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a7forton He asked AI to count carbs 27000 times. It couldn't give the same answer twice

Finally we have a simple way to get machines to generate a truly random number

a7forton Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

Recently started using it, it works really well and it's much more reliable than AirDrop. But the UX could be improved.

But I just wish Apple fixed AirDrop, every time I go to use I have so little confidence in it, it often doesn't see devices or if you have multiple Mac users it will confuse them, showing you the same Mac device twice without telling you which user it is

a7forton After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain

It's two separate issues:

1) I do a lot of scraping, and Go concurrency + Colly has better performance

2) My DB size is exploding and I have limited budget, and it looks like CH is so much better at compressing data. I recently did a test and for the same table with same exact data, MySQL was using 11GB, ClickHouse 500MB

a7forton After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain

You're right and I will still use it, but only for more limited scopes. I've also cancelled my Claude subscription recently, but for different reasons - it doesn't have the "memory" feature that makes ChatGPT so much more worth it at the moment.

a7forton After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain

I hope we get to that "10x better" point. I think the problem right now is people advertising LLMs as if we're there already. And it's not just the providers, it's also the enthusiasts on X/Reddit/etc that think they have found the perfect workflow or prompt.

Just like you're mentioning "maybe better prompt engineering", I feel like we're being conditioned to think "I'm just not using it right" where maybe the tool is just not that good yet.

a7forton After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain

I think you're doing it right, it's just hard to resist the temptation to use AI for everything, when you're getting decent results for small things.

a7forton Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2025)

SEEKING WORK | UK or Remote | Full Stack Engineer

Technologies: PHP, Laravel (10yrs exp), VueJS/NuxtJS, AlpineJS, MySQL, TailwindCSS, AWS, Azure, RESTful APIs, Adwords, GA Ecommerce, Git, Twilio, Stripe, Docker, Replicate APIs, Openrouter (and other AI APIs). Started working with Go and Clickhouse in the past 6 months as well.

- Portfolio: https://albertofortin.com/

- Contact: hello [at] albertofortin.com

I have 15 years experience in full stack web development, I have managed small dev teams and have been a one-man IT department for small startups and non-profits. I love building products and creating value.

I've been doing a mix of client work and SaaS building in the last couple years. One project you might have seen on here: gumtrends.com - built with Laravel, took me 6 days from idea to finish and made it to HN front page.

I'm looking for projects / part-time opportunities.