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Please let this be Peak LLM

Jun 24, 2024
Font designer Søren Fuglede Jørgensen discusses his LLM font, Hugo Landau talks about the evolution of website development, Mathew Duggan reviews GitHub Copilot Workspace, and Stephan Schmidt debates against mocking in testing, advocating for alternative strategies.
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Quick takeaways

  • Søren Fuglede Jørgensen develops LLM font file with a font shaping engine for text manipulation in local applications without vendor updates.
  • Evolution of website development from manual editing to static site generators emphasizes simplification and cyclical trends in web creation.

Deep dives

Innovation in Font Files: Llama .ttf as a Font with LLM Engine

Llama .ttf font file, developed by Sorin Fuglide Jorgensen, incorporates a large language model (LLM) and an inference engine within a font file, powered by the font shaping engine, HarfBuzz. This unique integration allows text shaping through arbitrary code in applications like Firefox and Chrome, enabling text generation and manipulation locally without the need for vendor updates. The font's capabilities to run LLM directly within text applications present a novel approach to text processing and open possibilities for enhanced text manipulation.

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