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rahulroy

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About rahulroy

Full-stack indie dev. Shipped a lot of stuff in Rails, Node (serverless), React, Kotlin(ktor), and Scala. I like small teams, simple tools, and building fast.

Building https://thaicopilot.com/

Recent public activity

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    Location: Hyderabad, India Remote: Yes - open to global remote roles Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Ruby, React, Node.js, PostgreS…

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    Comment #49054893

    sign up link is gone

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    Comment #49032768

    It doesn't let me sign up. Throws `too many authentication attempts` error. There was only one attempt.

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    Comment #48132790

    Location: Hyderabad, India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Kotlin, Postgres, Redis, Distributed systems, React.js, AWS, Terraform Résumé/…

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    Comment #47705416

    Location: Delhi, India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Kotlin, Postgres, Redis, Distributed systems, React.js, AWS, Terraform Résumé/CV: …

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    Comment #47214595

    I asked z.ai, "Which is the best model for coding" Here's the response: ``` As of late 2024, there isn't one single "best" model for every situation, as performance depends on whet…

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    Comment #47085630

    In the meantime, I'm trying to update Antigravity to use the latest version, but it just wouldn't update itself, nor would it let me use 3.0 model. I restarted multiple times with …

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    Comment #47006153

    I've not seen the bot from eleven labs. Where can I see it in action?

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    Comment #46995506

    Haha! For me it was quite obvious once it admitted because we kept talking and their behaviour stayed the same. It could see that AI's character was pretty flat, good enough for v1…

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    Comment #46994858

    Correct. They sounded like human. The pacing was natural, it was real time, no lag. It felt human for the most part. There was even a background noise, which made it feel authentic…

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    Comment #46994443

    Not at all. It was hard to believe.

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    Comment #46992770

    I'm not sure how related this is, but I feel like it is. I received a couple of emails for Ruby on Rails position, so I ignored the emails. Yesterday out of nowhere I received a ca…

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    Comment #46961188

    I've been working on a Thai language learning application( https://thaicopilot.com/ ) for months now, so I would love to get some feedback from the community. I plan to expand to o…

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    Haha! Glad it was helpful. Yes, I keep an eye on that page, so I was quick to notice.

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    Comment #46909971

    Glad that it was helpful. Thanks

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    Comment #46908986

    Is anyone noticing reduced token consumption with Opus 4.6? This could be a release thing, but it would be interesting to observe see how it pans out once the hype cools off.

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    Comment #46908272

    Yes, I'm on a paid subscription.

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    Comment #46905404

    They are also giving away $50 extra pay as you go credit to try Opus 4.6. I just claimed it from the web usage page[1]. Are they anticipating higher token usage for the model or ju…

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    Comment #46585146

    I'm building ThaiCopilot.com, it's a language learning application that I'm building, as language barrier was one of the biggest problem I faced as an expat in Thailand.

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    Comment #46271221

    Getting close to my last day at my current job, and I couldn't be more excited to build in public. When I moved to Thailand last year, the language barrier hit me immediately. So I…

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    > I guess the main lesson is that the ups and downs are normal, and you get better at riding them over the years. Any advice for someone who's just planning to start their own indi…

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    > It brings me such joy to see such a writeup in a world where humility is perceived as weakness. I think the trend will shift in the opposite direction with advancement of all the…

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    Comment #39563606

    SEEKING WORK Location: New Delhi, India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Serverless, AWS Services, React.js Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com…

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    Comment #39563590

    SEEKING WORK Location: New Delhi, India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Serverless, AWS Services, React.js Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com…

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    Comment #38925140

    SEEKING WORK Location: Delhi, India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Serverless, AWS Services, React.js Résumé/CV: https://bit.ly/RahulsRe…