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New top story on Hacker News: CNBC just deleted 5 pages showing CD5 data for banks including JPM and BAC

New top story on Hacker News: CNBC just deleted 5 pages showing CD5 data for banks including JPM and BAC

CNBC just deleted 5 pages showing CD5 data for banks including JPM and BAC
26 by janmo | 7 comments on Hacker News.
CNBC just deleted 5 pages showing the current and historical 5 year Credit Default Swaps for: - JPMorgan, deleted URL: https://ift.tt/v83tueV - Bank of America, deleted URL: https://ift.tt/YSPitcf - PNC, deleted URL: https://ift.tt/dtLk4GJ - Truist Financial, deleted URL: https://ift.tt/IryMXYm - Wells Fargo, deleted URL: https://ift.tt/vu6FPOe Not deleted: Goldman Sachs https://ift.tt/buSpCJd, Deutsche Bank https://ift.tt/iP9TgUA . You can easily use archive.org to check for yourself example: https://ift.tt/eUY24FK This might not seem like a big thing, but it is! This was one of the very few sources were you could see current credit default swaps data online. I would love to get an explanation from CNBC. EDIT: I was actively crawling the pages in question, it did work until at least Friday, 24 March 2023 23:55:35 after that the crawling paused for the weekend as the markets are closed. So this change occurred during the weekend.

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Tuesday, 21 March 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Pair: Open Tool for Coding with GPTs, Built by Coding with GPTs

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Pair: Open Tool for Coding with GPTs, Built by Coding with GPTs

Show HN: Pair: Open Tool for Coding with GPTs, Built by Coding with GPTs
6 by wskish | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Github Copilot is a great tool for leveraging GPTs while coding, but I find that it is too “open loop” for more complex tasks that require Q&A, feedback to guide it in a particular direction, iteration on code execution errors, etc. There is a large class of tasks that are better accomplished in an iterative, stateful chat-like interface. I have been experimenting with a local command line chat interface to GPT-4 and my mind was blown once again a few days ago when I copied documentation for a pretty involved API into the model context and managed to chat-guide GPT-4 to implement the API in under 30 minutes, complete with a ridiculous amount of unit test coverage. This involved a lot of manual copy and pasting back and forth and other friction points that could be removed by a streamlined REPL interface optimized for code interactions. It occurred to me that it would be fun to build such a tool, and as the ultimate act of dogfooding, try to build it with GPT! So PAIR is the starting point here. You can see a recent commit message has a log of my interactions with the model that produced that commit. Next step is to add better mechanisms to manage the model input context (e.g. make it easy for the model to see the latest version of a source file when needed) followed by mechanisms for allowing the model to suggest changes via diffs that are quickly reviewed and accepted by the human in the loop before being applied to the file and tested. I would love to hear from others who have experimented with GPT pair programming in a chat-style interface and any feedback you might have on your experience with it.

March 21, 2023 0
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Watermelon – GPT-powered code contextualizer

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Watermelon – GPT-powered code contextualizer

Show HN: Watermelon – GPT-powered code contextualizer
10 by baristaGeek | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hey there HN! We're Esteban and Esteban and we are looking to get feedback for the new version of our GPT-powered, open-source code contextualizer. We're starting with a VS Code extension that indexes information from git (GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket integrations available), Slack and Jira to explain the context around a file or block of code. Finally, we summarize such aggregated context using the power of GPT. As devs we know that it's very annoying to look at a new codebase and start understanding all the nuances, particularly when the person who wrote the code already left the company. With this problem in mind, we decided to build this solution. You'll be able to get into "the ghost" of the person who left the company. Soon, we will also be building a GitHub Action that does the same thing as the VS Code extension but at the time of creating a PR: Index the most relevant information related to this new PR, and add it as a comment. This way we will provide context at one more moment, and also, we will be making the IDE extension better. Here's our open source repo if you also want to check it out: https://ift.tt/Hw2hKXV Please give us your feedback! Thanks.

March 21, 2023 0

Monday, 20 March 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Great Books Homeschool beta program

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Great Books Homeschool beta program

Show HN: Great Books Homeschool beta program
27 by jkurnia | 23 comments on Hacker News.
I built this customizable literature-based K-12 homeschool curriculum, based on my experience as a homeschool parent. It's designed especially for intellectually curious kids who love to read. One of the main benefits of homeschooling is the ability to design customized programs of study that let kids learn at their level of challenge in each subject. But since designing custom curricula from scratch requires a huge time commitment and familiarity with children's literature and academic materials, most homeschooling parents don't take advantage of this potential and instead opt for prepackaged curricula. Great Books Homeschool eliminates a lot of the work involved in designing a complete and rigorous curriculum for homeschooled students. The website generates a default program of study for each student, then helps parents customize it. Transcripts and other records are generated automatically. Pricing is normally subscription based, but we're offering complimentary access for twelve months to the first 50 users who sign up for our beta testing program. In return, beta testers are requested to complete a monthly questionnaire about their experience with the curriculum. If you would like to participate in the beta testing program, please first create a free trial account at https://ift.tt/uR1mE24 . Once signed in, go to https://ift.tt/EIM2NTs... and complete the application form. Questions and comments are welcome!

March 20, 2023 0
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Should I sign a pay cut agreement?

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Should I sign a pay cut agreement?

Ask HN: Should I sign a pay cut agreement?
10 by folivore | 25 comments on Hacker News.
Hi! My employer recently announced a 10% pay cut across the board. Where I live(South Africa), employee consent is required. The company sent out a document asking us to sign in agreement. ---- This is the state of things now: * Company laid an unknown number of employees off, and laid them off without letting employees know until a week later in a meeting where they announced pay cuts * The company is pretty much full remote and the office is a nice-to-have. It is in a very expensive part of town. * Lunches once a week are catered at the office * I asked what happens if one were not to sign, and the response was "Oh, we haven't thought about that. We're hoping that everyone pulls together." * The situation will be reviewed quarterly * Company says they don't expect it to last very long, also citing this for why they kept the office ---- A few things stand out to me and feel like red flags, namely: * They chose to cut salaries rather than cut the office rent and catered lunch/snack expenses * They have no plan should someone not sign. I would think they would have planned that out, specially since they went on about how long it took them to make this decision. * Layoffs were hidden until an announcement, which was also ambiguous where people thought it was still coming. ---- My options are to sign and take a pay cut, or refuse to sign and see what happens. Law here says I am entitled to what effectively comes to a layoff, but I can't predict what the company will do. The pay cut also makes my life a lot harder since we were already on a tight budget. I would appreciate any thoughts, knowledge, or advice you might have. I know you are not a lawyer and I am not expecting you to be, but lawyers can't speak to real world experience from others in the industry. I am currently finding a lawyer to assist.

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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Plato – Airtable for your SQL database

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Plato – Airtable for your SQL database

Show HN: Plato – Airtable for your SQL database
39 by mgummelt | 13 comments on Hacker News.
Hi! I've been a member of HN for fifteen years so today I'm very excited to share Plato. Plato is an Airtable-like interface for your Postgres or MySQL database. It's an admin panel for devs and non-devs alike to manage your DB. We see teams use Plato for customer support, customer success, ops, etc.. We built Plato because we think more people should be able to build and extend internal tools. We thought it was strange that even though low-code is supposed to democratize development, all of the low-code internal tool builders are marketed to engineers! Airtable is a familiar UI that fits the relational model well, so we've been inspired by their work. Even the engineers on our team use Plato quite a bit, since it's often easier than spinning up a SQL prompt. Some features: - Postgres and MySQL support - Visual query controls (sorts, filters, hiding columns). No SQL. - Joins by "expanding" foreign keys - Virtual columns for tracking new data - Auto-generated backlinks for one-to-many relationships - Read-only locking for individual tables - Virtual tables for sharing new views with your team Plato today works on databases with a public IP (just whitelist our IP to connect), but we're soon rolling out an on-prem version. We can also set up an SSH tunnel for you if you contact us at team@plato.io. We'd love to hear your feedback! Thanks. - Michael

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Tuesday, 7 March 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: ChatGPT and Document Parser = Ghost

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: ChatGPT and Document Parser = Ghost

Show HN: ChatGPT and Document Parser = Ghost
22 by Ostatnigrosh | 17 comments on Hacker News.
I've always wanted to just upload a whole book to ChatGPT and ask questions. Obviously with the char limit that's impossible... So some buddies and I built Ghost. We have it limited to 5 pages for uploads for now, but plan on expanding the limit soon. Let me know what you guys think!

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Friday, 3 March 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you get companies to talk to you about their problems?

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you get companies to talk to you about their problems?

Ask HN: How do you get companies to talk to you about their problems?
10 by Centigonal | 8 comments on Hacker News.
I do product development for a team that's creating solutions for life sciences & pharmaceutical companies that work with real-world data. This is a new industry vertical for us, so we don't have a bunch of existing customers we can go interview to understand what to build. It's already a reasonably crowded space, but the few pharma teams we've talked to express frustration with the speed and price of existing offerings. That said, I need much, much more information from users of existing offerings in our space to be able to form a product strategy that I have strong conviction in. I was reading Airbyte's company handbook[1] the other day, and it mentioned the co-founders did 45 discovery calls with customers using existing ELT tools in 3 months! I would kill for that kind of access to teams in our target market. How did they do that? Is that just the power of the YC network, or is there something I'm overlooking? My background is not in sales or BizDev, but I can pick up that skillset (or hire for it) to get these calls. Should I just start finding people in the pharma space, add them on LinkedIn, and request an informational interview? Are healthcare conferences good for getting these kinds of calls? Open to any advice or guidance - thank you! [1] https://ift.tt/roz6XuT (Fantastic doc, BTW)

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