writing working code is a process of converting any internal confusion into clarity
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Programming Productivity: Focus Protection Strategies
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Programming productivity is a precious and fragile thing stemming from great focus. Maintaining it requires active protection from the individual and organization.
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Maximize Impact: Focus on What Truly Matters
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Often the easiest strategy to do more of what matters is to do less of what doesn’t.
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OpenAI Launches Improved GPT Models and Cheaper Embedding Solutions
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Launching improved GPT models in the API, as well better and cheaper embedding models (e.g. one model is 5x cheaper than our previous embedding models with stronger performance):
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OpenAI’s approach to computing resources and AI system scaling
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Building at OpenAI is an exercise in maximally harnessing each available computing resource, scientifically predicting and understanding the resulting systems, searching for new ideas or old ones that are now ready to work, and scaling beyond precedent.
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OpenAI insider perspective on AI future trajectory
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Working at OpenAI feels like having advance notice on the contours of the future.
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Why startups rally against adversity more than uncertainty
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at a startup, adversity is easier to rally against then uncertainty
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Learning through action unlocks wisdom no other method can achieve
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It is hard to describe how much you learn by actually doing — by carefully considering all factors, making a decision, and then taking responsibility for the outcome. Unlocks wisdom that cannot be arrived at any other way.
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Iteration Cycles: The High Order Bit of Progress
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though easy to overlook, iteration cycle tends to be the high order bit on progress
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Excellence Over Achievement: The Path to Innovation
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better work often comes from those striving for excellence than from those who have already achieved it