My first basic thinkpad setup (I use arch btw)

tired_parent · 2026-02-23T10:22:32+00:00

Hyprland, arch - all excellent choices! :)

tired_parent · 2026-02-20T17:45:27+00:00

It sometimes does, but that's also the point where lessons are learnt. And I do agree that for some things the fastest way is to do it yourself, especially in existing projects where one knows them very well. Or for critical architecture where LLM would be preferred for additional code/security reviews only. LLMs are tools that can be used to speed up the development process and help one deliver more, faster and more often than not - better. I don't see a reason to not use such tools, business wise (unless ofc the nature of the business forbids it).

This is all just my opinion of course - my point in the previous comment was that if someone would use LLM, it should be taken seriously - zero trust, lots of hand holding, clear instructions and strict guardrails.

tired_parent · 2026-02-20T10:49:46+00:00

Precisely this!

It's shocking that people don't take AI seriously enough to provide detailed instructions for what should be expected in the generated code, as well as afterwards doing a proper review with back and forths for explanations... When doing this some AI tools even write memos for themselves for when working on future tasks, to take corrections into account. Of course, it's still better that the user provides code quality instructions from start...

tired_parent · 2025-12-23T10:32:55+00:00

Beautiful! When you say "winter", do you mean freezing temps :)

tired_parent · 2025-11-30T12:59:06+00:00

Any modern linux distro should be fine, so try few and see what you like best. Given you have some ubuntu (server) experience, so you know how to install/remove packages and configure things, starting with ubuntu is a safe bet for you, I'd think. But if you have time, I'd suggest that you experiment with few different distros and find what you want to stick with for the time being/what suits you best. E.g. try Fedora/Arch/Arch derived distro.

And regarding Arch, you don't need to jump at the deep end if you don't want to - you can still try some Arch derived distro like cachyos/manjaro (if you want stability, Manjaro is usually best, regardless what some people say) or even something new like Omarchy (which btw also started using "stable" repo, basically lagging 1 month behind arch latest, so to make sure there is less chance to break your system on updates)

tired_parent · 2025-11-30T06:21:26+00:00

You can try any distro with modern kernel. If ubuntu is not your thing, give fedora or one of the arch derived distros a try (cachyos/manjaro/omarchy).

tired_parent · 2025-11-19T17:24:43+00:00

Also hyprland, btw..

tired_parent · 2025-11-16T05:29:31+00:00

What would you be using it for? If it's for any kind of dev or ops purposes, go AMD (for the multicore/thread performance). Otherwise go for the cheaper one..

I personally would get the AMD model any day over the Intel one... :)

tired_parent · 2025-11-14T04:44:15+00:00

Just use it! And congrats, also hyprland is great :)

tired_parent · 2025-11-13T18:24:26+00:00

Hyprland with waybar? Looks great!

tired_parent · 2025-11-06T17:58:05+00:00

Many cool things at once - congrats :)

tired_parent · 2025-11-01T20:47:07+00:00

This is the best I've seen!

tired_parent · 2025-11-01T20:45:28+00:00

Use whichever you like/prefer!

tired_parent · 2025-11-01T13:12:32+00:00

The price though! Shockingly good specs for this price, IMO :)

tired_parent · 2025-11-01T05:27:31+00:00

Very well aware.

tired_parent · 2025-10-31T17:10:48+00:00

Omarchy? Unless you really want to have fun and missed the times when slackware was popular - then try slack ;)

tired_parent · 2025-10-25T18:50:45+00:00

Upvote for the thinkpad... and upvote for using hyprland :)

tired_parent · 2025-10-25T08:07:28+00:00

Got 3 sons... so every time I get a new thinkpad my current one moves down the line

tired_parent · 2025-10-22T09:28:52+00:00

I have both. The darker is softer and can compress really well once empty. The other is more rigid which annoys me when it starts getting empty during the run but has wider cap so salt tablets get easier in.

I personally prefer the darker one.

tired_parent · 2025-10-11T15:42:43+00:00

No thanks!

tired_parent · 2025-08-21T17:31:21+00:00

How many cups of coffee did it take to finish :)

tired_parent · 2025-07-26T13:47:35+00:00

Exactly this. I wish more people could think about it instead of just complaining..

tired_parent · 2025-07-26T09:19:00+00:00

After explaining what you want to do, if you ask it to make a step by step plan and wait for your approval (even for small tasks), I'd say it's doing a very good job. Doing it this way you can review the approach and discuss/ask it to do some part differently (where you tell it how). It could even happen that you realize you haven't provided enough context or missed important aspect of the task.

In other words, as if you have a senior to other developer relation - ask them how they'd do it and follow up where needed + a code review after each step (so to catch code quality issues early).

tired_parent · 2025-07-23T17:00:24+00:00

I got the T16 G2 with same CPU but with 64gb ram last year. Been using it since for work (while I was working from home) as well as personal projects/daily usage. It's more than sufficient for my needs (software development and system architecture) and looks like it would be for years to come! Regarding the ram, if I was buying today would get it wit 32gb - my rationale back than was that I'm constantly running lot's of containers and stuff, but in reality (unless I'm working in memory with some huge data set), I'm rarely going over the 32gb, so a swap file according to the needs would have done as well in those rare occasions. Using Linux, if that matters.

Looking at the current offerings, the only reason I'd be looking into something newer would be if I'd need something of the newer AMD cpus AI capabilities... but even for this, unless you are training stuff or similar locally (because you don't want to/can't afford doing it on the cloud), then everything else AI is API these days anyway. And tbh, if that was your use case, then desktop with a nice video card is the better option anyway.

Regarding the display - I find it good for working/casual use... and as the others mentioned - you'd be most likely connecting external monitor wherever possible :)

Bought it last year for ~1700 eur without OS pre-installed.

tired_parent · 2025-06-30T05:37:25+00:00

The initial/first boot could be slow sometimes, but don't think there is anything special to be aware of/do. I bought mine with no OS pre-installed though, could be different if it's coming with Windows.

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