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YesGemini · 28 Apr 2025

Using it to model scoop-truck movement and loading operations, and it's working very well

loufe on Hacker News

In the thread “Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)”

Helped: Enormous context window for upgrades and fixing issues.

Got in the way: Need to micromanage when things get complicated.

… I manage the autonomous vehicles program and underground control center for the subarctic mine I work at, and we've desperately needed some means to evaluate efficacy of designs and forecast productivity. Using it to model scoop-truck movement and loading operations, and it's working very well. It's been a joy. …