tool / uses
Zo
“I think there’s been one thing, I use another thing called zo, which is kinda like a cloud computer plus agent.”
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Alessio Fanelli
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VCR
“First of all, you have very good support for mocking in unit tests, which is something that a lot of other frameworks don't do. So, you know, my favorite Ruby library is VCR because it just, you know, it just lets me store the HTTP requests and replay them.”
other / likes
Simulative AI
“Yeah, I'm a big fan of Simulative AI. We had a summer of Simulative AI. Another term we're trying to coin.”
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01 / preference
my drive- I drive a Tesla. Whenever I drive some other car that has a screen, it always sucks.
“my drive- I drive a Tesla. Whenever I drive some other car that has a screen, it always sucks.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
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- Latent Space
02 / preference
I think there’s been one thing, I use another thing called zo, which is kinda like a cloud computer plus agent.
“I think there’s been one thing, I use another thing called zo, which is kinda like a cloud computer plus agent.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
03 / preference
We try not to chase as many trends and I don't know, I, you know, I was a founder myself and sometimes I feel like it's easy to just jump in and do the thing that is hot, but like becoming a founder to do something that is like underappreciated or like doesn't yet work shows some level of like dread and self, like you, you actually really believe in the thing.
“We try not to chase as many trends and I don't know, I, you know, I was a founder myself and sometimes I feel like it's easy to just jump in and do the thing that is hot, but like becoming a founder to do something that is like underappreciated or like doesn't yet work shows some level of like dread and self, like you, you actually really believe in the thing.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
04 / preference
Sometimes I feel like there's no decision-making in some things like, uh, today I built a autosave for like our internal notes platform and I literally just ask them cursor.
“Sometimes I feel like there's no decision-making in some things like, uh, today I built a autosave for like our internal notes platform and I literally just ask them cursor.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
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- Latent Space
05 / preference
Obviously, I would say Cloud Desktop and Cursor are like the two main drivers of MCP usage. I would say my favorite is the Sentry MCP.
“Obviously, I would say Cloud Desktop and Cursor are like the two main drivers of MCP usage. I would say my favorite is the Sentry MCP.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
06 / preference
Just to clarify, if I'm using the responses API, this is a tool. But if I'm using chat completions, I have to switch model.
“Just to clarify, if I'm using the responses API, this is a tool. But if I'm using chat completions, I have to switch model.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Episode
- ⚡️The new OpenAI Agents Platform
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- Latent Space
07 / preference
First of all, you have very good support for mocking in unit tests, which is something that a lot of other frameworks don't do. So, you know, my favorite Ruby library is VCR because it just, you know, it just lets me store the HTTP requests and replay them.
“First of all, you have very good support for mocking in unit tests, which is something that a lot of other frameworks don't do. So, you know, my favorite Ruby library is VCR because it just, you know, it just lets me store the HTTP requests and replay them.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
08 / preference
I think my personal benchmark for computer use this year is expense reports. So I have to do my expense report every month.
“I think my personal benchmark for computer use this year is expense reports. So I have to do my expense report every month.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
09 / preference
Yes. I prefer to look at actual downloads, not at stars on GitHub. So if you look at, you know, Lanchain still growing.
“Yes. I prefer to look at actual downloads, not at stars on GitHub. So if you look at, you know, Lanchain still growing.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Episode
- Latent.Space 2024 Year in Review
- Publisher
- Latent Space
10 / preference
I didn't go to try it because I was like, I've seen so many of these that it's like, I don't know if it's actually going to work.
“I didn't go to try it because I was like, I've seen so many of these that it's like, I don't know if it's actually going to work.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
11 / preference
Yeah, I'm a big fan of Simulative AI. We had a summer of Simulative AI. Another term we're trying to coin.
“Yeah, I'm a big fan of Simulative AI. We had a summer of Simulative AI. Another term we're trying to coin.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
12 / preference
I will not be the first person to buy it because I don't want to be stuck with like the rabbit equivalent of an iPhone.
“I will not be the first person to buy it because I don't want to be stuck with like the rabbit equivalent of an iPhone.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
13 / preference
One, temporality of data is important because every quarter there's new data and like the new data usually overrides the previous one.
“One, temporality of data is important because every quarter there's new data and like the new data usually overrides the previous one.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space
14 / preference
Yep. And what about, I think people think of financial services, they think of privacy, confidentiality.
“Yep. And what about, I think people think of financial services, they think of privacy, confidentiality.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
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- Latent Space
15 / preference
But anyway, yeah, curious to see. And I think another thing from your Twitter model parades that I really like is actually differentiating between the type of workload.
“But anyway, yeah, curious to see. And I think another thing from your Twitter model parades that I really like is actually differentiating between the type of workload.”
- Speaker
- Alessio Fanelli
- Publisher
- Latent Space