"not a saviour or a saint"
2026/08/27 1:37 PM
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
"Using local AI Qwen and Agent Skills"
2026/08/27 9:00 AM
Local Qwen and some magic Skills
Qwen 3.8 27B
I have been using the Qwen 3.8 27B MLX based model on my local machine and it's amazing how good local models are getting. It can spend a large number of tokens reasoning, but the output from this model is really good so far.
The model I'm currently using is Jundot/Qwen3.8-27B-oQ4e-mtp. I'm running this with oMLX on a Mac Studio.
Matt Pocock skills
I've also been spending some time learning to use skills to help with software work locally. I was messing with Superpowers, but found it too broad. It's better to focus on a smaller change at a time. It just didn't feel right for me.
I recently found some videos discussing skills by Matt Pocock: Skills For Real Engineers. The skills I have used in this set have been great. They are focused on specific problems and do a good job at keeping you focused on the current task.
- grill me and grill-with-docs are both great.
- handoff lets you postpone work for later without losing any context you already have.
- teach builds lessons so you can learn almost anything.
- improve-codebase-architecture helps you with big architectural changes.
Every one of the tools I have tried has done a great job. You can find videos related to these skills and other topics on his YouTube.
"WY-WY-ZED"
2026/08/26 2:25 PM
"A pattern so grand and complex"
2026/08/25 12:14 PM
"It’s really just a question of your honesty"
2026/08/19 2:27 PM
Rush - The Spirit Of Radio - Permanent Waves
It's really hard for me to pick any one Rush song as a favorite. But any list I might make of their amazing music would have to have this song near the top. For me, there are so many songs that can evoke a very clear memory of a time in my life, or even a single day. I've listened to this song since I was a teenager. I've heard it hundreds and hundreds of times. But it almost always reminds me of a time when I had just graduated from college, was newly married, and had a nearly one-hour commute to work. I can vividly remember listening to this song as I was leaving for work one morning. It etched itself deep into my brain that day. I have no idea why, but it found a place to hang out in my brain and never left.
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"Tears of a waiting man"
2026/08/13 9:02 AM
"in your own analysis"
2026/08/10 7:49 AM
"In too deep and out of time"
2026/08/06 8:32 AM
"Take a chance like all dreamers"
2026/07/29 12:51 PM
"To tell the tale their magic failed"
2026/07/27 2:21 PM
