Hacker News: lprd

New comment by lprd in "Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development"

lprd — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:18:59 +0000

Yikes! I've been needing an upgrade, and I was on the fence between a specc'd out MBP, or building out a AI server and delegating tasks to it over Netbird/Tailscale to my homelab.

I'm mainly interested in coding/image creation tasks. Has anyone built out a server for a similar use-case and, if so, whats your experience been? What cards should I be looking into? Am I looking at spending ~10-15k for something that can give me near frontier quality/speed? I know about the DGX Spark/Mac Mini's, but I'd like to be able to upgrade later down the road.

New comment by lprd in "Beej's Guide to Git"

lprd — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 03:01:47 +0000

A new Beej guide? In this economy!?

New comment by lprd in "4.5M Suspected Fake Stars in GitHub"

lprd — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:46:52 +0000

Do we need that type of metric anyways? Surely there are better ways to measure a repo's activity...

New comment by lprd in "Israel reportedly used fake social accounts to garner support from US lawmakers"

lprd — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:07:27 +0000

I’ve often pondered the same. Seems like Israel gets a lot of special treatment from the US.

New comment by lprd in "Going declarative on macOS with Nix and Nix-Darwin"

lprd — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:45:41 +0000

> In other words, it’s opinion and not fact, which is something I do not want conflated in a technical post.

As you’ve already stated, it’s an opinion and not a fact. I wouldn’t take posts like this so personally. Instead, use content like this to help you explore new tools. If you like it, great! If not, move on. Simple as that.

If you’re new here, people can be very passionate about their tools.

New comment by lprd in "Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers"

lprd — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 16:11:12 +0000

It has. I was just having this conversation with a friend the other day. Despite Netflix having all their analytics/viewership data, they consistently crank out garbage. You might get one or two releases a year that are good, but that's it. I know its subjective, but the few shows that I enjoyed were cancelled or just shelved.

They weren’t perfect, but I want normal Hollywood studios to come back. There was a lot more on the line when it came to creating movies/series and a lot more effort went into creating them. It took actual talent to make something great, not data.

The same is happening in the music industry. I know pop music has more or less sounded the same throughout time...but these days its almost indistinguishable. Studios just pick a public figure to sing a generated song, it goes viral for a few months, rinse repeat. I have a hard time telling the difference between artists these days. Their vocal range/tone is almost identical in some cases.

We have an over abundance of choice when it comes to media and I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Its now a chore to sort through the garbage and find actual talent.

Sorry for the rant!

New comment by lprd in "Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers"

lprd — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:49:05 +0000

I've come to despise all streaming services and hope they all burn down. We've gone full circle in terms of price and convenience. Hell, even Prime now wants to you pay extra to not see ads! Wasn't that one of the benefits over cable in the beginning?

I've gone back to buying physical media and just put everything on my Plex server. The perpetual 'rental' model is a failing one and is not consumer friendly.

Unix Commands Explained Interactively

lprd — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:20:36 +0000

Article URL: https://explainshell.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38281104

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by lprd in "Next.js 14"

lprd — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:12:03 +0000

I think I'll be taking a step back from React/Next.js for the foreseeable future. I feel fortunate in that, for most of my projects, I can make architectural decisions such as this. Things took a turn with hooks (I have a feeling that's the general consensus, too). The nail in the coffin (at least for me) was React Server Components.

I gotta admit that its been liberating working outside the javascript/react realm. Using Go + HTMX + [insert tool here] has been a fairly easy transition. Is it a 1:1 replacement? No. Does it solve most of my use cases whilst providing a better developer experience? Absolutely.

I'm not trying to hate on React here. I just think its time to stop and ask ourselves "is this REALLY the best idea/tool for xyz?".

New comment by lprd in "iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus"

lprd — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:28:51 +0000

I miss Jobs. These prerecorded presentations are soulless and almost embarrassing at times.

Happy to see USB-C on the iPhone (thanks EU) and no price hikes.

New comment by lprd in "Climate Change Tracker"

lprd — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 17:38:07 +0000

This has been my sentiment lately. I purchased a Tesla last year (primarily to save on gas) and its been an amazing car. You raise a couple points that have been on my mind. The rare metal argument is a good one. I believe that battery disposal is sort of an issue at this time too?

New comment by lprd in "Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile want to access your bank account"

lprd — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:14:39 +0000

What about at peak times? Any noticeable dips? I tried Visible in the past and wasn’t too thrilled with Verizon’s coverage in my city. Might need to revisit since I’m really tired of paying $85+ for a plan. My biggest priority is data coverage.

New comment by lprd in "Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? (2014)"

lprd — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:13:02 +0000

I spent about a decade in Europe and really enjoyed learning about how their electrical grid works. The ability to directly plug most appliances without needing to buy extra adapters was amazing. Boiling water also took half the amount of time.

If memory serves, Thomas Edison used a 110v DC power supply to create a system of electricity for people. Meanwhile, Nikola Tesla invented the three-phase 240v Alternating Current (AC). Tesla was clearly a man ahead of his time (even by today's standards).

tldr; Europe's grid is vastly superior to America's.

New comment by lprd in "Zrepl – ZFS replication"

lprd — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:52:52 +0000

Similar story here (truenas was a gateway drug). There are a few up and coming filesystems that I have my eye on. But by and large, ZFS has remained my favorite.

New comment by lprd in "Building a digital music collection in 2023"

lprd — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:59:45 +0000

I cant wrap my head around using Git for this...

My sweet spot has been Plex + Plexamp. I have a truenas server and created a 'media' nfs share for my Plex instance. I've been a very happy camper with this set up for the past 3 years. I can expand my storage at any time, ZFS is very powerful and gives me some backup options. Plex effectively replaces all my streaming service needs.

New comment by lprd in "An Introduction to APIs"

lprd — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 19:20:00 +0000

I've been a REST API developer for a few years now. For whatever reason, I've never bothered dipping my toes in the RPC realm. This article resonated with me. Looks like I'll be building an RPC API in the near future.

NPR is ditching Twitter over 'government-funded media' label on its main account

lprd — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:06:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/npr-is-ditching-twitter-over-government-funded-media-label-on-its-main-account-155556726.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35541983

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by lprd in "E3 Has Been Canceled"

lprd — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:33:07 +0000

Personally, I think that AAA studios are due for a reality check. There's been _some_ decent releases from these studios in the past decade, but they are few and far between. I can't help but feel that these studios are very disconnected with their audience and have ultimately prioritized profits over passion. I know the bills need to be paid, but somewhere along the line it become more and more noticeable. The market consolidation that's happened (EA and Activision come to mind) has done nothing but hurt the industry. I'd like to call it a monopoly but I'm not certain if that's correct or not. Either way, the current landscape is not great.

I've been gaming since the 90s and I'm generally unhappy with the current state of affairs.

Thank god for indie devs!

/end rant

New comment by lprd in "The Twitter API is now effectively unmaintained"

lprd — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:22:38 +0000

> You gave up on it 5 years ago but are sure nothing happened in the last few months

I said that it's been in decline. If its unusable now, I'm not shocked because of the way it was headed even a few years ago. Musk very well might have realized the dumpster fire that is their API and shelved it for the time being.

> why is your take more credible than theirs?

What can I say, I'm just a simple user? Whether you find my "take" credible or not is purely up to you. ymmv

New comment by lprd in "The Twitter API is now effectively unmaintained"

lprd — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:52:53 +0000

The documentation and usability of Twitter's API has been in decline for at least a few years now. I gave up in 2018/19 (or whenever they implemented the new version of their API?). This has nothing to do with the advent of Musk, and anyone blaming him are insufferable Musk haters (which is pretty standard these days).

In the beginning, their API was a joy to use and a lot of neat software popped up around it. There was some drama around them making changes internally (API changes) which put some of these companies out of business. People became weary of their API since. That said, I would love to see a completely revamped API with great documentation.