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deevus

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About deevus

Email: simon (at) simonhartcher.com

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/deevus; my proof: https://keybase.io/deevus/sigs/-wnsIXenqN71kNC0UDL6iwYXTLSinFIXSyP39tEKsP8 ]

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    I tried to post a Show HN on here and got auto-modded, even though I hand-wrote my post. To be honest it triggered my rejection sensitivity and I haven't posted here since.

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    Comment #48203439

    This is fantastic. I haven't got any local inference as I can't afford it right now, but tool calling has been a concern for me with these smaller models through OpenRouter. I've b…

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    Comment #48043970

    I'm using Pi: https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/tree/main/packages/codin...

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    Comment #48043895

    I've been using DeepSeek V4 a lot in the last week and I am very happy with it. If you have a really gnarly bug, you might need a SOTA model like Opus. For most things it is very v…

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    Comment #48032251

    I would love to write open source software for a living. So far, I haven't worked out how.

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    Comment #48004366

    Location: Wollongong, Australia Type: Contract or FT Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Zig, Rust, Go, TypeScript, Laravel/PHP, Django, AWS, Terraform, Docke…

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    Comment #47993579

    I’ve been working on a sandboxing tool that uses Incus. Originally it was only to run LLMs inside a sandbox, but recently I added MCP so that an agent could spin one up and do work…

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    Comment #47970978

    Demo? Video? That's the first thing I want to see.

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    Comment #47871349

    Thanks for this.

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    Comment #47318025

    If you think this is bad, visit Lobsters.

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    Comment #47303609

    For this specific problem I built pixels: https://github.com/deevus/pixels It supports running on a TrueNAS SCALE server, or via Incus (local or remote). I'm still working on tight…

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    Comment #47241229

    Location: Wollongong, Australia (UTC+10/+11) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Zig, C, Terraform, Docker, Linux, Go, Python, Laravel, Node, React, TypeScript, Flutt…

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    Show HN: AI sandbox that runs on your homelab

    Pixels provisions Incus containers onto your TrueNAS server using their websocket API. I took inspiration from https://sprites.dev/ . I have been doing a bit of vibe coding recentl…

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    Comment #47118553

    > All these things are just managed in our heads subconsciously. I'm glad that works for you. My (and my wife's) ADHD brains put these directly into "the void".

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    Comment #47116303

    Apologies. I saw it as a reply to me personally.

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    Comment #47108962

    I'm using the in-built features as well, but I like the flow that I have with superpowers. You've made a lot of assumptions with your comment that are just not true (at least for m…

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    Comment #47107168

    I'll give this a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

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    Comment #47107125

    This is what I do with the obra/superpowers[0] set of skills. 1. Use brainstorming to come up with the plan using the Socratic method 2. Write a high level design plan to file 3. I…

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    Comment #47046613

    I feel this. I recently posted a Show HN for a tool I've been working on, and it got 2 points. Honestly I think I posted it too early.

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    Comment #47032067

    I tried with Opus 4.6 Extended and it failed. LLMs are non deterministic so I'm guessing if I try a couple of times it might succeed.

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    Comment #47029456

    Could it be solved with a viewer program? Any static HTML server?

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