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bizzleDawg

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bizzleDawg··on 'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes
After the complete mind melting of 2 seasons of "the rehearsal", this was my exact path too
bizzleDawg··on I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
One can only assume the funding was needed to be able to afford K8s and postgres? /s
bizzleDawg··on VTT Test Donut Lab Battery Reaches 80% Charge in Under 10 Minutes [pdf]
It's almost like there an implied "wait for part 7 guys and remember to like and subscribe"
bizzleDawg··on Speed up responses with fast mode
My (and many others) normal workflow includes a planning phase, followed by an implementation phase. For me the most useful time for fast mode would be during that planning phase.

The current "clear context and execute plan" would be great to be joined by a, "clear context, switch to regular speed mode, and execute plan".

I even think I would not require fast mode for the explore agents etc - they have so much to do that I accept that takes a while. being able to rapidly iterate on the plan before setting it going would make it easier.

Please and thank you, Boris.

bizzleDawg··on Claude Opus 4.6
Only in the same way that the pixels displayed in a browser are not a tree structure that you can diff - the diffing happens at a higher level of abstraction than what's rendered.

Diffing and only updating the parts of the TUI which have changed does make sense if you consider the alternative is to rewrite the entire screen every "frame". There are other ways to abstract this, e.g. a library like tqmd for python may well have a significantly more simple abstraction than a tree for storing what it's going to update next for the progress bar widget than claude, but it also provides a much more simple interface.

To me it seems more fair game to attack it for being written in JS than for using a particular "rendering" technique to minimise updates sent to the terminal.

bizzleDawg··on The creator of Claude Code's Claude setup
Max 5x ($100)
bizzleDawg··on The creator of Claude Code's Claude setup
I have formal requirements for all implemented code. This is all on relatively greenfield solo developed codebases with tools I know inside out (Django, click based cli etc) so yes. Thanks so much for your concern, internet person!
bizzleDawg··on The creator of Claude Code's Claude setup
I spent a whole day running 3x local CC sessions and about 7 Claude code web sessions over the day. This was the most heavy usage day ever for me, about 30 pull requests created and merged over 3 projects.

I got a lot done, but my brain was fried after that. Like wired but totally exhausted.

Has anyone else experienced this and did you find strategies to help (or find that it gets easier)?

bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)
Hardian Health | Senior Product Engineer | REMOTE (UK only) | Full time flexible, 1 (initial) year contract

We're building a regulatory intelligence platform for AI in healthcare. In effect a specialist dataset + search engine for that information. Currently working to get from a Beta to production ready. This is a Full-stack role, working alongside CTO.

Stack: Python, Node, React, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Data scrapers

Fully remote with quarterly meetups. Flexible hours.

Must have UK work authorization (no visa sponsorship).

Find out more and apply: https://www.hardianhealth.com/careers-list/product-engineer

bizzleDawg··on Show HN: Claude Composer
I was thinking that on this, folks need a cron task to run a trivial prompt at 5-6am and get that 5hr timer running so that it the majority of the quota is available in the working day morning, and then a new 5hr block starts around lunch time. This should maximise use of included tokens by a standard work day spanning 3 blocks rather than 2
bizzleDawg··on Spaced repetition memory system (2024)
I'm in a similar position of never having found a use where memorising lots of facts would be useful. The main use I keep seeing is vocabulary building when learning a language. I'm sure people are using the system for learning other stuff too though?

Seeing this did make me wonder how I might be able to get better at memorising important parts of iso/iec standards at work, but I can't see how that maps to flashcards

bizzleDawg··on (Any) 8-hour time-restricted-eating window effective for weight loss
I've been following 16hr fasts by skipping breakfast and eating my first meal at around 12:00 each day. Normally have an afternoon snack, then dinner at 18:00 with my young family. Perhaps a sweet treat by 20:00 after putting the little one to bed. Honestly, it's not that tricky if you bulk up lunch a bit.

Edit: As a sibling comment says quite rightly, you do feel hungry in the late morning, but reacting to that feeling is optional

bizzleDawg··on Show HN: The App I Built to Help Manage My Diabetes
I came here to say the same as the parent comment - it's an amazing achievement, but you may well have built a medical device which needs certification in order to be on the market in the territories you want to use it in.

I work (freelance) with a consultancy [1] that helps specifically with software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD). My email is in my profile if you want to chat about what might be the best way forward.

[1]: https://www.hardianhealth.com/

bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)
Correct, thanks!
bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)
I'm working on scoping out specific problems facing "software as a medical device" (SaMD) companies. In particular issues around being able to release software at a reasonable cadence. I've been a CTO in this space for a couple of years and I am now consulting with other firms around the intersection of tech and regulatory.

It's a tight-rope walk of ensuring that all testing (software and non-software testing) and evidence is produced correctly and being able to release at a rapid pace to derisk each release. It's not uncommon for software to only be updated yearly, leading to very conservative changes and little iteration. Monthly releases are okay, but still not great.

I want to make it possible to release at least weekly and to do so safely.

If you work in this area, I'd love to chat and hear your experiences (email available via my website in bio).

bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)
Neuronostics | Senior Engineer | Python | Bristol, UK (Hybrid) | up-to £65K

Neuronostics is revolutionising diagnosis and prognosis of neurological conditions. We create algorithms and software which can be used to aid medical professionals gain more value from EEG data than ever before.

Seeking: Mid/Senior Fullstack Engineer

Stack: Python, Django, Postgres, HTMX, Terraform, AWS

Role involves: Working within the tech team to take scientific code from our science team and get it into the hands of our customers, help to build out the rest of the tech team.

Full job ad: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4028079138

Apply: recruitment@neuronostics.com

bizzleDawg··on Low Cost Mini PCs
Yeah, exactly! I suppose that it's workload dependent to a great extent
bizzleDawg··on Low Cost Mini PCs
Does anyone have any useful rules-of-thumb or heuristics for balancing this trade off of upfront cost v.s. power cost? e.g. how much does an N100 cost to run for a year v.s. say a i5-2400s (the CPU for the first row on the linked site)?
bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2024)
Thanks for the heads up. There is an email address to send applications to in the posting, and I am getting the applications opened up again. Thanks again!
bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2024)
Neuronostics | Senior Engineer | Python | Bristol, UK (Hybrid) | up-to £85K

https://neuronostics.com is revolutionising neurological disease diagnosis and prognosis through innovative algorithms and software.

We're seeking a lead engineer to join our early-stage team and help bring our products to market.

Key skills: Python, Django, HTMX, postgres, terraform, AWS, full stack development.

Email in profile for general questions about the role/company, or application link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3927996419

bizzleDawg··on The ChatGPT Linux System
It's a 2 step process for me: 1. Sanity check the python (easy for CSV, less so when it's extracting a table from a pdf) 2. Ask chatGPT to do a checksum of some sort, e.g row count matching
bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2024)
Neuronostics | Senior Engineer | Python | Bristol, UK (Hybrid) | up-to £85K

https://neuronostics.com is revolutionising neurological disease diagnosis and prognosis through innovative algorithms and software.

We're seeking a lead engineer to join our early-stage team and help bring our products to market.

Key skills: Python, Django, HTMX, postgres, terraform, AWS, full stack development.

Email in profile for general questions about the role/company, or application link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3927996419

bizzleDawg··on Ask HN: Where do you keep your messy stack of Markdown notes?
Another vote for obsidian. Aspirationally my notes are structured as per "Building a second brain" by T. Forte, but in reality things have gotten messy!

I pay for Obsidian sync having found it a lot more straight forward to keep things synced between 3 computers and a smartphone than the git sync client (occasionally would get git sync errors)

bizzleDawg··on Road resurfacing during the daytime without stopping traffic [video]
Does anyone know how the full width of the carriageway gets surfaced in this setup? Perhaps lane closures on the left/right side (sequentially) after the centre portion has been resurfaced?
bizzleDawg··on The Reasonable Effectiveness of Using Old Phones as Servers
Does anyone know if it supports ethernet when plugged in to a generic USB-C dock?

This seems like it would be a huge step up from the raspberry pi 3 I'm using for home assistant!

bizzleDawg··on When am I "allowed" to quit and not be labeled a quitter?
When I "quit my startup" that involved making several people redundant, letting down customers, and announcing that I'd been able to make it work.

I was also fearful of the potential that my name would be tarnished in the local tech scene as being unreliable, or unlikely to follow through with future projects. Think of Google's reputation when it comes to new products getting axed after half-assed efforts, but applied to a founder.

How others label you does matter when it comes to operating in a society IMHO, even if that could be classed as coercion.

bizzleDawg··on Trying out TinaCMS
It's on my to-do list for some time to try out editing my jeykll based blog in obsidian directly - especially with obsidian properties editor now being available ("properties" being yaml based front matter).

Then it's just a git commit away from publishing. You could probably even just use git sync from obsidian if you're disciplined with the published flag

bizzleDawg··on The SHA256 for this sentence begins with: one, eight, two, a, seven, c and nine.
It's way above my head mathematically as to if this is even possible, but it is hilarious how screwed so many things would be if sha256 was discovered to have a means to more quickly reverse at least a partial hash. Just off the top of my head:

  - SSL
  - Bitcoin (bonus: unlimited money hack if you can keep the discovery under wraps)
  - Signed updates for devices
Goodness only knows what I am missing, but that first one along is enough to cause an unmitigated disaster.

I assume these tweets are effectively brute forced given the fairly short prefix though and we're all safe

bizzleDawg··on Improving sleep
Scanning through the comments, I was really surprised not to see the one thing that was ultimately the cure for bad sleep for me (in addition to the basics of "caffeine hygiene" and getting some exercise):

1) Get up at the same time every day. 2) don't nap

That's it.

I believe I originally read about it here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/14/finally-a-cure-..., and implemented shortly after, so has been working for me for about 5 years.

bizzleDawg··on Have attention spans been declining?
Yep, fixed now. Thanks
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