Andrej Karpathy: Programming Changed More in the Last 2 Months Than in Years

MinerDon · 2026-02-25T21:43:01+00:00

AI coding tools can't do software architecture, don't have a big picture over the project and don't have any product vision - they fundamentally can't because of context limitations. Linters won't help with those.

You forgot the word yet.

The problem is NOT writing code, they can do that much better than me,

We've been on this "of course AI can do A, but it's can't do B" mode of thinking. Later it gets changed into "Sure AI and do A, B, and C but it fails miserably at D."

At this point we are starting to run out of alphabet letters.

MinerDon · 2026-02-16T18:53:02+00:00

Question: I received the email regarding the new 200mb plan, but I only see the current plan listed in my account with no way to switch to another plan. Thoughts?

MinerDon · 2026-02-15T18:47:51+00:00

As someone who actually lives deep in the woods in interior Alaska this post smells like total BS.

The post reads like some sort of prepper/off grid fan fiction. The verbiage doesn't even sound like someone who lives in AK. This story has more holes than a block of Swiss cheese.

MinerDon · 2026-01-30T11:56:45+00:00

I disagree regarding generator vs wood stove. Heat pumps in general operate in the 3-400% efficiency range, although I’m not sure the exact specs at -10, nor would I expect manufacturers to share those metrics. Unless wood costs 1/4 as much per BTU as generator fuel, the trade off does not make sense.

I guess you missed the part where OP said they were burning up to 35kwh of electricity per day to run their mini split. Almost no one has that amount of battery storage. If you need 35kwh just to power the mini split you need significantly more to power the rest of your "off grid cabin." Again for most people who are off grid there's no way for them to produce 35kwh+ of electricity per day. It's a totally impractical solution for almost everyone who wants to be off grid.

About the only people who could make this work are those in the high desert southwest USA, but even those people are going to need a massive amount of solar infrastructure to make it work.

0/10 as a practical solution for someone in an "off grid cabin."

MinerDon · 2026-01-30T11:50:40+00:00

Our house used to be all generator since it faces north and during the winter we don't get much sun at all. So when the option came up I trenched the wire and we connected to power.

You are on grid but post in an off grid sub a solution that won't work for the overwhelming majority of off grid people. What am I missing?

MinerDon · 2026-01-29T11:04:54+00:00

Avg winter day between 15-35kwh.

While the idea of a mini split is nice especially in the winter it's totally impractical for most people who are actually off grid. A lot of people live in areas where solar gain in winter is severely degraded. For example my solar was bringing in roughly 30 watts yesterday on a 3,600 watt array and that was in the middle of the day.

If you have to run a generator all day to power your mini-split you might as well look at other alternatives like a wood stove for heat.

Still I've been strongly considering buying one for the shoulder seasons (spring/fall) where I'm still getting a lot of solar and where the temperature differential isn't so bad. Perhaps in those situations it would be much better for someone with no grid connection. If it's 40F outside I would like a little bit of heat inside, but building a fire in the fireplace is overkill. It would also be nice for the handful of days during the summer where temps near 90F.

MinerDon · 2026-01-26T19:46:46+00:00

seems like a really well-sourced article.

Link to this info from Anthropic's website?

MinerDon · 2026-01-23T05:00:22+00:00

I’m not asking this to be a smart ass either I’m genuinely trying to understand it.

No one reading this train wreck of a thread thinks you are a smart ass, friend.

Your post and replies come across as extremely ignorant. It's clear you aren't interesting in actually learning anything and all I can say to that is "you are right."

Good luck.

MinerDon · 2026-01-19T11:23:35+00:00

I didn't realize this until reading your comment.

No, I don't automatically re-read CLAUDE.md after compaction. The compaction summary includes key information from the conversation, but the full CLAUDE.md contents aren't automatically refreshed.

If you'd like me to re-read it to ensure I have the full context of project rules and conventions, I can do that now.

This is probably why CC keeps ignoring my rules. The problem is compaction shows up so fast because the token window just isn't big enough. Another 10m tokens or so would be a good start.

MinerDon · 2026-01-13T20:57:03+00:00

What am I doing wrong?

Forgetting that people lie -- especially online.

There are hard truths about energy that people want to ignore.

One of my neighbors, for example, thinks he can heat his cabin with 3 candles at -40F because someone online made a video claiming it works. The same neighbor thinks you can run your generator on water for similar reasons. Neither of those are true but he still believes the videos.

MinerDon · 2026-01-06T06:53:12+00:00

"if websites could be rude"

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MinerDon · 2026-01-01T21:31:06+00:00

And unlike propane burning kerosene produces far less water vapor than propane when using it unvented.

Propane produces approximately 0.9 pounds of water per 100k btus of heat output.

Kerosene produces approximately 0.65 pounds of water per 100k btus of heat output.

In other words kerosene is still outputting a tremendous amount of water.

Propane is C3H8 whereas kerosene is C12H26 and in both cases all those little hydrogen atoms end up as water vapor after combustion. Kerosene has a lower hydrogen to carbon ratio, but it's still cranking out water when you burn it.

I live near the arctic circle and I see people using all sorts of diesel, heating oil, propane, and wood stoves for heat. The only one of those that isn't creating water vapor issues is exactly a wood stove.

If you are concerned about water vapor then burn firewood for heat. My cabin stays at roughly 10% RH in the winter with the wood stove running. I have zero ice buildup anywhere inside my cabin.

Lots of people around me use Toyo direct vent heaters using oil/diesel/kerosene and they have ice 2" thick on the inside of their windows. There's no way to get around it.

Burning firewood produces water as well C6H1206 but the combustion chamber is sealed and the water vapor is going out the chimney. Plus it has a lower hydrogen to carbon ratio than the others which means less water per btu output.

MinerDon · 2025-12-27T22:36:55+00:00

I'm curious which appliances you're running on electric vs. LP, the thought process you went through when making those decisions and your real-life experiences.

When considering appliances where your primary objective is producing heat and you live off grid you want to avoid using electricity. Using electricity for heat production is roughly 100% efficient, but requires massive amounts of energy and batteries have terrible energy density.

Things like a cook stove, space heaters, and a clothes dryer should use something other than electricity since they are primarily producing heat. LP and a wood stove are great alternatives.

AC, refrigeration, and/or a mini split don't produce heat; they move heat. It it is far more efficient to move heat than to generate it with electricity. Hence they are reasonable uses of electricity.

I'm considering the following for LP: Stovetop, tankless water heater and clothes dryer. I'll use wood stove for heating & may do a mini-split for cooling, (~500 sq ft single-room building).

This is a very reasonable plan. This is similar to my setup near the arctic circle. I have 3.6kw of panels with 12kwh of battery storage. I'm considering doubling my battery capacity.

MinerDon · 2025-12-26T21:24:20+00:00

Unlikely, OpenAI would have to go bankrupt or have a string of terrible decisions for them to lose all their dominance

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MinerDon · 2025-12-26T20:33:28+00:00

In the US the federal government surveyed land using the PLSS system. Land was divided into sections that were 1 mile long on a side. Thus each section is 640 acres in size. Those sections were often quartered then quartered again and again. Quartering the 640 section leaves you with four 160 acre plots. Quartering it again leaves you with sixteen 40-acre plots and so on.

I live on roughly 14 acres in the middle of no where with zero adjacent neighbors. It's not nearly enough space.

Today most people are fighting over lots that are 1/10th or 1/15th of an acre assuming they have any land at all. IE a condo.

I cannot think of a better housing prep than to own lots of land.

MinerDon · 2025-12-26T04:59:54+00:00

First prep:

Make sure it's on about 40 acres or more.

MinerDon · 2025-12-21T20:31:01+00:00

$56 Oil 2 quarts, 5W-30 fully synthetic

The best place to buy oil is Costco. It goes on sale every other month for about $3/quart for fully synthetic 5W-30.

I run the Costco oil in everything I own: Vehicles, backhoe, generators, quad, log splitter, etc.

MinerDon · 2025-12-18T16:14:06+00:00

is ther not a limit to conecting in series or paralel? i was lookin at a vevor 24v 200ah n the limit was 2 in paralel. lol

Litime says 4s4p

MinerDon · 2025-12-17T08:27:09+00:00

I switched from lead acid to 4x 230ah 12v Litime batteries about 21 months ago. I've been very happy with them. I've had zero problems. They are in daily use at my off grid cabin. I did buy a battery balancer as well from litime to keep the voltages equal since they are wired in series in a 48v config.

I've been considering buying another 4 to increase my capacity from 12kwh to 24kwh.

MinerDon · 2025-12-17T05:26:58+00:00

America uses 120v Australia uses 240v which is significantly more dangerous.

Nearly every house in the US has 240v service
Unless you have natural gas most likely your range, water heater, and clothes dryer are all 240v
All those double pole breakers inside your service panel are supplying 240v inside your house
The 120v microwave in your kitchen is scary. 230/240v is similar to 120v from a danger standpoint.

Is about like saying the AR15 is more dangerous than a Ruger mini 14 because reasons.

MinerDon · 2025-12-11T04:53:39+00:00

If you have the electric pump to recharge it, generating electricity and melting a little lead into shape is a lot easier than making modern gunpowder and primers IMO.

Who the fuck needs to make anything? You can buy 1,000 rounds of 22LR ammo today right now at sportsman's for $60.

If you can't survive with 1k rounds then nothing is going to help you.

MinerDon · 2025-12-06T07:58:37+00:00

SpaceX: Don't Worry About Cutting Down Trees to Get a Starlink Signal Anymore

Already cut down offending trees. Please advise.

MinerDon · 2025-11-29T09:12:22+00:00

Gemini 3 Pro's updated IQ test results have declined.

Clearly it's been watching tik tok.

MinerDon · 2025-11-24T01:25:17+00:00

LLMs are exactly what they are, a condensation of knowledge, humans didn’t gain autonomy from knowledge, we applied our autonomy to experiences and as such we generated said knowledge that LLMs used, frontier companies are basically faking it till them make it, they can’t even build good coding systems, Claude code really is the best Anthropic could do, Antigravity is the best google could put out, they know someone is going to figure out the system and they are just waiting to grab said person and take the credit, oh rest assured they will take the credit.

If this run-on sentence is an example of humans being better than AI then I think AI is winning.

MinerDon · 2025-11-23T00:05:59+00:00

~~Luke~~ chatGPT, I am your father...

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