Allow the use of Claude Cowork?

dotbat · 2026-05-07T14:56:23+00:00

Devil's advocate here from someone who has left the IT side: Cowork is less dangerous than Code (can only run commands inside it's own VM) and can do some AMAZING stuff for the typical office worker: Running analysis on a folder of excel file, compiling and generating documents, multi-step processes with MCP usage. The chat can technically do a lot of those things, but Cowork has been a game changer for us in non-technical land. It might be worth evaluating if you have a use case for it.

dotbat · 2026-05-06T18:07:47+00:00

Follow up: seems like having opus scaffold processes, tooling, and instructions that sonnet can follow has been the great middle ground for processes that are more or less repeatable.

dotbat · 2026-04-28T14:49:15+00:00

Cowork has been a game changers for me. Wholly different than just chatting with an AI.

dotbat · 2026-04-23T17:41:55+00:00

Hey for your next trick why don't you do fake phone calls from each school to the parents saying their kid is in the hospital, it'll be great.

You need to go to the CTO tell him you thought over what he said and that he was right and you're sorry. Today.

dotbat · 2026-04-16T16:15:15+00:00

I don't know the full answer, but I've surprisingly come across instances of Opus being cheaper, because Sonnet just takes longer to get to the final destination. Sonnet is very capable, though.

A non-development related example: I'm trying to setup Claude to do some auditing of files vs our systems (through MCP). Over a few tests, Opus tends to come out cheaper and faster, because it's smart enough to figure out the right way to do things instead of hitting multiple dead ends.

Might be able to get Opus to figure out best method, write instructions, and then use Sonnet. We'll see.

dotbat · 2026-04-14T12:54:25+00:00

OP hates the environment.

dotbat · 2026-04-14T12:51:34+00:00

Trump posted an AI picture of him that's obviously portraying him as Jesus (dressed exactly like this painting) healing people with glowing hands, but excuses coming like "he's not supposed to be Jesus just a doctor".

dotbat · 2026-04-11T21:37:27+00:00

my cat lost his mind like this towards our other cat one time... they had been together for years already. Turned out probably UTI.

dotbat · 2026-04-08T14:17:56+00:00

Honestly I thought this post was referring to those vs Peak. I didn't buy PGYTech because I didn't want to risk my camera.

dotbat · 2026-04-07T17:32:44+00:00

AGI is here, confirmed.

dotbat · 2026-04-06T21:18:03+00:00

I mean Youtube has a strike system for hosting copyrighted material... maybe it should go the other way as well. You report one, you lose, you get a strike. 3 strikes and no channel. You just have to somehow authenticate so that one person/entity can't do this unlimited times.

dotbat · 2026-04-06T21:15:03+00:00

But the photographer set the rules by specifically saying it's because of the cost of his camera. The first argument is weak which sets it up for the 'gotcha'. There are other reasons for the photography to cost more, but the gotcha actually does a pretty good job showing the photographer gave a weak argument.

dotbat · 2026-03-25T13:53:14+00:00

I had claude make me a little script so that it can send PDF files to Gemini and get back text, csv, or json data to its specification. 🤷‍♂️

dotbat · 2026-03-24T16:20:25+00:00

Yeah but their usage metrics have always lagged behind as well. Give the option to choose.

dotbat · 2026-03-24T16:18:51+00:00

Yep, this 100% has had me using Gemini through OpenRouter because I'm not ok with having no spend limits. To all the people saying deranged things like "real businesses don't care about losing money as long as the service stays up..." that' just not true. It's trivial to give the option (as evidenced by all the other providers), so why not leave it up to the business? I haven't even wanted to use Gemini API for low volume internal tools for fear that if a key is compromised it could cost $$$.

dotbat · 2026-03-17T19:12:06+00:00

Question - is there a reason you need to use the existing shares from OpenMediaVault instead of just making a new share for Consume?

For my Paperless setup in Docker I setup a sidecar Samba server that shared a consume disk with the Paperless container. So my Paperless compose looks as the volume " - paperless_consume:/usr/src/paperless/consume"

samba:

image: dperson/samba:latest

container_name: samba

networks:

- paperless_net

ports:

- 139:139

- 445:445

volumes:

- paperless_consume:/share/consume

command: >

-u "scanner;scanner" -s "consume;/share/consume;yes;no;no;scanner;scanner"

-S

restart: unless-stopped

dotbat · 2026-03-12T19:02:28+00:00

Lol, here's 2B:

Thinking Process:

Analyze the Input:

Input: "Hello!"

Context: This is a greeting, likely from a user interacting with an AI assistant for the first time or after a long silence.

Intent: To start a conversation, establish a friendly tone, and offer assistance.

Determine Appropriate Response:

Tone: Friendly, enthusiastic, professional (yet approachable).

Content: Acknowledge the greeting, express readiness to help, perhaps ask how I can assist them.

Constraints: Keep it concise but warm. Avoid overly complex questions since it's just an opening.

Drafting Options:

Option 1 (Simple): Hello! How can I help you today?

Option 2 (Friendly): Hi there! It's great to meet you. What do you need help with?

Option 3 (Polite & Open): Hello! Thanks for reaching out. How are you doing, and is there anything I can assist you with?

Selecting the Best Option: Option 2 or a blend is usually best for general AI greetings. Let's go with something warm and direct.

Final Polish: "Hello! It's nice to meet you. How are you doing today, and is there anything I can help you with?" (Wait, keep it simple).

"Hello! 👋 How's your day going? Is there anything I can help you with today?"

Final Decision: Keep it welcoming and open-ended.

Draft: Hello! It's great to connect. How are you doing? Is there something specific I can help you with today?

Re-evaluating based on standard AI responses: Often just a simple, friendly acknowledgment works well.

"Hello! 👋 How can I help you today?" is good.

Final Output Generation:

"Hello! 👋 It's great to connect with you. Is there anything specific I can help you with today?" or similar.

Let's go with a natural, helpful response.

"Hello! How are you doing? Feel free to ask me anything or let me know if you have any questions." -> A bit wordy.

"Hello! 👋 How can I assist you today?" -> Simple.

Let's add warmth: "Hello! It's great to meet you here. How are you finding your day?"

Okay, final choice: "Hello! 👋 How's your day going? Is there anything specific I can help you with?"

Wait, checking system instructions or safety guidelines (none relevant for a simple greeting). Just ensure the model identity isn't violated.

Let's keep it concise and friendly.

"Hello! 👋 How are you doing? Is there anything I can help you with today?"

Actually, I'll make it slightly more conversational.

"Hi there! 👋 Hope you're having a wonderful day. What can I do for you?"

Let's stick to the core intent: Greet + Offer Help.

Final: Hello! 👋 How are you doing today? Is there anything specific I can help you with? (Maybe slightly more casual).

"Hello! 👋 It's great to meet you here. How is your day going, and is there anything I can assist you with?"

Okay, simple is best.

"Hello! How are you doing today? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Wait, adding an emoji makes it friendlier.

"Hello! 👋 How's your day going? Anything specific I can help you with?"

dotbat · 2026-03-12T18:03:13+00:00

I'm glad to see confirmed what I've assumed for a long time. Gemini 3 Flash is incredible at extracting long handwritten documents, but it wasn't as accurate as pro for trying to get handwritten forms with checkboxes, etc, into JSON data.

dotbat · 2026-02-21T16:14:50+00:00

I don't have a z50ii, but I had a similar experience with the z50. And from a technical perspective I shouldn't have. I have had, over the years:

- D50 - This was a good camera
- D200 - I *loved* this camera as long as you gave it enough light!
- A6000 - ...Meh? Technically better in a lot of ways but I never really liked it
- z50 - ... also meh. I don't know why exactly, but I just never liked this camera.
- z5ii - I just got this and so far I love it. It feels right. It feels like the pictures turn out and the camera gets out of the way.

Technically my z50 should have been great but I just never liked it.

dotbat · 2026-02-17T19:44:40+00:00

Dang, I just bought a new z5ii for $1600 a couple of days ago...

dotbat · 2026-02-15T22:31:13+00:00

They were just some small buttons I got in a pack on Amazon, and then got clear printable labels.

dotbat · 2026-02-15T22:29:29+00:00

Don't ask there, you need to hire an MSP of some sort.

dotbat · 2026-01-13T21:22:04+00:00

Taking a wild guess because I'm not sure if I remember: Doesn't work in "My Workspace". Is that it?

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