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txtsdon Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all

Thank you, I had no idea ollama was so shady! I will start using llama.cpp directly.

txtsdon Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all

I only have 16GB VRAM, and my system uses ~4GB from that. What are my options? I got this one: `Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-IQ2_XXS.gguf`

txtsdon Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all

So I can use this in claude code with `ollama run claude`?

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

I can't argue with that. kind is the practical solution, not the ideal one.

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

I share your concerns. kind is not the ideal solution. All my communities are on discord though, so it is the practical solution until a replacement for discord completely does away with the need to use it in the first place.

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

Voice will be implemented once all the text features are up to my standards. You can check it out then. No pressure right now.

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

Eventually!

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

Thank you for your input.

Everything you listed will be worked on after initial release. It's in the works.

Nitro features will be for Nitro users only, except things that non Nitro users can see anyway.

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

I haven't pushed the code yet. I was waiting until the quality is sufficient per my standards. It should be pushed within 2 hours from now.

EDIT: Code is live.

txtsdon I used AI. It worked. I hated it

Are you not giving it enough information to work with? All of these issues you and the parent comment mentioned can be worked around by telling it HOW to do things.

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

While I can't argue against the risk, all these third party clients continue to be allowed to exist.

Ripcord and discordo were my favorites amongst the alternatives.

kind is the missing Qt FOSS alternative.

txtsdon Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?

Thanks, I'm using Qt Widgets to make this though.

And I made a website for it shortly after I made this post:

https://kind.ihavea.quest

txtsdon Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Thank you! I've bookmarked your website!

txtsdon Modetc: Move your dotfiles from kernel space

The point is to have a clean home directory.

txtsdon Ask HN: Share your personal website

https://ihavea.quest

txtsdon Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source

Open source? Where's the repo for its source code?

txtsdon Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond

Can you provide a source for India using it? I've heard nothing of the sort.

txtsdon Two billion email addresses were exposed

I suggest KeepassXC + SyncThing + KeepassDX (for Android)

txtsdon NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

It is done!

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/android_translation_layer...

txtsdon NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

I'm going to try and get android_translation_layer building on Arch and then we can have a third distro to add to the list!

txtsdon Ask HN: In 2024 what's the best way to manage contacts?

I wrote a scraper to create vCard contacts from Facebook a few years ago when I still used Facebook.

https://github.com/txtsd/fb2vcard

txtsdon 3K free SVG icons for popular brands

Just what I needed today. Thank you!

txtsdon WebP: The WebPage Compression Format

Same on Mull

txtsdon Waterfox × Tree Style Tab: A Collaboration for the Waterfox Sidebar

I built TST from source to test it. The UI feels SO MUCH smoother now!

txtsdon Android App Devs now require 20 people to test before publishing to Play Store

Wow. Could you tell us more about your journey?

txtsdon GitHub Actions could be so much better

Try the sourcehut build server

txtsdon Chidori – Declarative framework for AI agents (Rust, Python, and Node.js)

Yes. Poe's Law.

txtsdon The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) Protocol

Does this mean governments won't be able to make messaging services yield? Or will they mangle it anyway like they do TLS to block websites?

txtsdon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

https://ihavea.quest

I blogged about my involvement in FOSS last year. This year has had no updates on account of being the hardest year of my life yet, but I'll get back to it this month.