The hottest Code generation Substack posts right now

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John Cochrane gets AI-pilled

In My Tribe • 440 implied HN points • 25 Feb 26
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. Modern AI tools can give concise, organized, referee-quality feedback on academic work that rivals top human reviewers.
  2. It’s uncertain how much extra value domain experts add versus powerful general models, and that uncertainty matters for where investors should put money.
  3. AI speeds routine research tasks like writing code and updating graphs by a large margin, but models can do unexpected things and their outputs need careful human checking.

How AI makes English a programming language

Mythical AI • 137 implied HN points • 07 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. AI is making it easier for people to program by allowing them to describe tasks in English and having the computer figure out the code.
  2. Computers need precise instructions and struggle with understanding context, making programming challenging.
  3. Programmers are rare, expensive, and building software is costly, but AI is helping automate coding, making programmers more productive.
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Screenshots to Code Dataset, Multi Motion Brush in Gen-2, Open-source AGI, AI system that solves complex geometry problems, AI in drug discovery and more

AI Brews • 22 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. Google DeepMind's AlphaGeometry AI system solves complex geometry problems at human Olympiad level.
  2. Codium AI's AlphaCodium improves code generation in LLMs with test-based iterative flow.
  3. Meta is working on open-source AGI and Microsoft Research made progress in AI-driven drug discovery.

Can TypeSpec Be an Alternative to OpenAPI?

The API Changelog • 3 implied HN points • 13 Jun 25
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. TypeSpec offers better features than OpenAPI for API development. It allows for strong typing and is more in tune with how developers want to work.
  2. Teams like Pinterest find value in using TypeSpec to create a single, unified schema for their APIs. This helps them generate different formats like OpenAPI and GraphQL more easily.
  3. You can use TypeSpec as your main API definition tool and still create OpenAPI documents when needed. This combination can make your workflow smoother and more effective.

Reflecting on Reflexion

Nano Thoughts • 8 HN points • 24 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. Human intelligence learns from mistakes through self-reflection to improve performance.
  2. Applying Reflexion framework helps AI agents iterate solutions for problems without definitive answers.
  3. Using Reflexion to refine test generation can shift focus from code generation to improving test accuracy.

Prompting ChatGPT for Python Code Generation: An Effective Framework

Data at Depth • 0 implied HN points • 04 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. ChatGPT is being used in the world of Python coding for prompt engineering, especially in the area of data visualization.
  2. The author, a Python programmer with over 20 years of experience, has been leveraging ChatGPT to enhance prompt engineering skills.
  3. Readers can access the full post archives by subscribing to Data at Depth and getting a 7-day free trial.

ChatGPT and Home Assistant

Mike’s Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 10 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. Using ChatGPT, Home Assistant's capabilities can be expanded with code generation.
  2. LLMs like ChatGPT can interact with the real world by generating code to control devices.
  3. Balancing generality and specificity in prompt engineering can enhance the effectiveness of using LLMs with smart home systems.

API First? No, thank you! Schema-first, please!

Reflective Software Engineering • 0 implied HN points • 26 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Code generation
  1. Start with defining the API schema instead of API-first approach as it allows for early feedback, unblocks consumer development, and enables incremental progress.
  2. An API schema specifies all endpoints, interactions, and responses, and can be visualized in tools like Swagger, aiding in documentation and code generation.
  3. Working schema-first has benefits like enabling real-time collaboration, source-controlled contract, and code generation capabilities based on the formal specification.