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by bwfan1235 hours ago |
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upvoteby embedding-shape4 hours ago|
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Sure, keep in mind it's a steaming pile of hacked together hacks, probably won't work in every case, doesn't support every feature that should be supported (like parallel tool calling, both Codex + DeepSeek API support it), and it might make your computer catch on fire: https://gist.github.com/embedding-shapes/eab3e63e5a95d3d78a2...

I only used it for a few hours to play around with stuff before the quota issue was fixed and I could resume using GPT models, and the bridge was coded by DeepSeek-V4-Flash-IQ2XXS + DwarfStar4 locally, I take no responsibility for what might happen with your computer or you, during usage or just reading the code.

Edit: heh, like don't look at line 117 for example where seemingly it likes to handle misspellings in the .env file which totally wasn't my fault for typo'ing the API key in that file... I'm sure there are tons of sharp edges and dumb stuff in there.

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upvoteby bayesianbot2 hours ago|
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LiteLLM can serve OpenAI API endpoint IIRC and proxy that to other providers like DeepSeek, should work with Codex
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upvoteby Den_VR4 hours ago|
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I’m feeling more a novice every day, but how isn’t this just handing over your code to team deepseek for whatever they might want
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upvoteby embedding-shape4 hours ago|
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Not everyone is working with state secrets or user personal data (or even more closely guarded, company secrets) on a daily basis, most of what I hack on is either FOSS already, or will be, not much to keep secret here.

Obviously, if you do deal with any sort of secrets, then using local LLMs over OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek or whoever is obviously preferred, and in the case of personal data of users, probably a requirement.

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upvoteby jack_pp2 hours ago|
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either this or you work on software that even if copied won't get you far since the business relies on network effects or pure networking.

Getting the source code of facebook or instagram doesn't mean you could compete with them.

I work for a company that has built relationship with event organizers over the past 10 years. The code I maintain could be written from scratch in maybe 2-3 months even though it was built over the past 10 years but besides that you have frontend / DB / hardware / logistics etc

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upvoteby Demiurge43 minutes ago|
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I actually agree with you, for the most part. The code I work with actually does contain some valuable algorithms, but Im pretty sure the effort of integrating them into a larger system is pointless without the data. It’s almost like stealing half-life 2 source code without any assets.

Still, “Getting the source code of facebook or instagram doesn't mean you could compete with them.” I think to giants like that, having access to their source code could open up some very interesting loop holes for manipulating the ranking algorithms, or even security vulnerabilities.

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upvoteby jack_pp38 minutes ago|
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True, haven't thought of that. However very few actual projects / companies are in a situation where the chinese GOVT would be interested to spend resources to hack your platform. For the ones that are afraid of that there's always self hosting of course
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upvoteby oldmanhorton3 hours ago|
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You’re not a novice, there are a lot of us who know exactly what we are doing and see this as a huge downside. We are just being told to go faster, faster, faster lest we miss out on… something?
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upvoteby jijji3 hours ago|
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there's laws on the books in China that says that every company operating in China must aid and abet the Chinese government in espionage against the rest of the world. given those facts, I find it deeply troubling to be using anything coming out of China, especially a program that runs in the context of a Linux terminal on a machine that might have something important on it. I'd argue it's a back door waiting to happen, if not sooner than obviously later.
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upvoteby tim-projects31 minutes ago|
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Is it not better to have a country far away spying on you than your own country?
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upvoteby goobatrooba55 minutes ago|
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As a European I have to admit I am these days more worried about the US than China. See yesterday's article about the US government forcing Microsoft to give them lists of Dutch government officials. Utter madness. At least the Chinese mainly care about the money and power levers, the US about strange worlds of revenge and manipulation, trying to change or influence your government. E.g. which of the two countries has put crippling personal sanctions on staff of the international criminal court?

Honestly I'd love to love the US again, but basically after Obama things have just gone down and down and no soul will trust the US again in the next generation or two.

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upvoteby _3u101 hours ago|
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FISA section 702 / Five eyes / Room 641A.
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