March 9, 2025So there I was…
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So there I was applying to another startup on Y-Combinator a few Mondays ago, and in my cover letter I made a joke about how difficult it is to get deterministic responses out of LLMs. Almost immediately after I sent the email, I instantly came up with a better joke I should have used instead:
How many LLMs does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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December 3, 2024 
What is Shorter Services?
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Shorter.Services is a SAAS application I dreamed up in December 2023. I wanted to make it easier to convert human-readable text from rasterized files into machine-readable data. I also wanted to make money off what I thought was a unique idea.
Fast forward 10 months, and I came to realize that my idea was not at all unique. At least 5 other, larger companies already had similar offerings. I was disheartened, but I finished the project.
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