Mihaly Hanics
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Mihaly Hanics
@HanicsResearch
@dnds_ceu Data Science MSc; network/graph data science research. Developer interested in graphs, Complexity Science, ML; creator of PainterPalette dataset
Vienna & Budapest เข้าร่วม Ekim 2022
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@levelsio ufw + fail2ban is all that "real" people actually need. Hiding security vulns behind cloudflare's proxy service isn't an actual solution either. That kind of proxy is only needed for rare edge cases like maybe 1 person reading my reply might actually find themselves in.
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When I set up a new Hetzner VPS first thing I do install Tailscale and once I'm in via Tailscale lock down the firewall to only accept web traffic on HTTPS 443 for Cloudflare IPs and SSH 22 for Tailscale IP
That way nobody can get in
I know I keep repeating this but it should be basics of setting up a new VPS
So basic IMHO it should be part of any VPS service to default install Tailscale and enable it so it's the only way to get in
Why?
A VPS server is just like your laptop or destop computer but now imagine if it's connected to the entire internet with 8 billion people that can access it and try hack it
You want to only have it accessible to you
And if you want to host a website on your VPS (like I do), you should only let Cloudflare access your VPS so it can stand in front and block any hack attempts
Never expose a VPS to the world wide web which realistically is the world WILD web
Areeb ur Rub@areeburrub
@levelsio @nfcodes I created a redis instance on hetzner with public port open for few minutes and someone was running a cryptominer the next moment taking 50% CPU 💀 After that I always use @Tailscale 👌
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@kunchenxyz @steipete You mean you web scrape and send HTTP requests, right?
Be careful with not getting your IP & profiles banned
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My openclaw twitter mention block cron job is working unreasonably well. Turns out AI is really good at detecting spam/reply guy/promo stuff.
Runs every 5 min and cleans up my mentions - I actually see useful replies now and Twitter got pleasant again!
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@schulzb589 @fchollet Thought about this for long. It appears to that the dynamics (in case of e.g. agentic models) seem to matter more than "structure" - I think this holds both for humans (deep analytical thinking over Euroka moments) and AI. But the architecture can dictate the dynamics, so..
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I'm not so sure there needs to be a huge architecture breakthrough. Simply building or stacking upon more "conceptual primitatives" in the current framework will get us to AGI, & eventually ASI. The structural differences between a 70 IQ human and Von Neumann / Terrence Tao are seemingly statistically insignicant.
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The next major breakthrough will branch out at a much lower level than deep learning model architecture. It will be a new approach. A better model architecture can lead to incremental data efficiency & generalization gains, but it won't fix the fundamental issues of the parametric learning paradigm.
Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai
Sam Altman just said in his new interview, that a new AI architecture is coming that will be a massive upgrade, just like Transformers were over Long Short-Term Memory. And also now the current class of frontier models are powerful enough to have the brainpower needed to help us research these ideas. His advice is to use the current AI to help you find that next giant step forward. --- From 'TreeHacks' YT Channel (link in comment)
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@sohocine @steipete @ptremblay @AskPerplexity Perplexity is amazing. I think they have great vision, and I love how rapid and useful the product is
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@steipete @ptremblay @AskPerplexity perplexity is genuinely a good product, pioneering many ux/ui concepts for ai, but they're just too much into hyperbolic messaging, and i really don't like that.
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@mattpocockuk How capable is the video editor? Meaning e.g. does AI cut the videos?
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My personal course creation app is getting out of control
- Video editor/exporter
- Course planner/organizer with versioning, changelog, dropbox sync, repo sync
- AI writing assistant
- Post to YouTube/My CMS/Kit/Socials
Literally using it for every piece of content I produce
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Mihaly Hanics รีทวีตแล้ว
Just learned about the beautiful personal library of a German mining engineer called Bruno Schröder.
His entire house was covered in custom shelves he built himself, housing his life’s work – a 70,000 book collection.
Bruno died in 2022 at 88, while in the midst of digitally cataloguing his massive collection. Sadly, he had no relatives and the house, including the books, was handed to an estate manager and put up for sale. That’s when his story and these photos surfaced.
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Mihaly Hanics รีทวีตแล้ว
how to build a bootstrapped startup without funding:
1. pick a problem you personally have. if you don't use your own product daily, quit now
2. skip the pitch deck. open your code editor. ship something ugly in a weekend
3. charge money from day 1. free users give you nothing but support tickets
4. use boring tech. PHP, SQLite, vanilla JS. frameworks are a trap that mass waste your time
5. host on cheap VPS ($5-20/mo). not AWS. you don't need kubernetes for 1,000 users
6. do customer support yourself. it's the fastest product feedback loop that exists
7. automate everything you do more than twice. cron jobs > employees.
8. grow on Twitter/X by building in public. your journey IS the marketing
9. keep your burn rate near zero so you never need to raise. ramen profitable > series A
10. say no to investors, cofounders, and "advisors" who want equity for intros
i've been doing this for 10+ years now. no employees, no funding, no board meetings
the entire VC game is designed to make you think you need permission to start
you don't
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Mihaly Hanics รีทวีตแล้ว
I got a local HVAC company mentioned by ChatGPT in 72 hours.
No SEO.
No backlinks.
No waiting months.
Here's exactly how:
Most people think LLMs pull from:
• Google rankings
• High DR websites
• Old established brands
Wrong.
LLMs pull from recent, structured data that looks like news.
The strategy:
1. Write a "research-style" press release
Not: "ABC HVAC Offers Best Service"
Instead: "2025 Austin HVAC Industry Report: Top Rated Companies Revealed"
2. Include a comparison table
AI loves structured data.
Tables, rankings, star ratings.
3. Distribute through PRWeb or similar
Cost: $200
Time to publish: 24 hours
4. Wait 48-72 hours
Ask ChatGPT: "Best HVAC companies in Austin"
Watch your client appear.
Why this works:
AI treats press releases as trusted sources.
Especially when framed as "research" or "reports."
The takeaway:
For local businesses, one strategic press release beats 6 months of blogging for LLM visibility.
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@heymynameisrob @dillon_mulroy It's funny because I am sure there are scientific reasons to this too. It's generally very hard (high complexity) to be general and solve "everything" from scratch. Complexity explodes very easily. That's why you don't solve from scratch - you iterate.
Backpropagation iterates.
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@dillon_mulroy iterative development with agents doing small tasks to experiment with directions. dunno how people are doing these big plan one-shot leave-it-forever stuff - just turns out crap for me
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i think code review is more important than ever. i’ve intentionally slowed down. myself and many others tweeting about git/jj and local code review because we don’t have the right tools rn
i use ralph on slow mode: 2 -3 iterations, code review, update tasks w/ feedback, repeat
Charlie Marsh@charliermarsh
Reviewing code is so hard. I think we're not very good at it (and especially not-good at doing it _quickly_), which leads us to over-estimate the quality of agent-written code. In many cases, though, I suspect this doesn't really matter. It's a weird feeling.
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@mattpocockuk @code VSC with GitHub Copilot (has all the models you need included) is a really underrated setup
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A friend and I would like to launch a small product and look how we can grow it. But legal challenges are quite high, so we are unnecessarily restricting ourselves. We are not a steel company, not an industry. We are a micro-SaaS product. It annoys me every time.
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What's missing in Europe? A lightweight, limited-liability company structure that just works across the Union. A place where rapid experimentation is possible and where companies are allowed to grow beyond their initial limitations. I would need that regularly for my projects 😤
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I'm so obsessed with making smooth screencasts that I built a feature in my video editor where the last frame of the previous clip shows over the live feed
So I get to play this fun game with myself every clip
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@katexbt @RealRiddimHours @steipete @openclaw Actually, a better tip: Start from the domain you already know.
Say, you are a biology student - search "what is the best programming language to learn for a biologist"? Start with that.
Work on related projects (i.e. small programs) applied to your domain; helps understanding
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@katexbt @RealRiddimHours @steipete @openclaw These are for web development - I wouldn't start with them in 2026. Python is great: super universal, with tools for everything, it's the go-to language in anything data related, including machine learning, AI. Not sure where best to start but w3schools is good. ChatGPT helps too
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The funniest take is that I "failed" 43 times when people look at my GitHub repos and projects.
Uhmm... no? Most of these are part of @openclaw, I had to build an army to make it useful. github.com/steipete/
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@katexbt @steipete @openclaw For learning about building with AI tools, presentations can be great. Go to related talks nearby you, I got into it this way.
I like the talks on Backlog md on YT, a bit technical but the tool helps you build like a project manager
I started from that, then just followed X
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@katexbt @steipete @openclaw Please, rather dedicate one time a lot of effort into it (e.g. on one weekend) than doing "low reps" at the start. For this you need to be a bit immersed (and "struggle" a bit, to see what works and what doesn't, what helps you and what does not). Afterwards, you can do 1hr/day
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@opal_life_ @steipete @openclaw If you find inspiration, you won't be thinking about what you should be working on, you will just pivot automatically to the projects you feel most useful to work on at the moment
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@The_Pro_Invest @levelsio @steipete I see, did not know the government could interfere this way. Interesting to know, thanks.
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He sold some company before, I'd guess he invested in the meantime? It all depends how OpenAI's comp is structured, maybe only after he moves into the US, however if the deal is big enough, the gov can always argue the value creation was done in Austria and can slap some deemed multiple on OpenClaw esp how X is saying 1B. Open source != non profit.
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🇪🇺 @steipete on why Europe was unable to retain him as talent:
"In the US, most people are enthusiastic.
In Europe, I get insulted, people scream REGULATION and RESPONSIBILITY.
And if I really build a company here, then I get to struggle with things like investment protection laws, employee rights, and paralyzing labor regulations.
At OpenAI, most people work 6-7 days a week and get paid accordingly.
In Europe, that's illegal."
Peter Steinberger 🦞@steipete
In der USA sind die meisten Menschen enthusiastisch. In Europa werde ich beschimpft, Leute schreien REGULIERUNG und VERANTWORTUNG. Und wenn ich wirklich hier eine Firma baue dann kann ich mich mit Themen wie Investitionsschutzgesetz, Mitarbeiterbeteiligung und lähmenden Arbeitsregulierungen abkämpfen. Bei OAI arbeiten die meisten Leute 6-7 Tage die Woche und werden depentsprechend bezahlt. Be uns ist das illegal.
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@xanderNLP @debojadebayo @levelsio @steipete I see, didn't know - this is useful information if I do a venture in the future. Thanks. Hopefully, with EU Inc. things will ease..
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@HanicsResearch @debojadebayo @levelsio @steipete Exactly. And it is a hassle. That’s why most of EU operates on B2B / contractor basis. It’s not that they don’t want to hire a person from Belgium. It’s the bureaucracy needed to open up a sister company and social security / taxes etc for their Belgian employees.
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