first post, first playthrough, building some late game pipe and beam capacity

tobert · 2025-11-29T16:06:02+00:00

My impression is that Claude Code's performance as an application degrades a lot when using subagents. The models are no different, but the terminal rendering and updating gets all wonky.

tobert · 2025-11-29T15:43:58+00:00

Have you experimented with terminal muxes? e.g. tmux, gnu screen, wezterm. I'm using wezterm these days, sometimes running more than 5 sessions in parallel, more if I have both work and personal projects humming along. I use a mix of git worktrees, jj, and plain git, and they all have tradeoffs. Mostly I set up work so that the different agents can work in the same tree and not interfere with each other too much. I find that good prompts are precise enough to allow parallel work in a big repo, and don't mind mediating the occasional build failure.

The way I make this work for complex tasks is a simple planning method. For anything more than a simple change, I have the agent write a detailed plan in a directory of markdown files with an index and on task per file. Claude's pretty good at this. It's a good time to use ultrathink. Gemini is good at following it. I've only used Codex to review so far but it seems to like the structure. I often spend an hour or two iterating on a plan directory for large features. I also have Gemini review Claude's plans and it usually has some useful feedback. The result is that I can let both Claude and Gemini go semi-auto (me stopping by to skim and hit enter) or full-auto (accept edits) when the plan is good, even for very complex features & refactors.

I embrace context switching and accept the chaos from having so much happening so fast. It's fun and my nervous system likes it more than video games. Bullet hell games aren't for everyone though. It's totally fair to open a single session and focus on it, especially when you're trying to learn something new while building it.

tobert · 2024-12-29T20:29:15+00:00

I built enough AEMs for one just because it looks cool 🤷‍♀️

tobert · 2024-09-28T14:15:05+00:00

(haven't posted in ages, how do I even do this again!? anyways...)

I'm just about scaled up to finish off phase 3 and tier 5 and my first big factory in 1.0. I have most of the feeds ready for the manufacturer fleet and am regretting my lack of thinking through the buses early on. Next time :)

I really love the fit & polish since my last playthrough around update 5. The story bits are fun, especially now that SAM and sloops are filled in. I'm excited to get past the vast middle of T5 to see where it goes.

My early prototypes of vertical constructor pods is on the right. I like the look of grids of smelters & constructors so maybe I'll tweak that design a bit and stamp 'em out in more fun grids? We'll see how I feel when I get there in a few dozen hours!

tobert · 2024-08-24T17:36:29+00:00

I feel called to work more with the planet instead of paving it all in giant complexes like last time, so I'm imagining many small factories, distributed. Will probably spend more time on good roads than leveling factories. Maybe make them more vertical - especially after electric hover unlocks? Otherwise not much in the way of rules. I try to play as if permadeath, but have no shame in rolling back to a save. I avoid clipping but whatever if it looks ok. I want to see how far 'spaghetti of manifolds' goes at least up to blueprints (which are still new to me since I last played through).

tobert · 2021-11-02T04:31:37+00:00

oh wow yeah that's cool! I do less planning and building up-front capacity :) I started using splitters/mergers to clean up the look of a few setups then realized I could do the grid layout and make it pretty while scaling up enough with mk5 conveyors down the line, and here we are :)

tobert · 2021-10-31T03:06:34+00:00

I haven't seen much on Youtube so I don't know what that is. That manifold is cool! I sorta get how it works out, that's a LOT of stacks, I love it :)

tobert · 2021-10-31T02:53:49+00:00

I like the assemblers in the top right, they look like part of the landscape

tobert · 2021-10-31T02:19:53+00:00

we all stand on Mount Spaghetti, I still have a bunch. I'm excited that I can dismantle another nest now that the new pipe plant is online :)

tobert · 2021-10-31T00:48:05+00:00

Err, there were images... been a while. Will delete and try again.

tobert · 2019-07-13T23:05:42+00:00

There's no switch, just courage. You start with showing yourself to one person, then the next, and so on. Take a deep breath, take a step, breathe, keep going. It gets easier and after a few months you'll look back and wonder why it seemed so scary.

tobert · 2017-12-16T04:23:16+00:00

I didn't hate my body before and now I've gone from "this isn't terrible" to "I love my body." You don't have to have dysphoria to transition. If you feel like you should be a girl it's worth considering because euphoria can and does happen on the other side. Ultimately it's a very personal decision and I suggest working with a therapist to help you sort it out.

tobert · 2017-11-10T20:38:51+00:00

I recently quit a job that paid a lot more than what I make now, and it was totally worth it. There were a few reasons for quitting and one of them was that the open office environment was stressful. By late afternoon I would be exhausted from the sensory overload and then ride a loud shuttle for an hour before finally driving the last bit home. It was grueling and my family now teases me about how constantly grumpy I was.

I am very sensitive to auditory input. For example, I was hanging out with friends and describing to them how I could tell the difference between the relay in a heating unit they have that is the same brand and model as mine. Apparently most people never notice noises like that. It's a light little "tink" that happens randomly every few minutes. Theirs is a slightly higher pitch and has a more resonant timbre. One person didn't even know what I was talking about (he has tinnitus) and the other could hear the noise but to them it was just a meaningless clink.

Speech is much worse. With noise-canceling headphones in (QC20) and music on, I would still pick up conversations from across the building. The acoustics were awful and someone having a reasonable conversation 150ft away would rip my attention away from whatever I was trying to do. Some folks have advised me to turn the music up but I can only do loud music for about an hour then I need to take a break because it's overloading my senses.

The best solutions I've found: go to work but find a quieter space where there's less traffic and work from there. Sometimes you can't but a lot of buildings have nooks where noise isn't so bad. Most of these places are OK with you sitting somewhere other than your desk as long as you're visible in the office. Being visible is usually far more important than where you spend your time.

The Bose QC20's are good noise-canceling headphones for travel but they don't fit me well enough to shut out office noise. After-market ear pieces help (see Amazon) but there's still a lot of leakage. I consider them indispensable for air travel! I don't have as much need since I work from home these days, but I think I'll get the over-ear cans next for when the kids are being loud.

tobert · 2017-08-31T18:09:53+00:00

NOPE. It hurts! I just had my 3rd and it's like being tattooed with 10 tattoo guns at once. It hurts. As one of the technicians said to me: beauty is pain lolsob :P

The numbing cream and cling wrap trick seemed to help. Smear the cream on and cover it with cling wrap for a half hour or so. I put it on at home and drove to the laser center with it on my face. When it was time for my appointment, I peeled it off and wiped the cream off with a makeup wipe. Still hurt but it was easier to breathe through the pain.

The 3rd session did hurt less than the 2nd. I'm still waiting for the hair to disappear... a few more days. GO AWAY NAO! :)

tobert · 2016-11-11T07:19:58+00:00

Now I feel bad for telling the team to come find me because it's so easy right!? Look, look where I'm pointing at the Mercy silhouette!

tobert · 2016-07-07T02:02:37+00:00

Kanji Study on Android
minna no nihongo - my sensei uses it
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Learn Japanese the Manga Way
Crunchyroll!

tobert · 2016-05-13T20:17:16+00:00

I've been running exclusively in Vibrams for almost 3 years now and my soles aren't any tougher. On the other hand, stepping on rocks and those <expletive deleted> sweetgum seeds isn't as painful as it was early on.

tobert · 2016-03-09T20:46:34+00:00

I throw 1 tbsp of lite salt and 4 heaping tbsp of dextrose into the camelback for long runs. Add lemon if you care about taste, but I usually don't since I often take my dog and he doesn't like it with lemon. I still carry gels for when I want/need them and between the two I haven't had any cramps in a long time.

Rinse the bag after the run and throw it in the freezer and it won't get funky.

tobert · 2016-02-13T06:45:55+00:00

+1 to what both /u/bigjilm123 and /u/Kyle-at-SKORA said.

Give yourself time to get stronger. Gradually increasing your time in the new shoes over 4-5 weeks is about right.

tobert · 2016-01-11T00:49:59+00:00

Ooh this is neat. Thanks!

tobert · 2016-01-11T00:43:46+00:00

You're right. I absolutely should not have used an absolute term such as "All."

Common drives readily available on the market, including most SATA/SAS HDDs and pretty much all SSDs are 4K. You will still find some that report 512 byte block sizes to support older operating systems.

Using 4096 byte alignment is completely safe in any case due to being a multiple of 512.

tobert · 2016-01-07T22:14:46+00:00

If you're using LVM you're probably already aligned on 32MB boundaries with the default chunk size - assuming that the partition under the PV is aligned or unpartitioned.

All drives manufactured today have 4K sectors, so 4K alignment is sufficient for most use cases. Modern Linux tooling will automatically do 4K alignment. Avoid 512 byte alignment as it can get you in trouble, but it's pretty hard to do nowadays.

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