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Please let this be Peak LLM (Changelog News #100)

Jun 24, 2024

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Font designer Søren Fuglede Jørgensen creates a font that doubles as a language model and inference engine, while Hugo Landau discusses the decline of mildly dynamic websites. Mathew Duggan shares his review of GitHub Copilot Workspace, and Stephan Schmidt argues against excessive mocking in testing, offering alternative approaches.

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Innovative font file integrates large language model (LLM) for local text generation.

Web development trends showcase shift from dynamic to static sites and impact on mildly dynamic websites.

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Innovative Use of Font Files and LLMs for Text Generation

A font file named Llama .ttf developed by Sorin Fuglide Jorgensen incorporates a large language model (LLM) and an inference engine within it, utilizing the font shaping engine HarfBuzz. This innovative approach allows for running the LLM within the font file to generate text locally in applications like text editors without requiring additional features. This unconventional but potentially groundbreaking concept demonstrates how text generation can be achieved directly through a font file.

Intro

3min

Evolution of Website Development and Introduction of SQL Studio

2min

Discussion on Incident Management Integration and GitHub Co-Pilot Workspace Evaluation

3min

Exploring Mocking as an Anti-Pattern and Static Site Generators

3min

Søren Fuglede Jørgensen builds a font thats also an LLM, Hugo Landau writes about the demise of the mildly dynamic website, SQL Studio is the simplest little database explorer ever, Mathew Duggan reviews GitHub Copilot Workspace & Stephan Schmidt lays out the case against mocking + what to do instead.

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