https://capocasa.dev Words about software, extra heavy on opinions https://capocasa.dev/a-philosophy-of-ai-that-works Almost no one asks philosophies to be functional- it's like them not having any measurable impact is a feature. I found that weird, I am a pragmatist by instinct. I always felt your thinking is as good as what it produces. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/a-philosophy-of-ai-that-works https://capocasa.dev/this-year-i-vibecoded-my-taxes It sounds like a really terrible idea but this year, I vibecoded my taxes (in Germany). Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/this-year-i-vibecoded-my-taxes https://capocasa.dev/10-task-glm-5-3-harness-bench-claude-opencode-pi-zcode-hermes-and-3code Important note- this article data was based on a test setup flaw and is likely comparing apples to oranges. This will be updated with a replacement test as soon as we're done investigating. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/10-task-glm-5-3-harness-bench-claude-opencode-pi-zcode-hermes-and-3code https://capocasa.dev/3code-is-becoming-a-stable-workhorse I couldn't be more excited- 3code's second beta release 0.7.0 is out! Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/3code-is-becoming-a-stable-workhorse https://capocasa.dev/3code-benches-75-lower-token-use-vs-opencode-on-10-task-swe-bench-subset I just ran the first formal validation of 3code! Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/3code-benches-75-lower-token-use-vs-opencode-on-10-task-swe-bench-subset https://capocasa.dev/announcing-3code-the-economical-coding-agent Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:08:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/announcing-3code-the-economical-coding-agent https://capocasa.dev/how-to-make-your-coding-agent-look-like-an-idiot Since I went into vibecoding (or AI assisted coding, I do look over the results) it's been like magic- until it wasn't. Sun, 17 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/how-to-make-your-coding-agent-look-like-an-idiot https://capocasa.dev/the-golden-age-of-those-who-can-pull-it-off AI is for perfectionists, solopreneurs and startups- regulatory capture is for grunt workers and corporations Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:30:43 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/the-golden-age-of-those-who-can-pull-it-off https://capocasa.dev/pharao-php-like-charm-for-nim There are some genuinely good things about PHP, the greatest of which, in my humble opinion, is the ability to just dump a script on a web server and run it on request. It's eminently practical and I missed it, but there is no way I will part from my fiercely appreciated Nim programming language any more. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/pharao-php-like-charm-for-nim https://capocasa.dev/the-best-linux-audio-distro-in-2026-is-cachyos So I've been on the Linux Audio bandwagen since about 2003, it was the reason I switched from Windows. Worried about having all sorts of problems, I took the plunge, and installed Slackware- if we go, we go all the way! And sure enough, you could get a kernel and I even helped with packaging (until the slackware audio guy told me to improve my package quality and I took that kind of badly). It actually worked okay! Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/the-best-linux-audio-distro-in-2026-is-cachyos https://capocasa.dev/how-to-use-syncthing-on-android The real super poweruser command line way Syncthing is excellent- just keep some folders in sync, full privacy, just works. I love it. It even works on android!!! Full file sync on the phone- doesn't get much better. With graphene, this is like the full privacy perfect functionality kind of solution. What is there not to like? Well it so happens that syncthing for android is a bit of a bolt-on kind of thing and I wasn't really able to get it to run exactly like I wanted. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/how-to-use-syncthing-on-android https://capocasa.dev/going-metal This is my first tech blog post for... almost thirteen years!!! Oh my goodness me has a lot happened since then. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/going-metal https://capocasa.dev/your-cheap-scalable-and-safe-dropbox-with-git-annex-lvm-raspberry-pi-and-usb-sticks There is no cheaper storage than USB sticks. When writing this, they’re 30 bucks for 64GB. Unlike hard drives, they don’t eat a lot of juice when you keep them plugged in, they’re quiet, they are not sensitive to having a dusty home (thank god!), and they last. It’s also very easy to wipe out the dumb cruftware that comes pre-installed on them. Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:25:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/your-cheap-scalable-and-safe-dropbox-with-git-annex-lvm-raspberry-pi-and-usb-sticks https://capocasa.dev/supercollider-jack-the-easy-way Starting up the jackd sound server first, then starting up supercollider, and then connecting everything later can be a major hassle. Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:29:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/supercollider-jack-the-easy-way https://capocasa.dev/finding-an-artist-name Here’s a hard one… I’m getting a hunch Carlo Capocasa is not going to click it. To long. To unwieldy. Everyone thinks I’m in the Mafia. Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:02:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/finding-an-artist-name https://capocasa.dev/ubuntu-12-04-upgrade-your-realtime-kernel-for-music-making Sometimes, good is just not good enough. Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:09:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/ubuntu-12-04-upgrade-your-realtime-kernel-for-music-making https://capocasa.dev/crushing-the-kworker-uprising-or-how-to-fix-your-linux-lenovo-ideapad-y560p Note: This stuff works on Ubuntu 12.04, Precise pangolin. It should be fairly easy to port to other distributions. Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:24:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/crushing-the-kworker-uprising-or-how-to-fix-your-linux-lenovo-ideapad-y560p https://capocasa.dev/the-endeavour-evo-with-supercollider-on-ubuntu-linux-12-04-precise-pangolin In a rush? Scroll all the way down to skip the tinker story, rant, and attempts at humor, and get just the instructions on how to get it working. Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:14:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/the-endeavour-evo-with-supercollider-on-ubuntu-linux-12-04-precise-pangolin https://capocasa.dev/using-amazon-glacier I need backup. The time I almost lost 80 hours of work tought me that. And I can’t trust myself to handle the encryption. The guy who lost his life savings in bitcoins tought me that. And me, at four in the morning on a work day, trying to get GPG keys right for duplicity. Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:11:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/using-amazon-glacier https://capocasa.dev/mail-screenshot-in-gmail It’s nice to keep users informed of software updates but they just don’t understand. Enter screenshots. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:55:00 +0000 https://capocasa.dev/mail-screenshot-in-gmail