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A quiet day tilted toward reflection over shipping. Datasette shipped a tidy 1.0 alpha bugfix smoothing write APIs and base_url quirks, while essays pushed the conversation: post-training eclipsing raw data for differentiation, and a personal case for canceling AI subscriptions to curb tool-driven thrash.

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  • hn/frontpage· feedMay 31, 09:57 PM

    Post-training, not data, drives behavior

    Thoughtful essay argues post-training techniques—RLHF, preference tuning, system prompts, eval-driven iteration—now shape model behavior and differentiation more than raw data, reframing data-moat strategy debates.

    It's Not Just X. It's Y — Article URL: https://mail.cyberneticforests.com/its-not-just-data-its-post-training/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48350149 Points: 115 # Comments: 89

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  • simonw/blog· feedMay 31, 04:31 PM

    Canceling AI subs to curb thrash

    A candid reflection on AI tool sprawl leading to endless scaffolding and half-starts; canceling subscriptions as a forcing function to focus on shipping over tinkering.

    The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription — <p><strong><a href="https://thoughts.hmmz.org/2026-05-31.html">The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription</a></strong></p> I find this post by David Wilson very relatable. David lists 16+ projects he's spun up with AI tooling, and concludes:</p> <blockquote> <p>I didn't mean to build most of these things. Usually the Claude session started with something like "<em>write a quick script for X</em>", and one hour later the result is ...

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