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skittleson

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About skittleson

Software engineer and hobbyist at https://docodethatmatters.com

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    I really loved to work there. I knew alot of friends, toured the campus, and even worked with prior employees that had good experiences. Every product before 2015 was beautiful (i …

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    i've been running qwen 3.6 35B A3B with llama.cpp on a 3090ti. i have found it better then sonnet in many ways. Speed and iterations was key. here is the gist of my current configu…

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    Comment #48463667

    I made a bunch of silly projects at first to help me manage daily life. For example, automating saving important emails based on prior history. Extracting text and putting it into …

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    Comment #48421876

    I did write it the first few drafts but after that it was mostly rewritten by AI. Fair point tho, I'll do better

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    Show HN: Mqtt Broker for 10 Years

    Intended for 10-year (plus hopefully) deployment lifetime on $10-30 of silicon. The kind of thing you screw to a wall, plug in, and walk away from for a decade. No telemetry, no ph…

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    Comment #48089032

    Mqtt broker on esp32 for long term deployments https://github.com/skittleson/mqtt_broker_esp

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    Comment #47165930

    https://thespaceabove.us/ extremely good listen with a lot of details in the early years of the space program. I found renewed interest in the area. Even started replicating some o…

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    Comment #46636282

    https://docodethatmatters.com It was a way for me to build, optimize, and enrich my skills around the web standards. Also, a place for me to document some of the fun projects aroun…

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    Comment #46170923

    One thing I really like is the performance... its smooth and fluid. The api is really useful as well: I wrote a small job to auto add descriptions and tags to the images.

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    Comment #46007781

    There is a few problems with the site docs, the app image for linux (missing libs) and docker instructions. Otherwise its a great idea.

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    Comment #45869421

    Moved from nodered only to a hybrid of nodered and home assistant. Added some new sensors, nfc tags, modes and automations for multiple tenants / cost savings. Its been fun to auto…

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    Comment #44373215

    It just screams as the start of joke but end up finding it's a quick quirky game you wanna share with ppl. Great job!

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    Comment #41972107

    Still working on the bluetooth "wall of sheep" app. https://github.com/skittleson/bluetooth-wos . im hoping to put more insight on each device and receive avaliable notifications f…

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    Comment #41873066

    A fun toy project that shows some Bluetooth devices around me. Inspired by a Defcon "Wall of Sheep".

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    Comment #41746417

    Still tinkering with a bluetooth "wall of sheep" terminal app. https://github.com/skittleson/bluetooth-wos

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    Comment #41453478

    Agreed. I dont want kids to use this until they are much older... it's a crutch. They are not applying critical thinking skills when using a LLM. The value is when children try->fa…

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    Comment #41344980

    Bluetooth low engery "wall of sheep" toy app https://gist.github.com/skittleson/705624a8f6967187096091cbd...

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    Comment #38888878

    Same, I've had colleagues do the same process to get a foot-in-the-door. It does work based on observation alone.

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    Comment #36995017

    Naughty but very informative to their devsec team . I think that should have been a given you a reward for finding that issue.

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