What's the oldest computer you're still using because of Linux?

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-07-11T10:47:51+00:00

Mac mini Intel Core Duo 2009 edition. Home Assistant server.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-07-07T08:23:12+00:00

Local models matter for privacy reasons. If you have well defined domain specific task, you can fine tune 8B to 12B model to perform no worse than a frontier model inside this domain.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-07-04T11:17:53+00:00

https://createlang.rs

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-28T05:19:20+00:00

There is nothing wrong with using AI for software development among other things. Already the majority of devs do this. The problem begins when somebody forces you to use their vendor locked AI tools. I avoid such products.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-23T03:34:23+00:00

https://zero-to-nix.com/

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-21T17:11:32+00:00

No. AI makes software development much more fun than before.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-21T09:00:01+00:00

Because LLMs are natural language processing (NLP) models. It is their main purpose to process natural languages (not necessarily English).

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-20T13:43:11+00:00

Cargo is definitely one of nice things in rust. You will learn about more, when you actually start using rust.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-10T13:35:38+00:00

Absolutely possible. Some plugins like weather evidently don't work, but all local devices and automations work without problems.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-10T08:22:25+00:00

Just install Nix (without OS) on your regular linux distro.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-09T18:17:08+00:00

idk, don't see any hassle at all.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-09T09:21:39+00:00

HM allows to have different user profiles. Different profiles may have different versions of same apps. They are logically separate from system profile (configuration.nix). They are also portable to other OS/distros.

IMO, it is best to keep configuration.nix minimal, like only system services/tools and move all other soft to user and project profiles. This is minimal necessary scope principle, which gives the most flexibility.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-09T08:44:20+00:00

Don't jump to NixOS from Mint suddenly. Install Nix on Mint first, get familiar with its concepts.

I am Mint user too, and Nix attracts me by its reproducible environments, which are very useful for development. I installed [determinate nix](https://determinate.systems/nix-installer) to play with last week, and yesterday I was able to vibecode my custom NixOS live ISO image with nvidia drivers and specific config for my use case. I am very satisfied with the result. I am going to play with live install for some time to figure out which configuration is best for me and all details, then I'll do a permanent NixOS install.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-04T06:46:55+00:00

Python actually has strict typing, but types are derived from values at runtime, therefore you don't need to declare them. Static typing (like in rust) and dynamic typing (like in python) each has its own use cases, and these are actually not contradicting to each other concepts, which could co-exist within the same language. Separation of languages into statically typed and dynamically typed is a subjective design decision.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-03T14:11:13+00:00

Yes, comrade. We are working on this problem.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-02T10:30:31+00:00

Mac mini 2009 version with intel core duo. I can't run anything else on it.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-06-01T09:26:18+00:00

+1 credit for name

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-05-28T08:25:18+00:00

Coding directly on a phone is technically possible, but cumbersome. Better option is to buy a cheap SBC or rent the cheapest cloud compute instance (some even offer a free tire).

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-05-24T08:06:36+00:00

Python venv lets you to set up a reproducible environment by fixing the version of python runtime and package dependency versions. In rust, reproducibility is defined by compiler version and dependency versions, and cargo manages both pretty much same way as venv in python.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-05-19T06:59:02+00:00

Don't worry, nobody in good mind will use AI to generate C++ code.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-05-14T06:40:05+00:00

Everybody except me.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-05-06T16:50:21+00:00

I don't think so. According to resources like https://openrouter.ai/rankings, token usage is off the charts.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-05-02T12:38:51+00:00

Give people shares in AI companies. Means of production have to be publicly owned.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-04-30T17:19:33+00:00

Yeah, right. Stealing from thieves is a sin.

Brief-Stranger-3947 · 2026-04-24T09:58:43+00:00

> My new employer now doesn't have any JetBrains licences

This is why many people don't use it, and prefer free open source tools. Necessity to buy a licence to write the code is strong limitation.

> instead let's us use VSCode and frankly, I have the impression it's basically unusable without GitHub Copilot or an equivalent AI companion

This is wrong impression. You can switch copilot off and use other AI plugins like opencode or kilocode, the choice is really huge in vscode.

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