Has anyone seen published guidance about how to avoid tokens (including special things like [INST] or ) messing things up, for any of the available models? I've not seen good documentation on this myself yet
@simonw
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Version Control Solutions for Excel Files
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Have you seen a separate version control mechanism that works well with Excel? Python and Go work great with GitHub because they use plain text that diffs cleanly
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Building a Different Web: Alternative Digital Future
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On the same theme, this is even better https://
citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-
different-web/
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Excel UI Features Enable Non-Programmer Collaboration
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Excel programs come with a default flexible UI and a whole bunch of features – easy copy-and paste, integrate with other spreadsheets, quick visualization – that require a ton of work in other environments, especially when collaborating with non-programmers
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Vibe-Eval Wins Best Evaluation Benchmark Name Prize
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Vibe-Eval wins the prize for the best name for an eval benchmark, surprised no-one had taken that name already
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Excel Needs Version Control and Automated Testing
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(That said, if Excel had proper version control and widely spread robust patterns for automated testing the world would run a whole lot smoothly)
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Spreadsheets as Legitimate Sophisticated Software Development
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Completely disagree with you there. I've seen plenty of examples of spreadsheets that absolutely count as sophisticated software development
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Web Components as DSL for Block Diagram Development
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Neat demonstration of the kinds of things you can do with Web Components – effectively using them as a mechanism for building a DSL for block diagrams
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Testing LLM Capabilities Through Experimental Prompting Methods
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Lesrning about an LLM through experimentwlly prompting it makes sense – the mistake people frequently make is asking it direct questions like "what's your context length" or what architecture do you use" and then believing what it tells them
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System Prompts Don’t Guarantee Truth: Manipulation Techniques
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System prompt leaking techniques work, but just because something is stated in a system prompt doesn't mean that thing is actually true System prompts don't have to tell the truth, their job to influence the model to behave in certain ways