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Developer | Data Scientist | PhD in Economics. Website: rubenslopes.info/?lang=en
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rubslopes··on The cost of interrupted work (2023)
Of course I knew which video it was before even clicking.
rubslopes··on I dumped Google for Kagi
Sorry, I was actually translating to English. The bangs that I use are in my mother language.
rubslopes··on Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code
One thing that I'm missing from all of those Claude Code wrappers is the ability to search/replace and edit code. I'm mostly "vibing" nowadays, but often I face situations that editing the code by myself is faster than explaining it the AI.
rubslopes··on Show HN: Omnara – Run Claude Code from anywhere
Me too, using Claude Code with Termux. I rented a VPS and now I'm sshing into it. Great experience!
rubslopes··on GPT-5 vs. Sonnet: Complex Agentic Coding
"I see it now!"
rubslopes··on I dumped Google for Kagi
Kagi's bang game is so good. A few of my custom bangs:

- !w: results from last week only

- !y: results from yesterday and today only

- !io: Assistant, but offline

- !ig: Assistant, but for grammar correction

- !itr: Assistant, but for correcting and organizing transcript text

- !sh: Google shopping tab

rubslopes··on If you're remote, ramble
It's http://gather.town
rubslopes··on Study mode
That's a smart ideia from OpenAI. They don't have the upper hand anymore in terms of model performance, but they keep improving their product so that it still is the best option for non-programmers.
rubslopes··on Economists made a model of the U.S. economy. Our debt crashed the model
It's not really clickbait per se, but to non-economists, saying "they made a model of the U.S. economy" may sound like they did a novel thing. Bear in mind that creating models of the economy is basically what macroeconomists do all the time.
rubslopes··on Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly
Same here, but Siri also does not trigger its textual improving LLM thingy in the context menu in Firefox.
rubslopes··on Myanmar’s proliferating scam centers
Several elderly members of my family have unfortunately fallen for this. Voice replication is not a requirement.
rubslopes··on Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly
One can have a beefier server at home and may want to use it for running the model while out and about with their laptop.
rubslopes··on Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025
Pattern Recognition is the most accessible book of his that I have read, and it has such a great story. Neuromancer is incredible, but it's often hard to understand his prose.
rubslopes··on Andrew Ng: Building Faster with AI [video]
Relevant video https://youtu.be/CWMAOzH20mY?si=Kr8vp1vo_PpRNJ8-&utm_source=...
rubslopes··on Grok 4
I agree. Sonnet 4 has been a breeze to work with. It makes mistakes, but few.

At least for the CRUDs that I make, I really don't think I need a better model. I just wanted it to get much cheaper.

rubslopes··on Clarifying our pricing
I think they bought it for SuperMaven.
rubslopes··on Clarifying our pricing
I agree with you, but just wanted to mention something interesting that happened: I went from Sublime Text to VS Code, but kept Sublime Text for general text file and large csv editing. Now, with Claude Code, I basically abandoned VS Code, but my use of Sublime Text remained the same. So, in the end, at least for me, Sublime -- being light weight, simpler, faster -- was the one that persisted.
rubslopes··on Gmailtail – Command-line tool to monitor Gmail messages and output them as JSON
Is it just me, or is there a trend to make modern web applications accessible on the terminal?
rubslopes··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
> reversing the restriction of asbestos is currently in the works.

I really, really hoped you weren't being serious...

But https://web.archive.org/web/20250624143349/https://www.nytim...

rubslopes··on O3 Turns Pro
OpenRouter lets you send the same prompt to several models.
rubslopes··on Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
Not yet for me, still waiting for a 8-hour battery...
rubslopes··on Gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05
Roo Code, or Cline. You can allow it to run everything by itself and just watch.

I've been preferring to use Copilot agent mode with Sonnet 4, but it asks you to intervene a lot.

rubslopes··on "AI Will Replace All the Jobs " Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing
> Even if I prompt with security as the top priority...

A bit of a counterpoint: I've been programming for 12 years, but only recently started working in webdev. I have a general understanding of cybersecurity, but I never had to actively implement security measures in my code until now—and my boss is always pushing for speed.

AI has been incredible in that regard. I can ask it to review my code for vulnerabilities, explain what they are, and outline the pros and cons of each strategy. In just a month, I've learned a lot about JWT, CSRF, DDoS protection, and more.

In another world, my web apps would be far more vulnerable.

rubslopes··on Why are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 different days in JavaScript?
All solutions have problems, but I think UTC midnight is simpler than dealing with mixed date formats in the backend.
rubslopes··on Claude 4 System Card
In the future it'll probably be much more similar, when we have models with trillions of tokens of context window. We will be able to use the same conversation thread for years, and ending that thread may feel like killing someone.
rubslopes··on OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive
> I might be over simplifying things, but with infinite resources, they should be able to do better.

I don't think you are. The problem really is execution. I don’t need anything beyond what AI can already do—I just need an assistant that understands what I want and uses the right tools. I’m baffled that we still can’t get a reliable summary of emails, notifications, or appointments. If you give me the data in text format, I can paste it into ChatGPT/Gemini/Claude and have a much better dialogue than with any current phone assistant. Somehow, trillion-dollar companies still haven’t solved that.

rubslopes··on Microsoft Open Sources Copilot
It's much better now, but it only works well with Sonnet 3.7.
rubslopes··on Just Fucking Use React
Bear in mind that this is a response to another website: https://justfuckingusehtml.com/
rubslopes··on US Copyright Office found AI companies breach copyright. Its boss was fired
Another example: Microsoft suing pirated Windows distributors.
rubslopes··on VVVVVV Source Code
Super Hexagon is my all-time favorite mobile game. I bought it in 2017 and I still play it to this day. I say it's the only game quick enough that you can have fun during an elevator ride.
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