Amit Merchant
Person on 4 sites
Indian software developer and prolific blogger on PHP, Laravel and JavaScript; open-source enthusiast publishing near-daily at amitmerchant.com.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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5 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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An AI agent is essentially just an LLM, a set of tools, and a loop, not a complicated framework. (opens korrents.com)
“An agent doesn't have to be a complicated framework. At its simplest, it's an LLM, a set of tools, and a loop that allows the model to act on the results.”
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An LLM becomes considerably more useful when it is given tools it can decide to use. (opens korrents.com)
“The interesting part isn't the amount of code. It's the architecture: an LLM becomes considerably more useful when you give it tools it can decide to use.”
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AI agents that browse the web by taking screenshots and clicking elements visually are slow, costly, and error-prone on complex interfaces. (opens korrents.com)
“This approach is slow, expensive (vision tokens cost more), and error-prone when handling complex UIs (e.g., hover menus or sliders).”
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An AI agent is essentially just an LLM, a set of tools, and a loop, not a complicated framework. (opens korrents.com)
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8 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Casio F-91W (opens rcmnd.app)
“Apart from this, I own three watches of which one is a classic Casio F-91W, a Casio Royale, and a Casio G-5600UE-1. I love all of them equally.”
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Ulauncher (opens rcmnd.app)
“I use Ulauncher as the application launcher of my preferred choice on Linux.”
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Visual Studio Code (opens rcmnd.app)
“I use VS Code as my primary editor mainly because it’s more modern, highly configurable, and lightweight in comparison to other Electron-based editors such as Atom.”
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Casio F-91W (opens rcmnd.app)