#reviews
10 posts
2026 - May
1 post2026 - April
3 posts2026 - March
1 post2017 - January
1 post2016 - August
3 posts2008 - January
1 post2026 - May
1 postFirst Impressions Using Oh-My-Pi and OpenCode
Oh-My-Pi is more flexible for projects with varied files and artifacts, while OpenCode is more polished for ordinary code. The test showed that no harness audits everything, and Codex remains behind.
2026 - April
3 postsOmarchy on the Thinkpad T14 Gen 6: Mini-Review and Full Setup
I installed Omarchy on a ThinkPad T14 Gen 6 and turned the laptop into a Linux companion for SSH, Claude Code, and NAS. The screen feels dated, but ports, durability, and support make up for it.
Seedance 2.0 Is Finally Out: First Impressions
ByteDance opened Seedance 2.0 to the public today after months of restricted access. I tested audio-driven lip sync with my anime avatar, and a Blender render fed in as a video reference. There's real work you can do here, but it's nowhere near professional production yet. Also: deepfakes just stopped being hypothetical.
How ElevenLabs Was Not Killed by Qwen3 TTS
When Qwen3 TTS dropped, half the internet called it an 'ElevenLabs killer'. I spent weeks trying to run Qwen3 in production on my podcast. Yesterday I finally switched to ElevenLabs v3. Less than a day later, I can tell you: open source is still miles behind.
2026 - March
1 postReview: Minisforum MS-S1 Max | AMD AI Max+ 395 with 96GB of VRAM
In my tests, the RTX 5090 was up to 7 times faster on models that fit within 32GB. The Minisforum, however, ran 50-to-81GB models the card can’t handle.
2017 - January
1 postArch Linux - Best distro ever?
After getting frustrated with Fedora, the author installs Arch with GNOME 3.22 and finds more polished defaults, rolling upgrades, and a practical AUR. He ends convinced it is the best Linux distro he has used.
2016 - August
3 postsChoosing MatterMost over Rocket.chat and Slack
I tested Slack, Rocket.chat, and Mattermost with nearly 50 people, and we ended up on Mattermost: its interface was faster and more responsive, though installation required Docker, Go, and hacks.
Moving away from Pivotal Tracker to Fulcrum. Good Enough.
I switched from Pivotal Tracker to Central, a Rails fork of Fulcrum that already covers stories, estimates, sprints, and velocity. Still incomplete, it’s good enough for most of our projects.
Moving away from Slack into Rocket.chat. Good Enough.
I chose Rocket.chat to replace Slack and built a production setup with MongoDB in a replica set, multiple Node.js instances, NGINX, SSL, and monitoring. It works, but it’s not for beginners.
2008 - January
1 postOff Topic: "I Am Legend" - TERRIBLE!
The review considers I Am Legend’s opening strong, but rejects the monsters, Richard Matheson’s shallow adaptation, and the religious third act. For the author, the movie completely falls apart.