buc.ci is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
This is the clever bit ( #ImSoSmart )
Mission.md is the grongus prompt.
Enough to boil a lake and brownout a small town.
Decompiler - Splits the grongus mission prompt into smaller chunked WU (Working units), they are classified by difficulty, some need CLI, Some need Worker/Text AI, Some need agentic brains.
Then the router assigns available/appropriate engine to each unit and cycles it until the required output pops out.
Now even though this is *ALL* #Vibecode, there are some keystone ideas of mine there that make it work. From the foundational "Lets get multiple engines to do my work for me" to some nice little nuances and functional fixes there.
Its also creating deterministic code (Python) so the end product can stand alone with only vetigal #AI
I guess its hard to explain it to the "WAAAH VIBECODE" folks, but there is a pivot in development here where you get to focus on function and design and leave the coal shoveling to the machine.
Ive shown it to some of my non-geek colleagues and I just got blank looks and nods.
I should probably write it up as a paper. Its certainly would be enough to pass 2nd or maybe even 3rd year term #CompSci assignment.
'' My bright ideas shine "
TLDR: What does this do?
Uses up your compute when you are asleep on a big project. #Compute that would otherwise go to waste.
#Canvas Cyberattack: When will we learn that technical monocultures suck?
Also, I remember when every university developed their own IT stuff in-house. It might have been janky or ugly, but it bloody well worked.
If your university can't come up with a student portal, maybe they shouldn't be teaching #CompSci?? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm working on a project idea, and trying to figure out what the best programming model for it would be!
I've got an odd requirement: the program should be the process. That is, I want a computation without a representation, or where the computation is its own "representation."
The only concrete example of this I can think of is a cellular automaton, like Conway's Game of Life. Given a set of rules, the only "program" to run is the state of the process.
Can you think of any other programming models like that? I'd love more examples to help me think this through.
Boosts appreciated, if you've got the right kind of nerds in your circles.
Diversity of ideas is important. Sticking with a research program long enough to see it through is also important. Changing up what you're working on every time Silicon Valley ejects a new artifact that gets news coverage endangers both of those values.
And holy hell is the monotony boring. Computer science is an interesting, sprawling field with a lot going on! Let's keep it that way!
I'm aware that over the last year or so I've been a critic of #LLM hype so I too am reacting to it. Lately I've been considering changing that up.