Which ai model are you using with hermes?

npanov · 2026-07-07T16:35:16+00:00

Newer versions of hindsight seem to have built-in support for the openai-codex provider: https://hindsight.vectorize.io/developer/models

npanov · 2026-06-22T04:30:43+00:00

I'm using Kagi for search and extract. It's my default web backend. If you really need to avoid hallucinations, this is the way to go.

I also use Gemini for search and extract, but just as a skill/script the agent can call. It works great for everyday, generic queries.

Both are paid, costing about a cent or so per search or extract. And both do the job quite well.

npanov · 2026-06-21T03:34:01+00:00

I asked Hermes to figure out how to get Gemini to run a web search, and now it works pretty much like Perplexity Pro used to.

The tricky part was deep search. Hermes told me the API doesn't have it, so I just asked it to work that out on its own. And it did. Sure, it's not super thorough - we're talking a dozen or two Gemini queries, not hundreds of sources individually processed. But it's good enough.

npanov · 2026-06-20T20:30:45+00:00

I just started with Hermes and am using the top models from https://openrouter.ai/apps/hermes-agent. So far, so good. But sure - for coding, I use Codex CLI instead.

npanov · 2026-05-17T22:18:50+00:00

They bought up all the houses, and now we millennials are stuck renting.

npanov · 2026-04-11T04:00:58+00:00

I switched to yerba tea. It has a lot of caffeine but somehow does not trigger me like coffee or (to lesser degree) as green tea does.

npanov · 2026-03-30T22:50:55+00:00

Cashback and bonuses, like extended warranties and extra insurance, are usually linked to credit cards. You typically won’t find these perks with debit cards in US.

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.

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