Discussion
Enabling Codex to Analyze Two Decades of Hacker News Data
mike_hearn: I don't quite understand how Modolap differs from just asking AI to use any other OLAP engine? Both your website and the github readme just emphasise that it's idiosyncratic and your personal approach, without explaining what that is or why anyone should care.
ronfriedhaber: Appreciate the feedback. I shall certainly revamp the README; it is rather stale.> "how Modolap differs from just asking AI to use any other OLAP engine"There presently exist two components, the OLAP query engine and the remote infrastructure service. The service enables systems like Codex (or developers as well) to manage datasets, maintain version control over queries, and offload the computational burden to dedicated machines. This is especially beneficial given the current trend of running agents inside micro-VMs.In addition, it is designed with AI usage in mind. There is significant value in co-design. One could argue that models can use Polars or DuckDB just as well, and that there is no room for improvement, but I do not think this is true.
bastawhiz: What room for improvement is there?
esafak: I don't get the value proposition either; your landing page is underdeveloped. Tracking the query history is trivial. Offloading computation could be done with Polars Cloud or MotherDuck. Can you expand on the "manage datasets" part?
