codazoda

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by codazoda 4d ago
I’ve written a little about it here: https://joeldare.com/creating-a-minimal-dark-factory So far I’ve created a couple simple web based games and a BASIC32 interpreter that boots on an ESP32 and turns it into a 1980’s style
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by codazoda 4d ago
I use Sonnit for my personal work and Opus for my professional work. For my personal stuff, I'm on a small $20 plan, so I need to use tokens conservatively. I was very rarely exceeding limits until I built a Dark Software Factory. It&#
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by codazoda 4d ago
That is almost to say that the only part of the project that matters is the code. But the code is only a tiny part. I take joy in describing the thing and bringing that vision to life.
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by codazoda 4d ago
This is timely for me. Just an hour ago I made my most recent pen plotter generative art free on my website. I plan to send high resolution scans to everyone who joins my mailing list so you can print them at home. In contrast with the auth
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by codazoda 5d ago
I once did this by accident and without a bot farm. It was very lucrative. What I did was create a game with an action button. Then I served ads right next to the action button. I didn’t realize people would miss click on the ads at a high
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by codazoda 8d ago
My guess is the disks or drive are bad. I have a similar modern Chinese USB 3.5” floppy drive and a box of disks from the 80’s and most of them seem to work fine in that combination.
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by codazoda 8d ago
My research is a few months old, but at the time Vizio looked like the least bad option, largely because a lawsuit had pushed them to narrow what they collect.
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by codazoda 8d ago
Sounds pretty good. Reminds me of the Demo Scene and the types of music they were able to create.
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by codazoda 10d ago
Single html file, ~1000 lines. Love this kind of software.
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by codazoda 13d ago
I want a Qwen 3.8 27B hosted locally but I don't quite have the RAM for it. And, I don't want to buy the RAM until I prove I can use it. Yesterday I did have success with Gemma-4-12b with 128k context. It fits in my RAM and it&#x2
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by codazoda 13d ago
Really an aside, but yesterday I got the Gemma-4-12b (128k context) to build it's first web app in the minimal Dark Software Factory I've been building for myself. https://joeldare.com/a-local-open-weight-model-bui
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by codazoda 13d ago
Got it. But, they also charge the same for cached tokens, so that probably closes the gap on Foundation models quite a bit.
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by codazoda 13d ago
Do I understand their pricing correctly? This is $10 per month for a developer account PLUS you pay $1.49/M for output tokens and $0.99/M for input tokens on Qwen 3.8 27b with a 128k context? EDIT: Or, maybe it's just token p
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by codazoda 13d ago
I kinda assume it's because one went down and a large amount of work shifted to another. I'm also aware that they have overlap in some areas on data centers.
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A Local Open-Weight Model Builds Its First Web App from a GitHub Issue(joeldare.com)
2 points by codazoda 13d ago|0 comments
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by codazoda 14d ago
I never tried ASM on it. Interestingly, the TRS-80 CoCo did not have a Z80, it had a 6809E @ 0.895 / 1.79 MHz. Mine had been upgraded to 64KB of RAM.
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by codazoda 14d ago
My identity is tied to it's competitor, the TRS-80 CoCo, released in 1980. I didn't own it until a few years later. My friends had the Commodore 64 and I was jealous. Your art reminded me that some of my earliest code produced ani
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by codazoda 16d ago
In my experience they work well for some jobs. I recently built a minimal Dark Software Factory out of an N150 Mini PC. It uses three models; Sonnit, Sol, and Gemma. But, I have a LOT of instructions about how I prefer the software it build
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by codazoda 18d ago
> I have glued two small neodymium magnets to a 0.2mm fineliner pen This sounds like an extremely simple way to attach a pen to a 3D printer. I'd love to see a picture of it. I own an Ender 3 V2, which is a great little printer. I u
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by codazoda 23d ago
I’m not sure I understand the correct answer. A public company has a fiduciary duty to the shareholders. This company opted to become public.
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by codazoda 24d ago
You may or may not like agents mode. I also hate flipping tabs, but I enjoy using agent mode with well named sessions. I still stick with a single session until I must move to another, then I leave them around for a few days until I’m sure
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by codazoda 26d ago
I was recently inspired by another article here to start my own. My skills are written and tested, the factory has built the first test project, and I’m setting up the final machine to run it. Here’s my initial post about my motivation and
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I'm Creating a Minimal Dark Software Factory(joeldare.com)
1 points by codazoda 1mo ago|0 comments
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by codazoda 1mo ago
I really enjoy this format. Like reading a story from the authors life. Like you might read in an autobiography. I don’t think I write this way very often, but I enjoyed reading it. My takeaway is to write a bit like a journal more often.
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by codazoda 1mo ago
I don’t want to read AI slop either, but it only seems to be a rule for comments.
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by codazoda 1mo ago
And the keyboard is SO BAD. :P Source: I still own a TRS-80 CoCo.
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TRS-80 Color Computer Extended Basic Emulator in JavaScript(github.com)
16 points by codazoda 1mo ago|2 comments
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by codazoda 1mo ago
How are you doing this with Opus. Clearly I’m missing something. I always turn to ChatGPT when I need images because Opus typically refuses. I’ve tried Claude Code and Claude online in the past. I’m pretty sure neither created images for me
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by codazoda 1mo ago
Aside: The Typora website is horrible on mobile.
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by codazoda 1mo ago
I wore these glasses for two years. I won't buy them again for reasons mentioned elsewhere. In that time nobody ever mentioned them. It's relatively difficult to pick these out in a crowd, unless they are actively recording (and e

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