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I work in big tech. I'm a SWE manager, but I have a half a mind to return to being an IC at some point. I am using LLMs at work (mostly for reporting stuff etc), and for coding personal side projects, and generally…

I have a Macbook Air M3 with 24gb RAM. The other day, I wanted to try running an LLM locally for the first time ever. I ran gemma-4-e4b and threw some chats at it. It reminded me of my very first experiences with…

Hi HN, This is a small python app with optional webUI. It is intended to be run locally. It can be run with Docker (cookie autodetection will not work). It allows you to download a single substack, either entirely or…

Hey HN, I'm on a quest for a distraction-free writing device and considering a super cheap laptop which I can just run vim/nano on. I'd like: - Excellent battery life - Good keyboard - Sleep/wake capabilities (why is…

When TikTok first came out, I tried it and unambiguously thought "I am too old for this, this is not good for me, I don't like this" Fast forward to today and Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram have all effectively become…

Hey HN, I don't expect to find a solution here, but I'm curious if anyone has thoughts. My wife is a musician and she is very nostalgic about the sound she got when recording with a ~20 year old audio interface (the…

Hi HN, I'm looking for career advice and wisdom, especially from those who've made it further along in their career. I'm turning 39 next week, and I'm currently a L62 SWE at Microsoft (this is one level below "Senior",…

Hello HN, I'm frankly just so tired of the modern web when it comes to reading the news, journalism, or many other kinds of content, since it seems every website is an absolute mess of javascript trackers, cookies, and…

I live in Redmond and work at Microsoft. I'm 38 and have a family. I'm an "SRE" with a security clearance working on government cloud stuff. Mostly DevOps type work, but using tools that are pretty awful (running…