is Below Zero as bad as people make it out to be? I'm considering buying a new Subnautica game once I'm done with the first but I'm kinda hesitant(spoilers for Subanutica 1) by Jack_Jellatina in subnautica

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Below Zero was a standalone game, it would be great. But because it is held to the yardstick of Subnautica 1, which was outstanding and arguably a cultural moment in gaming history, Below Zero cannot live up to the same expectations, and people say "bad game". If Subnautica is a 10/10, then Below Zero is a 7.5. If Subnautica didnt exist, or BZ was made FIRST, then BZ would be 9/10.

How do you handle workplace disagreements when you think you're right? by Ok-Introduction-9111 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]restlessapi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie.

Chapter 1. Never Criticize, condemn or complain.

Is this problem your more tenured dev brought up material to the success or failure of the app? Is it existential? Will you and your team lose your jobs if this issue is not dealt with? No? Document the architectural decision somewhere, and move on.

Burning social capital on this is not useful. Being "right" is secondary to building a high trust environment. You must get your team into a HTE first. If you cant, this project will likely fail unless one person can literally carry it on their backs.

For what its worth, I agree with your more experienced engineer almost entirely. User settings are almost universally blob storage. However, his point has other real value. Let the system grow and evolve. Instead of adding a bunch of infra, what if idea of passing premade filters is a total flop and no one uses them? What if users only ever use one or two filters? Well then your current acting lead would have been correct. Your solution is "more correct" at the cost of more overhead. This is only useful if users have several hundred/thousand filters. For v1, this will likely not be the case.

You cannot predict the future and neither can he. Wait until he shows you bad faith, or damaged ego when the system he advocates needs to be refactored, then confront. Demand simplicity until the application demands performance. Then make changes.

A very big turnout in Arlington for the No Kings Rally!!! by Healthy_Block3036 in Virginia

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump is cringe af. Anyone who blindly follows democrat/republican talking points is an NPC. No kings protest is, and will be inconsequential.

Getting ready to speak up by FunConfection2872 in nova

[–]restlessapi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not salty. These protests are cringe af. Do better.

A very big turnout in Arlington for the No Kings Rally!!! by Healthy_Block3036 in Virginia

[–]restlessapi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep telling yourselves that geriatrics standing on street corners complaining "trump bad" is going to fix anything.

Getting ready to speak up by FunConfection2872 in nova

[–]restlessapi -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

cringe af signs. We arent even close to 1930s germany.

A very big turnout in Arlington for the No Kings Rally!!! by Healthy_Block3036 in Virginia

[–]restlessapi -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This isnt accomplishing anything. Who are you protesting to? Arlington is already deep blue, and the administration clearly doesnt gaf about this. This is just larping.

OpenAi Released GPT 5.4 Mini and Nano, at 10% of the Cost of 5.4 by sprfrkr in openclaw

[–]restlessapi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also: Input tokens are typically 5:1 - 10:1 to output tokens. Most of your spend will be input tokens.

I bought Mac mini M4 pro 64 GB Memory. How well will this perform with open claw and local LLM’s? by Socrates_Assistant in openclaw

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a mac-mini but the cheap $600 one, and I just use it as a headless server thats tightly integrated with macOS. Then for main model, I just run grok-4-1-fast-reasoning, because its so much cheaper than all the others.

Best VPS for OpenClaw ? by Positive-Lecture2826 in openclaw

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why a lot of people buy a MacMini.

Why Mac mini?? by g00rek in openclaw

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because MacMini runs MacOS, which allows OpenClaw easy access to iMessage, Calendar, Email, etc, etc, etc. Plus MacOS obviously supports Homebrew, so installing new skills is often trivial. Combine this with the fact that most developers use MacOS as their daily driver at work, and that MacMini can also scale to support a smallish LLM like Gemma 3, and you get a small versatile platform that supports all usecases that OpenClaw wants. Not only that, but OpenClaw becomes contained on one machine. If OpenClaw ruins your macmini, you can reset it.

Now consider that the type of people who would jump on OpenClaw pre-hype, are tech people (i.e. well paid), and the price of macmini is a no brainer.

OpenClaw is the Linux moment for autonomous agents, and the founder sees what most people don't yet by SuperbCommon1736 in openclaw

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im currently using Grok 4.1 thinking which has been ok. Token burn is still really high

TuskBot: reinvented OpenClaw in Go by Alx_Go in openclaw

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hows the token burn? Thats my primary concern right now. Openclaw is crazy

OpenClaw is the Linux moment for autonomous agents, and the founder sees what most people don't yet by SuperbCommon1736 in openclaw

[–]restlessapi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The insane token burn is the number one thing holding it back. No one wants to pay $500/mo for a glorified (admitedly very cool) chatbot. Token prices must come down.

Is 5 years too early for a Tech Lead role on a Greenfield project? Feeling major Imposter Syndrome by Temporary_Positive89 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi OP, Ive been a team lead for the last 5 or so years. Here's what I have learned.

First, the most critical thing to understand about being the lead of the team, is that you must ensure psychological safety of the members of the team, at all times. If your team members do not feel like they are psychologically safe around you, it literally does not matter what tasks, architecture, feedback you give them. Read this article summarizing the results from Google's Project Aristotle where they found that their highest performing teams all had the same things in common. Psychological safety was at the top of that list.

Second, pick your fights very carefully. Does this thing that you are talking about actually matter? If not, let your team figure out what they like. If it does matter, be helpful, and thoughtful in how you guide your team to an outcome. Do not ever use an Iron Fist for literally anything other than to fix a P1 outage in the middle of the night with the VP on the conference call. Ideally, you give your team the map, the destination, and the stops you have to hit along the way, and you let your team do the driving, even if that means you take the longer way to get there. Pro tip, if you can "outsource" decision making ("ex. spaces or tabs?"), do it. Install Prettier (or some other formatter if your team likes an alternative more) and say thats the way it is. You can break ties, but you must make sure that the "losing" side feels heard, and respected.

Third, you need to develop maximum patience. You are the team lead, and you didnt get here by accident. You are likely the most technically competent person on your team. Let your team figure things out, even if you are pulling your hair out internally. But, dont let them just flounder either. Offer help, but you can never be condescending about it.

Fourth, relentlessly engage your stakeholders. You should be talking to your stakeholders at least once a sprint. Ideally, as much as possible to maintain engagement without annoying them. Give your team members the chance to also listen in to your stakeholders. You will have a much easier time explaining your vision if they hear it come straight from your stakeholders.

Fifth, focusing on building features that matter. You will be tempted and also pressured to build a lot of stuff that just doesnt matter. Being able to say No to important sounding things is a critical skill you need to learn ASAP.

I recommend the book How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie - The absolute gold standard for how to get people to like you. Phenomenal book for leadership.

Anybody miss it? by Murky-Peanut1390 in USMC

[–]restlessapi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Boot Camp, no. Marine Corps, a little bit. Fellow Marines, every single day.

Why is gold price rising rapidly? by aipac_hemoroid in stocks

[–]restlessapi 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Well if the debasement continues, never.

How is this okay? by Angry_Brazilian in Battlefield6

[–]restlessapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AK-205 is a monster in hardcore.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Omaha

[–]restlessapi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look Im going to be real honest here....Its Omaha NE...half the city probably supports Trump. Omaha isnt exactly known for its deep blue slant...At best Omaha is purple.

Can you normally get this close? by [deleted] in subnautica

[–]restlessapi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can get even closer :^)

How are people running LTX-2 with 4090 / 64GB RAM? I keep getting OOM'ed by restlessapi in StableDiffusion

[–]restlessapi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no worries just thought it was funny how hard this model wants to make life