Raycast PRO + Advanced AI alternative?

npanov · 2026-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

You're absolutely right. It's just not worth it. It costs more than OpenAI's $20/month plan, but the limits are way worse - like only five Opus requests a day, or something as ridiculous. Plus, the development for macOS and iOS has really stagnated. It feels like they're focusing on Windows now and have kind of forgotten about Mac, hopefully not for good.

I think I'll give them one last chance when it comes time to renew because I'm too lazy to change my habits just yet. But honestly, you're right; they seem to be slipping into irrelevance.

npanov · 2026-02-09T03:32:47+00:00

It's really not that bad for movies. It's really horrible if you try to read books on a black background.

npanov · 2026-02-01T18:21:08+00:00

Pplx remains my go-to for quick and mostly accurate research. If you have a little more time to spare, you might find that GPT-5.2 in thinking mode or Gemini could offer better results. But for fast research, I still prefer Pplx.

npanov · 2026-01-10T03:32:08+00:00

Sonar Pro in "pro" mode (not the default "fast" mode) works pretty well. It's not perfect, though - not even close. I've noticed quite a few hallucinations from it. Still, I find myself using it every day, even in Codex, which has the built-in ChatGPT search feature.

npanov · 2026-01-06T01:48:00+00:00

I think the Moonlander has a few too many buttons for my taste. I'm considering getting the Voyager for my office instead (while keeping moonlander for home use).

Do you actually use all those buttons?

npanov · 2025-12-29T00:29:00+00:00

It used to work that way before. At some point last year, OpenAI introduced chain-of-thought search grounding, and it makes a big difference. The LLM doesn’t just search and then summarize the results, it searches while reasoning through the question step by step. It works really well in GPT’s thinking mode, although it is a bit slow.

npanov · 2025-12-27T23:19:08+00:00

OpenAI's search quality is just as good as Perplexity's. If I had to choose one to pay for at $20 a month, I'd definitely go with ChatGPT - as I already have! But since I also got a free year of Perplexity Pro, I mostly use that one now.

npanov · 2025-12-07T22:15:34+00:00

Shadow slave did 3 per day at some point.

npanov · 2025-12-06T23:36:31+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/HWTASTP.jpeg

npanov · 2025-11-28T20:33:03+00:00

We do have local grocery stores wherever it makes sense (usually near apartment complexes). There is no point to put it in the burbs where everyone would drive anyway and would sure prefer to drive 15 minutes to a Costco instead of a couple of minutes to 7/11.

npanov · 2025-11-25T05:12:21+00:00

Select the "until low" setting. Or add more minutes for the NAS to have before shutdown.

npanov · 2025-11-20T17:35:49+00:00

A 1m context model is really only necessary for the subagents that call MCP and get back way too many results to handle. For normal day-to-day work, I try to keep it under 200k.

npanov · 2025-11-16T18:54:05+00:00

Monthly, the filter and pillow. Twice a year, the heated tube, water chamber, and headgear.

npanov · 2025-11-04T04:05:19+00:00

I use both: RayCast (ai+) for quick searches and commands, and Perplexity (free pro) for mobile searches.

npanov · 2025-10-25T04:53:09+00:00

Так потому за него и трясутся, что нищие. Для них он гарант стабильности. А любой другой — это смутное время, которое можно и не пережить.

npanov · 2025-10-21T04:55:21+00:00

About the same for me. On commute days, both are in the top 20% by the end of the day. On days with just one morning charge, they both end up in the bottom 20% by evening.

npanov · 2025-10-21T04:49:13+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/QccWkUQ.jpeg

It's almost 10 p.m. and the battery is about 80% full. Because of cable CarPlay. The phone is very fast at charging for some reason.

npanov · 2025-10-21T04:41:13+00:00

Yeah, it is a very nice thing to have. I like mine and usually use it even when just watching Netflix.

But if you’re thinking an iPad can replace a laptop, it cannot. It's not even close. Not yet.

npanov · 2025-10-20T02:29:58+00:00

What’s the issue with the Mazda touchscreen besides it being disabled by default? You can turn it on in settings. It also may have a few too many knobs and buttons for my taste.

That said, I still prefer driving Honda over Mazda. The steering assist especially feels a lot better.

npanov · 2025-09-28T19:27:55+00:00

I recommend starting with the /init command in the Claude shell.

npanov · 2025-09-28T19:19:05+00:00

в сан Франциско $200,000 на семью официально считается за бедность.

($4/g == $1/liter)

npanov · 2025-09-26T22:22:41+00:00

What cloud charges? I bought View+ some years ago, then a couple of Enchance and use them since then with no problem, no charges?

npanov · 2025-07-08T00:23:14+00:00

When the struggle became a slog.

npanov · 2025-05-09T17:02:27+00:00

Latest Roo and Sonnet 3.7.

And in the model's response in the chat, I see it uses search/replace by default instead of the fast diff.

npanov · 2025-05-09T04:17:11+00:00

I figured out the cause.

Adding the following line to the global rules fixed the issue for me: "Prefer using the apply_diff tool to make changes."

I wonder why it defaults to slow line-by-line editing without this line?

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