General Discussion

Pinned What I'm using early October 2026
by Nick Antonaccio

Pinned A new trend is evolving in local optimization
by Nick Antonaccio

THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS August-September, 2026: baseline tools and workflows have stabilized quite a bit
by Nick Antonaccio

*Deprecated*: How to get started right now: Hermes is currently the best overall agentic tool - dive in with google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
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DEPRECATED: My current favorite combinations of agents and models
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Performance parameters or quality of AI builds / systems / clusters. Budget AI. Cost and token effectiveness of hardware.
by swampstream

A quick intro to creating skill files for your agent
by Nick Antonaccio

Agentic looping
by swampstream

GPT Realtime 2 Voice and Computer Control
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The original forum thread
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If you're confused about what agents, LLMs and other AI tools are, read this
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Using opinionated harnesses like Claude Code and OpenCode vs lightweight harnesses like Pi
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Things have stabilized quite a bit - the current state of affairs 8-11-2027
by Nick Antonaccio

Compliant models and services
by swampstream

My recommendations, end of September 2026
by Nick Antonaccio

If your Pi agent regularly has issues using Bash in Windows, do this
by Nick Antonaccio

Contact Me if you need to hire a professional for development work and IT support
by Nick Antonaccio