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Ask HN: On-Device vs. Cloud Based LLMs

Hacker News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 10:20am

According to Claude, "the underlying infrastructure uses shared compute resources — many users' requests are handled across a pool of GPUs"

What is the size of this pool, ie how many GPUs would it take for an individual user to be able to run their own equivalent today? Let's assume the LLM is fully downloadable.

I ask, because, if LLMs stop improving exponentially, surely soon enough we will ALL be able to run un-quantised local LLMs of sufficient quality for day to day tasks.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47089104

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Show HN: OCD – Open-source Kanban dashboard for monitoring AI coding agents

Hacker News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 9:34am

I built a self-hosted dashboard for keeping tabs on AI agents (Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, etc.) while they work. It's a Next.js app backed by SQLite that runs on a headless Mac Mini and is accessed over Tailscale.

Agents POST status updates to a REST API. You get a drag-and-drop Kanban board with 6 status columns, parent/child task hierarchy (3 levels deep), comments, sprint management, velocity tracking with burndown charts, and 7 analytics chart types. Messages are encrypted at rest with NaCl secretbox.

The whole thing binds to 127.0.0.1 — nothing touches the open internet. Tailscale Serve handles HTTPS. No Postgres, no Redis, no Docker. Just SQLite and a Node process.

It's deliberately passive: the dashboard shows you what agents are doing, it doesn't orchestrate them. No auto-retries, no task reassignment, no unsupervised autopilot. You still have to check in.

What I want to build next: a unified message queue so any IDE terminal can push events without custom hooks, SSE to replace polling, and a proper notification pipeline for blocked tasks.

Repo: https://github.com/Keeeeeeeks/opencode-dashboard

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088528

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Show HN: Iban.link – A memorable link for your IBAN

Hacker News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 9:32am

Hey HN, instant bank transfers are free now in Europe. So why do I still need PayPal to send someone 20 bucks? Especially when some providers share your transaction data with up to 600 companies. I just want to send money to a friend - not opt out of 600 ad partners one by one. The only annoying part: IBANs are 22+ characters and impossible to remember.

So I built iban.link. You get a short page (like iban.link/lisa) that shows your name, IBAN, and a scannable EPC QR code. Anyone can copy the IBAN or scan the QR directly with their banking app.

You can prefill amount and reference: iban.link/lisa#amount=25&ref=Pizza - uses hash fragments so the payment details never hit the server.

Stack: Bun, Hono, PostgreSQL, vanilla JS. No React, no bundler. Data encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM).

Hope it's useful to some of you. Questions, ideas, feedback? Happy to hear it.

If you want to try it, feel free: iban.link/oliverjanssen#amount=20&ref=HN ;)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088497

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