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ayewo commented on Claude Code is being dumbed down? symmetrybreak.ing/blog/cl... · Posted by u/WXLCKNO

qwertox · 18 hours ago

I absolutely love reading thoughts and see the commands it uses. It teaches me new stuff, and I think this is what young people need: be able to know WHAT it is doing and WHY it is doing it. And have the ability to discuss with another agent about what the agent and me are trying to archive, and we can ask them questions we have without disturbing the flow, but seeing the live output.

Regarding the thoughts: it also allows me to detect problematic paths it takes, like when it can't find a file.

For example today I was working on a project that depends on another project, managed by another agent. While refactoring my code it noticed that it needs to see what this command is which it is invoking, so it even went so far as to search through vs code's user data to find the recent files history if it can find out more about that command... I stopped it and told it that if it has problems, it should tell me. It explained it can't find that file, i gave it the paths and tokens were saved. Note that in that session I was manually approving all commands, but then rejected the one in the data dir.

Why dumb it down?

ayewo · 14 hours ago

> While refactoring my code it noticed that it needs to see what this command is which it is invoking, so it even went so far as to search through vs code's user data to find the recent files history if it can find out more about that command... I stopped it and told it that if it has problems, it should tell me.

TIL that there's an especially apt xkcd comic for this scenario: "Zealous Autoconfig"

https://xkcd.com/416/

ayewo commented on A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks twitter.com/karpathy/stat... · Posted by u/bigwheels

gloosx · 15 days ago

So what is he even coding there all the time?

Does anybody have any info on what he is actually working on besides all the vibe-coding tweets?

There seems to be zero output from they guy for the past 2 years (except tweets)

ayewo · 15 days ago

> There seems to be zero output from they guy for the past 2 years (except tweets)

Well, he made Nanochat public recently and has been improving it regularly [1]. This doesn't preclude that he might be working on other projects that aren't public yet (as part of his work at Eureka Labs).

1: https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat

ayewo commented on The browser is the sandbox aifoc.us/the-browser-is-t... · Posted by u/enos_feedler

lukan · 17 days ago

How did you got that impression?

There is the universal hate for flash because it was used for ads and had shitty security, but anyone I know who actually used AS3 loved it.

At its peak, with flex builder, we also had a full blown UI Editor, where you could just add your own custom elements designed directly with flash ... and then it was all killed because Apple did not dare to open source it, or put serious efforts on their own into improving the technical base of the flash player (that had aquired lots of technical dept).

ayewo · 17 days ago

> ... and then it was all killed because Apple did not dare to open source it, or put serious efforts on their own into improving the technical base of the flash player (that had aquired lots of technical dept).

IIRC, they couldn't open source Flash due to its use of a number of 3rd party C/C++ libraries that were proprietary.

Adobe's license with these 3rd parties permitted binary-only distribution so it would have meant renegotiating a fresh license (and paying out $$$) for an EOL codebase that had enormous technical debt, as you also acknowledge in your last sentence.

ayewo commented on Bugs Apple loves bugsappleloves.com... · Posted by u/nhod

nneonneo · 20 days ago

I have a fun one: my iPhone (12 Pro) refuses to acknowledge that it has eSIM functionality, even though the hardware exists.

I'm fairly sure I know what the problem is! It was restored from a backup taken on an iPhone X that had two physical SIM slots (Chinese version). The new phone now seems to think it has two physical SIM slots: it shows an IMEI2 in About, but any attempt to use the eSIM functionality just fails (scanning a code does "nothing"; no "add" button is visible, etc.).

If this was an Android phone, I'd root it and just fix the offending network configuration file. I believe it's possible to tamper with a backup of the phone to fix the issue, but this would mean a full backup+restore cycle and some specialized tooling to go mucking with the backup.

I filed a Radar on it ages ago, but I'm assuming nobody ever picked it up.

ayewo · 18 days ago

You could try resetting only the Network Settings to see if that changes anything.

Settings -> Transfer or Reset Phone -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings

ayewo commented on I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file? hugodaniel.com/posts/clau... · Posted by u/hugodan

troyvit · 20 days ago

This really speaks to the need to separate the LLM you use and the coding tool that uses it. LLM makers utilizing the SaaS model make money on the tokens you spend whether or not they need them. Tools like aider and opencode (each in their own way) use separate tools build a map of the codebase that they can use to work with code using fewer tokens. When I see posts like this I start to understand why Anthropic now blocks opencode.

We're about to get Claude Code for work and I'm sad about it. There are more efficient ways to do the job.

ayewo · 20 days ago

When you state it like that, I now totally understand why Anthropic have a strong incentive to kick out OpenCode.

OpenCode is incentivized to make a good product that uses your token budget efficiently since it allows you to seamlessly switch between different models.

Anthropic as a model provider on the other hand, is incentivized to exhaust your token budget to keep you hooked. You'll be forced to wait when your usage limits are reached, or pay up for a higher plan if you can't wait to get your fix.

CC, specifically Opus 4.5, is an incredible tool, but Anthropic is handling its distribution the way a drug dealer would.

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ayewo · a month ago

https://ayewo.com

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alansaber · a month ago

It's nuanced but for me it boils down to: prefer videos for novel information/narrative, docs for something I know

ayewo · a month ago

I'm similar and I think it comes down to the exploration versus exploitation dilemma [1].

When I'm in exploration mode, time is plentiful. This makes linear mediums like videos excellent primary sources of information.

When I'm in exploitation mode, time is short making videos a bad fit for the time I have to spend. I'd rather prefer text-based primary sources that will allow non-linear consumption.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration%E2%80%93exploitati...

ayewo commented on A guide to local coding models aiforswes.com/p/you-dont-... · Posted by u/mpweiher

versteegen · 2 months ago

I have no idea at all whether the GCP "Service Specific Terms" [1] apply to Gemini CLI, but they do apply to Gemini used via Github Copilot [2] (the $10/mo plan is good value for money and definitely doesn't use your data for training), and states:

  Service Terms
  17. Training Restriction. Google will not use Customer Data to train or fine-tune any AI/ML models without Customer's prior permission or instruction.

[1] https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms

[2] https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/ai-models/model...

ayewo · 2 months ago

Thanks for those links. GitHub Copilot looks like a good deal at $10/mo for a range of models.

I originally thought they only supported the previous generation models i.e. Claude Opus 4.1 and Gemini 2.5 Pro based on the copy on their pricing page [1] but clicking through [2] shows that they support far more models.

[1] https://github.com/features/copilot#pricing

[2] https://github.com/features/copilot/plans#compare

ayewo commented on A guide to local coding models aiforswes.com/p/you-dont-... · Posted by u/mpweiher

lodovic · 2 months ago

I actually get more mileage out of Claude using a Github Copilot subscription. The regular Claude Pro will give me an hour or up to 90 minutes max, before it reaches the cap. The Github version has a monthly limit for the Claude requests (100 "premium requests") which I find much easier to manage. I was about to switch to the max plan but this setup (both Claude pro and Github Copilot, costing 30 a month together) was just enough for my needs. With a bonus that I can try some of the other model offerings as well.

ayewo · 2 months ago

In practice, how does switching between Claude and GitHub Copilot work?

1. Do you start off using the Claude Code CLI, then when you hit limits, you switch to the GitHub Copilot CLI to finish whatever it is you are working on?

2. Or, you spend most of your time inside VSCode so the model switching happens inside an IDE?

3. Or, you are more of a strict browser-only user, like antirez :)?

ayewo commented on Show HN: HN Wrapped 2025 - an LLM reviews your year on HN hn-wrapped.kadoa.com?year... · Posted by u/hubraumhugo

AndrewDucker · 2 months ago

Okay, mine was just awesome. Thank you. The only thing that would make it better would be if it could be easily saved.

(Also, it's a shame that it regenerates the xkcd every time)

"A seasoned architect who spends their days patrolling the wall between actual engineering and unsustainable AI hype while desperately trying to keep their Windows 10 box alive until the heat death of the universe. You are the only person on the internet who still remembers what a build script does and why we shouldn't let LLMs touch them without adult supervision."

ayewo · 2 months ago

Your xkcd comic is hilariously epic! :D

https://kadoa.b-cdn.net/wrapped/AndrewDucker-1766263283894.p...