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Everyone at this point has heard of vibe coding, software development through quick, casual input and then built by AI. By speeding up the rate of iteration, mistakes become cheap and expected. I’ve noticed that there’s untapped potential that many folks are currently missing. When you stop relying on a single model, the opportunities really expand. Which brings us to Ping-Pong Vibe Coding – think…
For the first 50 years of computing, we adopted the interfaces of computers. First, it was the punch card: Then it was assembly code: Next came computer languages: #include <stdio.h> #define args int argc, char** argv int main ( args ) { printf ( "%s \n " , "Hello, world!" ); return 0 ; } Although it has evolved, the digital world we navigate today is still built around rectangles—small text…
One Weird Trick for OpenAI o1 OpenAI o1 is like having your own graduate-level research assistant. It can handle complex reasoning tasks and break them down into manageable solutions. For instance, if you’re in the process of buying a car, you might wonder how much you would actually save by going electric (rather than relying on what the marketing says). Most people would stop there, but the…
I recently got an Anova Precision Oven, which I love. But what would make it even better is if I could control it from Home Assistant . Let’s dive in! While my goal is to control this specific oven, these strategies are broadly applicable to any IoT device which uses an Android app. Getting Setup First you’ll need Android Studio . Then you’ll need to configure a virtual device which has Google…
I’ve been lucky enough to have access to the FSD beta for a number of months. At first everything worked great but eventually I noticed that I was no longer able to use autopilot at night. Not knowing exactly when it started I assumed it was a bug but when it persisted for multiple months I started to wonder. So I googled it and found this thread , another thread and finally this one . After…
It turns out that the previous owner of our house had several ADT NV214A video encoders installed to digitize the CCTV system. At first, I thought they’d end up being totally useless as the documentation online is pretty minimal and there was a password set from the previous ADT installation. Luckily with a bit of digging, I was able to find this thread , which helpfully pointed out that you can…
This is a pretty major update as two significant things have changed relating to SmarterMeter. First Google PowerMeter no longer exists, therefore SmarterMeter now supports Pachube . Second, PG&E changed their web data service to OPower , which is admittely much better but also different which required a rewrite of parts of SmarterMeter. One thing I am excited about with the change to OPower, is…
Earlier this year at Google IO, Google announced that Google PowerMeter would be retired but they didn’t give many specifics. They’ve now followed up with details including a clear date when the service will be shutoff, Sept. 16, 2011. You can find the full list of reasons why the project was discontinued on the Google Blog While this is unfortunate, SmarterMeter is able to migrate to another…
This is just a small update with two important bugfixes. The first bug prevented data from being sent to Google PowerMeter correctly and the second prevent exceptions from being appropriately handled. I strongly suggest you update. Also I wanted to say a quick thanks to kruton who found and fixed the PowerMeter issue.
Today I released SmarterMeter v0.3.2 , which contained several small but important bug fixes. So upgrade when you get a chance. If you’re technically enclined you can also now use SmarterMeter to calculate your carbon footprint resulting from your electricity usage through the Brighter Planet API . See the documentation for a complete example.