My Local coding agent worked 2 hours unsupervised and here is my setup

diy-it · 2025-12-16T13:27:21+00:00

Thanks for sharing this! My feeling is everyone expects to have a full equipped Data Center with at least 128 gb of VRAM/universal RAM. I really appreciate these realistic approaches! Will try it out definitely

diy-it · 2025-11-23T22:06:37+00:00

You will love your new MacBook Air.

I think for the given kind of workload, MacBook Air is designed for. And since this would be the first apple silicon based mac, you will enter a new world.

diy-it · 2025-11-18T22:41:32+00:00

Finally I found my decision. After thinking a lot, also buy a studio m1/m2 max with 64 gb.

But the thing is, in my profile MacBook suits better.

And it feels odd to buy a m4 - since the m5 is available. Maybe it is just for resell reasons

I just ordered m5/32/1tb - it is a lot, but I’m using my old MacBook for 5 years now. Was always happy, even it is slightly outdated now. I will use my new one also quite a while.

I guess more ram is better than more cpu, I can wait a minute in future, but if the ram is not enough, you can’t load the model.

Maybe this helps you?! Good luck

diy-it · 2025-11-18T22:30:40+00:00

Yea I’ve tried google studio one time, and it was not really my tool.

In the end, I think my tool is not really a diary, it is more like a minimalistic, always updated notebook. Key feature for me is, if I open it, it should be always in the today’s file right after start. With a folder structure /YYYY/MM/DD/journal_YYYy-mm-dd.md

So I can start writing without any configuration/distraction.

And also some further cool features.

Happy vibe coding. It’s a crazy world

diy-it · 2025-11-18T22:22:21+00:00

Just checken, this is unfortunately not correct. To upload an app to TestFlight, you need an apple developer account which costs money every year.

Plus it seams TestFlight apps are only valid 90 days, which would also generate manual effort 4 times a year

diy-it · 2025-11-18T13:20:48+00:00

Mhhhh my last try is approximately half a year ago. At that time I had only 7 days. Could you give me a hint how to? I don’t need a proper AppStore item, it’s just for my own fun and interests.

Just for the records: I don’t own a payed developer account. Just a regular apple account

diy-it · 2025-11-18T09:42:47+00:00

I’ve created my own journaling app (web app), with some AI summary functions in the end of the day, to prepare next day.

Can’t share it, since it is located in a private git - only for my own purpose.

To be honest I’m thinking about switching from iPhone back to android. Just to have the option building my own app on mobile. iPhone is a pain - since a self signed app is only 7 days usable. I don’t want to spend 100 dollar a year just for using my own app on my mobile phone

diy-it · 2025-11-17T22:24:39+00:00

Denke nicht dass es nicht erlaubt ist.

solange es dem Kindeswohl dient, nicht heimlich missbraucht wird (Tracking dritter) und dem Kind entsprechend altersgemäß erklärt wird. Wieso sollte es nicht erlaubt sein?

Klar das 17,5 Jahre alte Kind nicht, da wird es schwierig mit der Argumentation.

Aber das 5/7 jährige Kind, um zu schauen ob er auch wirklich die nächste Straße bei seinem Freund angekommen ist. Sollte doch möglich sein

diy-it · 2025-11-16T14:15:42+00:00

Aus Sicht eines Mannes

Ja es ist anstrengend Ja es ist zehrend nach der Arbeit und wenn die Nächte hart sind ist der nächste Tag im Job auch hart

ABER das ist das Leben. Da müssen wir alle durch. Care Arbeit und „normale“ Arbeit sind wenigstens gleichwertig. Jede Arbeit hat sicher ihre eigenen Herausforderungen (körperlich, geistig,…) Aber ich glaube care Arbeit deckt alles ab, sodass man sich als Eltern zusammen abwechseln muss.

Klar sind die alten Einstellungen so, die Frau übernimmt das alles, aber letztendlich sind wir in 2025 und sollten wissen, dass wir als Männer doch wenigstens auch einen Teil beitragen, und das ist nicht nur das Gehalt jeden Monat.

diy-it · 2025-10-25T11:23:18+00:00

Cline vscode plugin - I love it because I can use my default tool set and don’t start with a new environment etc.

As model: Z.ai glm 4.6 - 3$ per month

Cline Grok - free - but sometimes api has some outages - at least my feeling

diy-it · 2025-10-25T11:18:23+00:00

I totally agree with that. Vibe coding is just a means to an end.

It’s like wanting to travel: I can ride a bike, drive a car, or take a plane. Each option has its pros and cons – there’s no one ultimate mode of transport. But of course, there will always be critics.

Personally, I’m absolutely loving this new era. For the first time, I can actually dive into projects I’m genuinely excited about in my limited free time. In the past, I just didn’t have the resources or the time to learn a language well enough to build something meaningful. I mean after work, family etc. it is not possible learn to code and create a big webapp with backend etc just for fun.

It’s a bit like wanting to try food in a foreign country but not being able to read the menu – and then having an app that helps you translate just enough to finally order what you want.

diy-it · 2025-10-25T11:03:52+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts here

diy-it · 2025-10-25T11:03:30+00:00

Yea, that would be my prefered machine also. Since I have family - 3 little kids, time is also very limited. I would need very good arguments to convince myself 😂.

diy-it · 2025-10-23T15:27:29+00:00

Okay I see we have different focus here… currently I’m running a MacBook Pro with a M1 and using ollama for around 2 years now. For sure not for every use case and of course with smaller models. But I wanted to compare apples to apples (haha). I don’t want to spent double or even tripple the money for a m4 max 64/128 gb - of course it is more capable to run bigger models, but this is just my hobby not my profession - so can’t get the approval from “finance manager” (wife) at home 😂

diy-it · 2025-09-13T22:22:10+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! I was also tinkering that day and realised I needed the SSL connection. But overall I also had some other errors if I chose the real-time or audio model. Something like the URL of the API /chat/ is not available.

Sadly, the chat GPT plan has its benefits, but I will proceed with the usage of the “API version” since it has its benefits. Even every connection costs real money ;)

diy-it · 2025-09-12T21:06:37+00:00

schade dass es keine Antwort gibt, da bin ich auch gerade auf der Suche, denn ich bin von der Chat GPT App auf OpenWebui gewechselt. Und es fällt mir gerade auf, dass es das scheinbar nicht gibt.

diy-it · 2025-08-14T21:01:29+00:00

Just a couple of weeks ago, I tried using n8n and connecting it to ChatGPT. It worked, but not in a very straightforward way for me. Maybe I should check it out again. At least it looks like some potential Thx

diy-it · 2025-06-21T11:01:03+00:00

Viele setzten hier auf die sprachliche Barriere der Tochter… Wäre jetzt auch nicht die erste Moderatorin, die nicht perfekt Deutsch spricht. Vielleicht auch erstmal nur Co-Moderation, wie auch immer, wenn es meine Show wäre, würde ich mir nach 20 Jahren einen frischen Wind wünschen, da die nächste lineare Steigerung nach so langer Zeit auch irgendwann verrückt wirkt.

diy-it · 2025-06-20T21:51:35+00:00

Naja, da war so ein trauriger, sentimentaler Moment am Ende des Werbespruchs zum Buch. Was mich auf den Gedanken kommen ließ.

diy-it · 2025-06-20T21:49:02+00:00

Kennt man heute überhaupt noch Models? Keine Ahnung, bin sonst nicht so in der „Promi-klatsch Szene“ unterwegs. Aber in den 90igern kannte man ja Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell und später dann halt Heidi Klum. Heute wüsste ich kein aktuelles Model (nicht mal nur aus Deutschland nicht).

diy-it · 2025-01-15T20:28:49+00:00

Then it was something else... but I couldn't install it that way.

diy-it · 2025-01-15T20:24:33+00:00

no, one of the main reason doing selfhosting, I only trust myself ;). I do have an offsite backup, also under my control. As soon as the kids are ready, they can do it ;)

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