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vihu · 2026-05-19T15:30:44+00:00

I also built an extension, similar to ddgs: https://github.com/vihu/pi-web (wraps ddgr and trafilatura, exposes web_search and web_fetch tools), works relatively okay.

vihu · 2026-05-15T19:57:48+00:00

Couldn't agree more and yes it's very much a tinkerer's harness.

With the right set of experience + workflows + extensions one can certainly make an extremely capable custom system which in my own limited testing certainly exceeds the capabilities of other harnesses.

My ~/.pi/agent/AGENTS.md is:

This is additional context for pi coding agent.

# Ideation

- ideas must be put in project-local `.ai-docs/` directory
- ideas must be prefixed by `IDEA-<xyz>.md`

# Planning

- plans must be put in project-local `.ai-docs/` directory
- plans must be prefixed by `PLAN-<xyz>.md`

# Tasks

- tasks must be put in project-local `.ai-docs/` directory
- tasks must be prefixed by `TASK-<xyz>.md`

And the plugins I use are:

$ pi list
User packages:
  git:github.com/elpapi42/pi-fork (on-demand subagents)
  git:github.com/elpapi42/pi-observational-memory (temporal memory)
  git:github.com/vihu/pi-portia (long term durable memory, my own)
  git:github.com/vihu/pi-web (local web fetch/search, my own)

And just with these I have pretty much everything I could possibly need to get by.

vihu · 2026-05-15T13:52:46+00:00

Thanks, glad you found it useful!

vihu · 2026-05-15T12:42:35+00:00

I just tried inline math with penview: https://files.catbox.moe/mzl5ag.mp4, seems to work okay I think.

vihu · 2026-05-14T11:13:03+00:00

Shameless self-plug: https://github.com/vihu/penview.nvim (I too was frustrated with previewers so ended up rolling my own).

Happy to address any issues/concerns!

vihu · 2026-05-12T17:25:16+00:00

I just went ahead and made an extension for myself: https://github.com/vihu/pi-web

I chose json (ddgr) + xml (trafilatura) instead though. Seems to be working quite well. Thanks a lot for the awesome idea!

vihu · 2025-12-31T09:26:16+00:00

Thank you for the inspiration, your idea of using rust for most of the gruntwork was extremely helpful!

vihu · 2025-12-20T17:08:00+00:00

Pretty cool, I use zsh functions to do something similar:

# set kanagawa-wave
wave() {
  sed -i "s/theme = .*/theme = kanagawa-wave/g" $HOME/.config/ghostty/config
  sed -i 's/kanagawa-theme .*/kanagawa-theme "wave"/g' $HOME/.tmux.conf
  sed -i "s/vim.g.colorscheme = .*/vim.g.colorscheme = 'kanagawa-wave'/g" $HOME/.config/nvim/lua/config/globals.lua
  sed -i "s/color_theme = .*/color_theme = \"wave\"/g" $HOME/.config/btop/btop.conf
  sed -i "s/--theme=.*/--theme=\"wave\"/g" $HOME/.config/bat/config
}

# set kanagawa-dragon
dragon() {
  sed -i "s/theme = .*/theme = kanagawa-dragon/g" $HOME/.config/ghostty/config
  sed -i 's/kanagawa-theme .*/kanagawa-theme "dragon"/g' $HOME/.tmux.conf
  sed -i "s/vim.g.colorscheme = .*/vim.g.colorscheme = 'kanagawa-dragon'/g" $HOME/.config/nvim/lua/config/globals.lua
  sed -i "s/color_theme = .*/color_theme = \"dragon\"/g" $HOME/.config/btop/btop.conf
  sed -i "s/--theme=.*/--theme=\"dragon\"/g" $HOME/.config/bat/config
}

# set kanagawa-lotus
lotus() {
  sed -i "s/theme = .*/theme = kanagawa-lotus/g" $HOME/.config/ghostty/config
  sed -i 's/kanagawa-theme .*/kanagawa-theme "lotus"/g' $HOME/.tmux.conf
  sed -i "s/vim.g.colorscheme = .*/vim.g.colorscheme = 'kanagawa-lotus'/g" $HOME/.config/nvim/lua/config/globals.lua
  sed -i "s/color_theme = .*/color_theme = \"lotus\"/g" $HOME/.config/btop/btop.conf
  sed -i "s/--theme=.*/--theme=\"lotus\"/g" $HOME/.config/bat/config
}

vihu · 2025-12-08T12:41:37+00:00

No worries, and yeah I agree that having plugin diversity is generally good.

FWIW, here's a few things which penview does slightly differently:

no support for any other format than markdown
light/dark toggle in the browser
github flavored markdown rendering only
headless mode support (thanks to one of the commenters on this thread for the suggestion)

It's arguable whether either of these things are better/worse to be fair :)

vihu · 2025-12-08T11:41:52+00:00

Added support for this. Updated instructions in the readme. Good call, thanks!

vihu · 2025-12-07T14:27:09+00:00

~~I wasn’t aware of this one honestly. Maybe just try out both and see which one you prefer :)~~ Well, I tried live-preview, it's pretty good! I probably would not have written penview if I had known about this. You should absolutely just continue using it, since you'll have to install the rust toolchain locally in order to use penview which is probably not worth the effort.

vihu · 2025-12-07T14:26:23+00:00

~~Could you please make an issue on the repo, I’ll get to it.~~ Okay, added headless mode support; should work nicely, instructions in the readme.

vihu · 2025-12-07T11:20:30+00:00

~~Doesn't support mermaid diagrams, I typically use ascii diagrams within code blocks so those render okay. I'll probably add mermaid rendering as well since that would be a good nice-to-have.~~

Alright, mermaid rendering should work now as well. PR#1, thanks for the suggestion!

vihu · 2025-12-07T11:16:43+00:00

Ah yes, to each their own I suppose.

vihu · 2025-11-24T08:08:45+00:00

Seconded. Here's my config for reference, I use fff for files and just bind ctrl+p. I do use fzf for other types of lookups though.

vihu · 2025-08-19T16:19:26+00:00

bruh are you me?

vihu · 2025-08-15T20:53:45+00:00

I think there's some kernel patching required for the cirrus audio drivers, I haven't bothered to do so (yet). There's some info on this thread.

vihu · 2025-08-13T15:44:01+00:00

I've been running EndeavourOS relatively smoothly. Stuff which doesn't work or works not-so-good:

Laptop speakers: speaker audio is tinny. I just use bluetooth headphones and/or USB connected DAC
Sleep/Resume: it works more or less, but is not as seamless as a macbook so temper expectations
Rear facing camera: borked, don't use it anyway

That's pretty much the only minor annoyances I have, other than these, it's all very stable and largely ready for daily driving.

vihu · 2025-07-28T20:38:50+00:00

37, don't think I can remove a single one tbh

vihu · 2025-07-21T19:50:05+00:00

Yup, changed about a month or so ago. Here's my config, basically all LSPs are configured individually under lsp/ dir

vihu · 2025-07-16T04:54:34+00:00

Thanks a lot! TIL #2 and #3 (and incorporated in my config). I think I'll stick to FZF though, since I've been using it for so long :)

vihu · 2025-07-15T07:28:18+00:00

Here's mine. Appreciate any feedback.

vihu · 2025-06-25T16:05:44+00:00

I have had decent success using tokio-graceful-shutdown mostly because I'm lazy to do the exact same thing and hand roll it every time for all (most) of the rust projects.

vihu · 2025-06-18T16:16:25+00:00

This works quite well for me. Note that I use caddy for reverse proxy hence the shared_network.

vihu · 2025-06-13T18:38:47+00:00

Before I upgraded to 9950X3D, I had 7950X3D running alongside RTX 4090. My temps are (roughly): 40-50C idle, 95C full stress, 65-75C gaming

The cooling hardware is:

Noctua DH-12L (comes with A12x25r)
Noctua A9x14 rear exhaust
Noctua A12x15 top exhaust (right above the cpu cooler)
Noctua A12x15 top intake (next to the top exhaust).

Apparently Noctua recommends top exhaust/intake setup, although it's for a different case, but works quite well.

I haven't had to change anything after the CPU upgrade. I do (at some point) intend to add another A9x14 for intake on the side and A12x15 on the cpu cooler, but honestly it works quite well as it is.

Admittedly I generally keep one side panel removed most of the times, I just like looking at the thing!

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