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metachris

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About metachris

Chris Hager

Hacker, maker, engineer. chris@linuxuser.at

http://www.metachris.com

https://twitter.com/@metachris

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/metachris; my proof: https://keybase.io/metachris/sigs/T0NHmn2uJ0bZzgm_XeSOg5LZ3Pv6Db3kYopUiMfim5Y ]

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    Comment #47023269

    Gave your comment a bit more thought and I kind of agree, and removed the image! Thanks for your feedback.

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    Comment #47023076

    Good point! Running in isolation does reduce the amount of sensitive things an LLM has access to though, which typically can be quite a lot (SSH keys, Cloud credentials, communicat…

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    Comment #47023023

    I've had LLMs assist me in putting together the comparison. I did edit it, and found the comparison good and wanted to keep it. The rest of the post is all hand written and thoroug…

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    Comment #46698025

    I recently wrote a blog post about just that - how to run LLMs in Lima VMs: https://www.metachris.dev/2025/11/sandbox-your-ai-dev-tools-...

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    Comment #46081871

    Absolutely, good old VMs can really provide the needed isolation while still having good UX. I just published a post on setting up dev VMs with Lima: https://www.metachris.dev/2025…

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    Comment #45450350

    Can you work less (maybe for some time)? Getting yourself bigger chunks of free time might help. All the best!

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    Comment #42181002

    TLS doesn't help here, because state actors (including China, Russia) own trusted root certificates, which allow them to TLS-terminate for _any_ website they choose and silently de…

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    Comment #41293900

    You could just rent a beefy server for like $40/month at hetzner or OVH and use VS Code with the remote development extension.

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    Comment #40797092

    1ox seems like a year's supply for an average person. A really heavy smoker can consume up to several grams a day. Let's say 5 grams, that'd be 150g per month (5oz per month). Agre…

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    Comment #40376069

    This was a pretty sophisticated attack and deeply technical execution.

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    Comment #40003294

    I mean, there were plenty of poor people, and there's free stuff, so...

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    Comment #39489811

    The Ethereum community still is.

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    Comment #37553075

    Kürbiskernöl (pumpkin seed oil) should be stored in the fridge, there it lasts pretty long.

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    Comment #35363097

    Well written... sounds like a Dall-E prompt :-)

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    Comment #34172607

    It's a versatile tool! Important to note though that nginx will wait for the mirrored requests to complete before it responds to the main request. you can somewhat mitigate this by…

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    Comment #34125985

    They are very useful and widely used in blockchains.

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    Comment #32798855

    That's a default rpc provider to get Blockchain requests out and data in. aAnd you can change that to any rpc provider in the settings.

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    Comment #32735174

    It also says that the patrolled areas see a population rebound of native fish species.

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    Comment #30669714

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-pra...

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    Comment #29640966

    Highly recommend Daniel Siegel: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/191925.Daniel_J_Siegel

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    Comment #26890168

    Thanks, added a note to the post.

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    Comment #26890124

    This is the example repository: https://github.com/metachris/typescript-boilerplate

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    Comment #26889996

    Added, thanks.