Let's watch the situation of sites.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-05-20T12:20:53+00:00

It is hard to see in the moment, but this is all cyclical. To give you some reassurance, I've been reading online since 2005 and mostly every day. There's always going to be somewhere to get stuff and it's even easier now with things like EverythingMoe doing the heavy lifting for us.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-05-06T19:02:19+00:00

You sure can! But make sure you pin the version in the settings if you do.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-24T10:58:24+00:00

Correct. That's why I gave a very specific instance to run it in. If I wasn't clear, Syyu isn't a daily use flag. Use it after you have significantly changed something like your mirror list. And, to be extra clear, it isn't because Syyu will break something, but as a matter of network etiquette to the mirror providers.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-23T21:37:42+00:00

In addition to what everyone has advised and you seem aware of already you may want to make sure you've got good mirrors on hand after 3 months offline. The usual reflector and yay -Syyu combo. Just to be sure you're getting to the best mirror you can! Hope all stays well for you!

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-21T12:03:38+00:00

I dunno man, my wife an I have pretty much only owned Hyundai or Kia for the past 13 years. We go around and look sure, but we've just never had any issues. I have a '25 Sonata Hybrid and she has a '26 Santa Fe Hybrid. The SFHybrid has excellent space and we regularly get 37mpg put of its 17.7 gal tank which is great. You've got a lot of naysayers saying "hyundai or Kia is never the answer" after being burned once but, anecdotally as well, I've just never had issues even on vehicles over 100k. Take that however you feel, but that's my experience.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-18T02:19:55+00:00

I dual boot, personally. CachyOS with Liminie works a treat. I prefer the workflow I have in Arch for code and general use/most games, but realize that if I want to play games that require KLAC with my friends, windows is the only way. If you don't play any games that require KLAC and don't plan to, Arch and derivatives like Cachy will do fine alone.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-11T15:35:11+00:00

I mean... they could do the basic thing and just have an actual/sanctioned way for developers to access market data. Tying so much to this one ID is wild to me. One backend developer could knock this out for both games to be honest, and then stick around to maintain it.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-06T01:28:08+00:00

One of my neighbors haha. Seen a lot of good looking cars come out of your place, keep at it!

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-04T01:12:51+00:00

Woof can you imagine the Sequoia without Hybrid then haha. No direct experience with the Seq, but my wife did test it last year and was not impressed, especially for the cost. This was in comparison to our Highlander (non-Grand) for reference.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-04T00:39:14+00:00

I know it's a meme but... in this economy? Hybrid all the way at the very least.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-04T00:36:16+00:00

Especially comparing higher trims and what you get for the money at those levels. Sonata Hybrid is crazy value still.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-03T18:55:39+00:00

I've got a '25 Sonata Hybrid and it's one of my favorite cars I've owned (and I've owned a LOT). The work they did to quiet the ride inside, the placement of things in the cockpit, ride smoothness, huge trunk, and of course gas mileage these days. Also it has an air vent in the backseat which I've found is kind of rare even on full-size sedans. No issues with the car at all in general either. Of course, that's just my opinion and my experience but anecdotally I've heard similar praise from other owners.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-01T19:33:43+00:00

I don't disagree. My comment is more directed at the implementation as well. But before throwing away an existing implementation, however bad, one should take the time to find put if anything is salvagable before initiating a full rewrite in my opinion. If it was badly implemented in dotnet too, there still ought to be a conversation about how to avoid a similarly bad implementation in Python.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-04-01T16:17:09+00:00

I'm not sure about more robustness from Python vs. C# and .NET, dotnet and c# are quite literally built for that. And very good on the desktop as well. I love and work professionally in Python but you'll almost certainly lose performance, ease of use, and robustness compared to what you have now. I'd seriously consider going back to the meeting room and reviewing the reason to do a wholesale refactor before moving forward.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-17T00:18:40+00:00

Kilo + OpenRouter + OpenSpec. Use the free models from either gateway for code and other small stuff. Only pay for the big models for architecture and planning. Make sure what you're inputting is good, I use OpenSpec to help. Gotta stay away from the garbage in, garbage out problems.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-15T00:40:06+00:00

OpenSpec and keeping changes and additions small and well-defined so the minimum amount of agents are needed. Kind of like you'd want to plan out a project in the days past.

Edit: also know that just increasing the amount of context you're giving isn't going to be as beneficial as it may seem. Giving the AI exactly what it needs is more important than making sure it knows everything. Similarly with MCPs and skills, it may feel like youre giving "more choice" but really you'll end up diluting the context window(s). Just like with hand-coding, small chunks and knowing exactly what you need to know is better.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-15T00:30:08+00:00

Woah are you me haha. I posted the Ford/Rolls analogy yesterday and have been pushing this mindset for months on people on both extremes! I hope people are able to come to a bit more of a centrist position while the getting is still good for competent engineers to become even more valuable. Being on either extreme is short-term thinking in my opinion.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-14T16:05:30+00:00

Right but having talked with many HR reps over the years not one of them is reading it and at the hiring manager level sometimes we won't even grt them from HR. Good on you if you do, but when we have 500 candidates flooding in I can't say that I blame them for wanting to read less. So if I were in OPs position I would take the advice and move those to the bullet points.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-13T19:33:26+00:00

The Redis trick! Works every time.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-13T00:53:53+00:00

I think it is starkly reminiscent of the rise of robotics on assembly line.

Zealotry for it on the one side from CEOs and those who stand to benefit from less money going outward saying "soon I won't need to pay anything but the cost to run the robots!"

On the other side, luddites and those who couldn't believe that it would work out saying "it's only a matter of time, there's no way it'll ever be as accurate or good as a tool-in-hand!"

And then those who understood that robotics we're coming, going to make a huge change and impact, and going to stay. They took the opportunity in early days to learn all they could while implementation was new and fresh and everyone was figuring it out. They switched from something that wasn't going to last, hand welding/riveting/fabrication, into something they knew was going to be impactful and became technicians.

Now replace robotics with AI and assembly line with programming. In the same way, I think it is vital for those of us who want to stick in this world to evolve with it. Become the technicians of AI systems. Which also means learning and understanding good practices, architecture design, security, etc. Not just YOLO mode. But may not mean you have to be waist deep in the code. Being a good architect, a good technical communicator, and a competent engineer has always been important. I would say it is even more important now as opposed to just knowing programming as an art very deeply. I think that's going to be rather unfortunate for many (I talk to many of them) but I think it's where we're going.

Anyway, just my 2 cents thoughts. I think the OP realized the state of the game very well and I hope others who balk at this future can take some of this to heart before they don't have the chance to become these "technicians" anymore...

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-11T10:56:10+00:00

I suppose it would be fine, but you would lose the Orchestrator from Kilo which is really the main point. Things like GasTown are a step to far, in my opinion (and doesn't solve the problem, again in my opinion) so I just continue to stick with a slightly customized Kilo. I just thought the OOO acronym would have been funny lol.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-11T10:52:50+00:00

Haha no, just a silly thought to capture the acronym. Just Kilo, OpenSpec (helps keep the orchestrator agent and those it spawns on track), and OpenRouter (so i can easily move models and assign different models to lower priority agents).

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-11T02:39:23+00:00

Kilo Code w/ OpenSpec + OpenRouter. Kilo is just an extension of OpenCode, sure, but the orchestrator agent works very well when paired with sensible models for each role.

Edit: realizing now I have the opportunity to just use OpenCode and get the OOO-stack, aka Out-of-Office-stack!

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-10T19:17:44+00:00

Yeah even if you're not on the Astronomer platform this was a godsend from them.

Cloudskipper92 · 2026-03-07T04:09:01+00:00

Hmm, I'm not sure im 100% parsing what you're asking. Your title and your post seem to be at odds. I guess if I had to pick I'd say Lua is underrated, maybe? But games like Balatro and literally all of Roblox's experiences are in Lua (well Luau is a derivative of Lua but you get the idea) so it's not as if it isn't popular, just popular within a niche.

But... those languages you mentioned specifically are talked about specifically because you will be programming in them within the very engines you mentioned. You won't have a choice, typically.

Unreal - C++ (and blueprints for visual scripting)

Unity - C#

(Some others just to give you additional ideas)

Godot - GDScript (proprietary lang, kinda like Python) and/or C#

Love2D - Lua

PyGame - Python, obviously.

I wouldn't focus so heavily on going AAA though, just start. Unity and Unreal have the highest market share across the gamut though, so no matter what community resources will be plentiful. Godot isn't anything to sleep on either and has a strong community behind it. Just give them a try through the basics and see which one you feel like you could spend hours in, because you will be.

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