I agree that the comparison between langchain/llamaindex is probably the better one.
With that being said, txtai has a much more in-depth approach with how it builds it's data stores vs just assuming the underlying systems will handle everything. It supports running SQL statements and integrates the components in a way other RAG systems don't. It was also a vector store before it had a RAG workflow. There are years of code behind that part.
> We began 2022 with 15 core staff, and now employ a team of 24 in these roles:
Product and Business Development Manager
Director of Operations
Product Design Manager
Engineering Manager
Staff Engineers (3)
Sr SW Engineers (2)
Sr Security Engineer
SW Engineer, Add-Ons Ecosystem
Sr UI/UX Developer
UI/UX Developers (2)
Android Project Lead
Android Developer (1)
Build & Release Engineers (2)
Full Stack Developer
Front End Developer
Community Manager
Marketing Manager
Bug Triager
Support Engineer
I've never seen "Bug Triager" listed as an advertised role. Isn't this a subset of what a product owner/manager typically does?
I've seen software testing work at scale when there's a company-wide mindset to quality, as opposed to 'quality is the job of one person/department':
- Shift left testing: quality can be implemented at all stages of the development process, from requirements gathering to deployment. Issues are easier and cheaper to fix the earlier they are discovered, and it does not necessarily take a software tester to discover these, although testers can advocate for a mindset of quality
- Quality as a shared mindset/goal, not just one team's job: every team member seeks to quality control their bit of work, this inevitably involves developers doing a basic level of sanity testing on their code. When done right this should reduce the long feedback loop to discovering issues when a team completes a piece of work, hands it over to QA, then context switches over to another piece of work.
I have a very similar self-hosted Vaultwarden set up, for the same reasons.
My other concern, which may be unfounded is that Vaultwarden [1], which is an unofficial Rust rewrite, may also be developed to different, or lesser security standards than the official client. However I don't have any real reasons to suspect this.
Agreed. I know I'm taking it on faith that this implementation is robust and secure when it might not be. However, I feel okay about it knowing that it would be very difficult for anyone other than me to access this Docker instance in the first place. And if I'm outside my home network, I'm interacting with it via the VPN.
With regards to playlisting my digital music collection in novel and interesting ways, I've found Plexamp's "Guest DJ" feature [1] to be second to none.
It's not the cheapest piece of software. However when viewed in comparison to the cost of a standalone mp3-player, I think Plex's $119.99 Lifetime Pass is justifiable.
