masters

[cloudking]

Maybe this is a solution https://www.letta.com/

[potatoman22 → cloudking]

A context-based retrieval/memory system would be cool, too. Pull in relevant events based on the group's location and NPCs they're with.

On: Ask HN: How to approach first days on a new job as a senior PM?

[cloudking]

This is not just first day advice, but more general advice for new PMs:

Talk to your users relentlessly, find out how they use and don't use your product. Get a deep understanding of their workflows and user journeys in the product.

Trim the fat (shift focus) and solve problems they have that the product doesn't solve yet or solve well.

Reduce the steps in their critical user journeys. For example, if it's something they do every day, going from 5 clicks to 3 clicks adds up over time and improves satisfaction.

Dive into metrics and implement quantitative metrics where they don't exist. Survey users for qualitative metrics.

Bring data (metrics, market research, customer quotes etc) to executive meetings to back up your ideas, data speaks louder than your words.

Basically, if your product is in the market you don't need to always guess what to build, your users will guide you. That's not to say you can't innovate too, but a large part of being a PM is bringing the user experience and their frustrations to your team to action.

On: Ask HN: How would you feel about getting interviewed by AI?

[cloudking]

This is my favorite answer so far

On: AI agents may soon surpass people as primary application users

[cloudking]

What is the difference between an Agent and Function Calls?

On: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch

[cloudking]

Chromecasts + HDMI stereos + Speaker Groups: https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/7174267?hl=en

Works from Apple and Google mobile devices with Spotify

On: Show HN: I built an AI chat that transforms itself as you talk

[cloudking]

Fun hack! Not sure what the use cases are, but maybe adapting UI to a user for accessibility would be useful

[skirano → cloudking]

Exactly. This started from a simple question: What if your AI tools could be generative too? Adapting not just design, but how they respond, based on user needs? Why design a medical chat app? Just ask the chat itself to BE one.

On: Show HN: Doom (1993) in a PDF

[cloudking]

We must go deeper.

On: I will never need to buy a new computer again

[cloudking]

1080Ti from 2017 still handles modern AAA games really well, was able to play and finish Cyberpunk 2077 with no issues. Really a remarkable feat of engineering for it's time.

[open-paren → cloudking]

I have the same card (+8700k) and I agree, it plays without issues and at decent frame rates... Without ray tracing. Have you seen those videos? It looks amazing. There's a reason that Nvidia used it to demo their 50*0 series cards at CES. I'm waiting to play Phantom Liberty until I can play it with some kind of ray tracing.

[Doxin → cloudking]

Only just replaced my 1080 (non-ti) and it would run basically any game I threw at it very well. Only replaced it because it doesn't really do raytracing or TAA very well, and those are becoming more and more common.

On: Phi 4 available on Ollama

[cloudking]

Not related to local LLMs, but JOI from BR2049 is essentially what Replika is striving for: https://replika.com/

Infact during the onboarding process they ask the user to choose which AI companion movie they related to the most: Her, BR2049 or Ex-Machina. The experience is then tailored to align closer to the movie chosen.

It's quite a terrible app from a product design perspective: filled with dark patterns (like sending the user blurred images to "unlock*) and upsells, but it's become successful amongst the masses that have adopted it, which I find fascinating. 30m+ users https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replika#:~:text=Replika%20beca....