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New comment by AndroTux in "The local LLM ecosystem doesn’t need Ollama"

AndroTux — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:29:51 +0000

And why do I use ggml-org/gemma-4-E4B-it-GGUF instead of one of the 162 other models that can be found under the ggml-org namespace? And how do I even know that this is the namespace to look at?

That's what I meant by model management. I'm too tired to scroll through a bazillion models that all have very cryptic names and abbreviations just to find the one that works well on my system with my software stack.

I want a simple interface that a tool like me can scroll through easily, click on, and then have a model that works well enough. If I put in that much brain power to get my LLM working, I might as well do the work myself instead of using an LLM in the first place.

New comment by AndroTux in "The local LLM ecosystem doesn’t need Ollama"

AndroTux — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:25:40 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out. From the description in the blog post it sounded like it was GUI only without an API, and I didn't bother looking into it because of that. But it look pretty nice, so I'll give it a try.

New comment by AndroTux in "The local LLM ecosystem doesn’t need Ollama"

AndroTux — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:49 +0000

Exactly. The blog post states that the alternatives listed are similarly intuitive. They are not. If you just need a chat app, then sure, there’s plenty of options. But if you want an OpenAI compatible API with model management, accessibility breaks down fast.

I’m open to suggestions, but the alternatives outlined in the blog post ain’t it.

New comment by AndroTux in "Elevated errors on Claude.ai, API, Claude Code"

AndroTux — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:16:46 +0000

If you think AI can replace an SRE in 2026 April, I've got a bridge to sell you. I'm not saying "don't use AI." I'm saying don't turn off your brain and let AI drop your production database.

New comment by AndroTux in "Elevated errors on Claude.ai, API, Claude Code"

AndroTux — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:41:52 +0000

I can't sign in. We're not at capacity for OAuth servers or relational databases. This proves that vibe coding your infrastructure is a bad idea.

New comment by AndroTux in "Tell HN: Fiverr left customer files public and searchable"

AndroTux — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:46:51 +0000

The only thing that's user error here is the developers of Fiverr exposing files without proper session authentication.

New comment by AndroTux in "Tell HN: Fiverr left customer files public and searchable"

AndroTux — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:32:40 +0000

> will Fiverr be the first company to truly crash and burn from an "AI-first" approach?

No. Nobody will care.

New comment by AndroTux in "Tell HN: Fiverr left customer files public and searchable"

AndroTux — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:31:44 +0000

It kind of is, though. Google doesn't randomly try to visit every URL on the internet. It follows links. Therefore, for these files to be indexed by Google, they need to be linked to from somewhere.

New comment by AndroTux in "AI could be the end of the digital wave, not the next big thing"

AndroTux — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:18:34 +0000

Wait, I just deleted prod. You're absolutely right, that shouldn't have happened. My mistake.

New comment by AndroTux in "Are We Idiocracy Yet?"

AndroTux — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:19:29 +0000

I saw a TikTok of someone recommending to put cut roses in Sprite instead of water. Apparently it keeps them fresh much longer.

New comment by AndroTux in "A macOS bug that causes TCP networking to stop working after 49.7 days"

AndroTux — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:45:42 +0000

Interesting. I think I can confirm this. Got a Tahoe system with 55 days uptime that's mostly idling:

% netstat -an | grep TIME_WAIT | wc -l

850

All other systems with < 49.7 days uptime report low single to double digit numbers.

New comment by AndroTux in "12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit"

AndroTux — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:03:29 +0000

I wish that were true.

New comment by AndroTux in "Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth"

AndroTux — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:24:14 +0000

No GPS coordinates in the EXIF data. Would've been funny.

New comment by AndroTux in "Subscription bombing and how to mitigate it"

AndroTux — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:30:12 +0000

Then you're not using any of their services besides DNS, at which point you don't need to use Cloudflare at all.

As soon as you turn on any other service they offer, you need to actively migrate away. It's an inherent issue of services that actually provide a benefit. If you're saying "I can just migrate to any other nameserver" then you're telling me you have no use for Cloudflare in the first place. Because if you did, you couldn't just not use it anymore.

Let's say you're using their WAF. Sure, you can just change your domain's nameserver and you've migrated away. But now you no longer have a WAF. Same for their CDN. Or their load balancer. Or their object storage. Or their CAPTCHAs.

New comment by AndroTux in "Subscription bombing and how to mitigate it"

AndroTux — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:24:49 +0000

I had a similar issue and evaluated alternatives. Sadly, there were none that did the job well enough.

How do you suggest to implement bot prevention that works reliably? Because at this point in time, LLMs are better at solving CAPTCHAs than humans are.

New comment by AndroTux in "Subscription bombing and how to mitigate it"

AndroTux — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:07:02 +0000

We solved this by introducing a silent block. If the system notices unusual behavior (too many payment attempts per user, for example), it no longer sends the payment attempt to the provider. Instead, it idles for a second or two and then just fails with a generic “payment declined.” Most attackers don’t notice they’re being blocked and just assume all credit cards are bad.

New comment by AndroTux in "Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in preview"

AndroTux — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:20:01 +0000

Sir, ChatGPT 3.5 is more than 3 years old, running on your bleeding edge M4 Pro hardware, and only proves the previous commenters point.

New comment by AndroTux in "GitHub is once again down"

AndroTux — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:05:05 +0000

Exactly. So why isn't Microsoft doing just that? Isn't that how Microsoft usually handles things? Just look at Xbox. They essentially screwed up everything they could and then some.

New comment by AndroTux in "GitHub is once again down"

AndroTux — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:27:24 +0000

I’m still baffled that Minecraft is doing so well, despite the whole Bedrock thing. At this point I think Microsoft just forgot that they bought Mojang.

New comment by AndroTux in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

AndroTux — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:23:39 +0000

That'd be Nadella's head then. Not that I'd be complaining, though.