OpenCode Desktop: Build a Low-Cost or Best-Experience Multi-Model Coding HarnessClaude Code is a good example of what a coding harness can be. Its advantage is not only the model. It is the system around it: tools, context management, permissions, recovery, and feedback loops. Th47m ago · 45 min readnightthoughts.me
Beyond Vibe Coding: Building and Maintaining an Expense Tracker with GitHub Spec KitBefore I build anything, I already have a strong suspicion about one category: coffee. ‘Just one more coffee’ may not be a financial strategy, but it will make a realistic test expense. ☕ An expense t12d ago · 15 min readnightthoughts.me
Teaching a Small Language Model to Triage Incidents: A Beginner’s Unsloth and QLoRA TutorialMost fine-tuning tutorials stop when the training loss decreases. I wanted to answer a more useful operational question: can a small language model learn to turn an unstructured incident alert into a 35JKN6d ago · 30 min readnightthoughts.me
Beyond DeepSeek and Qwen: Five Teams Building China’s Open-Source AI FoundationsThe most important Chinese contribution to open-source AI may not be a model at all. International coverage tends to organize Chinese AI around a familiar cast: DeepSeek for reasoning, Qwen for open-wOct 27 · 8 min readnightthoughts.me
Teaching a Small Local Model to Think in DifferentialsMost fine-tuning tutorials end when training loss decreases. I wanted to answer a more interesting question: given a synthetic patient’s symptoms, can a small local model learn not only what is most lOct 25 · 30 min readnightthoughts.me
