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My two-tier A.I workflow: frontier thinks, MiniMax (open weights) does the heavy lifting

ai workflow 5 min read
Everyone assumes you need the most expensive model to write good code. They are wrong. I have spent the last year building a CPU inference engine from scratchno PyTorch, no TensorFlow, just C and x86 intrinsics. Along the way I learned something: the model that understands you is not the same model that should write your code.

Why I’m Doubling Down on C in 2026

ai workflow 4 min read
It's 2026, and the hype around memory safety is deafening. The industry consensus seems to be that C and C++ are archaic, "unsafe" languages that we need to abandon immediately. There is a growing chorus pinpointing that the majority of CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, the standard system for cataloging publicly known security flaws), from databases to the Linux kernel and even Git, st...

The Great Untangling: Why I Ditched Vue, Node, and Microservices for Pure JS, PHP, and AI

I have been developing Antsand since 2014. It is my digital garden, a sophisticated personal project that generates federated, static websites, including the blog you are reading right now.Eleven years is an eternity in software development. Antsand has survived multiple eras of "the next big thing." By 2021, the application had matured into a complex beast powered by Vue 2 on the front end and a ...

The importance of priority #1. What is ANTSAND and why is it being built?

Business 7 min read
ANTSAND first started as my personal dairy to keep track of my life. At one point in time, I did not wanted to use any Social media sites. I wanted to only use the one I created. I think the creator in me thought, if I can build one, I will build one. Why do I need to use other products. This idea has still not completely grown out of me. For the most part I am vey much a maker.I have been working...
39+ mental tools I use to make better decisions

39+ mental tools I use to make better decisions

mental models 16 min read
Are you looking to start a company, make a drastic change in your life or are you stepping into the unknown? There are forces of nature that are there to help and guide you if you look for them. It can get scary, fearful, and very daunting. As a result, I have compiled a list of things that will guide me even in the darkest moments of life and business.   This is a list of belief that I use as a
13 things I learnt after doing the 10-week wim-hof method

13 things I learnt after doing the 10-week wim-hof method

lifestyle 14 min read
Do you get a migraine or sinus and lose a full days worth of productivity? You think yoga is for old people or it is too boring to do it? You tried meditation, and think you are better off going to sleep than sitting like a fool? Or even the thought of cold showers frightens you, why would anyone do it?  Let me tell you a little about myself. I have lived with headaches like a migraine an