Erwin Santacruz
18.2K posts
@990adjustments
A Designer and Developer in Motion & Interactive media from South Florida, delving into AR, VR, and AI realms.
For the last few days I’ve been using an unreleased AI tool that has changed everything. It’s not video-gen AI. I’ve used this tool to build 2 After Effects plugins (with more on the way), do a big research project, and have made a few web-based apps to solve some small challenges - and the crazy part is, I did a ton of it from my phone. Last night as I was going to bed I started development on a different AE plugin. This morning I woke up and realized I needed a niche program, so I kicked it off before I got out of bed. By the time I got to my office it was built. Crazy times. More in this soon.
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What is AI inference engineering, why is it such an in-demand skill, and how do you break into the field? With author of Inference Engineering @philipkiely and head of training at Baseten @oneill_c 0:00: What is inference? 2:47: History of inference 4:59: Downstream effects of AI research on inference 13:54: What you'll learn from Inference Engineering 16:14: Advice for engineers transitioning into AI 19:00: Open source models driving inference growth 20:55: Specialization vs. frontier closed models 23:51: "Big Token" and the importance of open source AI 27:18: Where to get Inference Engineering
Switching to macOS for 3D: what if the real luxury is just a computer that stays out of your way? Every day, I feel a little more tempted to leave Windows for macOS, even though I’m a 3D artist. For the past 3 years, I’ve been using all three OS daily: Mac for office work, Linux at the studio, and Windows for heavier 3D tasks and gaming. But the more time passes, the more Windows feels like a machine I have to maintain instead of a tool that lets me create: drivers to manage, random bugs, file formats that aren’t handled natively, extra tools to install for basic things, unstable Bluetooth, audio settings to redo… None of this is impossible to deal with when you’re a technical person, but over time it just becomes exhausting. At this point, I just want to turn on my computer and work, or play, without spending 30 minutes fixing something first. Am I just getting lazy, or are there other 3D artists here thinking the same thing? Has anyone here actually moved from Windows to Mac as a 3D artist? How has it been for you? 👀
We've reached an agreement to acquire Astral. After we close, OpenAI plans for @astral_sh to join our Codex team, with a continued focus on building great tools and advancing the shared mission of making developers more productive. openai.com/index/openai-t…
