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smcleod

9,579 karmajoined vor 13 Jahren
Working in tech since 2005, in the DevOps scene since 2011, making mistakes daily.

Blog: https://smcleod.net Mastodon: @[email protected] Github: https://github.com/sammcj

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New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays

smcleod.net
313 points·by smcleod·vor 3 Monaten·170 comments

M4 and M5 Macs cannot run 4k screens in HiDPI mode – limited to 3.3k

github.com
8 points·by smcleod·vor 3 Monaten·3 comments

Borgbase backups have been unavailable for 3 days

status.borgbase.com
105 points·by smcleod·vor 3 Jahren·85 comments

comments

smcleod
·vorgestern·discuss
I suspect there's some cargo culting, and some folks that are generally more likely to table flip than understand things that challenge their workflow.
smcleod
·vorgestern·discuss
Yes their docs cover how to properly prompt it to ensure you don't get hit by the classifier, you can distil those down to a skill to help build prompts for the more challenging situations, e.g. https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/blob/main/Skills/pr...
smcleod
·vorgestern·discuss
I've been working with it heavily since its first release. I use it for software architects, complex debugging and some development and I have not had it refuse or downgrade even once.
smcleod
·vor 4 Tagen·discuss
Yeah the 256GB/s bandwidth is really very limiting
smcleod
·vor 5 Tagen·discuss
ultracode in Claude Code kicks off a dynamic workflow.
smcleod
·vor 9 Tagen·discuss
This looks very much like many slopped up UIs I've seen over the past few years. Not saying the code is, but the design itself looks vibe coded?
smcleod
·vor 11 Tagen·discuss
Weird they talk about their 31B dense model but haven't actually released it anywhere.
smcleod
·vor 11 Tagen·discuss
But does anyone actually need a Windows?
smcleod
·vor 12 Tagen·discuss
They canned the moved to make -p commands API billable.
smcleod
·vor 14 Tagen·discuss
Material design looks pretty dated these days. I'm wondering why people would still be using it? Is it just a taste thing or something people have been working with for a long time?
smcleod
·vor 14 Tagen·discuss
Qwen as well.
smcleod
·vor 17 Tagen·discuss
Looks decent but $250 AUD for a font? Even for local and personal use? That's... a lot. I was thinking if it is paid and it was around $25 I'd consider it, then I saw the price!
smcleod
·vor 17 Tagen·discuss
3.5's 122-A10B is still great!
smcleod
·vor 17 Tagen·discuss
35b-a3b is only 3b active parameters, it's a MoE.
smcleod
·vor 18 Tagen·discuss
Handy, Cotypist, Markedit, Ghostty Tip, BetterTouchTool, GoodLinks, Pixelmator Pro, Handbrake, Zed, Onyx, LittleSnitch (or LuLu), Chezmoi, Stats, Shottr, llama.cpp, oMLX, LM Studio, Parcel, Things, OrbStack, Msty Studio.
smcleod
·vor 18 Tagen·discuss
Try 27b, it's significantly smarter than 35b-a3b (although it is slower, it's not so bad with MTP).
smcleod
·vor 18 Tagen·discuss
It's sort of a form of corrective antithesis (or "negation-antithesis") I think. A bit like "it's not x, it's why". Really grinds my gears.
smcleod
·vor 18 Tagen·discuss
Yikes twice the price of a PS5 in Australia! I will still be buying one though. I'm looking forward to moving away from Sony after having a PlayStation in my living room for 16+ years. I really like Steam's ethics / how they treat their customers - and the steam deck (while under powered) has been fantastic.
smcleod
·vor 21 Tagen·discuss
Similar conclusion I've come to. For all the complex RAG and many SaaS startups selling knowledge engines - what we keep falling back to is simple a wiki (markdown) + simple tools to solve problems and help answer questions programmatically where possible. Cheap, fast, low complexity and no lock-in.
smcleod
·vor 21 Tagen·discuss
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