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wagslane

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About wagslane

Founder of https://www.boot.dev

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    I haven't independently verified all the claims in the article, but as a codex, Claude, and opencode user, opencode is easily my favorite harness. From a user perspective it's a dr…

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    Comment #48979255

    A more accurate title would be "The Problem with AI Agent Harnesses, and small annoyances with OpenCode specifically"

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    Comment #47463743

    I've been using opencode for months with codex. best combo I've tried so far

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    Comment #46953454

    I'm the founder of Boot.dev and I was doing my regular "what's going on in my industry" research - searching through Google trends, and was baffled by this. I'm not sure what on ea…

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    Comment #46308710

    I _think_ this is good for Boot.dev... (I'm the founder, which is why I care)

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    Comment #45540672

    Yeah I think there's some nuance. As a relatively experienced dev I still use autocomplete when using a new language, but I think it's different when you already have a strong gras…

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    Comment #45486606

    I think they may be referring to token usage, which is mentioned in the article. fewer tokens = higher performance

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    Comment #45053661

    one thing to keep in mind is the video you linked is the _walkthrough_ of the course, the actual course itself is probably what you're looking for, because it moves at a much more …

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    Comment #44802038

    Boot.dev | Senior Course Producer (Full Time, Remote) We’re building the smartest way to master backend development by tackling the hardest problem with e-learning: boredom. We’re …

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    Comment #44377163

    check out opencode by sst

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    Comment #44296100

    I've had the chance to interact with both Preston and Clyde (Preston helped Clyde get going in code as well) - Clyde actually completed like all the backend courses on boot dev and…

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    Comment #44097562

    I've published a lot of interactive programming courses on Boot.dev over the last few years, but the issue that's been plaguing the platform is how quickly it moves through materia…

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    Comment #43816017

    Just finished porting Boot.dev's backend learning path to TypeScript (used to only be available in Python/Go, now also Python/TS) Official release is Cinco de Mayo, I'm very excite…

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    Comment #43043937

    haha this is such a cool aesthetic! nice work. education needs more stuff like this - less matter-of-fact regurgitation of information (which ai does an okay job of anyhow) and mor…

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    Comment #43001493

    Lane here, I wa so excited that I got to record with Ben, his and Shiva's 2020ish videos hit me soooo hard when they dropped. I think Krazam is pretty popular around here so figure…

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    Comment #42108065

    yes. also, let's be clear... dax ain't the founder

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    Comment #42108003

    It has boring well written docs. in fact very boring, and very well written. the video is a banger though, I have no idea why you'd want less creativity in an otherwise boring spac…