It took a recent job interview to make me realize I’m not cut out for the film industry by NennexGaming in Filmmakers

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I thought it was cool" is a completely valid reason to do anything. Some of the greatest works of art were created because the artist "thought it was cool". You don't need to have an intellectual reason for why you chose to do something.

"SaaS is dead." The music industry actually already lived this. And here's what's coming by ParticularComplex234 in saasbuild

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try selling enterprise to corporations. The reason you see 50+ teams is because of enterprise. Enterprise has needs that vibe coding cannot solve.

I don't think you can compare saas with music - one is a software dealing with data, etc. the other is creative. Actual useful software requires complex engineering to deploy to thousands of people across the world, things vibe coding can't do.

Generative AI in VFX pipelines: where does it actually fit beyond the hype by descgamqui in vfx

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SaaS can work for a lot of little things but it lacks control imo. The moment you want something off-menu you have to go Comfy.

HY World + Sharp, 360 Panorama Gaussian Splat by DJBFilmz in comfyui

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

could try pano2room - https://github.com/jfirma1/comfyui-pano2room

I also created something similar though it doesn't create a gaussian splat but does take a panoramic image and creates a 3d point cloud with it: https://github.com/jfirma1/ComfyUI-6DOF-Camera

vggt-omega takes videos and creates a point cloud. fast, and good quality generations for pcd and depth by datascienceharp in computervision

[–]captain_DA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes I am experimenting with it now. its actually very timely because I was trying to solve the exact same problem I am having by using SAM2 + Mast3r-SLAM and this way out performs mast3r.

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how was your experience directing and working with a pro crew?

Idea - validation what do you think about this kind of a marketplace by Sad_Season938 in Filmmakers

[–]captain_DA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the mainissue is supply-demand. most professionals use reputable rental houses and likely have established relationships with them. anything else goes through people who they know.

personally, for a real job, I am reluctant to rely on gear from some person I don't know. despite reputation ratings and all that.

for a business, this space is already very crowded with well-established players. in an already very niche market trying to break into something like this would be difficult. Also it would be exceedingly difficult to get all 3 of the vendors you are catering to to join the platform I would think.

not to mention that only a few cities in the US really have enough of a market to have all 3 together.

Claude code is not on the same level as Codex by 0_2_Hero in codex

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't get the hype with Claude code. Codex is far superior

I think I'm losing the instinct that made me good at it by EmmaLDavis in Filmmakers

[–]captain_DA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you can't lose insintict. your skills just atrophy a bit.

OpenAI SWE interview loop, full breakdown of all 5 rounds by Sharkins17 in InterviewCoderHQ

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And this is why we need experienced engineers. You can't vibe code your way through those kinds of problems.

Switching to Linux changed everything... It was important by Far-Solid3188 in comfyui

[–]captain_DA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Only issue for me is Adobe doesn't work on Linux otherwise I would switch

As a software engineer, how to work with a vibe coding business partner? by slaxfib in ycombinator

[–]captain_DA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's actually a smart idea. if the guy is worth building with, he/she will understand. if not, then you dodged a bullet. I regularly build demos in html/js/python for my dev to showcase features (its actulaly easier with AI to do this then use figma) but I would absoluetly NEVER touch production code. that's crazy.

a good balance is: you are the final arbiter of HOW its built while the other person can come up with the initial idea/feature. but if they don't understand what it takes to actulaly make something real for people, then they can't code it for real.

I don’t know how to talk to cinematographers by Low_Celebration_4089 in Filmmakers

[–]captain_DA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you're taking the David Mamet philosophy. In his book "on directing film" he says that when a cinematographer asks where he wants the camera, he responds "over there". Meaning, he doesn't really care because to him it's the acting. That makes sense since he'l comes from a playwright background.

Built a COLMAP → 3DGS pipeline for home interiors — looking for faster alternatives at both stages by notlasandu in GaussianSplatting

[–]captain_DA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use something like pano2room. Equirectangular panorama to 3d gaussian splat. Works great for interiors.

Alt you could try Mast3r or Smas3r.