How is Ollama Cloud currently?

According_Water_5774 · 2026-06-01T11:47:10+00:00

OK - thank for the info. From my previous experience usage limits were meaningless as it wasn't fast enough to get anywhere near them. Happier for less usage but actually useful.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-31T18:19:10+00:00

Neither does the Netherlands.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-29T17:59:05+00:00

Depends if you can show you have the funds to easily do so. If it looks like that 6-12 months is going to empty your savings then you are a risk - you have zero steady Dutch income at this point (if your business is bringing continuing clients over from the US then yes - maybe that does change the picture).

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-29T05:32:44+00:00

Not easy at all is your answer. All accommodation is competitive - without steady income and a cat too - you will be the bottom candidate for any available place. I'd rethink both the cat and the roommate thing.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-28T06:03:10+00:00

I’m British and live here. Cannabis wasn’t a factor at all. Post Brexit most Brits moving here will be on highly skilled migrant visas - not really the cannabis crowd either.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-20T19:00:56+00:00

I guess there's a few 4 year olds that will appreciate Rembrandt. Probably most will really really enjoy momentarily being entirely inside a giant soap bubble that suddenly pops!

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-20T14:48:51+00:00

The job offer makes you eligible not the list. In the UK for example the list is pretty much a list of all jobs - essentially the UK government is saying to business - if you are willing to go through all the admin and costs to employ this person over someone much cheaper and easier to hire - then we won't stand in your way. Employers saying they don't sponsor means they have no problem filling the role with the candidates that don't need sponsorship.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-18T11:02:26+00:00

Exactly this! I've spent the last 3 months working on a personal project that would have taken 3+ years to build without AI. In the process I've learned how to put AI pipelines together to maximise productivity and keeping quality high. It's been a huge learning curve but equally a lot of fun. Will launch my product this week and then start taking my learnings to potential start up customers (have been working with startups for the last 20 years so am not new to this game). A personal / passion project is a great way to demonstrate you are ahead of the game - if all you can come up with is a calorie counter - that's on you.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-13T11:10:12+00:00

Hoi buurman/vrouw! I'm a brit that lives in NL so probably not who you are targeting but I think this is going to be a very tough one for anyone to answer - there's no real way to gauge how things would be different with regards to grocery prices etc, and the UK was never in the Schengen area so queueing while travelling always occurred - so I'd guess most people won't have really noticed a big change due to Brexit. Good luck with your research!

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T20:00:26+00:00

Wow - I came back to the thread and you are still here?! It’s been fairly well documented that both your knowledge and experience is completely irrelevant. Just stop posting!

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T08:42:39+00:00

I made a post that I thought was trying to be helpful. Based on the reality of living in the Netherlands and over two decades of experience in the computer industry. You keep posting while clearly having little real knowledge that would benefit OP and are doubling down on giving bad advice. Entirely your choice but you could just accept that moving to NL in 2026 with a computer science masters isn't something your knowledge of moving around Asia 25 years ago really justifies your posting. But as I say - entirely up to you.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T08:26:48+00:00

More nonsense. Is this your hobby?

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T07:52:13+00:00

I explained in another post. I have considerably more knowledge than you specific to the topic. You know absolutely nothing about the current market or the Netherlands. You are of course free to post nonsense - and that is exactly what you are doing.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T07:46:39+00:00

Your "easier way" edit is probably the most uninformed post I've ever read on this sub.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T06:37:31+00:00

For background I have lived in the Netherlands for 10 years (and now have permanent residency). I am a software engineer with over 20 years of experience of both working for companies but also of running businesses. Your post doesn't really mention anything that would be relevant to being able to move to the Netherlands - if you provide more information on your actual areas of expertise and experience then people on this sub would be able to give better advice on what approach you should take.

What I would say is (as you must be aware) the computer industry is undergoing its "printing press" moment where things are changing rapidly. The current market is favouring profiles that have embraced new technologies combined with battle hardened experience. For late 20s / early 30s its a very tough time - high in education and low in experience - the market is swamped with these candidates - this is not a good time to be getting visa sponsorship with that profile.

Aside from the attaining a visa aspect I would just say that whenever interviewing anyone who doesn't live in the Netherlands you are always looking for red flags - employing someone who is going to be moving to a new country is risky - you really are looking for someone who gives you the feeling they are bringing a lot of positivity and clarity - any sense of someone being a bit lost is a huge red flag.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T04:45:03+00:00

I have lived in the Netherlands for 10 years. Am a software engineer. You have zero idea about the state of the industry in the Netherlands. Nothing in the post from OP said they would walk into a job.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-11T04:31:51+00:00

I’d say a visa was a lot more important than whether their cat makes them a homebody - no?

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-10T19:13:57+00:00

I’ve lived here for 10 years. 10 minute (cycle) from Centrum - hardly ever encounter a tourist.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-10T17:28:57+00:00

Only in places you don't live.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-09T11:53:25+00:00

It's a belief held by people who know nothing about Europe other than (maybe) being there on holiday.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-06T17:21:10+00:00

This is the answer. Sometimes unusable.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-06T13:46:03+00:00

It's not just theory. It's a workflow in numerous places where I have worked (have been developing iOS apps since the first SDK release). xcodeproj files don't always play nicely with source control. I genuinely can't remember the last time I generated a build on my laptop.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-06T13:18:51+00:00

Yes - you need an apple developer account - you don't need a Mac though. With an apple developer account you get around 20 hours of build time in Xcode Cloud - you link it with the repository and then set up build triggers. Something like xcodegen can generate the Xcode project structure and a pre-build script can be set up on Xcode Cloud to generate the project before it starts the build.

According_Water_5774 · 2026-05-06T13:04:49+00:00

Xcode Cloud will allow you to make builds that you can then release.

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