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Re:Revolut down as users report app not working on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:11AM (#50163799)
Can we still pay ? I have some shooping to do during my lunch break and I don't want to feel stupid without a way to pay at the checkout.
Re:Grok 4.7 on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:07PM (#49790988)
Absolutely not. I know Elon retweet them a lot when Grok is good. This is how I discover the company.

I like to follow them and look for benchmark for each LLM release.

Re:Grok 4.7 on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:01PM (#49790896)
Vals AI just affirm that Grok 4.7 is worse than Grok 4.6 (It ranks #24 on the Vals Index at 54.2%, down 5.0 points from Grok 4.6 (#14, 59.2%))

https://x.com/ValsAI/status/2102086608476590432

Re:httpx2 on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:05AM (#49479662)
Thanks for the explanation !
Re:httpx2 on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:54AM (#49479457)
Noob question: what's the purpose of having so many request libraries? In JavaScript it's crazy, but in Python it's starting to feel the same: requests, httpx, httpx2...

From my perspective, HTTP requests have been mastered for years (decades?). What's the point of switching libraries? What's so extraordinary about the new HTTP library that makes requests look crap?

I understand that new protocols appear from time to time (like HTTP/2), but that's very rare. And if there are performance differences between two libraries, are they really that huge? Even if they are, 99% of people don't need that boost. What prevents someone from just improving the existing library's performance?

Re:What I love about Django on Thursday August 06, 2026 @05:16AM (#49194373)
The DHH hate is absolutely crazy on HN.

I don't understand how people can be so out of touch.

Re:Grok 4.5 on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:17PM (#48835388)
Grok Build sucks compare to composer 2.5. Just use compose 2.5 and you'll have basically unlimited usage on the 40$ plan.
Compose 2.5 is the default model in Grok Build. And it's quite incredible. It's comparable to Opus 4.7 but faster and incredibly cheaper .
Re:Use Boring Languages with LLMs on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @04:41AM (#48276898)
I’ve just started a new app with an Elm frontend. I’m using Grok Build, and it integrates really well.

The compiler is incredibly helpful because it catches errors and gives clear explanations and the LLM can iterate over it. I’ve also added the elm-review package with the default configuration, which is fantastic for ensuring code quality.

I don't know how they do this, but Paris is full of Americans living there.

I think they stay for a few months. Maybe they just don't tell their company and the company still think they are working in the same place.

Americans enjoying their huge American salaries while working remotely from poor European countries
Re:GPT‑5.4 Mini and Nano on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:01PM (#47416062)
But they are getting dramatically better.

What's the point of a crazy cheap model if it's shit ?

I code most of the time with haiku 4.5 because it's so good. It's cheaper for me than buying a 23€ subscription from Anthropic.

Re:GPT‑5.4 Mini and Nano on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @01:46PM (#47415890)
To me, mini releases matter much more and better reflect the real progress than SOTA models.

The frontier models have become so good that it's getting almost impossible to notice meaningful differences between them.

Meanwhile, when a smaller / less powerful model releases a new version, the jump in quality is often massive, to the point where we can now use them 100% of the time in many cases.

And since they're also getting dramatically cheaper, it's becoming increasingly compelling to actually run these models in real-life applications.

Re:Are LLMs not getting better? on Thursday March 12, 2026 @10:53AM (#47351466)
It's because they are getting so good it's impossible to recognize them.

Haiku 4.5 is already so good it's ok for 80% (95%?) of dev tasks.

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Re:The special hell of Bolt, Europe's Uber clone on Monday July 21, 2025 @10:32PM (#44642701)
I'm all about trashing Europe when it's needed but I think this post is an hidden PR post.

It seems so fake to me and so far from the experience I have here in France.

you should not ask indie hackers for advice and you should not hang out with them.

If you build a product for marketers, you should hang out with them and ask them for advices, not indie hackers who know nothing about marketing.

If you build a product for bakers, you should hang out with them to understand what they need, not with indie hackers who have never baked anything in their lives.

That sounds logical, but for certain types of products, it is not.

There is no point in talking with indie hackers. It's only useful if you need knowledge about coding skills, which is rarely the case (especially now with AI).

Re:Using uv and PEP 723 for Self-Contained Python Scripts on Friday March 28, 2025 @06:49AM (#43503800)
How does it work ? How does it find the environment ?

Let say I have a project in `/home/boumtac/dev/myproject` with the venv inside.

If I run `uv python find --script /home/boumtac/dev/myproject/my_task.py`, will it find the venv ?

I'm not a native English speaker, but don't you use the ";" in English ?

To me, it feels like it is the same purpose as the EM dashes.

And I discovered the EM with ChatGPT, I've never seen it before.

Re:Rewrite It in Rails on Saturday November 02, 2024 @05:00AM (#42025027)
Shopify is built using Ruby on Rails, they successfully handle enormous traffic spikes during Black Friday sales without issues.

So I think we're good with performance.

Re:Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX plunges 2,000ft in 17 seconds on Friday June 28, 2024 @12:50PM (#40822474)
Something I don't understand, Boeing 737 have been flying for years without no issue.

Why since a few month are they a lot of problem with them ? Why did these problems not appear before ?

Re:GPT-4o on Monday May 13, 2024 @01:34PM (#40345861)
Did they provide the limit rate for free user ?

Because I have the plus membership which is expensive (25$/month).

But if the limit is high enough (or my usage low enough), there is no point for paying that much money for me.

I think it's because of two things.

- The first one Chrome OS.

- There's a noticeable trend where the general population is increasingly favoring smartphones over traditional computers for their digital needs. This shift has predominantly affected Windows users, as they represent a significant portion of the casual computing market. As a result, the proportion of dedicated Linux users has become more pronounced

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