Hacker News with Generative AI: Quality Control

No More BYOK (ampcode.com)
We removed Isolated Mode, which let you use Amp with your own API keys for LLM inference, because it's not possible for it to meet our quality bar.
AI, Software, Quality Control
3 points by sqs 50 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla Cybertruck deliveries on hold as trims are flying off 'bulletproof' truck (electrek.co)
According to Tesla delivery agents, Cybertruck deliveries are on hold. There’s a containment hold as many owners are reporting trims flying off the supposedly ‘bulletproof’ electric truck.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Consumer Issues
130 points by croes 106 days ago | 237 comments
Soldering the Tek way (hackaday.com)
For a lot of us, soldering just seems to come naturally. But if we’re being honest, none of us was born with a soldering iron in our hand — ouch! — and if we’re good at soldering now, it’s only thanks to good habits and long practice. But what if you’re a company that lives and dies by the quality of the solder joints your employees produce? How do you get them to embrace the dark art of soldering?
Soldering, Electronics, Manufacturing, Training, Quality Control
204 points by zdw 169 days ago | 102 comments
Poka-Yoke (wikipedia.org)
Poka-yoke (ポカヨケ, [poka joke]) is a Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing" or "error prevention".
Japanese Culture, Quality Control, Manufacturing
69 points by logikblok 170 days ago | 46 comments
Ask HN: How can I consistently deliver high-quality work with minimal issues? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: How can I consistently deliver high-quality work with minimal issues?
Productivity, Work, Software Development, Quality Control
26 points by llll_lllllll_l 218 days ago | 41 comments
Build your own eval tools, pretty much always (hypernatural.substack.com)
Invest in eval tooling early! We built our own quality evaluation system to dramatically improve our video outputs. It’s not that hard, and if you’re building a service that outputs video or uses multiple generative models simultaneously, you should probably build your own system too.
Generative AI, Machine Learning, Video, Evaluation Tools, Quality Control
16 points by taylorhughes 291 days ago | 0 comments
Nearly 12% of India's tested spice samples fail quality and safety standards (japantimes.co.jp)
India, Food Safety, Spice Industry, Quality Control
15 points by PaulHoule 303 days ago | 0 comments
NASA inspector general gives damning assessment of Boeing's quality control (nbcnews.com)
Space Exploration, Boeing, NASA, Quality Control, Government
91 points by hnthrowaway0315 323 days ago | 54 comments
EVs still have major quality problems, and it's mostly about the software (theverge.com)
Electric Vehicles, Software, Quality Control
12 points by rntn 364 days ago | 8 comments