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pgm8705 commented on Ask HN: Is Claude down again? · Posted by u/coderbants

epolanski · 2 days ago

Slightly ot but I've been using OpenAI's GPT 5.4 on Codex and so far finding it more convincing than Claude with Opus 4.6 at maximum thinking for my use cases.

I'm more interested in helping with design and architecture rather than having it author tons of code.

Keep in mind that OpenAI has a way more generous tier for 20$ than Anthropic's one, and I think you can even use codex for free with the latest models, so give it a shot, you may find it better than you expected and a solid backup to Claude.

pgm8705 · 2 days ago

I agree it seems better at complex work. However, I find that it often tries to make ALL work complex. I had a simple bug fix where I knew exactly what the 1-2 line fix was. GPT 5.4 added like 200 LOC and started refactoring the entire function of the app. Was the refactor possibly an improvement? Maybe, but I needed the fix quick so I stopped it and switched to Claude, which did exactly what I was expecting.

pgm8705 commented on Why Developers Keep Choosing Claude over Every Other AI bhusalmanish.com.np/blog/... · Posted by u/gmays

pgm8705 · 15 days ago

I also have always gone back to Claude after trying new models... until GPT-5.3-Codex, specifically with the new Codex Mac app. I've been pretty much full time with it for a few weeks now and have not missed Claude Code. It can over complicate things at times, but for the most part, it is providing working solutions on first go and following coding patterns that already exist in my app. With Claude, it would frequently knock out a feature with acceptable code quality, but be completely broken and require a round of debugging.

I'm even getting by without hitting limits on the $20/month plan, whereas I needed to be on the $100/month one with Claude.

pgm8705 commented on An Update on Heroku heroku.com/blog/an-update... · Posted by u/lstoll

bobbyiliev · a month ago

I've been using DigitalOcean App Platform for a while now. It's not a 1:1 Heroku replacement, but the git-based deploys, managed DBs, and ability to move to Droplets later without a big migration have worked very well for me.

pgm8705 · a month ago

Digital Ocean App Platform is great. We switched to it from Heroku in 2021. It had some growing pains to start, but has been rock solid since. I can only think of 1 downtime incident that was their fault. They continue to improve the platform too, and are VERY responsive to requests.

pgm8705 commented on Compare the New iPhone Models apple.com/iphone/compare/... · Posted by u/skadamat

whalesalad · 6 months ago

It's because since the invention of the iPhone ram has never been a concern of the customer. I've never considered it, or felt the need to.

pgm8705 · 6 months ago

Not sure why the downvotes, it's largely true. Almost every non-techie I encounter in real life incorrectly uses the term "memory" to mean storage space.

pgm8705 commented on Basketball has evolved into a game of calculated decision-making nabraj.com/blog/basketbal... · Posted by u/_tqr3

gfunk911 · a year ago

I love the modern game. I just think the pendulum has swung a tiny bit too far toward 3s in the past 3-4 years, that's all. Just a nudge in the other direction.

My ideal would be to try changing 2s and 3s to 3s and 4s. But that will never happen.

pgm8705 · a year ago

I think it would be enough to simply move the 3 point line back a couple feet AND have it follow its natural arc out of bounds, thus eliminating the shorter and easier corner 3 shot.

pgm8705 commented on Firing programmers for AI is a mistake defragzone.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/frag

dham · a year ago

There's such a huge disconnect between people reading headlines and developers who are actually trying to use AI day to day in good faith. We know what it is good at and what it's not.

It's incredibly far away from doing any significant change in a mature codebase. In fact I've become so bearish on the technology trying to use it for this, I'm thinking there's going to have to be some other breakthrough or something other than LLM's. It just doesn't feel right around the corner. Now completing small chunks of mundane code, explaining code, doing very small mundane changes. Very good at.

pgm8705 · a year ago

Yes. I think part of the problem is how good it is at starting from a blank slate and putting together an MVP type app. As a developer, I have been thoroughly impressed by this. Then non-devs see this and must think software engineers are doomed. What they don't see is how terrible LLMs are at working with complex, mature codebases and the hallucinations and endless feedback loops that go with that.

pgm8705 commented on How I use LLMs as a staff engineer seangoedecke.com/how-i-us... · Posted by u/gfysfm

pgm8705 · a year ago

I used to feel they just served as a great auto complete or stack overflow replacement until I switched from VSCode to Cursor. Cursor's agent mode with Sonnet is pretty remarkable in what it can generate just from prompts. It is such a better experience than any of the AI tools VSCode provides, imo. I think tools like this when paired with an experienced developer to guide it and oversee the output can result in major productivity boosts. I agree with the sentiment that it falls apart with complex tasks or understanding unique business logic, but do think it can take you far beyond boilerplate.

pgm8705 commented on Deploying Rails on Docker: Kamal Alternative impactahead.com/dev/dokku... · Posted by u/thunderbong

ydnaclementine · a year ago

Exactly. But I'd love to hear what the next step after dokku is. But maybe it's just moving the db to another, separate vps, and spinning up more instances of the service all pointing at that db instance, with all of that using dokku.

pgm8705 · a year ago

I'm of the opinion that a single VPS can take you a very long way. Once you get to the point where you've outgrown that model, you're likely making enough money where something like Digital Ocean App Platform, as another commenter suggested, would be money well spent.

pgm8705 commented on Deploying Rails on Docker: Kamal Alternative impactahead.com/dev/dokku... · Posted by u/thunderbong

pgm8705 · a year ago

I've tried several times to migrate a few apps I have from Dokku to Kamal because I've been intrigued by all the hype in the Rails community about it, but I've always given up after an hour or so of unsuccessful tinkering around. Maybe it is just because it's what I'm used to, but the Dokku experience is so much better than Kamal.

pgm8705 commented on Spotify is increasing US prices again theverge.com/2024/6/3/241... · Posted by u/thunderbong

Zambyte · 2 years ago

If you're young, I really suggest you do the math for how much Spotify will cost you for the rest of your life at current prices, consider that that number is a minimum, and then look at the one time prices for DRM free albums on sites like Bandcamp or 7digital.

Streaming music just does not make sense to me economically. Listener doesn't win, the musician doesn't win... the only winner is the useless gatekeeper.

I dropped Spotify 3 or 4 years ago now, and I am glad I did.

pgm8705 · 2 years ago

I find myself contemplating this more and more now, especially as my interest in discovering new music has declined significantly as I enter middle age. My biggest concern would be replicating the cloud aspect of streaming music. Is there a good solution for having access to my library on all my devices as well as my sonos system?