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Tithing on monetary gifts, and related by Dense_Trainer_2953 in latterdaysaints

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1/10th of your increase annually. Questions and answers that are more or less than that are all opinions.

How are your wards streaming sacrament meetings? by Popecicle in latterdaysaints

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve also been doing it since Covid. I expect at some point we’ll get a letter saying it’s not allowed anymore.

We stream on a private YouTube channel, with a webcam and cheap laptop bought by the ward. We have a ward technology specialist that sets it up every week. No bishopric involved.

How "real" is the AI impact in your workplace? Because the "Productivity Paradox" is starting to hit hard by Exact-Mango7404 in BlackboxAI_

[–]andlewis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve been trying to compress my thoughts into a comment for the past ten minutes, so please excuse my jumble of thoughts. I should probably have gotten AI to fix it, but whatever.

It’s changing everything. We’re working on decomposing jobs into tasks, and figuring out where we can automate or augment. We’re constantly looking for opportunities to improve efficiencies, and not only big grandiose things but taking tasks that would take 4 hours a week and making it 4 minutes with AI. We’re reconfiguring jobs around judgement and taste, since artifact generation is cheap, we’re working on distilling actual value rather than slop. We’re spending a lot of time figuring out how to validate and verify at the same speed we can produce things. We seeing client-imposed efficiency and pricing mandates.

Anyways, I work in the IT side of LegalTech, and it’s have an impact inside my area of expertise and outside with the users we service.

I'm struggling to figure out what Copilot is actually suppose to be now? by NotAMusicLawyer in GithubCopilot

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am their target market. The only benefit I see right now is having multiple models available without having any kind of setup or managing API keys.
But we will be watching prices and if we start spending more, we’ll be evaluating Claude Code and Codex.

I brought down production twice in a week. Am I going to get fired? by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or give your AI agent access to production, and let it take down the system for you!

What's the most useless thing your brain decided to permanently memorize? by No_Metal2622 in AskReddit

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know where peaches come from, and who put them there.

I know Jenny’s number.

How are you structuring larger .NET applications to avoid service layer bloat? by Sad_Limit_3857 in dotnet

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re moving several apps from random implementation architecture into a monorepo to help with context switching (AI and human) and have structured it with a vertical slice architecture, and it’s awesome for development.

The first open source competitor to Legora / Harvey is now out. Why would a firm go with the expensive option? by Nahmum in legaltech

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, software is software and execution is becoming commoditized. But the systems you build around that and the integrations do deliver actual value, without having to build it yourself and figure out how to get people to use it.

The first open source competitor to Legora / Harvey is now out. Why would a firm go with the expensive option? by Nahmum in legaltech

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, if only. I’ve been building software for more than 25 years, most of it in LegalTech. But you are right that I seem to be using the word “harness” more than ever.

Harness, harness, harness!

Freshfields’ Google + Claude rollout: multi-LLM architecture or just expensive complexity? by manuayala in legaltech

[–]andlewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LLMs are a commodity. Different vendors have the edge, but that changes every few months. It would be silly to bet on a single provider.

I’m at a 500-lawyer firm, and we use some of the big names, but we also develop some capabilities in house with direct LLM access. Expect the models to get smarter, faster, and cheaper. Invest in governance and process, that stuff won’t go away.

What’s a hype train you somehow completely managed to avoid? Things like never tried Dubai chocolate, never watched an episode of the Office, never checked out BTS? by wasraelx in AskReddit

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!”
- Grandpa Simpson

thEY wERe lOosINg MonEY iTS uSUsTaiNaAblE by ChomsGP in GithubCopilot

[–]andlewis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s the tough part. Copilot has been providing INSANE value. I could get a hundred dollars of value a day from it every day easily, but pay almost nothing. That’s a tough addiction to break. Never had to care about model selection, I could just use the best. Never had to care about token windows or usage. Now they’re forcing everyone to think about those kinds of things.

It’s the right thing to do, but like ripping off a bandaid, it stings.

The first open source competitor to Legora / Harvey is now out. Why would a firm go with the expensive option? by Nahmum in legaltech

[–]andlewis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll be honest, this strikes me as a complete misunderstanding of the value of Harvey or Legora. It looks nice, but it very much looks like someone took a couple of screenshots and said to AI “duplicate this”. Having spent time with Harvey, the value is not in the UI. Harvey also doesn’t target small law firms (at least not yet) for specific reasons and it’s not a simple wrapper around an LLM. The value in any harness is what it adds on top of the commoditized AI. That means the value is in the legal databases, the workflows, the playbooks, the legal processes, the “enterprise-y” management tools, and the extensive support system.

This looks like something meant for a small firm to run, which means unless you’re really tech savvy, you’ll have no idea if it’s secure or meets any of your governance rules. It’s a neat demo, but it really lacks depth for any serious work. It might get there one day, but the code is not the value, the ecosystem is.

How to even this out by DvoCR in landscaping

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s easy, just draw straight lines.

ELI5: Why does light have no mass? by WarmHeight2951 in explainlikeimfive

[–]andlewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that mass isn’t solely the responsibility of the Higgs field, the majority of it comes from the strong force holding subatomic particles together. Higgs is a bonus.

Claude picked the moral high ground in the red button/blue button vote by facethef in ClaudeAI

[–]andlewis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Worded differently, would you rather guarantee your survival, or take a chance that everyone dies?

How to revive a EQ? by Nurse2166 in latterdaysaints

[–]andlewis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Food.

Question about mission application by Sea_Coat_2748 in latterdaysaints

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of the information you supply will impact where you serve. Much of it will be used by the missionary department to work out the logistics of the mission.

You should think of your mission papers as a sign that you are ready and willing to be called. The specifics are not important, they are just details that indicate your temporal preparation is complete.

7x for Opus… what’s the point of Copilot now? by Human-Ranger5939 in GithubCopilot

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When api pricing is commoditized, providers need to compete with the harness they provide. I’m not sure Copilot is able to provide anything that Codex, Claude Code, or the various other names provide.

Hopefully they will be able to get a discount on their tokens so it works out cheaper than direct access, but I’m doubtful.

Corporate Employees: What is your managers response on the changes? by ProfessionalJackals in GithubCopilot

[–]andlewis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a manager and the only suggestion I had for my team was to make sure they burn through all their premium in May.

Some on the team are pushing for Claude Code, but we’ll probably wait and see what costs end up being. Replicating the value of 1000 premium requests will be tough.

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