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datakan 50 minutes ago [-]
> In that sense, LLMs are embodying the Unix philosophy. Of course, this analogy has holes so big you can easily ride a horse through. LLMs are neither small nor do they do one thing—you could even argue that some of the things they do, they certainly do not do well.
So the title is just clickbait
rambojohnson 30 minutes ago [-]
yep. so exhausting.
jt2190 20 minutes ago [-]
OT: Please refrain from commenting and just flag the article. This might seem harsh but it’s a strong signal to the submitter to find better content.
Chinjut 29 minutes ago [-]
People love to say the Unix philosophy is "Write programs that do one thing and do it well". But this does not really seem to me to really match Unix practice. And it doesn't match LLMs either, as the article notes.
(So what is this article talking about? I guess it's talking mainly about "Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface".)
pjmlp 1 hours ago [-]
My Java, .NET, Go, JavaScript/Typescript code running on serverless deployments, or low code/no code agentic tools, don't care what OS is powering the underlying type 1 hypervisor running their containers.
drak0n1c 38 minutes ago [-]
Not only are LLMs perfectly equipped for command-line interfaces, Linux is also the most performant OS for hosting the models locally.
dionian 17 minutes ago [-]
How so? Compared to say Mac OS? (Just curious)
vessenes 57 minutes ago [-]
s/Unix/The CLI/
But yes. That’s true.
justsomehnguy 51 minutes ago [-]
> Many of the command-line tools I use have been around for quite some time now1 but they still work admirably and allow me to do things like this:2
> [...]
> If this reads like gibberish to you, my younger hothead self, full of (neo)vim and vigor, would have hit you with the old “Linux is very user-friendly; it’s just also super picky about its friends.” Yes, younger me was adept at making enemies like a craftsman
No, it reads like you are an entitled fanboi and need to touch gra^W^W talk with a real human beings outside your small citrcle of nerds. Even better - to work a couple of weeks with your own hands and your own back. That helps.
So the title is just clickbait
(So what is this article talking about? I guess it's talking mainly about "Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface".)
But yes. That’s true.
> [...]
> If this reads like gibberish to you, my younger hothead self, full of (neo)vim and vigor, would have hit you with the old “Linux is very user-friendly; it’s just also super picky about its friends.” Yes, younger me was adept at making enemies like a craftsman
No, it reads like you are an entitled fanboi and need to touch gra^W^W talk with a real human beings outside your small citrcle of nerds. Even better - to work a couple of weeks with your own hands and your own back. That helps.