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New comment by theYipster in "Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public"

theYipster — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:34:33 +0000

All for $670 :)

In all seriousness, I would probably throw $10 at a project to design and implement a modern turbofan FADEC + all of the certification artifacts.

New comment by theYipster in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

theYipster — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:02:51 +0000

I'm amazed at how many folks on this forum see the Web UI as intrinsically tied to the service. As someone else rightly said, e-mail = IMAP + SMTP. That is true of Gmail as well.

Frankly, I've always hated the Gmail web UI, so I never use it. Not in the 22 years I've had a Gmail account.

IMHO, Superhuman gets a ton right... A Superhuman clone (maybe in VIM or Emacs) would be ideal if you don't want the AI features or the $40/month fee. Don't even need to change your mail address, since it connects to Gmail.

New comment by theYipster in "Was my $48K GPU server worth it?"

theYipster — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:56:42 +0000

Very nice. Primary use case is application development, where the applications leverage a mixture of cloud based and local models. Modelling complex architectures. My work is primarily in the aerospace and defense arena, so hybrid and on-prem are important, as are ITAR and CMMC compliance. The idea is to have the local rig to build and validate architectural deployments that can sit on prem on customer hardware, in cloud, in gov cloud, or in a mix.

Not really looking at colocation, as this machine would double as a heavy duty gaming and flight sim rig. That means at least one regular RTX 6000 Pro. Not sure if I can mix and match with the Max-Q version, or if I even want blower fans in a desktop case (last time I did that was about 16-18 years ago with an ATI card... wasn't a fan--pun intended.)

New comment by theYipster in "Was my $48K GPU server worth it?"

theYipster — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:29:46 +0000

That's about what my OC'd and watercooled 4090 runs at. The cards are designed for it. Only problem I have is when sitting next to the computer under load -- I either have to open windows or blast the AC. Too bad I don't live in a cold climate -- that 60c heat output would come in handy :)

New comment by theYipster in "Was my $48K GPU server worth it?"

theYipster — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:24:05 +0000

Great article. I'm about to embark on a similar journey.... Doing a ton of AI development right now. Don't need a server, but a very, very high end workstation is super appealing to me right now. Looking at $50-$80k. 1TB RAM. 2x RTX Pro 6000s. 64 core Threadripper Pro. As many 4tb or 8tb nvme drives as I can stuff.

I envision NixOS at the core... then everything I need virtualized on top with KVM/QEMU. Maybe a dual boot setup with Windows for gaming and Flight Simulator (but I could virtualize that too with easy GPU passthrough.)

Lingering questions I'm working to figure out:

- Will 2 RTX Pro 6000s run on a 1600 watt PSU? Not sure how much higher I can go without calling an electrician. (standard US home.)

- Assuming I plop this into my home office, should I expect the PC to run significantly hotter than my current rig? (3960x threadripper, 128GB RAM, 1600watt psu, overclocked and watercooled 4090.) My water temp, measured at radiator, is about 60c at peak load. (This is the only number I care about, as this is what I have to consider to be comfortable sitting next to it.)

New comment by theYipster in "I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of"

theYipster — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:40:51 +0000

This is awesome.

New comment by theYipster in "If AI writes your code, why use Python?"

theYipster — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:34:13 +0000

Agree 100%.

In the early days (before Claude Code mastered Rust,) I would get into this annoying pattern where Claude used different names for variables between tests and implementation, get confused, and then more times than not, would change the implementation to match the test (which was not written first--was not doing TDD and thus not the behavior I wanted.)

Static languages prevent that. I've had great success with Claude writing Rust, and I think it's an excellent language for LLMs not just for low level work, but for production-grade code of all types (I see rust as better aligned to compete with C++, Java, and C#.)

I've also had great success with Claude writing C#. Using Claude, I've built C#/.Net in Linux, deployed in Windows (via Visual Studio) with Claude Code running in WSL, and it's been a great experience all around.

New comment by theYipster in "10Gb/s Ethernet: what I did to get it working in my home"

theYipster — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:45:13 +0000

Yep... Did this 3 years ago in my home and came to the same conclusion. If I were to do it again, I'd run fiber through the walls instead of Cat-6a. It took forever to find SFP+ modules that would work with my Unifi setup... (not wanting to pay for more than one router or switch with native 10g RJ-45 ports, which are still very expensive.) I loose POE but, on the whole, it would've been much easier and much less costly--I think--to have just run fiber.

New comment by theYipster in "Ghostty is leaving GitHub"

theYipster — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:55:15 +0000

I remember visiting GitHub's downtown SF HQ sometime around 2014 or so... it was soon after they closed their first significant funding round, and years before they were purchased by MS. I had a friend who worked there as a very early employee. I was at IBM at the time doing AI stuff.

I remember saying to myself, "every single meeting room and common area in this building is designed around the consumption of alcohol--the long bar downstairs, the meeting room modeled after an airport lounge, the meeting room modeled after a smoking club, the meeting room / roof deck...

A year or two later they had that public "me-too" snafu (years before me-too) that led to a founder's resignation, a whole bunch of other people leaving, and then Microsoft acquiring the company. I wondered back then, is this the end of the company?

Perhaps so, but perhaps not... Here we are, 8 years the acquisition, only now lamenting a slow demise. That's a nice run for a startup acquired by a behemoth enterprise software company. With the exception of Redhat (which is debatable,) IBM had no ability to keep a software acquisition's culture, verve, or ability alive past a year or two.

New comment by theYipster in "Taste in the age of AI and LLMs"

theYipster — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:31:45 +0000

It was the best of times. It was the blurst of times.

New comment by theYipster in "The Mystery of Rennes-Le-Château, Part 1: The Priest's Treasure"

theYipster — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:55:37 +0000

Also of Xenosaga, and for the same reasons. Although, that's perhaps a more obscure reference (and is a PS2, rather than PC game series.)

New comment by theYipster in "AirPods Max 2"

theYipster — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:06:23 +0000

I'm looking to replace my worn-out Sony XM-3s and am wondering if the AirPods Max 2 could be a better option than the XM-6s. I've always liked Sony's audio quality and ANC, but felt the headphones were not as comfortable to wear while sleeping on airplanes than older Bose models I had prior (like the QC-2s and QC-3s.)

Can anyone with experience with either the AirPods Max 1s or XM-6s tell me what they feel like to sleep with on an airplane (business class with a lie flat bed?) Plane travel is my primary use-case for these type of headphones.

New comment by theYipster in "A beginner's guide to split keyboards"

theYipster — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:22:14 +0000

There really is no going back when you go split and tented. I've was on a Kenesis Freestyle for years, then upgraded to a Dygma Raise (V1) about three years ago. It's served me well, but I've been eyeing a CyBoard Imprint, which is like a Dactyl or Charbydis, but has hot swap-able switches (a rarity for curved key-well boards.) Can't give up my holy panda switches. :)

New comment by theYipster in "Breaking the spell of vibe coding"

theYipster — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:50:07 +0000

Just because you’re a good programmer / software engineer doesn’t mean you’re a good architect, or a good UI designer, or a good product manager. Yet in my experience, using LLMs to successfully produce software really works those architect, designer, and manager muscles, and thus requires them to be strong.

New comment by theYipster in "Building a TUI is easy now"

theYipster — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:02:05 +0000

With Claude, I built a TUI for managing QEMU/KVM VMs (Rust with ratatui.) Solves a lot of problems I had with virt-manager, so I made it a FOSSS project. https://www.vm-curator.org.

New comment by theYipster in "Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you"

theYipster — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:00:49 +0000

Superb!

Show HN: VM-curator – a Linux VM manager with easy GPU-passthrough and more

theYipster — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:19:40 +0000

Howdy! A few weeks ago I launched vm-curator as a FOSS hobby project. Since then, the project has matured substantially, solving real-world problems with Linux desktop/workstation VM management. Presenting, now, the official "grand-opening" release.

vm-curator is a rust TUI that works directly with QEMU/KVM, skipping libvirt. It is designed for desktop use-cases. (For servers, Proxmox is a better choice.) QEMU runs in user (non-root) mode only.

The app's biggest feature is guided support for single and multi-gpu passthrough. For computers with only one GPU, vm-curator will write and manage scripts to detach your GPU from your Linux display manager, attach it to your VM, and then will monitor your VM's use so that upon shutdown, it will reverse the attachment and restore your Linux display. For computers with multiple GPUs, vm-curator provides easy configuration of GPU-passthrough with support for looking glass. vm-curator also supports virgl para-virtualized 3D acceleration, which works great in Linux guests (but for full GPU performance, pass-through is a must.)

vm-curator also supports SLIRP, passt, and bridged mode for networking back-ends, comprehensive USB and PCI detection and pass-through, VM state monitoring, QCOWS2 snapshot management, and host directory passthrough. For BTRFS users, vm-curator will also automatically turn off BTRFS copy-on-write for your VM directory to avoid the double copy-on-write performance penalty. VM installation is easy with over 120 OS profiles built-in.

I've long wanted to leverage QEMU/KVM for desktop virtualization, but have been long stymied by gnome boxes (lacks advanced features) and virt-manager (very difficult to setup, especially with NVIDIA GPUs.) vm-curator has solved these hurdles for me. Hopefully it can help you as well.

FOSS engagement (PRs/contributions + feedback) is most welcome!

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New comment by theYipster in "A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw"

theYipster — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:25:47 +0000

Assuming you are using the flagship copilot that is a $30 / mo add on to a 365 subscription, and maybe, maybe if Microsoft replaced CoPilot’s “brain” with Opus 4.5. In my experience, while flagship CoPilot does deliver value if setup correctly, it’s no where near as capable an “agent” as Claude. (And even though Open Claw is now model agnostic, there is a reason for its association to Claude. Despite it’s expense, I find Opus 4.5 works best.)

New comment by theYipster in "Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload"

theYipster — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:38:37 +0000

Actually I just installed it over the weekend in a QEMU/KVM VM on my modern desktop. Took about 20 minutes, and works very nicely. You can give it up to 4GB of RAM. Now, I can't use it for much (aside from playing the welcome tour,) because the last thing I want to do is expose it to the internet... On the other hand, I hear there is a modern browser that is maintained for it.

New comment by theYipster in "Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload"

theYipster — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:20:19 +0000

I love the care and polish that went into the Microsoft Windows XP Welcome/Tour app that played after install. That was the peak of the summit—quality wise.