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lionkoryesterday at 6:42 PM1 replyview on HN

I am aware this is likely sarcasm, but in case it isn't, what do you gain from doing side projects this way?


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theptipyesterday at 7:10 PM

No sarcasm, I am completely serious.

I don’t have time for much leisure coding these days. I do have time to kick off a few tasks in the morning to progress my many side projects. Nothing public / oss, just code that I find useful/interesting like home automation, content pipelines, games, etc.

There are a bunch of cases where remote control from iOS onto a Mac Mini is simply nicer than using iOS Claude Code sandboxes.

It’s the same pattern as you (hopefully) apply at $dayjob. If you are not defining a /goal and letting your agent crank you are not making full use of the models’ capabilities.

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