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More interesting info about Jev, and models in general, on r/LocalLLaMA than on HN these days - less hype, no filler, no fluff. The open inference engines will support something similar super quick.

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Replying to the HN news that Codex includes a headless copy of Libreoffice - was just deciding the same issue the other day - how can our agent work with MS Office files? Ended up using Apache POI directly on the JVM instead. Much simpler and smaller.

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Jetbrains’ AIR alpha plugin might be the best AI feature they have released since flailing wildly upon the release of coding agents. They still have the best code analysis in the business that could provide incredible context, if actually used.

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Java for an AI startup: mandeepgill.net

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FYI - this blog uses the micro.blog blogging platform to post long and short form content (like this post!). Enjoying it thus far - it uses Hugo under the hood as the SSG, with the minimal Mythos Theme.

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It’s based on ideas around POSSE: Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere - as per this HN discussion

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Looking up: mandeepgill.net

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Hello world, again. My last blog post was a hello world in 2014, so this one is overdue: I’m Mandeep, cofounder and CTO of PumpUp in San Francisco. Coming soon: building with agents, running modern Java at an AI startup, and war stories from a decade of founding things. More about me.

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