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fariszron Hubble: Open-source notetaking app for you and your agents

But does joblin support anything more than markdown? I'm thinking of using it as a like a store for agent plans, so I can easily edit stuff. Can an agent add rendered HTML, meramaid etc in joblin?

fariszron Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed

Sure, but for simple tasks that require a large context window, aka the typical usecase for 2.0 flash, it's still significantly more expensive.

fariszron Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed

These flash models keep getting more expensive with every release.

Is there an OSS model that's better than 2.0 flash with similar pricing, speed and a 1m context window?

Edit: this is not the typical flash model, it's actually an insane value if the benchmarks match real world usage.

> Gemini 3 Flash achieves a score of 78%, outperforming not only the 2.5 series, but also Gemini 3 Pro. It strikes an ideal balance for agentic coding, production-ready systems and responsive interactive applications.

The replacement for old flash models will be probably the 3.0 flash lite then.

fariszron Gemini 3 Pro Model Card [pdf]

I mean over in that I don't see a need to use the other models. Codex models are the best but incredibly slow. Claude models are not as good(IMO) but much faster. If gemini can beat them while having being faster and having better apps with better integrations, i don't see a reason why I would use another provider.

fariszron Gemini 3 Pro Model Card [pdf]

This is a big jump in most benchmarks.And if it can match other models in coding while having that Google TPM inference speed and the actually native 1m context window, it's going to be a big hit.

I hope it's isn't such a sycophant like the current gemini 2.5 models, it makes me doubt its output, which is maybe a good thing now that I think about it.

fariszron Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

https://github.com/FarisZR/knocker

Knocker, an http knock based access service for your homelab that works at a reverse proxy or firewall level.

It's a more convenient albeit less secure alternative to VPNs like tailscale. It's more convenient because it whitelists the enite network, and it's less secure for that reason.

fariszron Tailscale Peer Relays

Is there a way to force clients to use a relay? It seems like this is only meant as a fallback, but what if a relayed connection is actually faster (like when direct peering between tailnet members is slow, not rare in consumer connections)

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

Hey I'm the creator of knocker! I actually wanted to write a blog post about it before posting, but OP already did that. If you have any questions just let me know!

Will go into more details why I created in the blog post coming very soon! Just doing the final touches right now.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

The TTL is for the whitelist. The whitelist rules aren't permanent.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

Sorry if i wasn't clear. It isn't more secure, it's just more convenient because it works in every network, without needing to set up a VPN connection on each device.

I created this because I always have a VPN on my devices, and I can't have tailscale running with that, in addition to tailscale killing my battery life on android.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

> Why not just run a reverse proxy in front of (whatever service you're trying to protect) and use the API keys there?

Because it breaks the clients of most homelab services.

That's what authelia does.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

It's a compromise.It's not as secure as using a VPN, but it's way more convenient, since only one device has to have a knocker client on it without needing any sort of VPN.

The likelihood of someone is on the same network as you noticing your servic, try to hack it, before the TTL expires again is IMO quite low.

This is without taking into account that the services themselves have their own security and login processes, getting a port open doesn't mean the service is hacked.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

Tailscale is not as easy as this. It has to be installed on every device or at the router level.

And it will not work on mobile if you already use another VPN.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

I mean you are free to not use it, it's for personal use. I was annoyed by all the vpn based solutions and built knocker to have something that works without installing it on each and every device.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

I mean it's just using firewalld. You can't inspect the rules. For me it's simple enough that it shouldn't be a big security issue, but I understand and that's why I wrote that in the readme.

fariszron Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

I use tailscale for this. But I can't have two vps running at the same time on android, nor do I want to install tailscale on every device I own. I created knocker exactly for this reason.

fariszron GrapheneOS is ready to break free from Pixels

Finally! Pixel hardware is a joke, the pixel 10 pro has the performance of a three year old phone, with battery life worse than the iPhone Air (according to shortcircut/ltt tests).

Even the cameras are starting to fall behind.

I had a pixel, and it just stopped working out of nowhere. I just can't justify spending 800$+ on a phone with mid-range hardware at best Yes their software is the best, but with such hardware it just can't compensate anymore.

I don't think I will be able to wait til GrapheneOS announces their new supported phones, probably will pick up a OnePlus with battery life that doesn't suck.

fariszron Sora 2

Did they make human voices sound robotic on purpose? Is that some kind of Ai fingerprinting? It's way too obvious

fariszron Pixel 10 Phones

The phone is just in general sluggish, but video calls and usage on cellular are a catastrophe, it just turns into a hot potato.

fariszron Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

Tool use and sycophancy are still big issues in gemini 2.5 models.

fariszron Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

I'm sorry I absolutely don't agree. This model is on a whole other level.

It's not even close. https://twitter.com/fareszr/status/1960436757822103721

fariszron Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

This is the gpt 4 moment for image editing models. Nano banana aka gemini 2.5 flash is insanely good. It made a 171 elo point jump in lmarena!

Just search nano banana on Twitter to see the crazy results. An example. https://x.com/D_studioproject/status/1958019251178267111

fariszron DeepSeek-v3.1

Is it foot at tool use? For me tool use is table stakes, if a model can't use tools then its almost useless.

fariszron Pixel 10 Phones

5000mah is the standard battery size for XL phones. Still the pixels battery falls apart immediately on cellular, while heating up like crazy. Have you used your phone for navigation while on cellular? My pixel would be dead in two hours with this. Even just normal browsing on cellular data would get it to heat up and kill the battery life.

fariszron Pixel 10 Phones

It matters when the phone is supposed to last more than two years.

Poor battery life is a symptom of a slow CPU, things that don't require full performance on a snapdragon 8 elite take double the time in a pixel while needing full turbo performance.

Don't get me started on the terrible modem efficiency.

These issues are there since the Pixel 6, and Google clearly just doesn't care.

fariszron Pixel 10 Phones

At least you are buying the cheap A series, my experience was with the XL/Pro phones.

fariszron Pixel 10 Phones

Don't hold your breath, the tensor g5 is slower than a snapdragon 8 Gen 3

fariszron Pixel 10 Phones

You can see the original image.

fariszron Pixel 10 Phones

Unfortunately these new phones don't fix the main issue with the Pixel: the hardware.

The performance is just unacceptable, it's already 50%+ slower than a snapdragon 8 elite flagship released in the same year.

This affects everything, pixels just don't last nor have great battery life for this reason.And the big issue is they aren't even much cheaper anymore.

I like GrapheneOS, but my pixel just randomly stopped working after being laggy and having the worst battery life on cellular (less than 2h SOT with a 5000mah battery)

It's hard justifying buying another pixel after such a horrible experience, were it not for GrapheneOS I would never consider buying a pixel in the first place.

Heck even the camera isn't that good anymore, most photos are just gray, and the hardware is also very lacking.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-image-processi...

I found Mrwhosetheboss overview really good, he explains how the pixel just comes short in every way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRegbipwCsc

fariszron OpenAI Progress

Chatgpt.com is ironically the worst way to try gpt-5