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@sneha2004sahani2004 How, exactly? I just checked my profile, and can't see any articles there at all. I assumed they'd appear (along with my Tips I assume) with next weeks update - hopefully that will be on schedule, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's delated (there were a heck of a lot of artciles and tips in the old system!)

@pkfox said in I signed up for Anthropic's Claude model - might go with Kagi's Claude next. Some observations: Hi HTCW, I recently used ChatGP to help me to convert/rewrite an MVC site to Blazor Server and I must say it was very helpful but as you say you have to watch what it gives you carefully - if you tell it exactly what you don't want it actually will improve its offerings - nice to see old names appearing here I've spent several weeks experimenting with AI vibe coding and have learned that it is good a small tasks but can't keep focus on larger tasks. You can constrain it through tracking and guidance documents (microsoft vs & vs code call them copilot-instructions.txt). The current issue is 2 fold: Constraints and guidance turn into hundreds of lines of input. How much each AI agent can remember before forgetting. A lot gets lost when they summarise. So, the further into the prompt they go, the less they remember, the more they improvise, and you lose a lot of control. So here is an example with Claude Sonnet 4, the best of the AI models at the moment: I have a library that I wrote recently called Blazing.Mediator. I used the docs as a guide that I gave to the AI. Everything starts well. However, if I let it run for a while and there is one or more summarisations, Claude switches to coding MediatR patterns. Overly opinionated! Then there is the cost... I find that I spend a lot of time cleaning up after the AI and lose any gains made if I let it loose on my code, adding new features. I now keep it to simple or repetitive tasks - wire-framing, prototyping, initial UI, comments, converting code, fixing errors/warnings, rubber ducking, etc... There are some things that it can do quicker than you without giving you work.

You don’t build plugins directly for BeyondTrust, you just talk to it through the REST API. In .NET it’s as simple as an HttpClient call with the API key: var client = new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri("https://your-url/api/public/v3/") }; client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "PS-Auth key=API_KEY; runas=API_USER;"); var res = await client.GetStringAsync("users"); Console.WriteLine(res); Swap "users" with "accounts", "sessions", etc. depending on what you need.

I thought all state changes caused re-renders.

AI’s neat for boilerplate, but in my experience, it too often spits out stuff you don’t really understand. You still gotta review, refactor, and clean up, so yeah, not exactly a ‘set it and forget it’ deal.

Consider reaching out to online communities related to your app niche for feedback and promotion.

I wanted to share an ongoing issue our company is facing with QuadraNet, a data hosting provider that is now under new ownership by Edge Centres. We were wrongly billed around $13,000 for a server we canceled years ago, and it has turned into a frustrating ordeal. (Interestingly, a TrustPilot review from 2023 mentions someone facing the same issue of being charged for months without notice after canceling a server.) Our accountant discovered the error during a routine check, noticing we were still being charged for this server long after the cancellation. When we reached out to the provider, it initially seemed promising. Michael Lowe, the Chief Revenue Officer at QuadraNet, admitted the mistake, explaining that a PayPal subscription wasn’t canceled when we terminated the server. He proposed a repayment plan. However, this wasn’t just an isolated incident—other customers had faced the same issue before. Despite this, the company let it continue, costing us $13,000. What’s more concerning is that the PayPal payment authorization was used to continue billing us long after the server was canceled, which goes against legal standards. Unfortunately, despite Lowe’s promise to resolve the situation, we’ve made no progress. Our follow-up attempts have been ignored, and our remaining two servers were shut down without notice, causing further financial damage. Since we’re based in Europe, pursuing legal action is complex and costly. After Edge Centres acquired the company under CEO Jonathan Eaves, we hoped the issue would be addressed quickly under new leadership. However, nothing has changed. QuadraNet’s CEO, Tim Caulfield, under whose leadership these overcharges occurred, hasn’t resolved the matter. We have received a partial refund through PayPal, but they still owe us over $10,000. It’s been incredibly disappointing, not just because of the money but because of the lack of transparency and accountability. If anyone has advice on how to get this resolved, I’d appreciate hearing it.

Also looking at that code, it doesn't do what the website does at all. It has no conception of UTF encoding. Pro-tip: (This one's free) - Don't ask GPT for help with code. Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

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