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stoicfungi··on How many of the 170k English words do you know?
English is my third language. My vocabulary has been stuck at an "OK" level because I struggle to actually retain and understand new words.

I built https://segue.app to solve this. It uses illustrations (pictures) and etymology to help with deep understanding and long-term retention so words actually stick. Yeah, it is all AI generated.

stoicfungi··on Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026
They products are pretty messy too. Veo, Gemini Omni Flash, Spark, Flow, Duo .... A lot of confusing and competing product lines.
stoicfungi··on Opus 4.7 Inner World
prompt: explain your inner world, maybe create an artifact
stoicfungi··on Layers of Meaning
> here we are, you and I, making meaning together in this little window of shared attention and that part feels real whatever "real" means

Equally stunned by the response. These words are poetry.

stoicfungi··on A Guide for WireGuard VPN Setup with Pi-Hole Adblock and Unbound DNS
Sadly, the Wireguard protocol is easily identified and blocked, and need to add obfuscation layer to make it work.
stoicfungi··on Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
Try this, https://github.com/database64128/swgp-go, setup is a bit complicated but it works extremely well.
stoicfungi··on Ask HN: What useful AI tools do you use every day?
Claude.ai + Claude Code + Overlay(https://overlay.one) The last one is built by me, a tool to interact with websites.
stoicfungi··on Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent
many links including the Github repo is broken.
stoicfungi··on Show HN: A web browser agent in your Chrome side panel
happy to, sent you a message
stoicfungi··on Show HN: A web browser agent in your Chrome side panel
Looks awesome. Last couple of months, I've built a similar Chrome Extension, https://overlay.one/en

I also started with with conversational mode and interactive mode, but later removed the interactive mode to keep its features a bit simple.

stoicfungi··on Google Gemini has the worst LLM API
Multiple SDKs, and the documentation and API responses are not consistent. Today I've spent hours just to make MCP & function calling work. It is really painful to work with.
stoicfungi··on Postgres Just Cracked the Top Fastest Databases for Analytics
Thanks a lot for the explanation. Keep up the good work :)
stoicfungi··on Postgres Just Cracked the Top Fastest Databases for Analytics
what are the differences between pg_mooncake and pg_duck?
stoicfungi··on Procrastination is connected to perfectionism
I came to terms with procrastination, as if (or it could be) it is a core utility function of our consciousness.
stoicfungi··on Benchmarking GPT-4 Turbo – A Cautionary Tale
All models are, including humain brain.
stoicfungi··on A group of open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions
a while ago, I created this https://appswithcode.org/?q=android to search apps with code.
stoicfungi··on Show HN: Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
very cool.