Transcript: Okay, the thing that I'm thinking about most is what is MVP, effectively, and specifically meaning going to try to get 25 or 100 people or even spinning it up for Chandler and I. Basically using that as the metric of that's where we need to get to. I feel like there's really just a couple of things. One is like nailing the retrieval part and getting it at least to work for some questions. It doesn't have to work for every question, but if it can work for some, that'd be great. I also very much would like it to be very minimally multimodal. Basic multimodal capability seems very important. I don't know if that even is an MVP, but I would ideally like it to be. And then the next big thing is robustness, effectively being able to deploy this for other people and doing so in a way that's very easy and cheap, ideally, maybe even one-click deploy that someone could do or something else. And even if I have to do that initially, whatever, but there definitely needs to be like some level of that and onboarding to figure out. And I think that's going to be the last step because it doesn't make sense unless the other things work. We already know that we can query across people. It's like no issue. That's totally viable and doable. The problem is making those queries really, really effective. So if we can make queries effective and ideally have more data sources to make it even more robust and powerful and interesting, that would be fantastic. I personally want it just for like minimal viable data and exploration and making that easy for someone else to do. Again, tools for thought.
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The speaker aspires to be part of communities that empower individuals to explore their data and bring value back to themselves. They are willing to take a job in such a space and believe it's worth doing. The goal is to build tools that make it easy for the individual to work with their data directly on a web page. They plan to move to a more reactive front end using Next.js and React, designing a feed and query system possibly using natural language. The speaker also mentions working on embedding audio and ensuring embeddings are accessible. The text discusses the process of obtaining and manipulating data and emphasizes the importance of experimentation and innovation. It uses the metaphor of building a playground to illustrate the iterative nature of the process, acknowledging that initial attempts may be imperfect but can be improved upon through learning from mistakes. The writer anticipates challenges but expresses a hope to avoid negative consequences and eventually achieve success. Finally, the text concludes with a lighthearted remark and a reference to going to sleep.
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