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New comment by iambenm in "Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide"

iambenm — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:27:39 +0000

The approach I took was to start with the $20 plan, then when it became clear it wasn't sufficient I upgraded to the $100 plan. The $20 plan didn't cover one night of coding. With the $100 plan I started bumping into the 5 hour usage limits after ramping up over a week or two.

My average API equivalent use is around $30-40/hr. I would just bite the bullet on a plan for one month, then use that to calibrate your expectations around usage and cost optimization. The plans are heavily subsidized.

New comment by iambenm in "Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide"

iambenm — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:36:35 +0000

Look at the subscriptions. That's how anyone using the stuff as an individual should be approaching it today if they are dealing directly with Anthropic or OpenAI.

With the $200 Claude subscription I was able to get around $13-15k of API equivalent usage in one month (note: this was during the "+50% usage" promotion that they have kept extending since May). When you hit your usage limit for a given time period you get cut off until the time period resets; don't bother paying for additional usage credits, you will be disappointed.

New comment by iambenm in "Show HN: One More Letter"

iambenm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:32:59 +0000

Spoiler alert, it seems to be like Wordle in that the same puzzle is given to everyone for that day.

New comment by iambenm in "Financing the AI boom: from cash flows to debt [pdf]"

iambenm — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:19:06 +0000

What came to mind to me was a bailout shaped to benefit the public even if the company failed post-bailout, specifically the Chrysler Tech Center and how it was designed as a building that could be repurposed as a shopping mall if it fell through. Odd, interesting place.

New comment by iambenm in "Financing the AI boom: from cash flows to debt [pdf]"

iambenm — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:14:46 +0000

Modeled on Chrysler, perhaps?

New comment by iambenm in "What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)"

iambenm — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:54:40 +0000

In the automotive industry it's not uncommon for contracts to require an on-site engineer, basically FDE.

New comment by iambenm in "The shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia"

iambenm — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:06:25 +0000

I got it around 36, and coincidentally a friend 5-6 years younger than me in a different part of the country got it at the same time.

My research at the time led me to the same conclusion: Since we've basically eradicated chickenpox, we're not exposed to the varicella zoster virus as much as previous generations (via children that have chickenpox). Without exposure our antibodies / resistance fade out.

Since we had chickenpox, the virus is already in us and dormant. When it wakes up and decides to do its thing, our bodies have forgotten how to fight it effectively compared to previous generations - and as a result, the incidence of shingles is increasing in younger populations compared to previous generations.

My doctor said vaccination for under 50 is only indicated after multiple occurrences of shingles... so here's to hoping I'm good til the guidelines change.

New comment by iambenm in "AI Can't Recreate the Thrust Game (But It Can Help You Understand It)"

iambenm — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:17:46 +0000

Hmm - the article isn't dated and it doesn't mention which models were used for the initial slop version. The initial commit in the git repo is from Feb 15, 2026.

I wonder how the initial pass would fare now with Fable 5 or 5.6 Sol?