March 29, 2023

Mostly Bits Newsletter - Issue #51

Tony’s Pick

scrapeghost is the first tool I’ve seen based on the ChatGPT API with a specific goal and standard developer ergonomics. It seems both useful and like something that would otherwise be way more difficult to implement. I imagine we’ll see lots more tools like this - and probably sooner than we think with embedded LLMs rather than external APIs. Bonus pick: scrapeghost is licensed under the new-to-me and very interesting Hippocratic License.

Kyle’s Pick

The creator of the “Bizarro Simpsons” comics compiled them into a single thread this past weekend. They are gloriously weird, including a series of Dune-themed comics I had not seen before.