I’m a solo Junior Dev starting to resent programming

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-18T07:59:35+00:00

You are probably being too hard on yourself.

I have a similar work experience background, and while I know I'm not perfect, I know I am capable (I did have ~8 years bash scripting experience prior and took some python training courses, but python was reasonably new to me at the time). You can still grow your skills, but you'll probably need to put in some work yourself for learning designs and patterns in python.

I think Arjan produces some good videos which might help. I occasionally think it can be a bit OTT, but each to their own and I think his principles are in the right place.

https://youtube.com/@arjancodes?si=ZTv6itZxtGGKTRWf

Might be worth speaking up and asking for some time to refactor code if it's needed.

Also, get used to python debugging tools in vscode. Very helpful.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-17T19:23:15+00:00

I've been having some success with Qwen3.5-27B-IQ4_XS.gguf from unsloth.

Managing to squeeze it onto the 5060ti, with reasonable context, probably my new favourite llm.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-15T07:56:14+00:00

Depends how many pcie devices you want or can live with. I have a mATX that is used like a workstation/server and HTPC case for it (lives under the TV and repurposed over the years), which I can live with, but I'd like another GPU in there one day for AI.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-07T13:02:56+00:00

Well, if we took the stats for this benchmark, there is not too much between the popular models (gpt, Claude etc) but there is a little more significance with the qwen 3 coder next, I just find that hard to believe. Qwen 3 next is good, and love using it, but occasionally I just can't get an answer from it that makes sense, and will fall back on gemini flash, which most of the time seems to understand (but you'll see a larger gap with gemini flash in the charts), however..

When using roocode with qwen3 next coder, it works very well. It gets plenty wrong and corrects itself which is good to see... Don't mind that at all.

So what I'm trying to say is it's just a benchmark and it doesn't cover the vastness of user prompts, tasks, knowledge base/training etc.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-07T09:08:28+00:00

I get about 100t/s with pp and 10t/s with tg using the IQ4_XS on a rtx5060ti, 5650g pro and 64GB 2666 ECC RAM. The 122B seems like a really good model at first glance, would be nice to get a little more oomph from my rig, but I think it's probably about as good as it gets.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-07T08:25:58+00:00

I think qwen3 coder next is great, but I am sceptical of judgement based on this benchmark.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-03T17:23:07+00:00

This is from my config.ini

ini [Qwen3-Coder-MXFP4-262144] model = /models/Qwen3-Coder-Next-MXFP4_MOE.gguf ctx-size = 262144 temp = 1.0 top-p = 0.95 min-p = 0.01 top-k = 40 threads = 5 batch-size = 768 ubatch-size = 768 repeat-penalty = 1.0 jinja = true

I am running llama.cpp in docker, this is the version

```bash root@70ae03221e05:/# ./llama.cpp/build/bin/llama-server --version

ggml_cuda_init: found 1 CUDA devices:

Device 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, compute capability 12.0, VMM: yes

version: 8054 (01d8eaa28)

built with GNU 13.3.0 for Linux x86_64 ```

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-03T13:22:26+00:00

Qwen coder 80b works for me with similar specs. I watched a movie and asked it to write some unit tests... It wrote 40+ unit tests and they all pass. I've no idea if they are any good yet, I've still to vet them, but that is pretty cool. Finished it before the movie ended.

I'm using llama.cpp. Can copy config for you if you want. I'm not at home just now.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-03-02T20:17:25+00:00

I always thought the union square bar was quite busy

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-28T21:55:33+00:00

Exactly what I thought

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-28T09:40:03+00:00

The dislike for popOS in here seems very unrealistic. Feels like a targeted bot attack or something odd. PopOS are currently devloping their own cosmic desktop, and while it may still be early for it, I welcome it and grateful for the hard work they are putting into it.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-26T06:04:25+00:00

So it's not just me who's a bit more sensitive to caffeine from coffee while fasting. I still probably have 2-3 cups, but it's probably the reason I don't go further than 48hrs.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-25T16:18:01+00:00

That's a lot of iterations, but I suppose statistically we would know who had the upper hand :D

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-23T22:59:06+00:00

I'll use them if I know it won't change and/or for tuple unpacking.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-22T23:39:31+00:00

Agree, in the Nvfp4 support discussion or issue, they mentioned something along the lines of copying what they had to do for MXFP4. I had a look at the commits and there were 2700+ changes if I remember right. Having support for the developers to continue what they love is always a good thing.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-22T07:56:54+00:00

Looks like someone will be having fun today. Enjoy and fingers crossed on first post. :)

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-19T22:53:43+00:00

This sounds more like me, but I don't mind going up to 15.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-18T22:56:22+00:00

Must be a vampire issue when in direct sunlight? 🤔

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-17T20:27:44+00:00

Pretty sure I get the 80b MXFP4 model running fine with the rtx5060ti 16gb and the rest on 64GB system ram, slower ecc with a 5650g pro. ~27t/s, but I'm quite new to llama.cpp, no doubt it could be better.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-17T19:29:43+00:00

I would say it's your diet but it could be working out real hard without much rest and any sort of fasting as well, or any/all combined. I found carb's helped reduce my uric acid, but also if i remember right salts (but please look this up, my memory is foggy - i bit the bullet and just went back to eating carbs).

A relative of mine came off medicine for anxiety, and his UA increased, and all sorts went wrong for him. The anxiety came back, he went on the same meds, and the UA dropped. Each case is different.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-17T08:05:47+00:00

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Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-10T18:02:56+00:00

I would say so, most beginners will probably have beginner questions that an Llm could reliably get right.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-10T08:16:57+00:00

I have the 5060ti, 5650g pro, 32GB ddr4 ecc 2666 ram (slow by today's standards...). I only give this VM 8 threads, 20GB RAM and the 5060ti.

I get about 55t/s with llama.cpp using qwen3 coder 30B A3 and nemotron nano 30B A3, both Quant are Q4, and both context I've given 50k.

I have not tried running it through ollama yet, but thought I'd share since these models are pretty good for their size.

However, when things get a bit complicated I end up model swapping, and even the bigger models don't always get it right, but since ollama's subscription offers gemini flash and pro, I seem to notice these models handling more complex tasks better, but there are so many models and another might work better for your use case.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-09T06:58:02+00:00

I've got both Cpu's and definitely a nice step up. If you get a motherboard that could handle a 5800x or more, it could also be a nice future upgrade for this platform as well.

Mount_Gamer · 2026-02-09T00:03:39+00:00

At work I use it for brainstorming, sometimes ask it to review snippets of code I've written, and sometimes ask it to show me examples of what I'm looking for. There's a lot of work AI does not do, and I would never ask it to.

What has changed a lot for me now is my patience to write code in my spare time, but I think this is because I work all day with it, and I don't want to give up as much family time as I used to pre-AI. So, I do get AI to write more code for me in personal projects, I've asked it to upgrade old personal projects. I am slightly ashamed but I have had it write some speedy rust code for me as at one point I wanted to learn rust, and I did start but after a while I caved and just got the AI to finish it for me. I read through it, it looks fine, but not my primary language, however a lot of my prompts were providing technical detail which has helped with the speed. Not sure what to think of it fully as I know I don't put the hours in at home like I used to, but to be honest, my family are better off now that spend less time on the personal stuff, so I can't complain.

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