The Daily Index — Monday, June 3, 2024 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM A YEAR OF BUILDING WITH LLMS

Building with AI is now more accessible than ever, but it can still be difficult to build products and systems that are effective beyond a demo. This guide teaches readers how to build successful products with large language models. It draws from the authors' experiences of building applications with LLMs over the past year. The guide discusses tactics, operations, and strategies for building with LLMs.

applied-llms.org · 45 min

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THE INTERNET'S FINAL FRONTIER: REMOTE AMAZON TRIBES

SpaceX's Starlink has been making the internet accessible to previously isolated tribes in Brazil since 2022. This article looks at what happened to the Marubo tribe, a community that has preserved its way of life for hundreds of years through isolation, after it gained access to the internet. While everyone in the tribe was happy when the technology arrived as the internet brought clear benefits, such as the ability to chat with faraway loved ones and call for help in emergencies, people in the tribe feel things have gotten worse. The internet has become essential to the tribe, but at a cost.

nytimes.com · 20 min

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THE ART OF SCALING TASTE

Startups can survive extremely competitive environments by having good taste. Taste is how a business differentiates itself when attention is scarce and choice is abundant. Knowing what to make is just as important as the ability to make it. MSCHF is a business that has managed to scale its taste without compromising on it. This article looks at how the company releases so many products while staying through to its original vision, how it keeps its team creative and engaged, and lessons from the company that can be applied by anyone.

every.to · 24 min

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‘LITTLE TECH' SETS ITS SIGHTS ON WASHINGTON

Garry Tan, the president and CEO of Y Combinator, is trying to build a lobbying operation that fights on behalf of Little Tech due to concerns that federal regulations meant to mitigate the potential harms of AI will instead help tech giants maintain their lead on the technology, boxing out smaller players.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 12 min

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LLMS AREN'T JUST “TRAINED ON THE INTERNET” ANYMORE

Labs with money are acquiring and creating non-public data.

allenpike.com · 5 min

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MOVING BEYOND TYPE SYSTEMS

This post discusses the idea of a static effect system and how it could be beneficial to programming languages moving forward.

vhyrro.github.io · 23 min

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CHINA'S CHANG'E 6 SPACECRAFT LANDS ON FAR SIDE OF THE MOON TO COLLECT SAMPLES

The Chang'e 6 spacecraft touched down on the far side of the moon in a crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin to collect soil and rock samples.

nbcnews.com · 3 min

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BUILDING HIGH IMPACT DEVELOPER COMMUNITIES

Strong developer communities are now one of the most sought after components when building out a software company or product due to the flywheel of network effects.

nader.substack.com · 15 min