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tosh

183,935karma·27,647submissions·May 4, 2010
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https://smolenv.com (a smol agent)

https://findableapp.com (SEO toolkit for Google & ChatGPT)

https://kiwilang.com (k-like language and implementation in Zig with support for GPU via Apple MLX)

https://chesscatsapp.com (a fun way to play chess)

https://moreepisodes.com (tv show episodes generated by GPT-4)

https://jamshelf.com (open source Clubhouse)

https://magic.do (early stage fund)

https://lemmings.io (sci-fi themed hackathons (think "zombie apocalypse", "aliens"))

https://applesilicongames.com (game compatibility and game performance on Apple Silicon Macs)

https://devmonthly.com (curated news & input & jobs for software engineers)

https://blossom.io (project tracking for distributed teams)

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{UX Service Game} Design, Typography, Clojure, Lisp, Python, Tea, Minimalism, Dao, …

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recent activity (27,647 total)
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one form of very effective self-improvement that coding agents do all the time: install or build stuff that they can then use it changes the environment instead of the agent/harness but in a sens…
12d ago·view thread
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great question, not yet I think it is worth adding support for it though
13d ago·view thread
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Interesting, that is not my experience (but I'm mainly using them for reading and writing code right now) but I don't doubt that you're seeing this behaviour, ty for sharing!
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nb: current models (e.g. GPT 5.6 Sol) are very good at long horizon tasks they no longer need crutches or rube goldberg machines to keep them going minimal agent harness is just a loop that loops unti…
13d ago·view thread
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repo is published now: https://github.com/smol-env/smol
14d ago·view thread
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I do think prompting and reference files (e.g. for architecture, tech stack, …) can be extremely helpful. I also do this in my projects (challenge is keeping drift of these documents at bay). What I w…
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I agree, only looking at the token burn is not enough in this case it was 10 tasks and all harnesses could complete the tasks successfully, of course now the question is: will this hold for more and m…
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coming in a few hours you can follow this org in the meantime https://github.com/smol-env or on twitter here: https://x.com/__tosh …
15d ago·view thread
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smol currently is very simple so it definitely does less things, like no subagent orchestration I will look into how token usage looks like for longer sessions and more complex tasks re caching: the c…
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agree, that makes it a bit tricky to compare (esp if you also want to add different models and reasoning levels into the mix) I will add more tasks (esp longer ones) and think more about grading, the …
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will do!
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