chrisweekly

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by chrisweekly 5d ago
But smolvm provides kernel-level isolation. Much closer to firecracker than docker.
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by chrisweekly 5d ago
cap -> gap
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by chrisweekly 5d ago
Untrue. Vowel.
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by chrisweekly 5d ago
For microvms, take a look at https://smolmachines.com
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by chrisweekly 6d ago
Yet its written shape is a double-V.
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by chrisweekly 6d ago
honestly I preferred their (unorthodox) stream-of-consciousness writing style to most of the "mannered" genAI slop being slung these days
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by chrisweekly 8d ago
Cool approach, thanks for sharing. FWIW I also liked this (very different) post of yours: https://softwaredoug.com/blog/2026/07/13/who-want-to-be
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Secure-Eval-Worker: Least-Privilege JavaScript Execution in Node.js(blog.platformatic.dev)
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by chrisweekly 9d ago
Oof. YAGNI. 150k tokens is where you start hitting the "dumb zone" (model attention issues and inconsistent adherence to instructions).
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by chrisweekly 10d ago
FWIW I'm also on macos 15.7.9, zsh 5.9, oh-my-zsh - and I do get this behavior (TIL). type eg "rg" then up or down arrow, and the history shown is filtered by that rg prefix.
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by chrisweekly 11d ago
Yeah, I'm well aware. I shpild've been clearer I was suggesting a 1-line entry like that in CLAUDE.json, which can pay dividends in keeping context lean - which in turn is essential for avoiding the "dumb zone" (over 125
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by chrisweekly 11d ago
The "dumb zone" threshold is fuzzy but comes waay before 250k tokens. Like half that.
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by chrisweekly 12d ago
Ken Follett (of "Pillars of the Earth" fame) wrote a terrific semi-historical* novel called "Circle of Days" that portrays a vivid picture of the people and circumstances that could've led to the creation of Stonehe
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by chrisweekly 12d ago
"Avoid use of "mannered" speech in your responses." goes a long way for Opus and Fable.
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by chrisweekly 12d ago
Yeah, a couple years ago (sorry, no citation handy) I wasn't too surprised to learn that a Windows desktop can run faster in a VM on Intel Mac hardware than directly on a similarly-priced PC.
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by chrisweekly 13d ago
I read it as sarcastic, illustrating that it's not so trivial. (shrug)
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by chrisweekly 14d ago
I appreciate how Graham set himself a high bar for what success looks like for his exploration of AI-assisted coding. A takeaway for me (drawn from what he wrote^1) is that a big increase in velocity can unlock the ability to incorporate th
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by chrisweekly 14d ago
Awesome! Thanks for distilling the (significant) value prop and highlighting the author's bona fides, Simon! It's signal in the noise (which noise includes both the annoying/distracting "mannered" claudisms in the p
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by chrisweekly 15d ago
Sorry, TLDR. Seriously, this is just not how to communicate: > "To tune your perception make sure to give yourself enough headspace to allow the feeling pre-drinking to temporarily burn into memory ready for later retrieval when yo
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by chrisweekly 17d ago
My 13pro is at 84% capacity, but in the last month or two it seems to lose charge much more rapidly than it used to. Probably the only reason I'll consider an upgrade.
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by chrisweekly 17d ago
I've often read (sorry, no citations handy) that by the time you notice / feel thirst, you've already been dehydrated for some time. And chronic (mild) dehydration is much more common than hyponatremia. I'll always err o
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by chrisweekly 18d ago
TIMTOWTDI. "[T]hings shared with the team (in the repo)" implies project-specific skills. See e.g. https://github.com/mattpocock/skills for a stellar example of third-party skills for battle-hardened workfl
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by chrisweekly 22d ago
Just use a proxy and log everything.
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by chrisweekly 22d ago
> "Imagine being a 1950s “human calculator” on the dawn of a computer revolution. That’s what it feels like right now." My personal / family history is a real-world example of that evolution. My grandfather was a "com
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by chrisweekly 22d ago
Hmm. Examples of horrible alignmnent don't necessarily outweigh the fact that most people, most of the time, mostly behave in a way that is socially aligned. (Though I'm speaking in terms of intent, conveniently ignoring the side
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by chrisweekly 22d ago
Tangent: Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a neuroscientist with a talent for community-building and writing, and bringing evidence-based approaches to bear on practical solutions to various domains. See eg https://nesslabs.com
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by chrisweekly 24d ago
(FYIGM = F* You, I Got Mine)
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by chrisweekly 24d ago
Try smolvm microvms from https://smolmachines.com - among other benefits they only consume host resources if they're actually used.
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by chrisweekly 24d ago
See also the amazing https://betterexplained.com -- one of the best pedagogical resources I've ever encountered.
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by chrisweekly 25d ago
Don't feed the trolls

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