Not usually but I've had periods where I've only been listening to AI-generated music (my own and others) instead of using Spotify. Suno is getting really good now.
Readit Newsjameshiew commented on Ask HN: Does anyone just listen to their own AI music now? · Posted by u/ivape
Could you share your mcp configuration? I am having trouble getting GitHub copilot to work with mcp.
This is my `mcp.json` in VS Code (requires `uvx` and `npx` to be available):
{
"servers": {
"context7": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@upstash/context7-mcp"
],
"type": "stdio"
},
"fetch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-fetch"
],
"type": "stdio"
},
"git": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-git"
],
"type": "stdio"
},
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@playwright/mcp@latest"
],
"type": "stdio"
},
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "${input:brave-api-key}"
},
"type": "stdio"
}
},
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "brave-api-key",
"description": "Brave Data for AI API Key",
"password": true
}
]
}
I think its much better than opus. I would describe its code output as boring and to the point, no fluff. O3 Pro is better at abstraction, but grok heavy is better at bug hunting, and only doing exactly as needed. I swapped my openai pro license for grok, its good. Another big advantage is the context window size. Honestly I use these models all day long, and have felt that while sonnet 3.5 was ground breaking, but that anthropic is behind google, openai, and now xai.
For tools, I use repo prompt + grok website. Personally think claude code is overrated, and hand building the context by selecting the files is far better for complicated tasks
How do you find o3-pro for coding? I've also been taking the approach of hand building context and copying and pasting it in for complicated tasks where I want lots of reasoning, like bug/security audits.
I found o1-pro unbelievably good for coding, but when o3-pro was released, I saw the response length in ChatGPT was gimped severely compared to o1-pro, so didn't find it all that useful - it couldn't output long enough responses. I actually cancelled my ChatGPT subscription as it seemed like such a downgrade, though I'll probably try using again via OpenAI's API at some point, so long as the response length isn't capped. I'm tempted to try out Grok 4 Heavy.
I've barely tried Claude Code but looking to experiment with it as well after hearing a lot of good things about it. I've had good experiences with the GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code for working with Rust, specifically with Sonnet 4.
Refactoring duplicate code into a helper function should be achievable with current agents. To replace existing code with an external crate , you could try giving the agent access to a browser (e.g. playwright-mcp), and instructing it to browse the crate docs. For anything that involves using APIs that may be past the knowledge cutoff for the agent's model, it's definitely worthwhile to have some MCP tools on hand that'll let it browse for up-to-date info - the brave-search and context7 MCPs are good.
jameshiew commented on Ask HN: Have you ever taken a career break or gap year to hack? · Posted by u/dheera
Yes, I've taken multiple - anywhere from a couple months to an entire year during COVID. Travelling, trying my hand at a business, others to just take a break and work on side projects or freelancing before fully jumping back in.
It's good to consider the financial impact seriously in balance with everything else - not only the income you won't earn, but also how that would have compounded across your lifetime.
To address your point about recruiter emails, I still get them. So long as you can provide value to a business at the end of your break it's not necessarily an issue, though you might have to work harder to demonstrate that - I think especially for the soft skills you'd otherwise be using day-to-day in a workplace as opposed to when you're just doing your own thing.
Location: London, United Kingdom - open to working with US timezones
Remote: yes (can work hybrid or full time on-site if there is an office in London)
Willing to relocate: no
Technologies: Rust, Go, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Python, React, Java
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameshiew/
Email: james@hiew.net
GitHub: https://github.com/jameshiew
Website: https://james.hiew.net
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5+ years software development experience, mostly working on backend systems at fintechs. Seeking an IC role using the Rust programming language (and other tech as well!)
My previous experience ranges from working in cross-functional teams at larger corps, to being the sole fullstack developer for a startup. Some of the more interesting things I've worked on: an event-driven scheduling service (think dkron), core protocol logic for a blockchain validator in Rust, and complex SQL models for financial pipelines.
Let's talk if I sound like a fit for your engineering team or project: james@hiew.net
jameshiew commented on Codeium launches Windsurf – the first agentic IDE codeium.com/blog/windsurf... · Posted by u/lukebennett
Very cool, hopefully VS Code eventually builds in native support for whatever functionality is missing that is part of the reason for these forks.
The new web search icon appeared for me straightaway in the ChatGPT macOS desktop app, within an in-progress conversation, without even having to restart. Before I'd even seen this official launch announcement. Very smooth!
Thoughts on Cloudflare?
Great but only so long as you want to use their nameservers. I had a domain with them that I wanted to use with AWS Route 53 nameservers which I was unable to - then I had to wait the standard ~60 days before I could transfer it out which caused a headache in the meantime.
Cloudflare Registrar has the best prices since they literally don't make any money on selling domains. They also fulfill all your requirements. I recently transferred my domain from Hover to Cloudflare. No issues and I can save some money. Hover is fine but their prices have been getting more and more expensive.
Cloudflare is straightforward to use but watch out, they don’t let you use custom nameservers, which is very unusual for a domain registrar. As great as Cloudflare’s nameservers are, this was a dealbreaker for me and I eventually moved all my domains off of there.