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jwxz··on So you want to use OpenRouter?
Hey, thanks for reaching out. Just wanted to share my experience. I really thought there was an issue in your API.

I had quite a few Kimi K3 requests served by Sail. Most of these were fine and had the reasoning traces (I like reading them), however I noticed that some requests were being generated unusually quick and had no reasoning trace, which led me to believe another fallback model was being used, since Kimi K3 always emits reasoning tokens.

jwxz··on So you want to use OpenRouter?
I also believe some providers fallback to another model entirely. I was recently using Kimi K3 and saw that some requests had no reasoning trace whatsoever. Unsurprisingly, those requests were routed to the less reputable providers (Sail Research).
jwxz··on So you want to use OpenRouter?
For a Google model you might be better off directly using their API, which is unfortunately far more painful than using OpenRouter, but it might at least be more reliable for your product.

I think the rate limit issue happens because of OpenRouter sending so many requests to Google.

jwxz··on Plants vs. Zombies for PlayStation 2
There used to be a free web version:

https://plantsvszombies.fandom.com/wiki/Plants_vs._Zombies_(...

jwxz··on I'm Tired of Talking to AI
In the video game Cyberpunk 2077, the "Net" is overrun by rouge AI and eventually humanity has to quarantine itself from them, ironically, using another AI.

I wonder if a similar fate awaits us?

jwxz··on Zerostack – A Unix-inspired coding agent written in pure Rust
That's true, but it's not quite the same thing. The single binary you're referring to is the interpreter and source code packaged together (at least for TS/JS).

If you install too many of these "single binaries" then at some point you would be better off just having a single interpreter and using npm/pip.

By contrast the Rust binary only contains the machine code for this program and can be directly executed.

jwxz··on Zerostack – A Unix-inspired coding agent written in pure Rust
I didn't see anyone mention this, but I think having a single binary is much nicer than having a JS (or Python) program sprawled all over your system.
jwxz··on Show HN: Find the best local LLM for your hardware, ranked by benchmarks
Hilariously the commit says "delete marketingmd ai slop".
jwxz··on Understanding the Go Compiler: The Linker
I found Opus 4.6 to be good at Zig.

I got it to write me an rsync like CLI for copying files to/from an Android device using MTP, all in a single ~45 min sitting. It works incredibly well. OpenMTP was the only other free option on macOS. After being frustrated by it, I decided to try out Opus 4.6 and was pleasantly surprised.

I later discovered that I could plug in a USB-C hard drive directly into the phone, but the program was nonetheless very useful.

jwxz··on The Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button
~$500 for hosting that site feels insane to me [0]. I feel like a single $10 VPS could handle that load.

[0] https://github.com/ethanniser/NextFaster?tab=readme-ov-file#...

jwxz··on Review of Mullvad VPN
Funnily I had the opposite issue. I quit Nord and somehow I was still connected to the VPN. Luckily I caught it before I opened up anything personal.

I occasionally run this just to make sure, especially when using an unfamiliar service:

  curl ipinfo.io
jwxz··on The Rules of Programming (2023)
> code the worst-possible solution

This is also a great way to stop procrastinating and start projects.

Relevant quote:

"He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!" - Horace

jwxz··on Does “building in public” work?
> In the most lucrative enterprise market, the "good enough" bar is even lower than in the much less lucrative consumer market because the people who will actually have to use your tech aren't the ones buying it.

This reminds me of the time Citi lost $900 million due to terrible software [0].

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-17/citi-c...

jwxz··on Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round
Exactly, and I quite like the ui of reddit's mobile website.

I've switched over to https://teddit.net both on desktop and mobile.

jwxz··on Show HN: Speedreader.xyz – train yourself to read faster
I built this to help me read faster. There are many similar websites but they require too much clicking. By contrast mine only requires you to paste the text.

I use this to read (mostly long form) articles that I sort of find interesting, but not interesting enough to invest time slowly reading it. I do not use it to read books.

I can currently read around 500 WPM using this, which is a huge improvement for me because I remember a time when 250 WPM was too fast for me.

For more information regarding speed reading please look here :

https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2015/01/19/speed-reading-re...

jwxz··on Ask HN: Looking for a simple web hosting solution
> upload files; start server from bash

That's pretty much it. They give you a server you can do whatever you want with.

The 'droplets' are billed by the hour so you could try it for a few pennies. I don't think you even need to spend any of your own money. I've seen referrals that give you credit for signing up.

> Would you recommend them?

I would. The only thing you should watch out for is not going over your bandwidth limit, which only applies to outbound traffic.

jwxz··on Ask HN: Looking for a simple web hosting solution
Have you tried digitalocean?
jwxz··on YouTube's Copyright Protection System Is a Mess
You should upload some of those videos to https://archive.org