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New comment by carlinm in "Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs"

carlinm — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:34:55 +0000

Are you saying github copilot is switching to a per token billing model? If so, you have a link to that?

New comment by carlinm in "Programming on 34 Keys (2022)"

carlinm — Sun, 25 May 2025 14:29:56 +0000

Curious, what dictation tool are you using?

New comment by carlinm in "So You Want to Write Java in Neovim"

carlinm — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:27:31 +0000

The hardest part for me in using nvim for java is the debugger tooling. I primarily use IntelliJ for any JVM related languages, and the debugger has always been invaluable. The debugging has always felt more polished and easy to configure in JetBrains IDEs. The nvim-dap and nvim-dap-ui had a bit too much friction to configure for it to my liking, and inevitably I reverted to IntelliJ. However, I love the keyboard-driven flow I can achieve in nvim where JetBrains IDEs fall short.

New comment by carlinm in "Ask HN: Which courses/classes are you excited about in 2025?"

carlinm — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:54:34 +0000

Are you planning to use something online to learn? If so, what?

New comment by carlinm in "A Missing IDE Feature"

carlinm — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:56:19 +0000

I don’t see this as hiding code complexity or an alternative to writing cleaner code. It seems the argument is that when we come to a file/class/etc., that we should be initially presented with the outline rather than both the outline and details. It’s an approach to orienting oneself to a grouping of functionality, made first class by the IDE. It’s almost like opening a book and starting with the table of contents before diving into any specific chapter’s details. Allowing the reader to get a sense of what’s covered by this grouping of functionality before diving into the details. I haven’t tried this approach myself but it seems like an interesting exercise at the least.

New comment by carlinm in "Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)"

carlinm — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:46:33 +0000

I've got my own little structure:

  # projects I work on
  code/

  dotfiles/ 

  # main obsidian.md repo that everything I learn dumps into
  omega/

  # public repos for local code spelunking, these remain untouched
  repos/

It's just organically evolved, borrowing from this and that.

New comment by carlinm in "Daniel Dennett has died"

carlinm — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:12:21 +0000

Sad to hear this. I had read his book “Elbow Room” back when I had been diving more deeply into free will and the various viewpoints associated. I don’t know that I found it convincing but it was an interesting peek into the compatibilist argument.

New comment by carlinm in "I Lost Faith in Kagi"

carlinm — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:00:42 +0000

I haven't looked too deeply into perplexity yet. What do you find much better about it?

New comment by carlinm in "So you wanna de-bog yourself"

carlinm — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 02:07:00 +0000

“The Unbearable Lightness of Being” is just fantastic. I think it’s well worth your time. I’ve read it a few times now. With each subsequent read at a different point in my life, it’s been interesting to see new insights and perspectives emerge. If you end liking it, another one from Kundera I particularly enjoyed was “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting”.

New comment by carlinm in "Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included"

carlinm — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:13:44 +0000

Exactly my experience. This is the killer feature for me. It helps to not break flow while working on a given task. Also, it’s great that the floating pane is per tab as well so those related background/interactive tasks can be context dependent.