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Re:Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related? on Thursday April 09, 2026 @03:16PM (#47708399)
I am working on a network scanner in Go. No AI there, just probes and packets

https://github.com/ostefani/subnetlens

Re:Are tech companies even hiring? on Monday April 06, 2026 @06:05AM (#47658925)
They are firing :)
Re:Write Your Own Copy on Sunday April 05, 2026 @02:31AM (#47646681)
This is a problem: some people, some companies... no one want to pay | give more effort if it can be done faster and cheaper.
Re:Ask HN: Small LM or API? on Sunday April 05, 2026 @01:37AM (#47646421)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about it :)
Re:Ask HN: Small LM or API? on Sunday April 05, 2026 @01:36AM (#47646413)
I've just tried Gemma-4 26b. It's very good. I would say it's the best from what I tried so far. But I wouldn't say it runs at 4B cost. Thank you for sharing your resource :)
Re:Ask HN: Small LM or API? on Saturday April 04, 2026 @09:00AM (#47638706)
But you need to host it? Small model will provide worse results?
Re:Ask HN: Small LM or API? on Saturday April 04, 2026 @09:00AM (#47638699)
Use for support chat bot. I see a lot of open source models. Not sure if it's worth it. Reply via API from LLM should be better?