James World
@jamesw0rld
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30 years spent building software for fun and profit.
London, UK
Joined June 2009
The next #UnhandledException podcast episode dropped this morning! I was joined (for the 3rd time!) by @jamesw0rld to chat about AI and the Microsoft Agent Framework. https://t.co/Uh0KMGtsqa
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This UX from @AvivaUK 's Travel Insurance quote page was enough for me to stop getting a quote from them. In 2024 for such a big name to be trying this kind of stunt is saddening. Anyone care to guess which option stops the spam? It's criminally ambiguous.
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@karpathy The tldr I use: "LLMs always hallucinate. Sometimes their hallicinations align with your reality". Whether or not the prompt makes them hallucinate in a way that aligns with reality depends very much on the prompter's ability to check, and thus.. https://t.co/jN1iIvsjUM )
Why we should view LLMs as powerful Cognitive Orthotics rather than alternatives for human intelligence #SundayHarangue LLMs are amazing giant external non-veridical memories that can serve as powerful cognitive orthotics for us, if rightly used (c.f.
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# On the "hallucination problem" I always struggle a bit with I'm asked about the "hallucination problem" in LLMs. Because, in some sense, hallucination is all LLMs do. They are dream machines. We direct their dreams with prompts. The prompts start the dream, and based on the
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With just a few days to go we want to shout out again to our wonderful sponsors 🙌 All thanks to them we're able to bring you a fun day of talks for free in a beautiful venue! AND don't forget about all the delicious food! 🤩 Let's hear it for those who support the community 👏
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I propose the hypothesis: “Arrival time at a meeting is inversely proportional to the distance travelled.”. Any support?
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This is a very promising API gateway offering, well worth a look.
Today we're announcing the Zuplo Free plan (beta)! @joshtwist and @ntotten are discussing the new offering on Product Hunt all day, join us: https://t.co/JkQn5Qokzx
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You've probably seen me tweeting a bunch of @dotnetoxford lightning-talk videos from last week's meetup, as I've published them. Here's the full playlist... https://t.co/uvfxxQsQt9
@jamesw0rld @mnield @podcasterJay @flytzen @kelvin_stott @CorriculoRec #dotnet
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https://www.meetup.com/dotnetoxford/events/285396720/
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I've read and played a lot with OpenTelemetry, and can genuinely say that @jamesw0rld's lightning talk on it just now was the best talk putting everything together that I've seen yet! Amazing!
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Reminiscing on that fact it's Visual Studio's 25th (!!!) anniversary coming up - we were recalling old products with fondness... remember this? (I may have changed the name slightly...)
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The importance of outside in testing - https://t.co/JdjIfkuueZ Much love to the author, this happens to all of us.
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On November 5, 2021 (a Friday of course), we've deployed innocent-looking gem updates. Minor versions of Ruby on Rails, Ruby Sentry client, Ruby Slack client, http libraries, Puma, Devise, OmniAuth...
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Excited for this book - the original is a true classic. I am hopeful that the JS version will bring its greatness to a the wider audience! Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: JavaScript Edition (MIT ... https://t.co/NRpE5WP2vr via @AmazonUK
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Since the publication of its first edition in 1984 and its second edition in 1996, ( ) has influenced computer science curricula around the world. Widely adopted as a textbook, the book has its...
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Not one for sweeping generalisations, but I often say: “It’s more important your code is readable than that it works.” I can maintain and fix readable broken code, but unreadable code will be expensively rewritten or rarely improved. Use your cleverness to make your code simple!
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