As much as I'm avoiding GenAI myself⁰ I think your reaction is what feels a bit weird. You wouldn't be sending a tip for simply prompting the LLM, but for having the original idea and verifying/testing the result. If you don't feel right donating for that, then don't. Seeing a “buy me a coffee” link is hardly onerous, and it isn't exactly in-your-face here (I didn't notice at all until your comment mentioned it).

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[0] I want to code, I like the nitty-gritty, and if I want to outsource I'd prefer to outsource to a human¹ than GenAI

[1] they might outsource to GenAI of course, that is their choice and as long as they properly verify the output before handing it on to me I shouldn't have to care

So don't. Not everything is for you.

Wouldn't it be faster to swap to vram if you are sitting there with 8gigs of it unused than swapping to ssd and burning its write cycles, assuming you absolutely need swap

The HN equivalent of “1 star - I’ve never eaten at this restaurant” type of reviews.

So, erm, don't?