The problem is not the models. The problem is the circus that comes bundled with them.

JUST BUILD IT

Scratching the itch(es)

In my MeTube fork, I have a gh action (oof) that periodically checks upstream releases, generates a diff and sends it to an LLM for analysis.

The model then creates an issue explaining whether I should care about the changes.

This is not AGI. It is artificial “please read this diff because I ain’t got time for that”.

Perfect.

On iOS, I use Safari to visit YouTube (cough ads cough) and I started getting annoyed by shorts and creator posts in the feed. I just wanted to watch some videos, crazy stuff.

I didn’t even thought about starting my usual research into existing tools and solutions, I just built a small extension that would scratch my itch.

That’s Shortless, and it is on the App Store.

On macOS, I started using some app that would display the upcoming meeting in my menubar. This is not rocket science, but it started conflicting with my menubar management app. I got frustrated, it annoyed me.

So I whipped up Perch.

Do you really needed any of these two? Probably not. And that’s fine.

I hope it becomes boring

The outcome I want is not a small collection of companies owning a magic oracle.

I want models to become cheap and replaceable infrastructure: multiple providers, good OPEN models, local options, predictable APIs and enough compatibility to remain sane.

Becoming boring is what useful technology eventually does, boring is good.

I am so genuinely excited about where this is going, so much to do. So many people wanting to build things.

The circus is optional.