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simonwyesterday at 7:01 PM10 repliesview on HN

Down to -4. Is this generic LLM-dislike, or a reaction to perceived over-self-promotion, or something else?

No matter how much you hate LLM stuff I think it's useful to know that there's a working proof of concept of this library compiled to WASM and working as a Python library.

I didn't plan to share this on HN but then MicroQuickJS showed up on the homepage so I figured people might find it useful.

(If I hadn't disclosed I'd used Claude for this I imagine I wouldn't have had any down-votes here.)


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claaryesterday at 7:28 PM

I think many subscribe to this philosophy: https://distantprovince.by/posts/its-rude-to-show-ai-output-...

Your github research/ links are an interesting case of this. On one hand, late AI adopters may appreciate your example prompts and outputs. But it feels like trivially reproducible noise to expert LLM users, especially if they are unaware of your reputation for substantive work.

The HN AI pushback then drowns out your true message in favor of squashing perceived AI fluff.

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garganzolyesterday at 9:32 PM

Thank you for sharing.

A lot of HN people got cut by AI in one way or another, so they seem to have personal beefs with AI. I am talking about not only job shortages but also general humbling of the bloated egos.

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colesantiagoyesterday at 7:10 PM

It is because you keep over promoting AI almost every day of the week in the HN comments.

In this particular case AI has nothing to do with Fabrice Bellard.

We can have something different on HN like what Fabrice Bellard is up to.

You can continue AI posting as normal in the coming days.

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dangoodmanUTtoday at 1:30 PM

I appreciated it. I have no idea why someone would downvote it other than spite

yeaskutoday at 8:19 AM

Because it adds nothing to the conversation. Im

TheTaytaytoday at 6:03 AM

I was hoping you experimented with this! I am right there with you, hoping for an easier wasm sandbox for LLMs.

(Keep posting please. Downvotes due to mentioning LLMs will be perceived as a quaint historic artifact in the not so distant future…)

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alex_suzukiyesterday at 9:59 PM

I think the people interacting with this post are just more likely to appreciate the raw craftsmanship and talent of an individual like Bellard, and coincidentally might be more critical of the machinery that in their perception devalues it. I count myself among them, but didn’t downvote, as I generally think your content is of high quality.

petercooperyesterday at 7:26 PM

Your tireless experimenting (and especially documenting) is valuable and I love to see all of it. The avant garde nature of your recent work will draw the occasional flurry of disdain from more jaded types, but I doubt many HN regulars would think you had anything but good intentions! Guess I am basically just saying.. keep it up.

halfmatthalfcatyesterday at 7:18 PM

I downvoted because I'm tired of people regurgitating how they've done this or that with whatever LLM of the week on seemingly every technical post.

If you care that much, write a blog post and post that, we don't need low effort LLM show and tell all day everyday.

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SeanAndersonyesterday at 7:36 PM

I didn't downvote you. You're one of "the AI guys" to me on HN. The content of your post is fine, too, but, even if it was sketch, I'd've given you the benefit of the doubt.