edtech_dev's comments

On: AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1

[edtech_dev]

Signal is also down for me.

[ArcHound → edtech_dev]

My messages are not getting through, but status page seems ok.

[ArcHound → ArcHound]

Seems fixed now.

On: Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised

[edtech_dev]

Author of Odin is also against adding a package manager: https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2025/09/08/package-manage...

On: Ask HN: What toolchains are people using for desktop app development in 2025?

[edtech_dev]

Avalonia - https://avaloniaui.net/

On: .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

[edtech_dev]

Just the amount of perf improvements they have added since .NET 4.8, year after year, is staggering.

On: .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

[edtech_dev]

Have you tried Rider?

[giancarlostoro → edtech_dev]

Yes, it was a bit rough originally, but they've managed to make it better, sadly some employers do not want to buy into JetBrains.

On: .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

[edtech_dev]

I hear a lot of complaints about dotnet watch, but my experience doesn't match. I just use it from the terminal (instead of running it from an IDE) and it mostly just works.

On: .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

[edtech_dev]

I'll add Orchard CMS to this list. Also a lot of the seven seas software.

On: .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

[edtech_dev]

csharpier is great. It is what "dotnet format" should be.

On: Ask HN: Best Windows/Linux developer laptop in 2025

[edtech_dev]

I mentioned this another comment, but the LLM requirement is more of a nice to have. What's more important is the overall experience: linux support, good trackpad, nice keyboard, battery life, screen, customer support experience, etc.

On: Ask HN: Best Windows/Linux developer laptop in 2025

[edtech_dev]

One of the issues was with a Thinkpad and another was with an Ideapad.

[MattPalmer1086 → edtech_dev]

Even the ThinkPad range has a lot of variation in it and there are lots of build customisation options. I have never had a major issue with ThinkPads on Linux. I tend to spec them quite highly and keep them for many years.

I just bought a new T16 a month ago and it's great (32Gb RAM, sRGB screen, 2Tb SSD, Ryzen 7 processor). Installed PopOS in about 20 mins and everything just works.

However, as others in this thread have observed, I don't really see the point of trying to run local LLMs on a laptop, unless you want to just play a little. If you want to really play with LLMs wouldn't a separate larger box be more effective rather than trying to do it on a mobile device?