Hacker News: skittleson

New comment by skittleson in "Running local models is good now"

skittleson — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:25:09 +0000

i've been running qwen 3.6 35B A3B with llama.cpp on a 3090ti. i have found it better then sonnet in many ways. Speed and iterations was key. here is the gist of my current configuration: https://gist.github.com/spencerkittleson/5e44b6895a17ca45161... I use this with tailscale so all my devices have full access to it. That machine get toasty....

New comment by skittleson in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"

skittleson — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:51:07 +0000

I made a bunch of silly projects at first to help me manage daily life. For example, automating saving important emails based on prior history. Extracting text and putting it into csv files, downloading finance reports, reminder scripts, watchdog scripts. All the boring stuff pretty much what was done at first.

Now, i have gotten to point where i am replacing actual useful applications that I need to get stuff done. Plugs here: https://github.com/skittleson/mqtt_broker_esp and https://github.com/skittleson/WyzeBridge.

New comment by skittleson in "My two light switches got stuck in an infinite echo loop"

skittleson — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:06:16 +0000

I did write it the first few drafts but after that it was mostly rewritten by AI. Fair point tho, I'll do better

My two light switches got stuck in an infinite echo loop

skittleson — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:57:06 +0000

Article URL: https://docodethatmatters.com/the-infinite-echo-state-mirror-bug/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363683

Points: 9

# Comments: 4

Show HN: Mqtt Broker for 10 Years

skittleson — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:42:23 +0000

Intended for 10-year (plus hopefully) deployment lifetime on $10-30 of silicon. The kind of thing you screw to a wall, plug in, and walk away from for a decade. No telemetry, no phone-home updates, no external dependencies. Storage decisions get a sanity checked against NVS wear... a write-per-PUBLISH would shred the flash in months, so the retained store and in tables that stay in PSRAM.

Its heavily written with AI and borrowed a lot of visuals from Tasmota. Not for production use yet (been currently running it for a month with great results!)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48362378

Points: 15

# Comments: 1

New comment by skittleson in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

skittleson — Sun, 10 May 2026 23:00:54 +0000

Mqtt broker on esp32 for long term deployments https://github.com/skittleson/mqtt_broker_esp

Show HN: Hacking Sony A6000 for Fun

skittleson — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:18:36 +0000

Article URL: https://docodethatmatters.com/hacking-sony-a6000-for-modernization/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47243815

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by skittleson in "What podcasts are you listening to?"

skittleson — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:38:27 +0000

https://thespaceabove.us/ extremely good listen with a lot of details in the early years of the space program. I found renewed interest in the area. Even started replicating some of the missions in KSP

New comment by skittleson in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

skittleson — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:43:38 +0000

https://docodethatmatters.com It was a way for me to build, optimize, and enrich my skills around the web standards. Also, a place for me to document some of the fun projects around DSLR camera hacking, Raspberry PIs, home automations and 3d printing

New comment by skittleson in "Self-hosting my photos with Immich"

skittleson — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:13:35 +0000

One thing I really like is the performance... its smooth and fluid. The api is really useful as well: I wrote a small job to auto add descriptions and tags to the images.

New comment by skittleson in "Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker"

skittleson — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:11:35 +0000

There is a few problems with the site docs, the app image for linux (missing libs) and docker instructions. Otherwise its a great idea.

New comment by skittleson in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

skittleson — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:36:45 +0000

Moved from nodered only to a hybrid of nodered and home assistant. Added some new sensors, nfc tags, modes and automations for multiple tenants / cost savings. Its been fun to automate some boring tasks.

New comment by skittleson in "Canal Boat Simulator"

skittleson — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 02:44:11 +0000

It just screams as the start of joke but end up finding it's a quick quirky game you wanna share with ppl. Great job!

New comment by skittleson in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)"

skittleson — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:31:33 +0000

Still working on the bluetooth "wall of sheep" app. https://github.com/skittleson/bluetooth-wos . im hoping to put more insight on each device and receive avaliable notifications from the devices. I even figured out a rough estimate of how far devices are away with just RSSI and other available devices that have TX Power and RSSI within a few meters.

New comment by skittleson in "Show HN: Bluetooth "Wall of Sheep""

skittleson — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:44:41 +0000

A fun toy project that shows some Bluetooth devices around me. Inspired by a Defcon "Wall of Sheep".

Show HN: Bluetooth "Wall of Sheep"

skittleson — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:44:41 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/skittleson/bluetooth-wos

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41873065

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by skittleson in "Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?"

skittleson — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:22:59 +0000

Still tinkering with a bluetooth "wall of sheep" terminal app. https://github.com/skittleson/bluetooth-wos

New comment by skittleson in "Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests"

skittleson — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:30:29 +0000

Agreed. I dont want kids to use this until they are much older... it's a crutch. They are not applying critical thinking skills when using a LLM. The value is when children try->fail->try->fail->try->succeed. It builds up problem-solve abilities.

New comment by skittleson in "Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?"

skittleson — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 06:38:39 +0000

Bluetooth low engery "wall of sheep" toy app https://gist.github.com/skittleson/705624a8f6967187096091cbd...

Show HN: Dozen roses 3D printed for Valentine's day

skittleson — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:06:16 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/skittleson/status/1757810255801770194

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39372235

Points: 1

# Comments: 0