{"author":"mpweiher","children":[{"author":"dang","children":[{"author":"visarga","children":[{"author":"vatsachak","children":[],"created_at":"2026-09-27T20:02:32.000Z","created_at_i":1790539352,"id":49870277,"options":[],"parent_id":49870164,"points":null,"story_id":49869995,"text":"Yeah. Myself, a PhD in math, have less attention to detail than models.<p>Now their main weakness is creativity, planning and decision making","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null},{"author":"genxy","children":[],"created_at":"2026-09-27T20:14:26.000Z","created_at_i":1790540066,"id":49870388,"options":[],"parent_id":49870164,"points":null,"story_id":49869995,"text":"Techniques in DSPy are still extremely valuable.  Your comment is akin to saying, we don&#x27;t need feedback because open loop control is so good now. It is until it isn&#x27;t. I don&#x27;t need a deep understanding of the underlying theory because my gut reaction is always right, until it isn&#x27;t.","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2026-09-27T19:48:01.000Z","created_at_i":1790538481,"id":49870164,"options":[],"parent_id":49870145,"points":null,"story_id":49869995,"text":"We moved from structured decoding to tool calls and agents a long time ago. It was more useful when models were too weak to hold syntax reliably.","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2026-09-27T19:45:42.000Z","created_at_i":1790538342,"id":49870145,"options":[],"parent_id":49869995,"points":null,"story_id":49869995,"text":"Related. Others?<p><i>If DSPy is so great, why isn&#x27;t anyone using it?</i> - <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47490365\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47490365</a> - March 2026 (120 comments)<p><i>DSPy \u2013 Programming\u2013not prompting\u2013LMs</i> - <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=42343692\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=42343692</a> - Dec 2024 (45 comments)<p><i>Betting on DSPy for Systems of LLMs</i> - <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41213561\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41213561</a> - Aug 2024 (18 comments)<p><i>DSPy: Framework for programming with foundation models</i> - <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37417698\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37417698</a> - Sept 2023 (52 comments)","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null},{"author":"jauntywundrkind","children":[],"created_at":"2026-09-27T22:30:48.000Z","created_at_i":1790548248,"id":49871465,"options":[],"parent_id":49869995,"points":null,"story_id":49869995,"text":"Are there TS or rust ports? Please? :)<p>Edit, follow-up:<p>DSRr in rust: <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;krypticmouse&#x2F;DSRs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;krypticmouse&#x2F;DSRs</a>","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2026-09-27T19:28:23.000Z","created_at_i":1790537303,"id":49869995,"options":[],"parent_id":null,"points":39,"story_id":49869995,"text":"<a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hex.pm&#x2F;packages&#x2F;imp\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hex.pm&#x2F;packages&#x2F;imp</a><p><a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dspy.ai&#x2F;current&#x2F;\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dspy.ai&#x2F;current&#x2F;</a>","title":"Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM","type":"story","url":"https://github.com/deepfates/imp"}
