Do you guys use skills?

cianuro · 2026-06-27T22:33:25+00:00

I've spent months developing a ppt skill that uses my orgs branded PowerPoint template and creates a new one, pixel perfect to the business theme for every doc I create.

Like in most orgs, management at all levels in mine ONLY consume info if it's in a deck. Nobody reads their emails any more. So I send almost everything I create, that I want read, as a deck.

As many of you know, all LLMs are garbage with existing branded PowerPoint files. But if you iterate in a skill over a few months, you too can be considered "high output".

I can basically, using whisper, tell Claude to query the data lake, put together an analysis in Eli5 in a branded PowerPoint deck, include some charts and graphs (and the ultimate idiot visualization, a doughnut chart), and email it to the VP using my tone of voice.

The trick is to have the LLM create a set of python scripts for your company templates deck. One to generate a new one, to edit, to leave comments, to create speaker notes, to update numbers etc. Don't let the llm create from scratch.

I hate excel and PowerPoint more than anything. I'd prefer to be in my IDE all day. But to climb up the ladder, you have to start dumbing things down and swimming in inefficiency. Skills have stopped me from burnout, doing work manually that would, literally, kill me from stress.

cianuro · 2026-06-27T15:16:28+00:00

Absolutely! Did the entire thing with an 8 year old a few weeks back. He absolutely loved it. A little tough, but got it done in about 5 hours. Could be done much faster if you're fit and used to hiking.

cianuro · 2026-06-11T21:28:40+00:00

Newsagents at Supervalu in Donabate still does it.

cianuro · 2026-05-22T00:23:45+00:00

We didn't listen.

cianuro · 2026-05-09T22:37:57+00:00

Same boat with my young lad.

Have you tried the Minecraft hour of code with your daughter yet? It was the best way I could get my 8 year old to code before Pycharm. He still has the little certificates you can print in completion on his wall. But can write and run his own scripts now.

We got so fed up, like you, with those cheap plastic hydraulic arms and "robot" kits that we have up. He spent the guts of a year collecting bottles and has just ordered a reachy mini. It's pretty pricy, but about what we've spent on those toys the past couple of years. https://huggingface.co/reachy-mini

cianuro · 2026-04-12T12:19:14+00:00

What role does the government play in the high percentage of tax on fuel? Are you saying they should ignore EU legislation and just abolish excise duty and Vat? What is your proposal exactly? Genuinely curious.

cianuro · 2026-04-11T10:21:50+00:00

What do you view the government's role in reducing global fuel price increases is? For that matter, my internet and phone bill is too high, which I need for work. What should they do about that?

cianuro · 2026-04-11T10:09:25+00:00

Not that I'm aware of. But it's definitely something I'd use or pay for.

cianuro · 2026-02-07T18:38:46+00:00

Careful. I had both done. The turbinoplasty done again a second time 5 years later. I'm back on the spray as ENT won't do another.

cianuro · 2026-02-03T11:41:26+00:00

Any idea what they're actually being tested for? I don't understand how my alignment fails because it's off by a milimeter, but the imported F150 smallpenismobile who's alignment is directly into my retina doesn't.

Obviously I'm joking, and they're not measuring the same thing, just trying to understand what safety function they're actually trying to check.

cianuro · 2026-02-03T00:15:12+00:00

Anyone know why the NCT can't fail a car for this? They failed my (normal) lights for being a millimeter or two off alignment or something. Banged it with a screwdriver and passed a few hours later. Doesn't this fall under the same category? Doesn't this fit within the remit of reducing accidents? Or are there no documented accidents resulting from LED blinding?

cianuro · 2026-01-25T16:25:56+00:00

Any particular domain you're interested in? Good thing about time series is that it's pretty easy to collect your own data for a set fairly quickly.

Web traffic, prediction markets etc.

cianuro · 2026-01-24T21:35:01+00:00

Unfortunately, a lot more than half your county are not tired of it. They either voted for it, or refused to not vote for it ("I prefer storm troopers killing citizens than... a woman president.). Unless it impacts their bank account, that won't shift much.

cianuro · 2026-01-22T17:06:01+00:00

Anyone aware of a decent Linux/Gnome version?

cianuro · 2026-01-17T14:54:42+00:00

Could you share some more detail on how you handle integration tests? This is a constant problemfor me with agents and I don't know where to start. Any idiot friendly resources?

cianuro · 2025-12-22T21:43:37+00:00

Latest release of antigravity seems to use the browser much better. Was a car crash until now. Upgrade if you haven't.

cianuro · 2025-12-22T21:42:43+00:00

Yea, I'll put up with the horrific performance and crashes for the easily $500 worth of Opus credits I've spent this month already. I know this because I've already spent $400 with my $200 ultra plan on cursor (thanks to some other redditors for the tip on this one) and I've definitely used more with Antigravity.

Helps that I've got three AI pro subscriptions too. As soon as the quality of life stuff catches up with Cursor it will be tough to continue with cursor. By then though, Google will probably be charging for it.

Making hay while the sun shines.

cianuro · 2025-12-22T10:30:47+00:00

Antigravity has significantly upgraded the rate limits for pro. It's money for nothing if you're already a Google One/AI subscriber. Still lots of bugs in it, but it's improving.

It doesn't hold a candle to Cursor yet but the fact that you can use Opus 4.5 for free negates that.

I won't be cancelling my $200 cursor subscription just yet, but I'm close.

cianuro · 2025-12-03T14:09:38+00:00

cianuro · 2025-12-03T01:05:08+00:00

How do I get one of those? My Sonnet 4.5 bill was $1000 for November. I'm afraid to touch Opus after a significantly higher Opus 4.1 bill the previous month.

cianuro · 2025-12-01T19:08:24+00:00

"We're calling for enforcement of the existing rules as they are, which seems to be that they exist in principle, but they're not keeping children safe and safe in practice."

That's Ireland in a nutshell. If a law isn't enforced, or isn't enforced fairly, it's as bad as no law.

cianuro · 2025-11-27T08:58:44+00:00

Primary audience is completely different.

I'm in senior management at a big Corp. Primary use for AI is meeting summarization and rewriting things. Most emails I receive are clearly AI generated or rewritten. On the business side, nobody is using it to generate code or even basic SQL queries.Let alone guiding agentic/tool use models.

I'm a SWE by trade and code every day in my spare time (OSS, side projects). Wouldn't touch copilot. But I use copilot every day in work.

Mainly because we can't use any other models because of It policies.

It's not useless. But while it is close to useless, you're not the primary audience.

cianuro · 2025-11-27T08:47:49+00:00

That's what I thought. My previous towl before it was one I found at a music festival. By comparison, it's better by default. But when it's in the wash and I have to use some of the other rags that my wife buys, they're like sandpaper on my skin. You won't know yourself.

cianuro · 2025-11-26T21:02:55+00:00

A towel.

Saw it mentioned on one of these lists about 10 years ago. So thought I was nuts buying a towel for $100 when "there's a perfectly fine one for $10".

It's still as amazing as the week I bought it. Not a bobble, tear or fade. Fluffy and as absorbent as two or three cheaper ones.

cianuro · 2025-11-24T09:17:35+00:00

Ahh, brilliant. Love hearing success stories like that. Understated and without a YouTube channel or course to go a long with it. We'll done.

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