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Re:DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 by dd8601fn on Saturday August 08, 2026 @12:05AM (#49218808)
I have a silly (but honest) question. What's an example or two of a > 24hr task that people are actually asking something to do? Like real life ones.
Re:DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 by trollbridge on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:49AM (#49219200)
Decompiling / disassembling and annotating old software, making sure it can build cleanly back to the original binary, and then look for bugs or subtle issues.

Another one I did was a printer data stream translator from an obscure format to PostScript/PDF (or just PNGs), complete with cups support, etc so these old apps can easily be hooked up.

Flash is capable now of running long range defined-goal tasks like this.

Re:DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 by vehemenz on Saturday August 08, 2026 @09:17AM (#49221591)
I wondered this too. Also, the duration of the task depends on the quality of the prompt and the model used. I have a feeling a lot of these day-long tasks are bogged down by suboptimal tool use and on-demand python slop.
Re:DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 by canadiantim on Saturday August 08, 2026 @10:23AM (#49222085)
Working through the total backlog of issues in a repo that may have accumulated from planning sessions