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prtmnth··on Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category
Am I missing something? Nextjs static export would have solved this I feel. And hosting it on Cloudflare Pages and put the CDN in front and you're done.

Having said that, sure perhaps Astro would be lighter than Nextjs.

prtmnth··on OpenCode 2.0
I had to update because the previous OpenCode 2.0.3 I had installed stopped working suddenly. I love the idea behind OpenCode but compared to managing Claude and Codex, it's such a pain and requires continuous debugging or managing.
prtmnth··on I let an AI run my startup for a week
It's super tempting to work from my phone when I'm not at my desk. But every time I do that, let's say while lounging or during a walk, I realise it takes me away from being in the moment or experience of what I'm doing.

If I'm going on a walk, I like the complete disconnect, looking at nature and the mountains and goats and sheep on the roads.

If I'm lounging, I like being at rest and not active thinking with my brain.

Even passive thinking while speaking to an AI agent in the background breaks this flow state of being at rest and relaxation.

So for the time being, at the risk of being "less productive", I am happy to let go of speaking to my agents and getting things done while I am not working.

However, I do enjoy the benefits. I'm not a luddite. If there's a critical issue and I am notified and with a fix that's awaiting my approval, I'm glad that AI and phone can enable handling that situation without me knowing about it mid-hike and unable to do anything about it. So I'll still continue experimenting with working from the phone. But consciously, I want to design the experience for handing exceptions, and not make it an extension of me being at work at my desk.

prtmnth··on Launch HN: Agent37 (YC F26) – Low-cost agent sandboxes for running agents
This is amazing! We are using Box (now Boat dev) and yours is the first offering that looked even more economical. Will be exploring. Cheers and all the best
prtmnth··on Next.js 16.4
I've found Vite + React SPA ( Tanstack Router/Query) with a Nodejs/Fast API to work so simply and so easy to reason about. The entire SSR and caching etc. thing adds a lot of mental overhead.

Not to mention this stack can be deployed literally anywhere with great ease.

prtmnth··on Cloudflare acquires Deno
This news made me rethink about building on Bun. It's a bit iffy now.
prtmnth··on Tell HN: Codex Is Down [fixed]
I switched to Claude. Opus 5.5 was causing fomo anyway. This was the trigger. I admit I have zero loyalty
prtmnth··on Cloudflare Quick Tunnels
Using Tailscale in exactly the same way. It has been such a blessing!
prtmnth··on I wanna live an NPC life
Funnily I find the OP's thoughts to very much define what a main character is.

An NPC is given a role and identify and they are bound by it forever.

The main character chooses what they want. Whatever that is. But they exercise agency and their own will to choose their reality and what they wish to do and not do. What they wish to care and not care about.

The OP is not an NPC. I believe the OP wants to live a less stressful life. The OP is pulled towards a simple life that does not involve flashy things or high status (this is my interpretation).

Which in today's status signal fueled world may feel like being an NPC. But in my opinion, it is the exact opposite.

prtmnth··on OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21)
Through OpenRouter you can get Sol for $2 input / $10 output which makes it a really attractive choice amongst frontier models.
prtmnth··on A week of using Codex more than Claude
I cancelled my Claude subscription to give Codex a proper shot for a month. 1 week in, I'm more than happy. Sol is fast and capable. Luna as subagents for execution are very cheap usage wise (and API price wise too).

I think more than anything else, I don't get a headache conversing with Sol. That alone is enough reason for me to stick to Codex.

Experimenting with adding open source models to the mix to get more execution done while using Sol as the brain.

prtmnth··on Ox Alpha
Online chatter seems to suggest it's either a GLM-5.3 Flash or a Microsoft model. I am leaning a flash model from GLM aiming to disrupt DeepSeek v4 Flash
prtmnth··on DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp
I think my only gripe with DeepSeek was the lack of vision capabilities. This is an awesome and much awaited update!
prtmnth··on Codex on AWS bedrock bug causing 10x charges
Codex usage feels exorbitantly high since today. They [0] are denying it, but the number of anecdotal users who decided to raise this as an issue (as a result it's trending on X) says otherwise.

[0] https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2090675027670978569

prtmnth··on Why travellers are obsessed with foreign supermarkets
One of my favorite travel activities is browsing supermarkets and in awe of the interesting products on the shelves. So much fun!
prtmnth··on DeepSeek Harness developer preview
Missed opportunity to call it DeepCode
prtmnth··on Gemini 3.7 Flash
I am curious to understand who is this model targeted at?
prtmnth··on Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code
Before auto mode came out, I had a script that ran before every permission request, it called Haiku with a prompt with a list of safe and unsafe command examples and asked it to classify as safe/unsafe and log it so I can review it later. It worked really well for me until auto mode came out, at which point I preferred the provider's built-in classifier versus maintaining my own.

I've been using auto mode ever since the feature was released. Apart from a very few occassions where the classifier blocked a safe command, I have faced no issues and continue using it as my default mode. It's great!

prtmnth··on My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”
I'm sitting at my desk browsing my phone and it gets locked with the theft protection alert. This only started happening in recent weeks. It's super annoying :/
prtmnth··on Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible
I love using the Twitter web app over the native app. And whenever I think of a product, I think of how I can build a fully usable web app (even when primary access is via phone).
prtmnth··on Google cancels AI Studio app after 800k preorders
New product added to the Google Graveyard
prtmnth··on DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update
Eagerly awaiting their V4 Pro update!
prtmnth··on Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript
Haha, this is so cool and can't believe I didn't think about it. I've been opening 2 tabs per HN link on my phone since forever!
prtmnth··on Claude Code has a hardcoded instruction telling Opus 5 not to use subagents
Anecdotal, I've been running my usual building skills which keep the main agent as the orchestrator and every step from execution, review, bug fix happens via subagents. So far in my 2 days of use of Opus 5 in medium and high effort modes, I haven't not observed it avoid using subagents.

I have also not observed it using less subagents than usual in regular chats. However, that could be due to limited use over a small timeframe.

prtmnth··on Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10B
See projects.dev by Stripe. My best hunch is - Stripe wants to get in on the infrastructure/rails layers being built for AI. They aren't sure what that is going to be exactly (nobody does). OpenRouter seems like a safe bet.
prtmnth··on Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber
My hunch is Google is trying to integrate a fast and relatively cheap AI across search and every other surface of their product suite. And for that objective, a model that can move faster while being accurate and cheap enough is more important to them than producing a frontier class heavyweight model.
prtmnth··on Show HN: Sx 2.0 – Share AI skills with your team through a Dropbox folder
Why not a private GitHub repo? It's hard to believe that the technical team could not write 1 skill which all non-technical teams could use to sync their skills to GitHub.
prtmnth··on 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6
Same here. I'd love a 2x Max plan! More than enough usage for my needs.
prtmnth··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
https://www.preetamnath.com/ and https://www.preetamnath.com/blog

I wish to write more often

prtmnth··on Show HN: Geetanjali – RAG-powered ethical guidance from the Bhagavad Gita
Thank you for open sourcing and sharing the GitHub repo. As someone actively trying to upgrade my skills when it comes to coding and building apps, this is really useful.