The Daily Index — Tuesday, February 4, 2025 · TLDR Index

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qawolf.com

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DEVELOPER PHILOSOPHY

Developers should avoid scenarios where a ground-up rewrite starts to look attractive. They should aim to have 90% of the work done in 50% of the available time to leave time for process improvements. Developers should automate good practices and think about edge cases where things can fail. There's usually a way to write code more simply. Code should be written to be testable.

qntm.org · 6 min

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WE TRIED OPENAI'S NEW DEEP RESEARCH—HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND

OpenAI's 'deep research' is a new agentic research assistant that can compile full-blown research reports. Unlike previous versions of ChatGPT, it runs fully autonomously and works through many steps before returning an answer. The assistant can take anywhere from one to 30 minutes to research an answer depending on the complexity of the question - users can follow its work in real time. This article looks at how 'deep research' works, how well it works, and the impact the technology will have on research.

every.to · 13 min

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THE REALITY OF DATING APPS

This article presents a deep dive into the world of dating apps for those who think that they can be 'fixed'. It looks at some of the stats in the industry and the complaints that users have about the apps they use. People don't present themselves well on digital platforms, which results in either over-hyper-optimization before meeting or disappointment when meeting. The core problem is that users don't want to go on dates to find out more about potential partners and would rather try to find a partner from their bed using unrealistic criteria.

blog.luap.info · 55 min

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WHY IS THIS C.E.O. BRAGGING ABOUT REPLACING HUMANS WITH A.I.?

Klarna has saved the equivalent of $10 million annually by using artificial intelligence to automate work typically done by humans.

nytimes.com · 24 min

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WHAT SOFTWARE DO YOU DREAM ABOUT, BUT DO NOT HAVE TIME TO CODE YOURSELF? (LOBSTERS THREAD)

The projects developers wish they could code if they had the time include next-gen scripting languages, novel messaging clients, karaoke apps, and more.

lobste.rs

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SOFTBANK IS BETTING BILLIONS THAT OPENAI'S AGENTS WILL AUTOMATE WORK

SoftBank will pay $3 billion a year to force the companies in its portfolios to experiment with AI agents.

gizmodo.com · 2 min

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OPENAI SAYS ITS MODELS ARE MORE PERSUASIVE THAN 82 PERCENT OF REDDIT USERS

OpenAI rates o3-mini's persuasive capabilities as a 'Medium' risk, meaning that the model has comparable persuasive effectiveness to typical human written content.

arstechnica.com · 5 min

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TRUMP SAYS NEW US SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND COULD PURCHASE TIKTOK

The US sovereign wealth fund is expected to be created in the next year by the US Treasury and Commerce Departments.

techcrunch.com · 1 min

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EL SALVADOR WALKS BACK ITS BITCOIN LAW

El Salvador has removed bitcoin's status as a legal currency, although it remains legal tender - its use is entirely voluntary but it cannot be used to pay taxes or settle government debt.

reason.com · 2 min