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GPT-3/4 is like a Meeseeks box for computer and internet tasks. Keep your task simple, and it will quickly and happily solve it for you before ceasing to exist. (Well, that’s how I use it via the API, at least. ChatGPT will preserve the state, but of course the context window is still limited anyway.)
https://youtu.be/qUYvIAP3qQk
ycombinator.com
Art doesn't get made on the clock. But it can get finished on the clock.
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
Consider: what is a parser? Really, a parser is just a function that consumes less-structured input and produces more-structured output. By its very nature, a parser is a partial function—some values in the domain do not correspond to any value in the range—so all parsers must have some notion of failure.
Parse, Don’t Validate
lexi-lambda.github.io
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