{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Hotdog Takes","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/hotdogtakes","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1876139","username":"hotdogtakes","bio":"I have some thoughts, and I eat hotdogs.","pronouns":"ketchup/mustard","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Hotdog Takes","url":"https://hotdogtakes.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2026/06/1876139.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"84660477","content_html":"Altman\n\n\"ChatGPT, our OpenAI mission statement is too wordy and makes us look weak and unprofitable. Do something cool with it.\"\n\nChatGPT\n\n\"Absolutely! You are a macho man, and you deserve something fresh! Let me first lookup your current mission statement so that I can make it pop!\n…\nI’ve found it, “OpenAIs mission is to build general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) that safely benefits humanity, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. OpenAI believes that artificial intelligence technology has the potential to have a profound, positive impact on the world, so our goal is to devel... hotdogtakes.com","summary":"","url":"https://hotdogtakes.com/2026/02/20/altman-chatgpt-our-openai-mission.html","date_published":"2026-02-20T14:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Hotdog Takes","url":"https://hotdogtakes.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1876139.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"hotdogtakes"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-20 14:00","date_timestamp":1771596000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84513318","content_html":"

Giving someone an “unsung hero award” should be impossible.

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Hotdog wrapped in a pretzel bun vs hotdog wrapped in a bagel? I cannot decide.

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hotdog in a bagel. credit to firstforwomen.com

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hotdog in a pretzel bun. credit to bunsinmyoven.com

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To all of you who, like me, have been told to “wait 6 months” for LLMs to show real progress, I finally see it now. I present the only evidence you’ll need in order to be convinced:

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I was having a conversation with a colleague at a happy hour event and they were trying to convince me that companies shoveling capex into probabilistic text generation solutions can be seen as an opex investment in humans within that company.

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My Kool-Aid began to taste funny, so I left the party early.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://hotdogtakes.com/2026/02/13/i-was-having-a-conversation.html","date_published":"2026-02-13T14:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Hotdog Takes","url":"https://hotdogtakes.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1876139.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"hotdogtakes"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 14:00","date_timestamp":1770991200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84151459","content_html":"“Build with LLM vs Buy” will undoubtably fall into the same patterns of most in-house built solutions. The early stages are always easier, and the wins come fast.\n\nEasy: spin up “working” proof of concept (v0.1)\nEasy: iterate towards the current v1.0 with limited feature set\nIntermediate : Fix bugs, respon... hotdogtakes.com","summary":"","url":"https://hotdogtakes.com/2026/02/12/build-with-llm-vs-buy.html","date_published":"2026-02-12T22:01:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Hotdog Takes","url":"https://hotdogtakes.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1876139.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"hotdogtakes"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-12 22:01","date_timestamp":1770933692,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84151077","content_html":"

With currently subsidized “probabilistic text compute” pricing, what risk are companies pinning on their heavy reliance on these providers? What happens when these providers transition to the next phases of enshittification?

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“Build vs Buy” in the world of probabilistic code gen means that many more will have the hubris to build and forgo spending dollars on services that they can “build in an afternoon”. Reminds of me of the mid-2000s, “why would I pay you to make a website that my 12-year old nephew can do for $20?”\n: hotdogtakes.micro.blog

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