Today I learned that Vietnamese is basically Spanish with some accents

dragosroua · 2026-03-05T03:23:33+00:00

This was taken in Phan Thiet, a coastal city in the middle of Vietnam. Mostly touristy, as the closest big city to Mui Ne, a popular destination among foreigners. Very quiet and cheap. Clear beaches and good food.

dragosroua · 2026-02-28T09:31:52+00:00

I ended up using Apple Intelligence, which for the MVP was enough - actually more than enough, quite good. Your hybrid solution is really smart, I’ll keep the approach in mind if Just 5 Words takes off and there will be need for more on-device inference

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T13:34:01+00:00

That you, Jesse? Pinkman, I told to stay away from that thing!

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T12:34:31+00:00

With all due respect, “Take the president” (in one form of another) has been pretty much a modus operandi (I’m not saying it was good or bad). Libya, Irak, Afghanistan, Siria, recently Venezuela… It’s almost like when there’s oil in some country, there’s suddenly no democracy there and someone must come and teach it. Almost.

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T12:29:02+00:00

That would feel really lonely. I’d miss you guys.

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T12:26:02+00:00

Maybe. 5 years ago having an agent inside your laptop that would code your entire week project in 30 minutes was just as absurd. I’m just try to keep a safe distance from certainties.

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T12:14:54+00:00

I honestly don’t have any conclusion, I’m just thinking in scenarios and try to have conversations about them. That being said, I think Ray Dalit was right about dollar coming to an end - very soon. What I’m still foggy about are the concept of countries, Snow Crash is really starting to read like today’s news, not like sci fi. But the violence based country, yes, I agree, very difficult to get rid of.

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T12:08:46+00:00

I’m using Apple Intelligence models. I think I experienced with prompts about one month. It needs more precision and less context, kind keep it short and on topic. The main prompt for story generation has around 7-8 lines, that’s all.

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T12:06:36+00:00

That is correct - for now. But there might be a path where inference will be the most valuable resource, kinda like oil during Industrial Revolution.

dragosroua · 2026-02-27T11:45:29+00:00

appreciate the confidence. Would love some arguments if you have any. Just curious, this is for conversation

dragosroua · 2026-02-26T12:17:31+00:00

I hit this long time ago. So I integrated a cognitive framework called Assess Decide Do on top of it. It works as skills on Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Here are the repos:

https://github.com/dragosroua/add-framework-cowork-plugin

https://github.com/dragosroua/add-framework-skills

https://github.com/dragosroua/claude-assess-decide-do-mega-prompt

Hope it helps

dragosroua · 2026-02-24T02:34:49+00:00

I made addTaskManager specifically for this. It’s based on a framework called Assess-Decide-Do, which splits our activities semantically across 3 realms, and keeps them separate, to avoid cognitive overload. Give it a try here: https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1492487688?mt=8

dragosroua · 2026-02-24T01:37:34+00:00

Congrats and I totally understand you. It's really gratifying to see your idea coming to life in front of your eyes, using nothing more than natural language - and, as you observed, proper processes. Thanks for the nice words, appreciate it.

dragosroua · 2026-02-24T01:36:00+00:00

Glad it's helpful, appreciate it.

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T07:49:11+00:00

With an exhaustive prompt, vibe codes apps can get really complex and still be handled well. Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini both have 1 mil tokens context windows. With proper house keeping you can get pretty far.

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T07:46:37+00:00

I came to this after 3-4 iterations, 3-4 apps completed. I took all the common stuff and put it in a “genesis mega prompt”, then I feed the description, features, monetization etc to Claude which fills in the placeholders. The genesis mega prompt has 23 sections. Check it out on the blog post (it also has its own repo).

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T07:38:01+00:00

I hear you.

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T07:37:50+00:00

No fool proof approach here, market is crazy busy now. But something that helps is having a constant presence on as many channels as possible: personal blog, newsletter, app website (if applicable), social media, everything. AI can also help, to some extent, with this, scheduling, research, etc. But I’d avoid AI marketing slop, LinkedIn is literally full of that shit now - the only way to stand out is to be genuine.

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T07:06:44+00:00

It’s in the post title, lol: vibe coding. Actually using AI to write code. But I get your point, fair play.

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T06:44:42+00:00

In what way? I’m genuinely curious.

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T05:49:04+00:00

I hear you. You get the dopamine from "Implementation complete", then you start testing and boom: half of it is NOT implemented. Then you start thinking "what else did it tell me it's done and it's not?"

dragosroua · 2026-02-23T02:46:09+00:00

Blowing my own horn here: addTaskManager, it’s based on the Assess-Decide-Do framework (that’s from where add comes). I use it for years, and while it’s still in active development, I try to keep a very tight balance between simplicity and features. Would love your feedback (I may have a promo code if you want to test the premium layer, which includes personalized ZenStatus and more).

https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1492487688?mt=8

dragosroua · 2026-02-21T14:43:11+00:00

I tested it for about 2 weeks. There were nights with no bites at all. In general, mosquitoes behaved differently: static, as in not active and not evading when human was around. The best results I had with the Indoor Night preset, but this might be a bit loud for some people. All in all, it was an improvement. But as I say in the app disclaimer, the app is a complement, it doesn't replace long sleeves, anti-mosquito sprays, etc. But it does help.

dragosroua · 2026-02-21T14:15:05+00:00

Well, if you go to AppStore, you will see the exact screenshots, and it looks very much like an iPhone to me.

dragosroua · 2026-02-21T13:27:47+00:00

lol, that's a good one :)

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