Show HN: AI companions stack – create and host your own AI companions

Re:Show HN: AI companions stack – create and host your own A... by eob on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:54AM (#36705151)

I think we’re in platform reliance mode for quite a while. I think of all of these SaaS companies as different icons on an abstract AWS console that doesn’t exist yet.

We wouldn’t bat an eye at using S3, EC2, and RDS as a host your own setup. The only difference here is that startups are moving faster than incumbents.

FWIW that’s one reason why Steamship (disclaimer: I’m the founder) aggregates all AI services under a single API key and interface. It’s to deal with the insane glue-code hassle of running this stuff on your own.

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Re:Show HN: AI companions stack – create and host your own A... by chillbill on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:12AM (#36710485)

That’s fine but the title is wrong

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Re:Show HN: AI companions stack – create and host your own A... by quickthrower2 on Friday July 14, 2023 @02:57AM (#36720354)

And using S3, RDS and EC2 I would argue is hosting your own as you are using foundational components. Same if you run LLaMa on a rented A100.

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Re:Show HN: AI companions stack – create and host your own A... by chillbill on Friday July 14, 2023 @03:51AM (#36720683)

Not the same at this point. Setting up properly secure AWS stuff is arguably more demanding than setting up your own box at home.

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