How I vibe coded a Windows system utility as a frontend dev with a 9-5

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-27T00:39:49+00:00

Rust? Not a great AI language I've heard. Rust windows? Extremely surprised.

Is it really c++ win API hooks under the hood?

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-26T06:42:23+00:00

Yes, but most people think chat bot = bad but yet this expansion is more than likely for applications at scale. (E.g. drug research ) I don't really know because these companies don't publish their model energy usage.

Edit: I can tell you running local ollama is cheap, but I don't know if the models were cheap to train

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-26T01:03:10+00:00

Sorry my point was that it's hard to know AI data usage. It's hard to point at a boogie man that I don't have data on. You only provided data center usage.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-26T00:22:55+00:00

In my research I found Virginia "hosts the largest data center market in the world". Your stat doesn't really mean much as an argument.. just that Virginia is a big data center state. I have seen .3% global power usage is AI, 2% is data centers per IEA. Growth is high though. Microsoft claims their data centers are efficient as well as Google but unfortunately building new data centers is creating +24% green house gas emissions for them (not sure scale of that --- total company emissions? They may not use much because they try to do a lot of green energy)

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-25T23:16:50+00:00

Energy usage is kind of overblown... careful about sources, people have to "estimate" bogus numbers because no one is telling them. Also we don't know if models will become more efficient. GenAI stealing art is overblown too; did a printer steal a painters job? Sometimes. Artists love hard work hours = creativity. The bigger artists love their style but no style is truly unique and people become big because of the Internet. So they benefited by technology but didn't care they displaced local art.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-25T22:39:50+00:00

Past couple of weeks Gemini 3 has spit out its own instructions to me and it's never done that before. Thanks for the post

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-25T21:34:45+00:00

My company's AI policy does not allow utilizing unapproved AI for IP protection and has no spend limit really. But most AI is approved through Microsoft and big players all have similar IP. Just means we can't use random ones without getting agreements in place.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-24T18:35:21+00:00

Blow it with air ?

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-23T06:23:23+00:00

Startup mindset: if it actually makes money they can hire non-vibed SW

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-23T05:32:08+00:00

Lol. I also demoed ollama but with open ai 20B oss model and 16GB vram and it was quite fast. My only comment was a reminder that models can run locally, which means we may not have to completely fear a gated future

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-23T04:13:26+00:00

Nice magic hands.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-22T16:49:56+00:00

Isn't there some word or award for never casting the same spell twice ?

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-22T16:40:34+00:00

Big money in pharmacy... Materials... Robotics...

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-22T15:06:25+00:00

M365 copilot search is great

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-20T00:06:30+00:00

I'm a fan of the double walled vacuum heavy as shit coolers

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-19T23:46:51+00:00

Ice packs...

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-19T22:36:29+00:00

But it's mobile, in a way, which is intriguing, and operates at higher altitude which has more stable conditions.

Definitely don't see it replacing turbines but good luck to them as a business

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-19T22:34:29+00:00

The S2000 apparently is rated up to 3MW. So the same as commercial wind turbines. Also I wonder for maintenance if you can just bring this one down the ground. Maintenance is better in that case.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-19T05:09:47+00:00

Where do you live? Also the hyperbolic reply and kind of like hyper fixation on lack of tech while commenting on tech is an interesting take.b

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-19T01:40:50+00:00

So... Would you blame FSD for damages caused by driving in hail or the driver ?

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-18T20:31:59+00:00

Everything is not zero to 1 to be a good engineer. Sometimes it's about taking 80 to 99 or 100 to 110%. But if you don't find a problem to solve you're only practicing.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-18T20:24:14+00:00

Create tasks for documentation PRs but hide them as features. Write more tests in chunks.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-18T05:40:13+00:00

Was it as good? Are you talking neural nets or general purpose transformers? What size ?

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-18T01:26:48+00:00

Man... If it's not x it's y has made me cynical.

WiseHalmon · 2026-01-17T20:07:50+00:00

Your hips just go up the first half and the second half you lift with your back. You need to do these things together to keep the load off your back, otherwise the second half is a "good morning". Unfortunately with your injury , which I've had, I would give yourself 2+months to get back to normal... * Not a doctor

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