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Packaging jobs come back from his agent in about 20 minutes, twenty dependencies deep

Sends Nix packaging jobs to an agent and gets a working package, or 20 dependency packages, in about 20 minutes; the AI also fixed his monitor wake-after-sleep config in minutes.

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How it works

  1. He sends packaging jobs to an agent
  2. Gets a working package, or 20 dependency packages, in about 20 minutes
  3. The agent also fixed his monitor wake-after-sleep config in the same arrangement

Why it’s worth knowing

Twenty minutes against the traditional afternoon of dependency archaeology.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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