Malayali · Programmer · Building a SaaS vacation rental platform Practical takes on coding, DevOps & AI for people who actually ship
Kochi, Kerala, India
Joined December 2010
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platput retweeted
@kuberwastaken asked Claude Code to install printer drivers for his HP Laser 1008a on Mac.
HP never made a Mac driver for this printer. It only works on Windows.
Claude didn't stop there. Over 4 hours, it tried every open-source driver. All failed. The printer kept printing garbled pages.
So Claude started reading the printer's own error messages to figure out what it needed. Found the right codec.
Downloaded HP's official Linux driver. Ran it inside a container on the Mac. Built a custom USB bridge to bypass macOS blocking the printer as "offline."
End result Cmd+P from any Mac app. One-command install. Works after restarts. Fully open source.
A printer HP gave up on. A driver an AI wrote in one sitting.
Hi @SkodaIndia,
I recently purchased a Skoda Kushaq 1.0L Monte Carlo edition, and overall, I am thoroughly enjoying the car.
To maintain feature completeness, I opted for the dealer-installed 360-degree camera. While I appreciate the effort to preserve the car's warranty, the display quality of the unit has been disappointing given the vehicle's premium standard.
I now intend to install a dashcam, but the official options available at the dealership are sub-par and do not match the overall quality of the car. Since I am keen on fitting a high-quality aftermarket dashcam without compromising my vehicle's warranty, I would appreciate your official clarification on the following installation methods:
- Fuse Tap Installation: If a dashcam is hardwired using a fuse tap (without cutting, stripping, or splicing any original wiring), does it void the warranty?
- OBD Port Connection: If the dashcam is powered directly via the OBD port (again, without altering any stock wiring), does this impact the warranty in any way?
Alternative Solution:
If both options void the warranty, I noticed that your team already installs a USB-C power outlet near the rear-view mirror when fitting the official dashcam. Why not simply provide/install that same USB-C outlet as a standalone service? That way, customers can safely plug in a dashcam of their choice without risking their warranty or settling for subpar hardware.
I hope you appreciate that as a proud Kushaq owner, I simply want accessories that match the build and standards of the vehicle. I look forward to your guidance on this.
Hate it when attackers use something which was designed to improve user experience to degrade the same.
⚠️ New HTTP/2 Vulnerability Lets Hackers Crash Servers With Memory Exhaustion Attacks
Source: cybersecuritynews.com/http-2…
A newly disclosed HTTP/2 denial-of-service vulnerability is raising concerns across the cybersecurity community after researchers confirmed that unauthenticated attackers can crash vulnerable servers by triggering memory exhaustion conditions.
The issue affects multiple HTTP/2 implementations that fail to manage resource consumption properly when handling stalled data flows, enabling attackers to degrade or completely disrupt services.
HTTP/2, defined in RFC 9113, is widely used to improve web performance through multiplexing, header compression, and flow control.
#cybersecuritynews
I think I understand what my problem is. Whenever I start being active in some form of social media, I start seeing all the injustice and get dragged down to those kinds of posts. And then I start making posts related to it which makes me all frustrated and uneasy. Eventually I just quit.
Maybe this time around I should just stay away from this type of posts then?
When they said world isn’t a fair place, they weren’t kidding.
This fix is in!!!
Anthropic and OpenAI have bought protection from @realDonaldTrump — it seems!
Insane that after they both stole IP they’re looking to shut down access the free open source models that stole from them
Regulatory capture worked — and they did it in plain sight!!!
5% of their stock and $100m in lobbyists!
THIS ISNT A DEMOCRACY!!!
RT @CodeWithTamara: I'm 40 years old, I've been an employee for half of my life.
Today, I opened my own business 🥳
Nos Astra, because tha…
platput retweeted
Hey guys, there are so many strong AI models out there now ,here’s a little tweak that upgrades almost every question you ask.
💡 Try “reasoning mode”: Tell the model to think step-by-step, show its work, consider alternatives, and rate its own confidence.
Quick example:
“Think through this slowly. Consider alternatives and potential pitfalls. Show your reasoning, then give your final answer with a confidence level (1-10).”
It turns decent answers into much more reliable ones. Still double check important stuff though -AI’s an awesome co-pilot, not perfect.
Got any favorite reasoning prompts that level up your results? Drop them below 👇
#LocalAI #ReasoningModels
Wait, is someone trying to ban @huggingface?
That's a real slap in the face for all the open model enthusiasts. What on earth is happening?
Here is why we must protect @huggingface from being banned:
A lot of people think we can just download models with BitTorrent on PirateBay and call it a day.
But HF isn’t just a weight repository—it plays a massive role in detecting malware in models through safetensor inspections.
This shields us from models embedded with malware, and embedding hidden malicious code inside weights or prompt templates is way easier than people think.
We went through a ton of issues just like this on clawhub earlier this year.
DevOps for most startups in 2026 is still just:
- Docker
- Simple CI
- Proper monitoring
- Someone who answers the pager
Everything else is cosplay until you have real traffic.
Who's still running production on pure SSH + cron and winning?
Just when I start using chatgpt for creating a brochure for my business, this happens. No wonder it's stuck at generating an image.
ChatGPT is facing issues..
status.openai.com/
#ChatGPTdown
Most small teams do not need Kubernetes.
They need logs, backups, alerts, boring deployments, and someone who knows where the environment variables live.
I am sure there are exceptions.
But are you that exception is the question to answer.
People of X, what do you think about Claude's new feature for recording screens to create skills?
Looks like creating macros might be a thing of the past now.
Use your welcome email to kickstart the conversation instead of treating it as just a standard welcome.
She has explained this brilliantly, give this a read.
What's the 1 email every customer opens?
Can you guess?
The Welcome Email.
Most founders waste it on a wall of text.
But if you add a video to it, it becomes a conversion machine that works like nothing else.
Well, sort of. Because here's the tricky part.
A couple of email clients technically support in-email video. The ones your customers actually use, Gmail and Outlook, don't. Try to force it, and you're pushing large files that can quietly ding your deliverability.
So you don't send the video. You fake it, cleanly, and it works today.
Here's how:
1. Use a static thumbnail. An image with a play button on it that begs for the click. Making that image irresistible is an art YouTube creators have spent years mastering.
Steal from them.
2. Hyperlink it to your site, and host or embed the actual video on the page they land on.
3. Lock down your domain: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. A video link from an unauthenticated domain is a one-way trip to spam.
4. Tell them what they'll see and why it's worth the click. Put that text above the thumbnail, not below it.
5. Better than a thumbnail: use a short GIF. A three-second loop of the best moment previews the motion and lifts clicks, and unlike real video, every major client renders a GIF just fine.
Make it memorable, clickable, a show.
It's your one shot to connect with your customer visually, and you want to wow them.