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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025) on Friday January 03, 2025 @04:41PM (#42589778)
ModPhone | Full Stack Engineer | Remote (US) | Full-time

ModPhone (https://getmodphone.com) is redefining business communication by enabling companies to leverage AI-driven agents for smarter, more efficient phone interactions. Our platform processes thousands of phone calls daily, offering businesses a seamless way to stay connected with their customers.

We’re looking for an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join our team. You'll play a critical role in scaling and improving our platform while tackling complex, real-world problems at the intersection of AI and communication.

What You’ll Do

- Build and enhance features across the entire stack (familiar technologies like Django, Node, and React).

- Design and implement robust analytics and reporting systems.

- Optimize and extend integrations with third-party services for our AI-powered phone system.

- Architect scalable, reliable systems to support our growing user base.

- Collaborate closely on API design and implementation to power core platform features.

What We’re Looking For

- 5+ years of professional software development experience.

- Proven expertise in Python and JavaScript.

- Hands-on experience with Django and React.

- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

- Demonstrated experience deploying and managing applications in cloud environments.

- A passion for building user-friendly, reliable, and scalable software.

At ModPhone, we combine cutting-edge AI with intuitive design to help businesses simplify communication. Our smart agents provide businesses with a powerful way to manage calls, automate workflows, and deliver superior customer experiences.

If you’re interested in solving challenging problems, working with a talented and driven team, and being part of an early-stage company with big ambitions, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply - Email your resume and a brief introduction to [email protected].

Re:1-800-ChatGPT on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @03:03PM (#42454433)
If you want your own personalized version of this ...

https://www.getmodphone.com

You can get your own number and customize the agent.

Re:IMG_0001 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @10:35AM (#42318446)
Simple, effective and enjoyable UX. Nicely done.
Re:PSA: Eget That Executable from GitHub on Monday September 09, 2024 @10:20PM (#41496559)
This seems to be inspired by the smelly nerds meme

https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to...

Re:Ask HN: Are You Paying for Github Copilot? on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @09:30PM (#41375137)
I am, and yes, it has been a productivity boon for me. Although I have discovered much more effective tools, like Claude Sonnet 3.5. Even though there is a lot of chatter lately in r/claudeai about Claude being 'lobotomized', I can't say I've seen the same thing. I'd originally relied on Copilot and ChatGPT, but went to Meta.AI and then Claude. Claude has consistently allowed me to create and manage actual useful projects, and it was better by a mile.

It's still tedious to keep Claude Projects up to date, but it seems to be able to generate some actually decent and usable code. Claude helped me build a fairly complex app (https://instantaiphone.com) and get it set up on a server - trying to piece something like this together with Copilot or ChatGPT was MUCH more challenging. I am not super surprised at the conspiracy theories about a new model coming out that would necessitate Anthropic 'lobotomizing' its current model but that take does seem kind of cynical. Copilot has some catching up to do, in my opinion. GitHub needs to release Workspaces soon https://githubnext.com/projects/copilot-workspace

Re:Mixtral 8x22B on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @11:28AM (#40066090)
Re:Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @08:13AM (#39537406)
Nothing to add except that your work is tremendous
Re:Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs? on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:17PM (#39267315)
Yes exactly!
Re:Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs? on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:05PM (#39267159)
It's not perfect, but it's tolerable, and not unlike some real-world calls where there's a slight delay. There are some "Hmm ..." and "well ..." scripted in as well to make it feels natural if there is a long response.
Re:Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs? on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:45PM (#39266075)
The cold call sales part can be replaced to suit any need. I had another version that was just a generic AI (no sales stuff). I found myself on walks frequently ringing up the chatbot ("Hey siri, call ChatGPT") and just asking it whatever is on my mind. "Tell me about Ghengis Khan" or "where's a good place to catch trout in north Georgia" or "how do I make baked ziti". Makes the walks go by super quickly.
Re:Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs? on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:42PM (#39266015)
The AI answers the call and acts as a potential customer. They take on personas to simulate behaviors like difficult or reluctant customers. You then do your pitch, handle objections, etc. At the end you get a transcript that's 'graded' to show you where you could improve your sales approach.

And you're right, I'm not a sales guy. This project is for people like me who want a risk-free place to learn the basics of sales so that when I do talk to an actual human, I won't panic and freeze up like I always do.

Re:Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs? on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:45PM (#39265118)
I don't like selling. I wanted a way to practice cold calling in a realistic way. I set up a phone number you can call and talk to an AI that simulates sales calls.

I ended up using it for more general purpose things because being able to have a hands-free phone call with an AI turned out to be pretty useful.

It's offline now, but here's the code with all the stack and deployment info: https://github.com/kevingduck/ChatGPT-phone/

Edit: forgot to mention this was all running off a $35 raspberry pi.

sentdex on YouTube has a good library of videos on the subject.
Re:LLMs and Programming in the first days of 2024 on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @09:07AM (#38841697)
deepseek-coder has been decent for my purposes
Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2023 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @03:13PM (#38585529)
A 15 lb weighted blanket is the best sleep I’ve ever gotten
Re:Ask HN: What do you think will happen to open AI? on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:59PM (#38352702)
It will be shut down and sold for scrap
Matthew Berman’s YouTube channel
Re:Ask HN: What are your hacks to learn faster? on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:00PM (#38089751)
Small anecdote: speed reading is mostly bullshit but when I took a course it showed me how to approach books and new content in a different and more useful way. I usually just started from the beginning and started reading.

Now I look at the cover, back, chapter list, flip through the chapters a few times looking for high-level things that pop out, do it again, then look through the index for things that have lots of references. Then I can start reading the book, and I have a better idea of what I'm in for. Plus it's much easier to be engaged when you aren't so religious about the 'right' way to use a book.

That kind of thing has let me learn stuff I would otherwise feel too intimidated or unsure about.

I'm selling mine and probably not buying any more Teslas. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes it an easy decision.
Re:Ask HN: Is GitHub down? on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:53PM (#36524087)
Status page updated showing all red https://www.githubstatus.com/
Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:02PM (#35819603)
Title: Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI" Subtitle: Leaked Internal Google Document Claims Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google and OpenAI Authors: Dylan Patel and Afzal Ahmad Date: May 4, 2023

Summary: A leaked internal document from a Google researcher, shared anonymously on a public Discord server, suggests that both Google and OpenAI are at risk of being outcompeted by open source AI. The document highlights that open source AI models are rapidly advancing and solving major problems, such as running language models on phones, scalable personal AI, and multimodality. These open source models are faster, more customizable, and more capable than their proprietary counterparts, and they are being developed at a fraction of the cost.

The document argues that Google and OpenAI lack a "secret sauce" and that large models are slowing them down. It also points out that the open source community has solved the scaling problem, allowing anyone to experiment with AI models on consumer hardware. The document cites the example of Meta's LLaMA model, which was leaked to the public and led to a flurry of innovation and development in the open source community.

The document concludes that directly competing with open source AI is a losing proposition and that Google should establish itself as a leader in the open source community. It suggests that Google should cooperate with the broader conversation and consider publishing model weights for small variants. The document also notes that OpenAI faces similar challenges and that open source alternatives could eclipse both companies unless they change their stance.

Re:Hacker George Hotz signs on for 12 weeks at Twitter on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:36AM (#33732502)
Geohot had this weird mystique that was pretty appealing when it looked like he was building really interesting things better than (or as good as) large corporations. He should have stayed put because now he looks very average. Makes me feel better about myself but I really did think this guy was special.
I own one and am glad they are getting flack. hopefully someone will compel them to make it right.
The productivity boost is absolutely worth the money. It makes programming more enjoyable.
This is the coolest and among the most useful tech I've seen in 10 years
Re:SketchUp for iPad: 3D Visualization on iPad on Friday April 22, 2022 @02:54PM (#31126385)
Way too expensive. Why does everything have to be a subscription?
Seems like biomimicry had lots of interesting solutions like this. I can imagine some future drone designs looking more like a falcon than a geometric 4-rotor quadcopter, especially when trying to solve problems around efficiency and flying over longer distances with better flight paths.
Re:Alexander von Humboldt: the first Solarpunk on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @05:30PM (#28700218)
The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf is a fantastic, highly recommended read. It covers Humboldt’s life as an adventuring proto-scientist as well as the impact he’s had on the world’s great scientific and artistic minds (Darwin, Goethe, many more). Despite his huge impact, the world has mostly forgotten about him, sadly.
Re:GitHub.Dev is now available on any GitHub repo on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:19PM (#28158937)
This is awesome

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