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ArtRichards··on Agents don't need memory, they need documentation
Plug here for a python app I wrote, no dependencies. It uses a skill to maintain an index, links, archival, and works with a separate opinionated dev playbook nicely. The best part is now the docs/specs folder maintains itself. (and I can spawn a new session with all the relevant context every time)

https://github.com/ArtRichards/docs-cli

and

https://artrichards.github.io/agent-playbook-suite/blog/

ArtRichards··on ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos into a Palantir Database
Theres no guarantees. When is a dangerous word. :)
ArtRichards··on Amazon seeks to offload $8B of Nvidia chips to investors
I came here to post a question, which you answered. Thanks!
ArtRichards··on Turning GLM-5.3-Flash into a Jev-like decision model
I personally love Privatemode's approach. Having Jev-like speed for confidential ai use cases is a huge enabler.
ArtRichards··on DeepSeek v4.1 Flash
I tend to think of it as reappropriating words in a different context. Since we're talking about language models, they're analogues but not as we would assign the same meaning to other humans.
ArtRichards··on Claude Code skills for advanced context engineering techniques and patterns
I'll drop mine here, I'd really like feedback, though I guess everyone has their own by now, very few will try a new SWE skills framework.

https://artrichards.github.io/agent-playbook-suite/blog/

it works with docs-cli

`pipx install docs-cli`

ArtRichards··on AI Coding Agent Skills for Real Engineers
I have one I started back in October last year and been improving since. Also a python docs cli to manage agent state in markdown locally.

I love reading them to see if theres a way mine could be improved, what topics they hit on, how they approach different problems.

https://github.com/ArtRichards/agent-playbook-suite

https://artrichards.github.io/agent-playbook-suite/blog/

https://github.com/ArtRichards/docs-cli

ArtRichards··on Show HN: Proliferate- open-source, self-hostable Codex for any coding agent
I tried setting up opencode for the server, but it just won't persist my conversations. Hows the mobile/client access on this? Claude remote works well... for Claude... but I havent seen anything comparable open source.

edit: tmux + terminal harness is my current go to

ArtRichards··on Opus 5.0 drives incoherence into the stratosphere
I always think of it like: let it activate whatever experts to reason/do the thing, then in the next prompt give me your explainer experts. Then, both are in the conversation history.
ArtRichards··on Opus 5.0 drives incoherence into the stratosphere
Yes but thanks to the soul or system or whatever (talk at the operator's level), 'layman' feels like it now tries to oversimplify!
ArtRichards··on Opus 5.0 drives incoherence into the stratosphere
Basically every decision or summary I now ask "Help me understand better, please explain in plain-language with examples."

Works with 5.6 sol also, when you're deep in the weeds. I rationalize this as the models attempting to compress as much into the fewest tokens, though the choice of words often doesn't make sense to me, going back to read the original after, its often there. It definitely feels like a different sort of 'Machine Language' though xD

ArtRichards··on Who's afraid of Chinese models?
New, smaller models can outperform the previous generation's foundation models.

What if there's a way to extract the commodity of intelligence from smaller models?

I've seen for many use cases it's well enough. :)

ArtRichards··on Claude Code(Fable) refused my slow down instruction
I wonder if this was made in the sub agent's chat? Thanks for sharing.
ArtRichards··on Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?
I saw another post today about a startup making an oven for baking bread. I feel that often the main issue lies with what you need 'the code' to accomplish.

My flow state is thinking about and understanding this: am I solving a problem that needs to be solved now, for the right person?

I created this to help me understand it (project foundations + create milestones) and then bring it to reality (ship milestones).

https://artrichards.github.io/agent-playbook-suite/blog/

ArtRichards··on How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdown
They're doing some really cool stuff with Agents too.. automating software pm. it's a huge difference between this and their (unnamed) larger competitors.
ArtRichards··on My Agent Skill for Test-Driven Development
Its all about retaining the context and spawning sub agents which can bootstrap quickly and accurately.

I'm interested in others dping something similar :) I included a docs cli tool in pypi to manage this context:

https://artrichards.github.io/agent-playbook-suite/blog/

ArtRichards··on Harness engineering: Leveraging Codex in an agent-first world
This is the part I think we will see become more relevant.

I created docs-cli (pypi) to manage the index of specs as source code: the framework that goes with it will first create tests for as much as it can, so reproducability becomes the goal, not readability.

https://github.com/ArtRichards/docs-cli

https://artrichards.github.io/agent-playbook-suite/blog/

ArtRichards··on Artemis II is competency porn
This article was a really uplifing take... Happy to see more about how awesome we can be, when we care.
ArtRichards··on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system
Apparently there's been work to expose Meta pushing/funding this, to shift age responsibility from them and force for fine grained age data to be provided to apps.
ArtRichards··on The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ
I like using the automatic lists in soundcloud to discover new music. Often its hit or miss but it can surface some great tracks... Its intentional though, gotta have your finger on the skip track and heart...
ArtRichards··on 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6
This is exactly how I've found leads to most consistent high quality results as well. I don't use gemini yet (except for deep research, where it pulls WAY ahead of either of the other 'grounding' methods)

But Codex to plan big features and Claude to review the feature plan (often finds overlooked discrepancies) then review the milestones and plan implementation of them in planning mode, then clear context and code. Works great.

ArtRichards··on The User Guide for Elite, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
Sure would love to be able to read this...
ArtRichards··on My Snapdragon Dev Kit was healthy and working fine until a Windows update failed
I guess he's being a bit cheeky ;)
ArtRichards··on 8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions
Is this the same Google that is preventing us from installing unapproved software on our phones?
ArtRichards··on Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6k planes
and

> But EasyJet says it has already completed the required software update and is planning on operating its flights as normal on Saturday

ArtRichards··on Tell HN: Wanted to give dang appreciation
Lurking for over 20 years, through my entire professional career... High School to Middle Age... Thanks Dan & HN Community
ArtRichards··on Project Shadowglass
In a youtube demo, the author says he has been working on this idea for a while, and was motivated to deliver after the GIF. So, kinda? Thanks for the reference.

https://youtu.be/v9FMp5QgOvY?si=iKXJSNIuLiU5nOnj

ArtRichards··on Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux
came here to post this, but it shares a different clipboard than ctrl+c/v or something??

anyone know the differences?

ArtRichards··on ISRO successfully conducts hot tests of Gaganyaan propulsion system
What did this site just attempt to do with my certificate store?
ArtRichards··on Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Effects of Novel Swear Words
I was looking for this comment!

That being a possible reason why certain words alleviate, they actually operate at a different level in our conciousness.

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