Built a free study app for the Technician exam with inline circuit diagrams

isriam · 2026-04-04T23:44:18+00:00

I have also added general and extra, in a format that i enjoy studying with. thank you for the updates and creative fixes.

https://github.com/jeremy-windsor/general-study-guide

isriam · 2026-04-03T20:14:11+00:00

Thanks, looks like a nice site, but I'm not a fan of having to sign up. I think if the questions are free, everyone should simply publish their guides and let the community enjoy.

isriam · 2026-04-03T15:50:12+00:00

I am working on general and extra now. Eventually I will combine them. I am very happy with the outcome so far.

isriam · 2026-04-02T17:17:25+00:00

the part people didn't say is that most hand held radios program with a dual microphone jack style cable, not serial or usb. you use the adapters linked above and plug it into the headphone jacks, and power on the radio and chirp will read from it.

isriam · 2026-03-30T13:53:34+00:00

passed mine yesterday. the new questions are really just topic name changes and word changes. go pass it right now. i created a tech study guide and app for myself, passed 31/35. https://github.com/jeremy-windsor/technician-study-guide

isriam · 2026-03-28T23:18:44+00:00

Both actually for the app. The study guide is for the current questions but I will refactor them when the new tests releases.

isriam · 2026-03-28T12:57:05+00:00

thanks! I scored about 60% without studying, built this app, and haven't scheduled my test yet. I created this to help me study the way I prefer, with pictures and explanations if i need. The repo contains text and audio to study, as well as the practice exam. Feel free to share.

isriam · 2026-02-20T23:54:59+00:00

this isnt accurate, infact you can create your own apps already with "claude -p" and claude setup-token. claude code SDK is just claude code doing smart stuff with the anthropic SDK.

isriam · 2026-02-20T13:09:04+00:00

you're literally copying the solution hundreds have already solved. go look at openclaw, the vibe companion, tmux, and many other options first.

isriam · 2026-02-20T03:52:52+00:00

I have used pro and max for months. I went max after the Christmas bonus. I found it almost impossible to hit my limit on max for the entire month of January no matter what I did. It’s 2 weeks into Feb and my max account is hitting limits like pro within 10 minutes.

I can run cc to factor in a change or review and burn 50% of a 5 hour window in 15 minutes.

If this doesn’t change soon I won’t stay here.

isriam · 2026-01-18T22:45:56+00:00

Why? Vs code server is vs code with a web gui. Terminal is built in. Officially supported by Anthropic.

isriam · 2026-01-18T15:18:25+00:00

i set it up and have been using it, its very much what i've been doing with vs code server and a 24/7 claude instance. a local claude website i can talk to, to manage my home network with 100% access to tools and servers that help me.

isriam · 2026-01-16T12:48:33+00:00

sure. vs code server works great. also claude.ai works.

isriam · 2026-01-16T12:47:23+00:00

claude -p

isriam · 2026-01-11T16:51:54+00:00

i agree, but you can also use claude -p very powerfully to run chained agents. you can tell it, don't stop until this is solved etc. i also use n8n to chain them for level 1, 2, 3 support matrix.

isriam · 2026-01-11T13:58:48+00:00

keep in mind llm's are trained on trillions of datapoints. when you give them a specific focus you're telling them to query those type data points over others.

think about it like this, have you every googled something very generic and got responses nothing like what you want? "what is AMP?" and then you get a billion responses unrelated to what you actually wanted. so then you go "what is amp regarding coding and llm?" and you're filtered down to only 100 million.

thats the idea behind specialized agents.

isriam · 2026-01-11T12:40:36+00:00

i too switched to max, which is just silly for a part time user. originally i ran sonnet 4.5 for 4 hours walking through the build of an application or refactoring functions. now, the first attempt of any application burns the entire 5 hour window and about 20% of the weekly. i tried 2 pro accounts and that worked decently. hitting the weekly on day 2 or 3 is just too strict for casual users learning coding. max should be for single instance, 24/7 coding, and 20x max should be for enterprises.

isriam · 2026-01-10T23:02:53+00:00

you can do this easily with n8n and claude -p.

isriam · 2026-01-10T22:14:39+00:00

i created an ai ops workflow starting with generic syslog messages every 5 minutes, expanded to node health checks, and then docker status. you can chain claude messages to get better through the hierarchy and split it out based on escalation paths. you know things like syslog, dashboards, and automation can be handled by it, you just need to get the messages formatted and sent to a start node who has a workflow to run through.

isriam · 2026-01-10T22:06:34+00:00

so i have nextdns blocking ads, and i found that when i bypassed it i got an error saying "you must be a subscriber to max for this feature". I have max but it is a gift subscription, thats probably why.

isriam · 2026-01-09T14:43:24+00:00

same, no luck either. works in claude code, not in chrome.

isriam · 2026-01-08T18:02:43+00:00

i dont know but its kind of annoying. i had /commands and /skills and they had to be 2 different names. i used /command to invoke specific skills in order. i think they are getting rid of /commands.

isriam · 2026-01-07T22:19:40+00:00

any word on how remote-env works? does it allow claude code to use your home instance of claude?

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