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kjohansonon 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6

Yeah, I start most of my sessions now with “read the diff between this branch and main”. Seems like it grounds and focuses it.

kjohansonon Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)

A personal agentic tool for action cam video editing. When I moto / ski / bike, I leave my helmet cam rolling the entire time. It takes a very long time to 1. find scenes and 2. edit them down into a reel or video. It works well for my amateur use case - basic edits with only cuts and transitions.

kjohansonon What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?

I was riding my dirt bike way the heck out in the mountains where there was no service.. at some point I realize I lost my phone. I went back to look for it but it was hopeless. I used my friends phone to log into my apple account and set it to lost mode (so it has contact info when someone finds it, and alerts me when it gets service again). Later that day my wife gets a call from my phone, we meet the guy at a gas station, and pick it up. He lived pretty far away and he insisted on meeting me halfway, and didn’t seem like a person of means. He did accept a finders fee at least.

A lot of people have done a lot of nice things for me, that one kind of stands out since he didnt seem like he had much.

I have a lot of such stories while riding dirt bikes. Kind of need to depend on the help of others if you get wedged or injured.

I will also never forget the CEO who gave me 3 paid months time off when I was hospitalized / sick. I think it was a risk for him since it was unclear I would be able to work again, but fortunately I made it back.

kjohansonon A $20k electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto

Bed is too short to be very practical. Also too expensive for what it is. I wanted a maverick but it’s a 4.5’ bed… Ended up with a 6’ Tacoma. You can find good condition used tacomas in the low 20s

kjohansonon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)

Location: Los Angeles / Orange County, CA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Web dev, distributed computing, SQL, databases, ML, operating systems Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-berry-6b190825

I have over a decade of back-end web development experience at a petabyte-scale digital asset management company, which I helped grow from a startup to a medium sized company. The company has recently been acquired. I have designed, implemented, and led teams to implement many critical features, such as AI-powered search, an in-house CDN, image processing systems, and more.

I’m looking to work at another small to medium sized company where I can have a large impact. Willing to entertain larger companies as well.

Email: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-berry-6b190825 (I would like to spare my email the spam)