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Show HN: AI to Find Local Events https://ift.tt/ldRk6rA

Show HN: AI to Find Local Events Just made an AI to help people find local events. It asks you about your group and what you'd like to do, and personalizes the results. Constructive Feedback welcome! https://ift.tt/coNvW7a March 23, 2024 at 11:41AM

Show HN: Love Ruby but meh Daily Stand-ups (DSU)? You might like my gem:) https://ift.tt/Z7JWCfQ

Show HN: Love Ruby but meh Daily Stand-ups (DSU)? You might like my gem:) I love ruby and rails, but agile Daily-Stand-ups (DSU) are a pain in the butt. I have a hard time remembering what to share; what I did yesterday, one-offs I did the day before because I completely forgot. Anyhow, I created this really lovely little, but powerful ruby gem, called dsu. Currently, we're a small, but dedicated band of users who love the tool. You may love it also. If anyone wants to give it a try. Enjoy: Visit the dsu ruby gem wiki: https://ift.tt/M3VY2ws Straight to rubygems.org: https://ift.tt/WqnZlQ0 https://ift.tt/uHa4X3L March 23, 2024 at 03:14AM

Show HN: AI-backed App security for deterministic incident detection/analysis https://ift.tt/r6AG5c3

Show HN: AI-backed App security for deterministic incident detection/analysis After the acquisition of the last security startup, I got kinda sick of selling Zero Trust when what we can deliver is so far from that ideal of ‘least privilege’ security. So over the last couple years I wrote a new kind of Web/API security tool that detects breaches and other incidents deterministically so true positive alerts outweigh false positives by orders of magnitude. Combined with AI analysis of the data it collects, it can act as an application-wide incident debugger for security teams. One Security Engineering Mgr. who saw it said: “Caber can build the call graphs for a given user so that a security investigator can easily see the sequence of events leading up to the authorization failure. It is certainly worth exploring.” I’ve been bootstrapping this effort but now that the demo is live, I’m looking forward to hearing what you all here think. Note: Because it’s designed to install into a customer’s AWS application environment, automated deployment/removal is part of the demo. You’ll need to approve an IAM role for the product to demo it. That means I have to ask you to create an account so it can store that credential securely. I suggest creating a test account to run it. Compute costs should be no more than $2 for an hour. If you’d like to see it in action, a demo video is at https://ift.tt/2tfMz7r Demo is at https://caber.com (click ‘Try Demo’ at the top of the page) — Rob https://ift.tt/X74D9aO https://www.caber.com/ March 23, 2024 at 12:40AM

Show HN: magick.css – Minimalist CSS for Wizards https://ift.tt/buzJRwj

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Friday, March 22, 2024

Show HN: Turn a video of an app into a functional prototype with Claude Opus https://ift.tt/uCXTrbK

Show HN: Turn a video of an app into a functional prototype with Claude Opus Hey everyone, I’m the maintainer of the popular screenshot-to-code repo on Github (46k+ stars). When Claude Opus was released, I thought to myself what if you could send in a video of yourself using a website or app, would the LLM be able to build it as a functional prototype? To my surprise, it worked quite well. Here are two examples: * In this video, you can see the AI replicating Google with auto-complete suggestions and a search results page (failed at putting the results on a separate page). https://ift.tt/cYyegTH * Here, we show it a multi-step form ( https://ift.tt/5AgYUhW ) and ask Claude to re-create it. It does a really good job! https://ift.tt/2HfF1Yy The technical details: Claude Opus only allows you to send a max of 20 images so 20 frames are extracted from the video, and passed along with a prompt that uses a lot of Claude-specific techniques such as using XML tags and pre-filling an assistant response. In total, 2 passes are performed with the second pass instructing the AI improve on the first attempt. More passes might help as well. While I think the model has Google.com memorized but for many other multi-page/screen apps, it tends to work quite well. You can try it out by downloading the Github repo and setting up a Anthropic API key in backend/.env Be warned that one creation/iteration (with 2 passes) can be quite expensive ($3-6 dollars). https://ift.tt/yCn58zO March 22, 2024 at 12:36AM

Then and Now at Kirkland Division, Muni’s Oldest Motor Bus Yard

Then and Now at Kirkland Division, Muni’s Oldest Motor Bus Yard
By Jeremy Menzies

Tucked away on the northeast edge of San Francisco is our transit system's oldest motor bus yard. Small but mighty, Kirkland Division has been home to some of Muni’s fleet of motor buses for nearly 75 years.  
Black and white shot of Kirkland Yard. Dirt covers much of the site and classic cars are parked beside it.

Black and white shot of Kirland Yard. Buses fill the yard and classic cars are parked beside it. Nob Hill apartments are in the background.These two panoramic photos show Kirkland Division during and after construction. Top photo taken July 20, 1950, bottom September 14, 1950. 

Kirkland was built in 1950 amidst freight rail yards and factories. Its namesake comes from a former Southern Pacific Railroad official, William B. Kirkland, who worked in a rail yard on the site during World War II.  Today, the division is nestled among Pier 39 attractions, parking garages and hotels. 

Aerial black and white shot of Kirkland Yard near San Francisco piers. We see the SF Bay and part of Treasure Island.An aerial view from 1972 shows Kirkland in the upper center of the photo. Industrial uses in the area have begun to give way to residential and tourist areas.

The yard was primarily designed as an operations facility. It has shops and equipment only for routine maintenance and light repairs. With a capacity of around 125 buses, it’s nearly half the size of the SFMTA’s largest yard, Woods Division. 

Aerial closeup of Kirkland Yard full of buses. Behind it are freight cars from a former freight yard.This color photo from 1971 shows a yard full of old and new Muni buses. To the north lies the remnants of a once massive freight rail yard.

Today, some of the system’s longer cross-town routes run out of Kirkland. Operations and maintenance staff keep the 12, 19, 28, 28R, 43, and 21 (weekend only) on the road. 

Shot of Kirkland Yard full of buses in the 1980's. Cars pass on the adjacent street. We see Nob Hill apartments in the background.By the time this 1980 photo was taken, the rail yard north of Kirkland was replaced by a parking garage for Pier 39 attractions.

Kirkland could play a key role in our work to electrify our fleet. The yard is being studied for reconstruction as a potential battery-electric bus facility. Proposals for this project include building an overhead grid system that would allow buses to charge while in the yard. You can learn more on our Kirkland Yard Electrification Project webpage (SFMTA.com/KirklandYard). 

Kirkland Yard full of buses with parked cars lining the sides of the yard. People pass by on the adjacent sidewalk.This 2023 view shows a much-changed neighborhood but a relatively unchanged Kirkland Yard.

Kirkland Yard was a crucial part of the Muni system when it was built in 1950. It remains one today as we look toward the future of transportation in San Francisco. 



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