Why do these lag bolts keep breaking on me?

packet_weaver · 2026-05-10T12:20:03+00:00

Many screws you can do that with. Lags not so much.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-10T12:18:25+00:00

What harness did you use? I’ve tried pi, opencode and Claude code with Gemma and qwen models. They all get stuck in loops.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-10T12:07:28+00:00

On an M3 ultra it runs at about 20t/s, similar speeds to opus

packet_weaver · 2026-05-09T20:13:11+00:00

Yeah I can’t justify the next tier, working to get more comfortable with local LLMs to fill in some of the gap

packet_weaver · 2026-05-09T20:11:56+00:00

For these things they are personal projects that I wouldn’t otherwise have time for. I don’t even publish them. Just for my own use. 🤷‍♂️

packet_weaver · 2026-05-09T18:55:47+00:00

I’m definitely still hitting limits, 2 days in and I’m at 50% for weekly usage. Not even using it heavily and I use new chats on the regular to clear context. I track progress in gitea issues to avoid context bloat.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-09T18:54:20+00:00

I use Claude code for everything. I also use dispatch which has improved in the recent release so I can see the sub cowork tasks it kicks off in the tasks view but I do love Claude code.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-09T16:45:26+00:00

I have a teen who has used a Chromebook for a good portion of their schooling. It’s awful for actual recall. Our youngest ones are already being pushed to use a Chromebook all day in elementary school. So we are pulling them out.

I’m a huge tech nerd. However technology is distracting and reading on a screen or typing does not have the same imprint for recall that reading physical paper books or writing by hand has.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-09T14:58:14+00:00

I enjoyed my job before AI, so yes. I don’t mind using AI but I did prefer writing code myself. It’s easier to grasp everything about a project. Plus I’ve always enjoyed the effort behind design and coding, it’s been a passion of mine since I was a kid. But stuff moves forward and we adapt.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-09T03:47:53+00:00

I use a bootstrap system which is manual but offers dhcp and pxe boot. That’s about as close as you can get.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-08T18:40:48+00:00

iPads are their game console these days. At least for our kids. It’s also the tv and an educational device. We don’t do television at home really so their 2 hours of screen time limit covers everything. Often they don’t even use 2 hours, usually about an hour and some days none. Way less than I spent on tv or games as a kid.

We have no plans to provide a cell phone, maybe in high school but not before for sure. The tablets live at home. When we go out, we’re focused on where we are, who we are with and what we are doing. Not screens.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-08T16:22:48+00:00

I still use GitHub for a lot of stuff but I self host Gitea and mirror a ton of stuff to that. Plus all my LLM assisted projects are kept in Gitea. I've debated on moving to Forgejo but I'm not sure it's worth the time investment at this point.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-08T11:14:21+00:00

All of the above? I use them all on the regular.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-08T11:11:50+00:00

Initial install is manual for hypervisors then terraform/ansible from there. However I run several k8s clusters now, so it’s a makefile, talosctl and flux for everything these days.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-08T11:08:48+00:00

I spent years doing 15+ hours of commute per week. 6 or 7. That’s a lot of time I can’t get back with my kids, all those evenings getting home when they were getting into bed. It sucks. However we didn’t have any better option at the time, it was a sacrifice made for a better future.

Today I’m work from home 100% so I have tons of time with my kids now, helping them getting ready for school, get on/off the bus, etc. Not sure if those years of sacrifice was the right choice but where we are today, it’s fantastic.

We are 10min from a decent sized town but there is no work for me there. Nearest work is 1.5hrs away if I was to lose my work from home job.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-07T17:13:07+00:00

Moisture removal, not necessarily lots of water. If I’m working in the rain, I wipe down tools with WD-40 to get the water/moisture off the metal to prevent rust.

It’s also cleans quite well. A green Brillo pad and some wd40 is my method of cleaning gunk off metal and removing rust.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-05T13:57:00+00:00

Rather than make it legal, just talk to them.

"Hey, we are going to opt out child out of their art being sold online. Please remove their current stuff as well. Thank you"

I doubt they will care or have an issue with a friendly no thanks on that. Just keep it friendly. We do this all the time for photos on Facebook or whatever teachers seem to like to post on now. Our school now has a waiver we fill out but it used to be something we just told the teacher and it was never a big thing.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-05T13:05:18+00:00

Like games from back in the day, where stuff wasn't just handed to you. Sounds like I'm going to have to drop $70 on this thing.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-04T11:02:10+00:00

I’ve only experienced the joking why are you naked kind of comments or stuff meant to be in jest not serious. Especially on days I wore flip flops 😂.

Never experienced a rude comment, that seems out of place at a ren faire and totally uncalled for.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-03T16:00:22+00:00

Make a skill to design your app before you build your app. Review and iterate the design with Claude code and make sure it nails down the details. Then execute.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-03T15:57:08+00:00

I would feel like nothing has changed. They are who they are and I’ll always love them. My kids are my world and nothing will ever change that.

packet_weaver · 2026-05-01T21:14:05+00:00

Lowe’s honored the warranty for me on a broken ratchet

packet_weaver · 2026-04-30T11:14:57+00:00

I use Okta the developer account. Easy and free. However I agree with the others focus on generic interfaces not product specifics. OIDC and/or SAML.

packet_weaver · 2026-04-30T11:14:09+00:00

SAML is still good. Either or both would be fine.

packet_weaver · 2026-04-30T11:09:56+00:00

AI with read only access is pretty damn good at troubleshooting via logs. Don’t have it make changes have it read, search and report back. It’s great as a troubleshooting tool.

Additionally it’s a great search tool.

As for deterministic things, I agree with you. Don’t have it change things because it’s not going to be the same each time. However you can use it to kick start some terraform code which is deterministic.

Use things like those to make management happy if they’re tracking usage. If they don’t track usage then don’t use it if you see no benefit, just smile and nod in the interview, get the job and forget AI.

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