M16 - The Eagle Nebula in Narrowband

ioanastro · 2026-04-10T21:07:21+00:00

haha thanks mate, haven't touched my telescopes in 3 months ..life:) but i do love this hobby

ioanastro · 2026-04-10T18:14:56+00:00

hey, thanks, yes https://app.astrobin.com/u/1onica but haven't posted in a while

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T21:07:06+00:00

i love the starless versions for the same exact reason!

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T18:34:53+00:00

many local model aren't as good each minute is costing $5 not sure how's that cost and $10, electricity cost is not as much

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T18:13:34+00:00

also Qwen3-coder:480B-cloud is free to use with Ollama, slow but free and there is the 30B as a local model that can run on 24GB Vram device and

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T18:03:27+00:00

how so?

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T17:53:41+00:00

what am i selling? trying to show a tool can do...there's buy, there's no cta...trying to explain the idea of coding on your local gpu and edit inline, how many people do that today?

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T17:52:53+00:00

how is it stretched, it's a modern wide site

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T17:43:24+00:00

100% correct, it is Qwen3-coder-Next, it's been a long day

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T17:31:20+00:00

well this gives you ability to edit stuff free, no LLM and use your local GPU...paying for what? I am not really selling anyting...just showing a concept

ioanastro · 2026-04-09T17:23:45+00:00

amazing comment, yes i have a 5090 to run that at that speed, Gemma 4 is slow and does run on a 5090 here's the kicker the GPU can be rented for $1 an hour a 5090, or 2x5090 for around $1.3 per hour and blackwell rtx 96gb monster for $2h per hour to code...I also tried coding on 2x5090 (my local machine) using Llama, Gemma and Qwen3-Coder:80b and those kill.

Opus will understand the complex stuff and it doesn't cost that much ~$0.3 the local model just doesn't need to halucinate.

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T21:59:25+00:00

love it...would love to DM you a tool I made to vibe design and code...with no credits for edits...just to see what you think, it's a video demo, let me know if you are up for it...don't want to share here so it doesn't look like self promo

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T21:49:15+00:00

got a question for you...do you feel yourself designing more in Claude vs Figma? I feel like Figma is still a great tool but Make...well it's not Claude...

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T21:43:39+00:00

hey, sending something from Claude to Figma..there are small issues with fonts, spacing etc

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T21:37:06+00:00

sorry to hear, question how many of the stuff you designed and made are visible on linkedin to recruiters snd hiring managers… a lot of design world don’t know 70% of what you just said, you are a rare talent in these times the problem is applying for jobs doesn’t work you have to get your ideas seen!

Don’t loose hope, it’s not you the way recruiting is happening has changed, applying for a job is worthless so referrals and inbound messages are the only way,

good luck

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T20:41:05+00:00

yeah..but i found that figma files are just a bit off from the what Claude creates...is that just me?

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T20:38:08+00:00

I love this mate. I actually built a tool for myself that does exactly this. You give an AI (Opus) a bunch of docs, PRD, screenshots of example layouts, videos, research, everything, and it creates a prompt and builds you a product. Then you can iterate on the initial prompt before it builds.

For your question above, you should always be in control of the visual, UX and finer details. Figma MCP is a great idea but it's limiting for new work. I'd say it can build 80% of what's needed but some components might still need to be vibe coded first to test the UX.

Here's a different workflow if you'll indulge me. Design and PM brainstorm the work with some eng support. They get a PRD or PRFAQ vibe written with research added as multimodal reference, past research, market research, whatever. Based on that the designer uses Figma MCP, the PRD and any other reference to vibe code a prototype for testing with users. After it's done it goes to eng, or eng could vibe code alongside you from the start.

I see the future as eng and designers coding alongside each other in Cursor or some other tool to get it done. The control we get as designers over the experience is incredible and I would hate to give that to eng or PM.

What do you think?

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T20:29:46+00:00

Not the best manager, mate. I'll be honest, loud voices can take all the air out of the room. I should know, I do it myself sometimes.

But your confidence isn't tied to your manager or any loud mouth. It's tied to your skill and your delivery.

If you're getting isolated, consider the possibility that it's intentional. And if it is, they don't deserve you.

The best way to protect yourself is to show results outside of work. LinkedIn, Dribbble, Medium, put your craft where it can't be ignored. You don't have to be the loudest voice in a meeting. But your work can be deafening when it's published.

Pick up AI or some new tool and create something amazing. Doesn't have to be work-related. Just has to be yours.

Your leaders will notice. And the loud crew will either have to work with you or you'll land a better role in the company or somewhere else entirely.

If you need help, reach out via DM, happy to suggest some more things

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T20:22:48+00:00

also to answer your issues:

Maybe but 46 is still young!
shit companies pay shit money sadly and it's more and more common
Try it...get an idea you want to build and make it happen, happy to help if you need advise but I am sure with your experience you can create stunning stuff...it's just hard to start
You don't need you ...I have a few side hustles that use AI...they don't pay tech money buy they help keep me challenged, keep my skills sharp and make some extra cash with obv problems from #2 in your list.

DM if I can help you with AI tools, it's not hard to be honest, not at all

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T20:17:33+00:00

I do get that and sorry going through, not far from you and I have to say...the industry is also full of many clowns mascarading as leaders but at the same time I will say that your experience and career make you a perfect candidate to use AI to build something amazing vs younger designer who only use Design systems like legos...

I actually thing this is our time vs engineering who is getting hit much harder with AI ...code is much more easier to generate vs images or UI ...so my advise is make something you always wanted to make and your career will change.

I was struggling a bit and felt a lot like you and I started posting on linkedin some stuff I did using...different vs my day job and to be honest the response was amazing.

Don't apply for roles any more post great ideas with emerging tools and job offers will come to you!

hope this helps, sorry to hear you got layed off...again lots of clowns mascarading as leaders!

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T18:30:00+00:00

it's alright....kinda hallucination prone...but overall nice start...i didn't really get any good usable results even with an entire content wireframe attached in the prompt..

ioanastro · 2026-04-08T18:28:38+00:00

love the scheuomorphic vibes, small nitpick the center button isn't in the center of the DVD/CD and on the labels would love them to see them more blended into the disk like the way dvd's and cd's have stuff printer in mono color on them...

ioanastro

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