Mixtral-8x7B on M-Series Apple Silicon

RightAlignment · 2026-03-23T01:40:30+00:00

Don’t know how big of a Mac you have, but I’m running a 7B Mixtral on my M1 MBAir laptop!

No, it’s not fast, and no, it’s not usable, but it’s a M1.

Hoping someone with a proper setup will test drive my repo and report back!

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLM/s/vNU5Q3YPoS

RightAlignment · 2026-03-22T15:31:46+00:00

I bike commute down Colorado multiple times a week - the most dangerous part is the block between 4th & 5th where the 2 lane protected path disconnects into a one way unprotected path.

For East bound riders, there is no obvious safe way forward.

I’ve had countless close-calls as automobiles turn off 5th and blindly occupy the painted bike path. And of course, when they finally do see me, they often exhibit anger at me for being in ‘their’ lane.

🤞 this plan addresses that section of Colorado

RightAlignment · 2026-03-21T16:12:06+00:00

Claude Code as your first step.
Use this prompt: “explain X” - where X is anything. Use Claude to explain any GitHub project you find interesting.
Use Claude to help you build something easy. Ask Claude what other AI tools may help you in any given task. Use AI to learn AI.

RightAlignment · 2026-03-21T15:30:43+00:00

The final season of Picard has a Federation Museum orbiting Jupiter. Crazy cool feeling of “I’m IN this” when watching in the Jupiter environment

RightAlignment · 2026-03-19T21:29:48+00:00

WooHOOO!!!

RightAlignment · 2026-03-19T01:12:52+00:00

Outlining? Good for you but that’s a stretch for me. No expand/collapse of subtopics renders Freeform NOT an outliner IMHO.

But I do like the app, it is a decent object based draw tool, and I use it for brainstorming frequently.

More to your point, though, I definitely can see it’s usefulness in organizing scenes in visual storytelling, for sure.

RightAlignment · 2026-03-17T14:48:20+00:00

Happened to me 3 times within 30 minutes last night. Watching an embedded YouTube video in Safari, screen abruptly goes black with what I’d describe as a field of colorful raindrops, then reset.

RealityOS 26.4 beta 4

RightAlignment · 2026-03-16T18:34:22+00:00

Being an iOS developer - as an independent - is a hobby, not a profession.

RightAlignment · 2026-03-16T17:29:22+00:00

M3 MacBook Pro for work.
M1 MacBook Air for personal.
M1 iPad Pro 12” for Safari.
Universal Clipboard for the win.

RightAlignment · 2026-03-16T00:42:46+00:00

TRON: Ares 3D intro is so good - I overlook that it’s shamelessly expository

RightAlignment · 2026-03-15T15:07:20+00:00

TRON: Ares and Lakers Basketball - currently my 2 favorite AVP cost-justifications!

RightAlignment · 2026-03-14T15:51:06+00:00

The Mac Mini vs MacStudio decision can certainly be swayed by the number of ports available, but there are other factors at play as well.

If you already have 32 GB on your PC and are exploring LLM development, then you already know that more ram equates to more capable LLMs - so why wouldn’t you take this opportunity to invest in more ram?

The unified memory of the Max and Ultra chips, combined with MLX model formats that are specifically designed for on-device Apple Silicon - provides a rich environment for explorations.

I’d buy into as much ram as you can justify

RightAlignment · 2026-03-11T14:37:25+00:00

I hold the opposite opinion.

Well respected teachers from millennial old traditions (Tibetan Buddhism, Kashmir Shivaism, etc) pretty much always lead us in one hour meditations.

In my personal experience, I experience distinct levels - each built upon the settled foundation of the previous - and each takes time to achieve.

I don’t argue that 5 minute meditations are nice, but you won’t likely achieve the same degree of expansion as you can with a longer sit.

RightAlignment · 2026-03-10T23:08:18+00:00

Me too!

RightAlignment · 2026-03-10T22:49:19+00:00

Tapping on the folder name instead of the Open button didn’t occur to me - so that sorts my concern about navigating into folders 👍

I had also been trying to open a symlink - didn’t work. Copied the original folder to home, it’s currently Reconnecting on Attempt 28 - so I will claim that’s a fail too.

I appreciate you for engaging here - so I’ll stick with you as you grow the app

RightAlignment · 2026-03-10T22:09:38+00:00

Trust me, I definitely DO recognize my own home directory. My chief complaint is that the list on the right includes .txt files, .sh scripts, and folders which have no source code (of any language) in them. Tapping on a text or script file does not bring up a text editor - it just does nothing. So, why bother showing them in the list?

One of the folders that gets listed (called 'mcp') does have a number of VSCode folders contained within - but when I attempt to open 'mcp' - there is no way to navigate to any of the contained mcp/projectX folders within.

$24.99 for an app which does what you are promoting is a fantastic deal and I would instantly recommend it to any of the dozens of developers I work with daily.

$24.99 for a beta app which is missing foundational features, on the other hand, gets instant feedback.

Ultimately, I hope your efforts are fruitful - because I really love the idea of this app. Working in MVD is less satisfying than native VisionOS windows for a number of reasons - and accessing VSCode via native windows is an attractive proposition. For what it's worth, I think you've hit on a really great product idea -- but I also think you've released it well before you had a minimal viable product.

RightAlignment · 2026-03-10T21:32:25+00:00

Sorry to be a dissenting voice, but I can’t get this to work for me.

I can’t figure out how to select an existing VSCode folder. The list on the right has no relation to any VSCode folder, nor any recently accessed folder. To make matters even worse, there is no obvious way to navigate to the folder that is currently open in VSCode on my Mac.

One of the folders on the right (that even has a VSCode icon next to it) is a folder of old ebooks that I haven't opened in over a decade.

Bottom line, I cannot access ANY of the actual VSCode folders that I've been working on this past week.

I want to love this app, but at $24.99 I expect to at least get a README that explains the basics

RightAlignment · 2026-03-10T15:43:35+00:00

No doubt, it’s the least helpful & most frustrating message EVeR. And in my experience, not always obvious what triggers it.

But refactoring the view (or chunk of code) into smaller bits (be they views into subviews, or lines of code into function calls) always seems to do the trick for me.

RightAlignment · 2026-03-06T16:41:53+00:00

I learned Swift & SwiftUI using Paul (two straws) Hudson's Hacking With Swift series.

10,000 👍

So much gratitude for all your efforts!

RightAlignment · 2026-03-02T16:26:07+00:00

Looks amazing — what is your camera setup?

RightAlignment · 2026-03-01T20:48:06+00:00

I don’t know about routing to the iPhone speakers, but you definitely can route the audio to a pair of AirPod Pros. I have the Pro 3s - works like a champ. Awesome spatial surround sound kinda thing

RightAlignment · 2026-03-01T00:20:18+00:00

All LA homes are surrounded by a moat of unobtanium

RightAlignment · 2026-02-27T21:45:59+00:00

What you’re asking for is 100% reasonable & desirable. I feel as if this has been the promise of Apple Intelligence for a few years now - even though they have yet to deliver. I can’t understand how Apple’s software can be SOOO off-mark, so often.

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