I build Gritcode: a free, open-source AI coding agent in native C++. 10 MB, macOS and Linux, frontier-class coding at DeepSeek prices. C++ since 2008.
Joined August 2026
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Are the rumors true that claude eats up the session faster when used via Agent SDK/claude -p, like in t3code and gritcode? Looks like I am able to do no more than 2h of meaningful work and then I need to wait.
Linux is fun, but my agent sessions don't lie: 5.5 h in two weeks on fans, fingerprint and sleep. Contemplating going back to Mac.
When your agentic GUI/IDE uses 4x less memory than the underlying (headless!!!) claude process, you know you're doing something right 😌
Dictation UX in Omarchy is far from perfect...
1. When talking you see a waveform UI. This is fine for visual feedback, but that time could be used in a better way,
2. After you finish, you need to wait 1-2 seconds for the model to transcribe the audio. That's the first friction point,
3. Then you watch letters appear in your text box. More waiting, because you have to be ready to...
4. ...hit Enter to send the message. Another thing to slow you down.
Oh, and good luck if you forgot to focus the text field before speaking :/
What if we make it frictionless? While the user is speaking, we don't waste time - we transcribe the audio incrementally. When they're done we send it to the app not by typing into the text field, but by using some IPC protocol. The app knows to handle the dictated text in its own way - e.g. the coding agent could automatically accept without waiting for the user to hit enter.
For now I am only using dictation when talking to an agent, so my idea is to implement Gritcode Coordinator - a manager plugin for Omarchy that would coordinate the sessions and gritcode window and also implement speech to text in an efficient and frictionless way.
Stay tuned.
Some great local LLM benchmark video from @alex_grankin : Every Way to Get 128GB for Local AI, and What to Buy at Each Budget youtu.be/zWnVjViF1pw?si=FCP3… via @YouTube
Gritcode: the AI coding agent that fits in 10 MB.
Native C++, open source, macOS and Linux. Built-in editor, one-click Run, session replay, cross-project memory.
Runs DeepSeek V4, or Claude via your own Claude Code.
Threads and subagents are next.
gritcode.ai
Omagtk: a GTK3 theme that follows @omarchy styles. Now live in the plugin marketplace!
This is the most important question when it comes to AI: You Will Own EVERYTHING and Be Happy youtu.be/ACJYAIc73gA?si=yD1i… via @YouTube
This book from 2018 might just be the most important book about programming in the Agentic Era. More details on my YouTube channel soon.
Thanks to @OmarchyLinux 's beautiful themes I am getting used to light modes... they work great on cheap laptops with low nits brightness.
