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czhu12 commented on GPT Image 1.5 openai.com/index/new-chat... · Posted by u/charlierguo

StarterPro · 15 hours ago

In the image they showed for the new one, the mechanic was checking a dipstick...that was still in the vehicle.

I really hope everyone is starting to get disillusioned with OpenAI. They're just charging you more and more for what? Shitty images that are easy to sniff out?

In that case, I have a startup for you to invest in. Its a bridge-selling app.

czhu12 · 15 hours ago

Haven’t their prices stayed at $20/m for a while now?

czhu12 commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) · Posted by u/david927

BizyDev · 3 days ago

I see that your app/tool is linked on Portainer's website. What's the business model behind it ? I do not see any pricing and I could be really interested as I'm looking for a solution to abstract away k8s complexity for a medium sized company I'm working for.

czhu12 · 3 days ago

Yeah it’s totally free to use and there are pricing tiers for support that portainer provides. Canine is 100% FOSS. No hidden features behind some payment plan or anything.

Portainer sponsors us, to keep us working full time on it.

Shoot me a note at chris @ canine<dot>sh

Would love to help in any way I can! Always looking for more adoption, esp at medium sized companies

czhu12 commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) · Posted by u/david927

czhu12 · 3 days ago

Working on https://canine.sh, an open source, self hosted PaaS for Kubernetes.

A big part of this was inspired by the last startup I worked at. In an effort to not deal with complexities of Kubernetes, we ended up on Heroku and was charged exorbitant amounts of money. One year spending close to 400k on Heroku alone, for what should’ve been 10-15k in cloud costs.

I think a big part of this is just making Kubernetes more friendly and easier to use for a small / midsized team of developers.

The goal is to make it easy enough for even a single developer to feel comfortable with, while also being powerful enough to be able to support a small team

czhu12 commented on Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? martinalderson.com/posts/... · Posted by u/davedx

burnte · 13 days ago

> For $20 a month, the amount of value I get from ChatGPT is incredible.

I agree. Wait until it's $249 a month. You'll feel differently.

czhu12 · 13 days ago

For what its worth, I already pay 20 for Chatgpt + 100 / month for Claude Code.

czhu12 commented on Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? martinalderson.com/posts/... · Posted by u/davedx

UncleOxidant · 13 days ago

I feel like I can get all of that for free already. Not sure why I would pay a monthly subscription when I'm already getting Gemini across the Google ecosystem.

czhu12 · 13 days ago

Yeah the premise of the comment is that at some point prices will have to raised, and when that happens, if people will churn

czhu12 commented on Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? martinalderson.com/posts/... · Posted by u/davedx

forgetfreeman · 13 days ago

Lol what. Analyzing disclosures? What information of use could it possibly synthesize from a three column table with checkmarks in [no disclosure]? For your sake I sincerely hope you aren't using ChatGPT when you should be getting inspections.

czhu12 · 13 days ago

Unfortunately in SF at the moment, it seems basically all competitive offers need to waive inspection. Which is also what we did

The sellers already had an inspection done. The full report is over 100 pages

czhu12 commented on Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? martinalderson.com/posts/... · Posted by u/davedx

burnte · 14 days ago

> Will there be the same overutilisation occurring if users have to financially support the infrastructure, either through subscriptions or intrusive advertising? > I doubt it.

I agree. Right now a lot of AI tools are underpriced to get customers hooked, then they'll jack up the prices later. The flaw is that AI does not have the ubiquitous utility internet access has, and a lot of people are not happy with the performance per dollar TODAY, much less when prices rise 80%. We already see companies like Google raising prices stating it's for "AI" and we customers can't opt out of AI and not pay the fee.

At my company we've already decided to leave Google Workspace in the spring. GW is a terrible product with no advanced features, garbage admin tools, uncompetitive pricing, and now AI shoved in everywhere and no way to granularly opt out of a lot of it. Want spell check? Guess what, you need to leave Gemini enabled! Shove off, Google.

czhu12 · 13 days ago

I am totally on the other end of the spectrum. For $20 a month, the amount of value I get from ChatGPT is incredible. I can talk to it in voice mode to help brainstorm ideas, it teaches me about different subjects, it (+ claude code) helps me write boilerplate code so I can spend more time doing things I enjoy.

I'm going through the process of buying a home, and the amount of help its given is incredible. Analyzing disclosures, loan estimates, etc. Our accountant charges $200 an hour to basically confirm all the same facts that ChatGPT already gave us. We can go into those meetings prepped with 3 different scenarios that ChatGPT already outlined, and all they have to do is confirm.

Its true that its not always correct, but, I've also had paid specialists like real estate agents and accountants give me incorrect information, at the cost of days of scheduling, and hundreds of dollars. They also aren't willing to answer questions at 2am in the morning.

czhu12 commented on A new AI winter is coming? taranis.ie/llms-are-a-fai... · Posted by u/voxleone

czhu12 · 16 days ago

I think its worth discounting against the failure rates of humans also.

> Depending on the context, and how picky you need to be about recognizing good or bad output, this might be anywhere from a 60% to a 95% success rate, with the remaining 5%-40% being bad results. This just isn't good enough for most practical purposes

This seems to suggest that humans are 100%. I'd be surprised if i was anywhere close to that after 10 years of programming professionally

czhu12 commented on 'A full-blown crisis': Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs ft.com/content/beec76df-8... · Posted by u/mmarian

czhu12 · 16 days ago

One thing that I’ve been trying to understand about this discourse:

Is the sum of the increase in costs some people are now paying greater than the subsidies that previously existed?

In other words: was there always a massive bill to be paid here, but it was just previously socialized and hidden in the form of taxes/ public debt? Or does the act of subsidizing it actually decrease the total?

czhu12 commented on In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All wsj.com/us-news/in-a-u-s-... · Posted by u/nairteashop

bryanlarsen · 25 days ago

You'd think the Economist would care more about this study: https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/11/06/...

Showing that subsidized day care pays for itself.

czhu12 · 25 days ago

I think the case that they are making is exactly that -- because it is run on the cheap, is what leads to worse outcomes for children.