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smcleod

9,579 karmajoined 13 lat temu
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·3 miesiące temu·170 comments

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

github.com
8 points·by smcleod·3 miesiące temu·3 comments

Borgbase backups have been unavailable for 3 days

status.borgbase.com
105 points·by smcleod·3 lata temu·85 comments

comments

smcleod
·przedwczoraj·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
·przedwczoraj·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
·przedwczoraj·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
·4 dni temu·discuss
Yeah the 256GB/s bandwidth is really very limiting
smcleod
·5 dni temu·discuss
ultracode in Claude Code kicks off a dynamic workflow.
smcleod
·9 dni temu·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
·11 dni temu·discuss
Weird they talk about their 31B dense model but haven't actually released it anywhere.
smcleod
·11 dni temu·discuss
But does anyone actually need a Windows?
smcleod
·12 dni temu·discuss
They canned the moved to make -p commands API billable.
smcleod
·14 dni temu·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
·14 dni temu·discuss
Qwen as well.
smcleod
·17 dni temu·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
·17 dni temu·discuss
3.5's 122-A10B is still great!
smcleod
·17 dni temu·discuss
35b-a3b is only 3b active parameters, it's a MoE.
smcleod
·18 dni temu·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
·18 dni temu·discuss
Try 27b, it's significantly smarter than 35b-a3b (although it is slower, it's not so bad with MTP).
smcleod
·18 dni temu·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
·18 dni temu·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
·21 dni temu·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
·21 dni temu·discuss
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