I built a CLI to make it easier to run local LLMs with llama.cpp.
A few weeks later I have another tool using it to read my email and apply labels with a local model.
No credits, just scripts and a model on my laptop.
This is what I wanted local LLMs for.
#llm #localllm #llamacpp #devtools
Been playing with OpenCode + Claude and I’m starting to understand the people who say programming is dead.
I don’t agree…
but the improvement over the last 4 years is honestly a little scary.
#AI #LLM #Coding #DevLife #AIReality
Work is switching to Copilot.
Probably because of contracts.
Nobody cares as long as the LLM is still Claude.
We’ve reached the point where the model matters more than the IDE.
Might as well go back to vim. Hello again old friend.
#AI #LLM #DevLife #Copilot #Claude #Vim #AIReality
Claude writes a lot of code.
Also breaks a lot of code.
The best feature is when it decides I’m not allowed to code anymore today.
Out of credits until 5pm.
Update: 10pm.
Cool. The tests are still broken, but at least the AI is well rested.
#AI #LLM #DevLife #AIReality #HumanInTheLoop
LLM coding is great for those little quality-of-life updates you’ve always wanted to do but never make time for.
Like improving that script where you always forget the arguments, so you add a picker and some basic sanity checks.
#AI #LLM #Coding #DevLife
Oh I did that Mr AI. Several times, even tried different models.
Two days debugging a test with Claude.
Code rewrites. Debug prints. Same “fixes” on repeat. Credits gone.
I finally looked at it myself. Took me less than an hour to find the bug.
Bad import statement.
#AI #LLM #Coding #DevLife #AIReality #HumanRequired #Debugging
Stirling engine → 10Ω → Schottky diode → 220F supercap.
Ran for 24:42 on 8g of Denatured Alcohol.
Cap went from 1.19V to 1.2885V.
Stored ~27 joules. ~18mW average.
#electronics #StirlingEngine #DIY #EnergyHarvesting #Stirling #DIYenergy #supercapacitor
Nothing like a 2026 AI confidently gaslighting me about a 1994 SNES game.
ChatGPT: “You don’t need to go back to Threed.”
Me: stuck in Mr. Saturn Village for days.
An ancient walkthrough: “Go back to Threed.”
It worked.
#EarthBound #SNES #RetroGaming #AI #LLMs #GamingLife
Just hit the part in The Wandering Inn: Lady of Fire where Magnolia enforces rules on Erin’s door without consent.
Grrr, if I were Erin I would cut off Invrisil. The door can move to another city. But I’m not a Chessmaster like Erin.
#TheWanderingInn #LadyOfFire #MagnoliaReinhart #ErinSolstice
Worst case, I containerize the house and ship it.
Generated code runs in sandboxed libs with strict allow/block rules for file + network access. This catches things my human brain might miss and prevents hallucinations from doing damage.
It generates tests and code. I hand review both. I think of it as Human Required.
Been working on my own agent program.
It can now generate its own code and use existing project files as context.
All running locally. Real local.
No API keys. No third-party bills.
#AI #LocalLLM #Agents #Programming #IndieDev #SelfHosted #BuildInPublic
That feeling when you’re reading a good book and the final battle has started, but there’s still a third of the book left.
#Books #Reading #Fantasy #SciFi #ExpeditionaryForce
Ordered 1800flowers for Valentines Day like I have many times before. And this year the flowers are very disappointing. Wife even said that grocery store flowers would have been better.
#VDay #Valentines #Flowers #Disappointing
Here it is solving the "maze".
Been working on some reinforcement learning.
Got the model solving my basic maze.
Started with Claude, burned through days of credits, still couldn’t get it there. Ended up writing it by hand.
Now it works. 8 headless Godot servers running physics in parallel.
#RL #AI #Godot #Programming
AI has 3 phases:
1. “It’s amazing!”
2. “Dumb POS” (you waste days on what you could’ve done in hours)
3. Acceptance: useful sometimes, nowhere near the hype.
#AI #LLM #DevLife
After 4 hours of running bright, I’ve gotta call it and go to bed.
Cap is still sitting at 1.88V, which means in theory this LED would’ve stayed bright for another hour+ easy.
#electronics #supercapacitors #ultracapacitor
#benchlife #diyelectronics #learningbydoing
#energyharvesting
More than 10 min since I disconnected the batteries and it’s still going strong.
#electronics #supercapacitors #ultracapacitor
#diyelectronics #benchlife #madscience
Let there be light! Got the cap up to 1.6V after many many hours.
Slowly, carefully, responsibly charging an ultracap for the first time. 100R resistor and 2xAA batteries.
Current-limited. Meter watching. No sparks.
#electronics #supercapacitors #ultracapacitor
#diyelectronics #energyharvesting #benchlife
#madscience #candlepower #learningbydoing
These just showed up and I definitely have no plans to connect them to a candle and charge batteries with fire.
Totally normal.
(muhahahaha) 😈🕯️⚡
#electronics #supercapacitors #energyharvesting
#candlepower #diyelectronics #madscience
#benchlife #muhahahah
Built a selectable load box and started real measurements. Peltier is upcycled from a dead mini fridge. Hot side was ~200°F water, cold side ice from outside. It peaked around ~0.1W at ~10Ω and collapsed fast below that.
#Electronics #DIYElectronics #Maker #EnergyHarvesting #HomeLab
Selectable load box is alive! rotary switch, cement resistors, with a messy perfboard. Resistance readings check out. Next step is throwing real power at it with a Stirling + Peltier.
#Electronics #DIYElectronics #Maker #EnergyHarvesting #HomeLab
Didn’t plan this one very well, but it’s turning into a selectable load box anyway. Cement resistors, perfboard, rotary switch. Using it to poke at a Stirling engine + a Peltier and see how many watts I can make.
#Electronics #DIYElectronics #Maker #EnergyHarvesting #HomeLab
Started an interesting workflow. I tell #ChatGPT what I want. It writes a prompt for #Claude to write the code and make the changes. I review everything and keep both on track. I also have #ChatGPT review #Claudes work and make suggestions.
Haha I hope I don’t see that. Sounds like something you see right before the magic smoke escapes.
Did you know resisters come in concrete? I Didn’t until now. Working on a circuit that will allow me to measure the power output of my Sterling Engine.
#Electronics #DIYElectronics #Maker
#EnergyHarvesting #Thermoelectric #StirlingEngine
#Perfboard #HomeLab #LearningInPublic
I liked the little one so much I printed another at 250% #3DPrinting
