My usual workflow is GPT-5.5 for planning, DeepSeek V4 Flash for milestones implementation, then GPT-5.5 again for review. It has worked pretty well so far.
I used to collect old hardware and try to install NetBSD/OpenBSD on them. For me, a lot of the fun was the "challenge accepted" aspect. Getting them to boot and work on some weird and obsolete machines felt like winning a small battle.
Bringing up new software on old hardware is kind of like learning how assembly language works while the “why not use a Pi” approach is more like writing it in Python.
They both have their place but, to me, the “I will never understand” crowd is missing out.
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