Why did I start this project? Simple—Anthropic gave me $250 in credits, and I burned through them in a week! https://github.com/okapteinis/SurfSense/

I spent 90% of that time on architecture and security improvements.

@agnese joked that I didn’t write a single line of code (true), but here’s […]

So here’s the reality... relying on Claude Code for deployment is a total waste of time. Not only does it ignore basic requirements (like not hardcoding secrets), Claude is also perfectly capable of dumping passwords, IPs or whatever straight into public GitHub if you aren’t watching. And it […]

Un es te pat nesākšu skaidrot, ka kailfoto var uzģenerēt ar mākslīgā intelekta palīdzību, ka to var uzņemt sievietei nezinot. Tās visas ir reālas pieredzes, kam var būt nopietnas sekas.

Vēl daži #StaroRīga objekti

So, the latest combination on my VPS, which I'm trying out, is locally Mistral 7B as the main model. Then, I'm using TildeOpen for grammar, and in the worst-case scenario, I'm linking in the Gemini Flash API.

p.s. Working with AI in Latvian is challenging — most models struggle with Latvian grammar.

So I downloaded TildeOpen and set it up locally as a grammar checker for responses from Gemini Flash API.

Why this combo? TildeOpen gives me proper Latvian language handling, while Gemini Flash provides […]

by the way, for more than a month, I’ve been experimenting with taking Fridays off… and it failed miserably. It’s impossible to have a four-day workweek if others are working five days. Somehow, it’s easier to take a proper vacation and disconnect from work for a week or more than just for one day.