Hacker News: nikodunk

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

nikodunk — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:21:34 +0000

Having read above article, I just gave llama.cpp a shot. It is as easy as the author says now, though definitely not documented quite as well. My quickstart:

brew install llama.cpp

llama-server -hf ggml-org/gemma-4-E4B-it-GGUF --port 8000

Go to localhost:8000 for the Web UI. On Linux it accelerates correctly on my AMD GPU, which Ollama failed to do, though of course everyone's mileage seems to vary on this.

Duranium: A More Reliable PostmarketOS

nikodunk — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:46:53 +0000

Article URL: https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/03/17/introducing-duranium/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47420355

Points: 23

# Comments: 4

Microsoft brings new "Xbox mode" to Windows 11 PCs next month

nikodunk — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:43:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-xbox-mode-announcement-gdc-2026-project-helix-pc-game-dev

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341369

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by nikodunk in "Pocketblue – Fedora Atomic for mobile devices"

nikodunk — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 02:36:56 +0000

It's a new-ish project FYI. But to answer your questions:

- Apps: It's Linux (like desktop or server), but "image-based" so you install apps in containers like iOS or Android do (and therefore OS updates basically-never break). https://flathub.org is generally the main app store for Linux containerized phone apps.

- Screenshots: It'll look the same as other Linux-on-phones, so like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostmarketOS for instance. It's just built differently.

New comment by nikodunk in "Pocketblue – Fedora Atomic for mobile devices"

nikodunk — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 23:47:54 +0000

I'm sure PRs would be welcomed if you have those devices to test on.

New comment by nikodunk in "Pocketblue – Fedora Atomic for mobile devices"

nikodunk — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:36:06 +0000

Updating without worries has made it much more daily-drivable for me on a Oneplus 6 (ie. it has rollbacks and image-based updates), despite being so new. It's fun that image-based OSs - which were arguably popularlized by phones - are now coming back to phones on the Linux side too.

New comment by nikodunk in "Pocketblue – Fedora Atomic for mobile devices"

nikodunk — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:08:08 +0000

This is based on bootc (bootable containers), so note that the OS build is described in a normal Dockerfile: https://github.com/pocketblue/pocketblue/blob/main/Container... which is then run by the Github action (or locally).

Very similar to how Universal Blue, Bazzite, Bluefin etc. build at https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite (see their Containerfile), but for mobile.

Has a similar mission to https://postmarketos.org, but with a different build system AFAICT

Pocketblue – Fedora Atomic for mobile devices

nikodunk — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:40:13 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/pocketblue/pocketblue

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025085

Points: 149

# Comments: 51

New comment by nikodunk in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened"

nikodunk — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:13:43 +0000

I really hope _this_ quote is not fabricated - because what a fantastic quote!!

Simple to Ornate and Back Again (2024)

nikodunk — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:55:05 +0000

Article URL: https://josem.co/simple-to-ornate-and-back-again/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46624208

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

New comment by nikodunk in "Direct File won't happen in 2026, IRS tells states"

nikodunk — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:50:38 +0000

https://chrisgiven.com/2025/06/saying-goodbye/

New comment by nikodunk in "Direct File won't happen in 2026, IRS tells states"

nikodunk — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:46:01 +0000

Fascinating repo, thank you for sharing!

New comment by nikodunk in "Pomelli"

nikodunk — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 05:03:26 +0000

Hot take from an AI skeptic: between this, Nano Banana and generative AI integrated into Gmail for repetitive emails, I’m starting to actually use Google’s AI for tasks I hate most.

Google appears to have their AI product game together!

New comment by nikodunk in "Bazzite Fall Update: Fedora 43, Xbox Allies, Legion Go 2, Nvidia GTX"

nikodunk — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:02:21 +0000

Agreed! It's my default recommendation now for a "just works" Linux system nowadays.

It's also really great for development btw - been doing all of my development on it with Homebrew and Flatpaks for over a year now.

Bazzite Fall Update: Fedora 43, Xbox Allies, Legion Go 2, Nvidia GTX

nikodunk — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:29:05 +0000

Article URL: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-fall-update-fedora-43-xbox-allies-legion-go-2-nvidia-gtx/10948

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45751042

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

New comment by nikodunk in "Today is when the Amazon brain drain sent AWS down the spout"

nikodunk — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 03:20:04 +0000

Boeing?

New comment by nikodunk in "Migrating from AWS to Hetzner"

nikodunk — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:31:01 +0000

If you’re big, invest in this. If you’re small, slap Dokploy/Coolify on it.

New comment by nikodunk in "$912 energy independence without red tape"

nikodunk — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 22:44:30 +0000

You’d need a bigger kit. WIll Prowse has many guides on these. https://youtube.com/watch?v=rRqV8BHE8lY

$912 energy independence without red tape

nikodunk — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 21:22:05 +0000

Article URL: https://sunboxlabs.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45476820

Points: 209

# Comments: 163

New comment by nikodunk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)"

nikodunk — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:49:11 +0000

I'm working on a super-simple budgeting app called https://4keynumbers.com, which is based on Ramit Sethi's Conscious Spending Plan. It currently syncs my expenses from Plaid and cooks it down into a single chart, with only savings, investments, bills/fixed, and "safe to spend" as categories.