8 months ago you could get one of these for ~$2K. Well, not this exact item, but systems like the Framework Desktop with the same CPU and memory configuration.
It was a good deal for $2K. For $4K? I'm not so sure. Of course, most of the cost is RAM, so what can we do?
What you describe is a user and resolver configuration problem. There are 100's of TLDs and there's always a chance they will conflict with subdomains, either now or in the future as new TLDs are created. I've been using both "int" and "dev" as subdomains since at least 2000 and never had an issue.
I do the same thing and have never had a problem. Maybe I’ve just been lucky for 25+ years. Some hosts have a search path of “int.example.com, example.com”. Others are just “example.com”
I have several AI-content posters in my feed. Many of these are folks that previously used the term "thought leadership" non-ironically. I guess Claude and ChatGPT are the thought leaders now...
Yep, it definitely wasn't an "out-of-box" experience. This was on Ubuntu 25.10. Maybe other distros are better?
Also, when you do Python work, you have to remember to install dependencies like pytorch from an alternate repo, otherwise you wind up with the CUDA versions that only use the CPU and not the GPU through ROCm.
The "ROCm" situation with Strix Halo was pretty bad for a while. I think it finally stabilized late last year. You needed the right combo of ROCm, Linux kernel, and kernel firmware for it to work reliably.
Whenever I rebuild llama.cpp, I wind up using the Vulkan build anyway.
In the alternate reality where this happened, wouldn't the price of DDR4 still be sky high? We'll ignore any costs for CPU, chip set, and motherboard redesign. You're just pushing the demand somewhere else.
Yep, the only reason I bought mine (in late 2025, before hardware prices went totally crazy) was because it was half the price of a Spark. I spent a while fiddling around with the right Linux kernel, kernel firmware, ROCm installs, etc.
I worked at a mostly DEC shop for a while. They had transitioned their main product from VAX to Alpha. Most of the systems ran Digital Unix and VMS, but there was an AlphaServer with NT 4.
Yep. I've worked at a couple startups where engineering built a thing, sales was able to sell it but had to give a huge discount. The resulting economics just didn't work. But, each sale was seen on its own as a success even though the generally lost money. Often there was a discount plus some promised bespoke feature that required additional development to close the sale. There was never enough volume and often that additional engineering work never applied to another customer. Nobody wants to say "maybe this deal just isn't worth making" and move on.
In a couple of these cases, the company was ultimately sold in a fire sale. The early investors, founders, and employees got nothing. The acquisition is still celebrated as a "success", of course.
It was a good deal for $2K. For $4K? I'm not so sure. Of course, most of the cost is RAM, so what can we do?