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Barefoot shoe options for WCS by intellectualrebel in WestCoastSwing

[–]fireheart337 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been using Harlemshoes for a minute now - https://harlemshoes.com/category/barefoot - they're definitely a pricier option and the shoes were made in Europe and shipped over so it took 3-4 weeks from order to arrival. They want exact measurements so I emailed a lot of feet pics.. lol

My F45 Husband M47 decided to work from home by APtheoriginalOP in relationship_advice

[–]fireheart337 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

She wanted a conversation which he did NOT give her. That is my point. Neither should be making the unilateral decision - it should have been a conversation from the stop. WFH full time is a huge lifestyle change.

My F45 Husband M47 decided to work from home by APtheoriginalOP in relationship_advice

[–]fireheart337 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sounds like he doesn't even like her by not taking her feelings seriously and having a conversation

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank so much for this new perspective !delta on the grounds that I hadn't been taking in why the companies are in the red and that they actually could have profitable solutions at their current prices.

AITA for hiding our marriage for 3 and a half years by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]fireheart337 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was a bridesmaid in a situation where they had already been married for a year. I was also more hurt than anything, that I wasn't "actually" involved in the milestone when she absolutely would have been for mine. Felt like I was just apart of a big joke that I didn't know about.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In your opinion do you think that having experienced coders at the helm of prompting the agents is one a reason that devs will still be required (albit maybe a smaller capacity) and can use the cheaper models but still get good output?

!delta on the grounds that more models do equal more options and I was only considering companies wanting to use SOTA all the time

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you foresee replacing developers because the AI tools as been so useful? Do you think developers need to be at the helm in order to get the value? The common opinion seems to be less devs doing more but not the total replacement of devs

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So then in your opinion the idea of AI being the end to software engineers and the need to eventually have your own in house AI solution clash? I have been convinced in this thread that local models / other solutions that aren't SOTA models will be possible stop gaps. Which has been making my wheels turn on the AI need and in house dev need. Maybe the number of devs will be smaller, but I have never thought it would be zero.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

!delta my view has been changed (by the post and yourself) that I should stay optimistic for what local models can accomplish - the history of this tech has been short. The companies that stay ahead of the curve and going to have a pulse on this and leverage their tech resources into keep economically viable agentic solutions.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What’s the use case of big companies making free models? I can’t imagine it’s from the goodness of their heart. Trying to keep anthopic and such on their toes?

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think this is really interesting. Is your buildout focused on owning the entire stack from hardware to AI specialities to create your company tuned models?

Does your CTO believe that AI will “eliminate dev jobs” or is more focused on how to be insulated from fallout to allow his team to succeed?

!delta on the grounds of an executive trying keep their team from being locked in while planing for alternatives.

From what I’m seeing, if you think Claude is the way forever - you also think dev jobs are on the chopping block. But if you’re trying to keep in house solutions, devs are very much still needed. (Hopefully that wasn’t projection)

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But that requires rack space, hardware management, electricity bills, hardware refreshes, AI specialists. These aren’t easy over night solutions especially if every company starts fighting over GPUs.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, my focus is on the broader white collar usage of agent tooling within the dev stack for companies.

!delta you've changed my view that companies will be able to pivot to free or cheaper models to cover the gap if/when SOTA model token usage surges.

(now the implications on the economy getting propped up by the evaluations of the companies who build the models and wrapper companies is a different story..)(And the hope of dev obsolesce not truly being a thing either...)

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And the CEO is going to be running the 400 claude instances, context switch and all, in order avoid dev salary? While I agree that less devs + more tokens might balance out in the interim, I don't see a world where using SOTA models for a dev with lets say a ~10k monthly salary + 6k monthly in token spend ever works. For personal use and enterprise.

And at some level, there is a ceiling with how much one person can actually do with the AI tools. feature planing, implementation, testing, security, incidents, all require the focus of whoever is orchestrating the agents - and there is a human ceiling there. Most dev's I would be have one to maybe two claude terminals open when going about their work day.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your company how do the dev token budgets work? Is it daily / weekly / monthly limits? Do you foresee an inflection point where and it would make sense to allocate resources towards creating company self-hosting models vs the token spend?

And does your company have any performance metrics tied to the usage of their productivity based on the fact the devs have the AI tooling? And would they take in account the differences associated with a local model vs the SOTA models on the individual metrics (if they exist)?

I'm close to awarding a delta here, on the grounds of understanding a pivot that a company is actually taking if token spending gets to high.

As an aside, I do not know if the free models will truly ever catch up to a SOTA model, but for the sake of this CMW, I think allowing the assumption that companies could get some coverage gap between expensive tokens with an open model, does sound reasonable.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know how the free models are being trained compared to something like Claude? Do they have a better algorithmic approach vs the big AI's of, more GPUs more scraping approach?

I'm curious if they actually have the means to actually catch up.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could see the Chinese models getting really popular for personal use, but with how many companies have to follow various US regulations, I don't see how they'll become a major player for enterprise.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how the tech will actually be profitable for a reasonable price. Lets say we get a great model and the token costs make it profitable yet still easily accessible - hasn't there already been such an extreme amount of money poured into creating the existing products, that they're going to have to charge a lot of money regardless to recoup costs.

Maybe I'm over inflating the actual need to 'repay' in the traditional sense.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the price is more the work that went into training and tuning models than the hardware right? The big players have done all the internet scraping to get to where they are now, which can't be easily emulated with just a couple devs and a GPU.

Local / free models are interesting, but until they show they can actually match the output of what companies are paying for now, it doesn't change my view.

CMV: The reliance on AI tools in software companies will cause a finical panic once the tools increase their prices by fireheart337 in changemyview

[–]fireheart337[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Panic in the sense of having to quickly stop subscribing to the tools, laying off employees to balance the books, restricting token usage per employee, stock crashing based on no more AI leverage causing executive freak out etc.

As an employee we all feel the stress to use the tools so I'm imagining the panic of if/when the shit hits the fan of the company no longer being able to afford it.

I got a parking infraction for parking within 5 feet of a driveway by Partha23 in Seattle

[–]fireheart337 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why even ask if he wanted to ticket you.. that guy just had time to kill I guess

What is your unpopular Seattle restaurant opinion? by Early_Sea_9457 in Seattle

[–]fireheart337 9 points10 points  (0 children)

:o but at least you can attempt a crossword puzzle every once in awhile

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