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nodakaion Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers

I also started playing with 3.5 Flash and was impressed.

It’s 2× faster than its competitors. For tasks where “one-shotting” is unrealistic, a fast iteration loop makes a measurable difference in productivity.

nodakaion What I wish someone told me about Postgres

That nested JSON query operator chains such as json_col->'foo'->'bar'->>'baz' internally return (copy) entire sub-objects at each level and can be much slower than jsonb_path_query(json_col, '$.foo.bar.baz') for large JSONB data

... although I haven't had the chance to verify this myself

nodakaion Solar-powered Japanese tiny van 'PUZZLE' unveiled ahead of North American sales

> As President of HW ELECTRO Hsiao Weicheng explained at the unveiling:

His name stood out to me. Growing up in Japan, I didn't come across names like that very often.

nodakaion A peek into Japan's convenience stores

The greetings are partly intended to prevent shoplifting. "We are aware you entered our store, we are watching you."

Well, it's fair to say the "unison" part is a Japanese thing...

nodakaion Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challenge their skills

Chapter 16: 'Recovered' vs 'Returned'