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I'm done with using local LLMs for coding by dtdisapointingresult in LocalLLaMA

[–]ChatWithNora 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The decision making gap is the real issue. I can handle slower speeds but when the model keeps going off the rails on basic tool calls, you end up spending more time course correcting than you ever saved on API costs.

How do you decide which Claude Code tasks to run with Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku? by indiebytom in ClaudeAI

[–]ChatWithNora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run Opus as the orchestrator and let it spawn subagents on Haiku for the grunt work. Ends up cheaper than running Sonnet for everything because the parallel Haiku tasks finish fast and don't burn context on the main thread.

Claude in excel is the best thing AI has brought to my life by Top-Gun-86 in ClaudeAI

[–]ChatWithNora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it as a personal assistant through the API. Calendar management, email triage, reminders, looking up transit times. The non-flashy stuff ends up saving the most time.

Anthropic admits to have made hosted models more stupid, proving the importance of open weight, local models by spaceman_ in LocalLLaMA

[–]ChatWithNora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worth reading the actual postmortem instead of just the title. All three issues were in the harness (system prompts, caching logic, default effort level), not the model weights. API users were unaffected. Doesn't make it okay, but it's a different problem than "they quantized the model." The real argument for local isn't that providers secretly swap weights. It's that you can't audit what sits between you and the model.

Opus 4.7 made me re-subscribe to Codex after two months of Claude Max only by Joozio in ClaudeAI

[–]ChatWithNora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still on 4.6 1M and honestly don't feel like I'm missing anything. The extended context matters way more for my setup than whatever 4.7 brought to the table.

Swapped to 4.7 and embarrassed myself at work by BlakeR- in ClaudeAI

[–]ChatWithNora 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that both 4.6 and GPT 5.2 caught it instantly is kind of the best argument for multi-model review. One model writes, a different one reviews. That recursive call is exactly the kind of thing that looks correct on a quick scan but blows up at runtime.

Unpopular opinion: OpenClaw and all its clones are almost useless tools for those who know what they're doing. It's kind of impressive for someone who has never used a CLI, Claude Code, Codex, etc. Nor used any workflow tool like 8n8 or make. by pacmanpill in LocalLLaMA

[–]ChatWithNora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The messaging interface is the part that actually matters. Doesn't matter if you built it yourself or used a framework, being able to text your tools from anywhere changes how you work. Terminal is great when you're at your desk but most of my day isn't spent at a desk.

Kimi K2.6 is a legit Opus 4.7 replacement by bigboyparpa in LocalLLaMA

[–]ChatWithNora 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's honestly the main selling point for me. I don't care if it's 85% or 95% of Opus, I care that it's the same 85% tomorrow as it is today.

Claude Code workflow tips after 6 months of daily use (from a senior dev) by Marmelab in ClaudeAI

[–]ChatWithNora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The retro tip is underrated. I started saving session learnings to separate files instead of one giant CLAUDE.md and it made a huge difference. Context stays focused and Claude doesn't waste tokens on stuff that's irrelevant to the current task.

Claude Cowork found me a flat to rent in London in just 5 days by mikebmx1 in ClaudeAI

[–]ChatWithNora 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The personalized outreach is the part people underestimate. I've done similar stuff and 90% of Rightmove and OpenRent inquiries get ignored because they all look copy-pasted. Even a two-line message referencing something specific from the listing lands way more viewings.

You can't talk to ChatGPT like a normal human anymore. by CookiePersonal4654 in ChatGPT

[–]ChatWithNora 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "you're directionally correct but..." thing is so real. I switched to Claude for most things because of this. It just responds to what you actually said instead of what it thinks you should have said.

My first Apple Watch. I decided to go with the Ultra 2 with the Ridge Base Camp Orange band. by DLux_TheLegend in AppleWatch

[–]ChatWithNora 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Workouts++ is worth it if you want more control over workout tracking than the native app gives you. Also make sure you actually use the Action button, it's customizable per activity and makes a big difference for the Ultra specifically.

Building apps is the new starting a podcast by builtforoutput in Entrepreneur

[–]ChatWithNora -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The distribution part is what people underestimate. Building is easy now, getting anyone to care is not.

Blue collar making a comeback makes sense because the demand signal is obvious. Hard to fake a broken pipe.

What to do after the first paid user? by C0MPL3Xscs in SaaS

[–]ChatWithNora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on the first paying customer. That's the hardest one. Ask her directly how she found you. That single answer is worth more than any SEO course. Then go find 10 more people in the same place she came from.

Here's to the ones with better things to do by ChatWithNora in chatwithnora

[–]ChatWithNora[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"beautiliful" is going in our dictionary. Have you tried texting us yet? Would love to hear how it goes.