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keizo

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About keizo

I make stuff. Mostly canoes. Co-founder Kamanu Composites. Design & manufacturing in Hawaii. Weekend warrior programmer http://grugnotes.com

http://www.kamanucomposites.com

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    Glad to see others dual wielding: “I used to think that the idea of having one model review the work of another was somewhat absurd—it felt weirdly superstitious. The problem is it…

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    https://grugnotes.com same thing for almost 4 years, a dead simple notes app and ai multitool

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    Comment #48071063

    interesting read albeit over my head, but i spent half of yesterday comparing Gemini Live (websockets) vs gpt-realtime-2 and while gpt is super good, seemingly more robust. Gemini …

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    Interesting! Like less overall engagement? Was it fully mixed or in distinct columns. I feel like it makes a difference. I would at least interact with the new content if it was on…

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    Comment #47699473

    dang, i pitched this on reddit like 20 years ago. I've always wanted to know what putting the new page on the front page would do to content quality. Something like this https://ke…

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    Comment #45869696

    Grugnotes.com still my personal project after a few years. And lately how to make agents useful for notes.

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    Comment #44868109

    I came to the same conclusion. Except I decided I could make a simpler software. I'm still in the "one more feature bro" phase, but if this blog post resonates for anyone and you'r…

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    Comment #44844385

    This. Lately for some harder problems, I'll open two sessions. One writes a draft spec to a file. Then in the 2nd, i ask it to analyze, critique, etc. Often feed that response back…

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    Comment #44755365

    gemini flash and groq are pretty fast, and that part is streamable. curiosity got the best of me so i had claude code write a quick test. given this test is simply is 20 requests, …

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    Comment #44751712

    has anyone done some simple latency profiling of gemini embedding vs open ai embedding api? seem like that api call is one of the biggest chunks of time in a simple rag setup.

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    Comment #44703453

    Mostly been turning my side project into a cursor for notes. https://grugnotes.com

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    Comment #44418323

    last six months has been turning my notes app into cursor for notes... https://grugnotes.com

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    Comment #44402927

    i like this. complexity bad, delete it! Most pkm, tools for thought, second brain apps confuse me. I drank the coolade with roam research but it drove me kinda nuts I've spent almo…

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    Comment #44402431

    I've been working on a roam research replacement for myself for almost 3 years now. And initially, my main thought with self-organizing notes was to tag things automatically. And u…

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    Comment #44261131

    Yup, intermittent db connection issues and cloud storage problems.

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    Comment #44025478

    Roam got me so frustrated I spent 3 years and likely many more making an html/htmx ai first replacement. It’s still pretty raw, but it does everything I want and more. https://grug…

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    Comment #43528725

    Still https://grugnotes.com — an htmx/old school but also ai first notes app. Recently added some cursor style features. Best use case is training and workout generations right now…

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    Comment #43524397

    random, but my dad took the first pictures of a tonga eruption in 2009: https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGV...

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    Comment #43444377

    cool to see paddling of any kind on hacker news. The short doc video was a great watch.

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    Comment #43433479

    didn't know that about roam research. I was a user, but also that app convinced me that front-end went in the wrong direction for a decade... Rocicorp Zero Sync, instantdb, linear …

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    Comment #43420562

    I really hope someone displaces quickbooks -- I was hoping someone would build one on top of Rocicorp Zero Sync! This looks like a great start. More pricing transparency would be g…