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Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by cyanydeez »

kowbell wrote: post #25
cyanydeez wrote: post #3

There certainly is some relaxing value in working on projects to vibe code them; but not enough to pay some random corporation. Get yourself a Mac Studio or AMD395+ and pi or opencode, and a few plugins and they're pretty capable. Since they're not speed demons but reliable compaions who are always there, you don't ever feel compelled to constantly attend to whatever they're doing. And when you inevitably get bored w…

> And when you inevitably get bored with it, well, you've not done much anyway. I'm very interested in Local LLMs but the cheapest Mac Studio right now is more expensive than 8 years of a Claude Code Pro subscription, and incomparably slower/less capable. If I get bored with it, I will have a piece of unused hardware and a couple grand less in my bank account.

AMD 395+ w/128gb is all you need. the idea that mac studio is the default is a nerdfest.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by cedws »

In the time I’ve had agents I’ve never abandoned more projects. Vibe coding especially just leads me to feel no attachment. I don’t feel proud to put my name on it.

Despite coding from a young age I always thought that I cared more about the outcome than the code. Turns out that’s not entirely the case.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by cyanydeez »

AntiUSAbah wrote: post #15
cyanydeez wrote: post #3

There certainly is some relaxing value in working on projects to vibe code them; but not enough to pay some random corporation. Get yourself a Mac Studio or AMD395+ and pi or opencode, and a few plugins and they're pretty capable. Since they're not speed demons but reliable compaions who are always there, you don't ever feel compelled to constantly attend to whatever they're doing. And when you inevitably get bored w…

I find $200/month for the pro/max subscriptions cost prohibivitve, but as a software enginere $20/month is just lunch. And with a Claude or GPT $20 Subscription, i can do other fun things too like using it for real things (emails) or image generation. A Mac Studio or AMD395 is neither of it. And its not just a basic setup either. I need to buy it, configure it, put it somewhere. That alone is a grand and more + a who…

You need to factor in the constant value proposition that cloud providers will absolutely drive you to in the next 2 years; even if you're not an AI hater, you should listen to ed zitron's description of the value props these clouds require to make a profit for their VC backers.

This means oyu may be opinionated today on something you will not have tomorrow, 6 months, a year. All that work flow you salivate over can be ripped away.

If you're fine with that, and you've "escaped the permanent underclass" congrats, this opinion is not for you.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by cyanydeez »

IanCal wrote: post #18
cyanydeez wrote: post #3

There certainly is some relaxing value in working on projects to vibe code them; but not enough to pay some random corporation. Get yourself a Mac Studio or AMD395+ and pi or opencode, and a few plugins and they're pretty capable. Since they're not speed demons but reliable compaions who are always there, you don't ever feel compelled to constantly attend to whatever they're doing. And when you inevitably get bored w…

Buying hardware is paying a "random corporation". Make the massive hardware purchase after finding out if you have enough demand to buy rather than rent,

My hardware won't be nerfed because a cloud business requires sacrifices.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by msingh_5 »

jedberg wrote: post #70
msingh_5 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t need to build an app. You can use the built in Shortcuts app. create a shortcut that turns off all alarms. Can have it read your calendar or whatever as signal to determine if alarms should be on/off for a certain day/time and have it run at a regular schedule.

I could, but what's the fun in that!? (But in seriousness, I hadn't considered using shortcuts. It's not clear it's extensible enough to do exactly what I want, but I'll look into it)

It’s tedious but likely possible.

If you really want to engage an LLM to help point it towards Cherri (https://github.com/electrikmilk/cherri) to help with implementation

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by hansmayer »

ogig wrote: post #7

My most abandoned type of projects are video games. I have a folder with tens of abandoned projects, I re-frame them as experiments at that point. This last week I decided to give Claude a go at one of these, and it's been a blast, it picked up the general path immediately. Since I said to CC they were abandon projects, he explicitly pushed into "lets have V0 game play loop finished, then we can compound and have fun…

> he explicitly pushed into "lets have V0 game play loop finished,

> he even helped me build the lore. These have been one of the most fun times using a computer in a long time.

Such a warm, touching story about a friendship between a grown up man and his neural network. But at least I had a good, roaring laugh reading this nonsense, thank you for that!

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by nothinkjustai »

What is the point of using AI for a side project? Isn’t the point of a side project to A) have fun writing code or B) challenge yourself or C) learn something new, and usually all 3? Slopping out random stuff you have no attachment to, taught you nothing, and that feels bad to pass off as your own work accomplishes nothing.

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by hansmayer »

quietbritishjim wrote: post #14
ogig wrote: post #7

My most abandoned type of projects are video games. I have a folder with tens of abandoned projects, I re-frame them as experiments at that point. This last week I decided to give Claude a go at one of these, and it's been a blast, it picked up the general path immediately. Since I said to CC they were abandon projects, he explicitly pushed into "lets have V0 game play loop finished, then we can compound and have fun…

I think this is the first time I've seen someone refer to an LLM as "he" rather than "it". No judgement, but I definitely found it interesting (and disconcerting).

I mean we have all met that one cretin who will discuss over chat by pasting bulletpoints from an LLM. No wonder some of them think it is a living person!

Re: Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish

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Post by thegrim33 »

Every time I see a story like this I like to play the game "does this person just happen to work for a company that sells AI solutions?". And yes, yes they do. Almost never will see you a story promoting AI solutions from someone that isn't directly involved in selling AI solutions.
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