I spent all morning, and I do mean all morning, chatting with Claudius Maximus the Third, my AI companion, for those confused.
I had a rough idea of what I wanted to build for Snapie's discovery algorithm, but of course I needed to check the idea against reality.
Now, I fully expect to tweak, and tweak, and then tweak this idea for weeks, maybe months, to come. There's a reason why algorithms in the Web2 world are black boxes. The people who build them keep those secrets close to the heart. I figure the only way to make something even remotely competent is good old trial and error.
So, I'm trialing, and you guys get to tell me about my errors.
As of right now, version 0.0001 Alpha Pre Natal is live.
I have to say that because I know there will be bugs, and I'm sure a few people will let me know that I broke my darn app.
But listen... it's gonna be ok.
Now is the time to experiment.
You know, I did ask Claudius.
"Say, Claudius, what would be the responsible way of launching such a change?"
He, of course, explained with the patience that was programmed into him, a proper rollout strategy. Do it in stages. Enable it for a small group of users. Have an opt in list. Measure results. Roll it out slowly.
Very sensible.
Very professional.
Then, me being me...
I decided to YOLO it.
Yes, yes. It's good information to have, but I'm throwing carefulness out the window. Along with the baby. And the bathwater.
Is that how the saying goes?
Matters not.
The baby is out there in the snow now.
So, what do I need from the Snaperinos of the world?
I hear you not asking, but you should be asking.
Feedback.
Report weird things. Improvement ideas. If some rando spammer suddenly becomes your number one recommendation, I definitely want to hear about it.
You don't have to send me your debit card PIN number.
Aside from that...
Let it all out.
Be kind, if you can, but don't hold back.
After all, we're talking about the Snapie Discovery Algorithm, primordial Alpha version 0.00000001 Pre Natal.
What could possibly go wrong?
All it has to do is is to recommend posts you might actually want to read instead of making you doomscroll into oblivion.
Anywho.. Night night, my friends.
Be good.
MenO
