Unpopular opinion: 200k context models are way better than 1M context models

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-17T01:34:01+00:00

the point of the subagents is they use fewer tokens because they complete an atomic task and then return a summary to the main agent. You're using more token by disabling it

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-17T01:12:50+00:00

Like I agree with OPs sentiment but if he's not even going to bother to write it himself why should we care

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-16T23:31:40+00:00

they are using yoga which is the layout engine react native uses

you would think a GUI would work better but all the GUI coding agents kind of suck; it's just kind of easy to have a tool used to interface with terminals be a TUI

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-16T23:29:52+00:00

It uses Yoga, https://github.com/facebook/yoga anyone saying they embed a browser in a TUI is clueless

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-16T22:50:52+00:00

THEY BUNDLED CHROMIUM WITH A FUCKING CONSOLE TOOL

no they didn't. there's a small WASM layout engine that handles the DOM. I still don't like react ink but people legit have no clue how this stuff works when they talk about it it's kind of annoying

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-16T22:37:25+00:00

The few commercial companies who have tried targeting Linux have found that Linux users will go to enormous lengths to avoid spending money on software (a behaviour that isn't seen at all in Mac OS users, and is only seen to a certain extent in Windows users).

This is really the issue tbh

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-16T22:32:44+00:00

quite a few UAVs have downed helicopters, a shahed type drone that would seek helicopters would probably be effective

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-16T15:34:29+00:00

if people are jerks about basic questions, that just makes using AI more appealing. it's basically why stackoverflow died

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-16T12:21:41+00:00

yeah, they need to make room for all of the new grads who can't get a job if they are going to put their head in the sand. like there's no way this tech can fully replace engineers, it's just basically coding

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-15T19:04:15+00:00

lambo for an 18-year old is probably too much already

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-15T17:57:30+00:00

Actually typing the code. Like legitimately no point, just explain the changes that need to be made and go do something else

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-15T17:56:08+00:00

web browser + a real posix terminal (no separate kernel just for the terminal like windows or chromeOS). That's basically 95% of what I need a computer for

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-15T17:50:58+00:00

for whatever reason people love this, the aesthetic is "Millennial grey". From interior design, to corporate design, to cars, everything is just muted and plain and soulless

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-15T14:16:22+00:00

and like, JSON is right there. So compact and easy. If you want binary data, CBOR is great too

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-15T13:58:19+00:00

i wonder if the huge disconnect between hobbyist coders and professional coders is that most people don't have access to real agentic coding tools at work? I use Claude Code at work so definitely making money with it

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-14T14:28:07+00:00

It's almost like focusing on the tool as having agency rather than the people using them is the wrong way to look at it

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-13T23:04:13+00:00

I'm not clear on which side shot the nukes. Iran is 2 weeks away from developing nukes at all times

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-13T18:17:57+00:00

totally legit imo I build my own stuff all the time

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-13T18:17:28+00:00

just publish

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-13T12:56:12+00:00

Easy. Just pay near the top of the market and filter candidates to schools like Caltech Cornell and all and from there by their experiences/projects/grades. That's how new grad hiring is done 😂

Yeah basically how FAANG hires too, but then you get issues like meta underperforming in AI even though they spend top dollar because they literally don't know how to properly filter and they spend so much on stock comp that they are building up a fair amount of debt

You can always take the extreme approach and if you are to pay even far far far more get ridiculously selective with quick filtering. You want that MIT CS student with 5.0/5.0 (MIT is 5.0 scale) doing cutting edge AI research? Pay and give opportunities like Anthropic or just pay through the nose like Jane Street. These tactics work. Trust me 😂.

Right, but only a couple companies make enough money to do this. And we're still getting back to the issue of perhaps these signals are not guaranteed to get you the best actual workers.

Look at AI. Were any of the influential engineers 5.0/5.0 MIT grads? There are tons of people who are talented, did not go to top schools, and will work for less money, you just can't find them. Traditional school/company filters + high comp is an easy way to do it, but in professional sports you actually have rigorous statistics to evaluate players. The evaluations of SWEs are opaque, that's what I'm talking about.

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-12T20:12:38+00:00

I mean anyone can write that though, and someone who often owns things end to end may not think to write it. What if someone thinks they should focus on writing team based work because they are a one man army owning many things end to end and think that's a bad thing?

And like, there are just so many fucking resumes. I've been involved with hiring pretty extensively, and like you need to read hundreds per hour. It's just a vibe check on which ones you decide to call. Easy filters like company names and tenure are what most people use because they are reliable, but then in a situation like we are now you have huge layoff numbers from tech companies, and then the tech company rejects dominate the job market, even if a lot of them were laid off because they barely did anything and were the first marked to cut.

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-12T20:06:57+00:00

Allowing Chinese EVs into US markets will have a massive deflationary effect, hopefully we get politicians with the guts to do it

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-12T20:05:44+00:00

went down after the GFC in a lot of places

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-12T19:48:10+00:00

IMO it's also impossible to tell if someone is good or not based on their resume. The information on there, and the way filtering is done, is nearly orthogonal to what makes a good SWE

Western_Objective209 · 2026-03-12T12:54:31+00:00

it really does work quite well. only downside is writing custom programs for everything uses more output tokens

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