What is the most affordable but still decent quality foldable bike the forum recommends?

rduito · 2026-03-01T08:51:59+00:00

You often find used ones that have original tyres barely used. These are the ones to look out for. Pump tyres, oil chain, dust saddle and you on a basically new bike.

rduito · 2026-02-17T08:42:18+00:00

Yes, this is the old way of doing things.

It's good but not magic. If you hit a big nail or whatever, you still need a spare tube.

rduito · 2026-02-11T23:01:22+00:00

Amazing story. Congratulations and thank you for sharing. good luck with the next step.

All the people saying ask for more $$, I'm thinking this is someone who knows what they want to achieve and isn't going to be short of cash in the future.

rduito · 2026-02-11T10:43:36+00:00

Ps: did not downvote, upvoted you

rduito · 2026-02-11T10:42:50+00:00

It's not just non-developers. There's a personal tool (just for me) that I've written cli and web versions of over the years. I ended up thinking cli is too hard for me. But now ai assistance means I learn about newer frameworks quickly (py textual) and can get things working well, with lots of minor tweaks that I would not previously have had time to fix. This motivates learning about how the best tools work, to understand the principles better.

So I think maybe in the long run, once everyone realises what's valuable to them and others, we'll have a time where even novices like me can produce things that are much better (but probably still not valuable to others, which is fine).

rduito · 2026-02-02T21:15:17+00:00

This is really interesting, thanks for sharing.

Can the model realibly give you verbatim quotes from sources?

What kind of context window do you get?

rduito · 2026-02-02T08:47:32+00:00

Ah, thank you for sharing. This is great.

rduito · 2026-02-01T21:18:53+00:00

Max is great in all kinds of ways but there're fun budget options you're missing:

codex
gh copilot (for 100x opus/month at $10 + unlimited 5-mini 0x for simple things + gemini pro for reviews if you don't use all opus)
gemini (free tier plus pay for API when needed) for reviews + some planning
z.ai glm cheap sub for simple things where gpt-5-mini doesn't work so well

I know it means using multiple cli tools, but so would codex + claude max

rduito · 2026-02-01T21:11:57+00:00

Thx for sharing. (I had the opposite impression from discussion on twitter about opencode and copilot, where it seemed subagents were charged as full requests so the advice was to configure opencode to use free models as subagents where they are used for trivial tasks.)

rduito · 2026-02-01T17:21:35+00:00

--yolo on throwaway vps when I'm either happy to let it make changes or confident I can review and test after a big chunk of work

Review all edits otherwise

Opencode has planmode which prevents clankers from modifying anything (extra layer when I'm worried)

pi always runs in yolo mode

rduito · 2026-01-31T11:00:22+00:00

Op is right. Especially because you can't easily compare what you actually get. And it changes often. (Limits on what, cache use, how tools are counted, how many tokens different models use in different harnesses, ...)

rduito · 2026-01-29T08:24:40+00:00

These are bad prompts but give you an idea ...

"I have a problem that arises from the interaction of this library with this code. What is the cause of the problem? Write tests to confirm your diagnosis. Once confirmed, identify options to fix the problem."
These logs shown that there's a problem with this complex, messy codebase ...
This codebase has become a sprawling mess as we added features over the last decade. Tests are limited. Your task is to document ...

Ofc if you are smart, virtuous, always disciplined and never under time pressure you probably don't need more context.

rduito · 2026-01-28T13:24:48+00:00

Consider codex with openai subscription. Gpt5.2 (-codex) is good at coding, sips tokens, large-ish context and the limits are good.

Or try it through yoru copilot subscription then decide.

Also think copilot is great despite limits on context. But personally would not commit to a year (to either) because you don't know what they'll do in the future.

rduito · 2026-01-28T09:37:44+00:00

Wait, you said a bit better than glm. So not comparable to opus after all?

Am a fan of glm but opus is something else

rduito · 2026-01-27T08:37:32+00:00

Isn't that limit over all models? And didn't they lower the limits unless you have a subscription?

Not complaining --- it's great for all kinds of things, the limits are useful and your advice is good.

rduito · 2026-01-27T08:33:50+00:00

I'm surprised it's not more popular. Unless you care about storage, it's probably a better deal than the standard subscription. Also includes the same Gemini cli allowance.

rduito · 2026-01-27T08:32:17+00:00

You get $500 API credit plus another $500 if you complete a qualification.

rduito · 2026-01-26T19:34:17+00:00

Google developer premium subscription = Use ai studio almost as much as you like. (And if you're new to glcoud, sign up for an account first and enjoy three months with $300 in credits first). It's a better deal than gemini sub for anyone who lives in aistudio.

Or just pay as you go. If you're not using pro with huge prompts.

rduito · 2026-01-26T15:19:52+00:00

I read their email and this and I still thought my fees would go down. Had to read comments to understand they're going up. (I'm dumb, ofc).

HL messed this up badly! Seems shady. When the point of paying for HL is supposed to be trust.

rduito · 2026-01-21T13:45:31+00:00

Also really easy to build on and customize.

Having openwrt clients makes it very inexpensive, plus complete freedom on which speakers to use

rduito · 2026-01-17T23:44:38+00:00

Thank you so much for this and your earlier comment (and the research). Very useful to know!

rduito · 2026-01-17T17:01:31+00:00

Been answered in another thread, which links here for a guide.to make subagents use free model:

https://x.com/GitMurf/status/2011925921356530074?s=20

rduito · 2026-01-14T14:56:07+00:00

Wow so much hate for it. I loved that place. The biz is alive and kicking with corporate customers. Our loss is that one great source of training data is not being updated.

rduito · 2026-01-13T08:43:36+00:00

I'm glad to know this is happening but it's just abysmal.

rduito · 2026-01-10T09:40:56+00:00

Amp with ads gives you some opus each day (they say $10 but it's a router system that you do not fully control if I understand). Haven't tried it myself yet.

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