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eterps··on Materialized views are obviously useful
Isn't this wat streaming databases like Materialize and RisingWave do?
eterps··on Show HN: PlutoPrint – Generate PDFs and PNGs from HTML with Python
How does it differ from https://weasyprint.org ?
eterps··on Hyprland – An independent, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
I don't care much for the eye candy either, but I do appreciate how gradient borders look:

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/y2pckdepoa7.png

That's the only eye candy I would wish for in Sway or SwayFx.

eterps··on Ethersync: Peer-to-peer collaborative editing of local text files
5 points and 0 comments? IMO this looks like a very well researched project, not sure why it went under the radar.
eterps··on Hazel: A live functional programming environment with typed holes
It would be incredibly interesting to see how LLM code generation would hook into this.
eterps··on FOKS: Federated Open Key Service
Thanks! Sorry for being lazy, but I was wondering how you share something using the E2E-encrypted KV store (it wasn't obvious in the website)? In kbfs, I remember it was as easy as putting it in a comma separated usernames path.
eterps··on FOKS: Federated Open Key Service
> TL;DR: FOKS is like Keybase, but fully open-source and federated

What features from a user perspective does it currently have in common with Keybase?

F.e. I remember Keybase mostly for secure messaging using public identities (HN, Reddit etc.), and sharing data/files.

eterps··on The German automotive industry wants to develop open-source software together
> What is the not-open source software used in OpenDesk?

The Calendar is closed source?

And probably also the e-mail client and contacts list?

eterps··on East River Source Control
https://bsky.app/profile/benbrittain.bsky.social
eterps··on Show HN: Mycelium
I'm curious to learn more about this.
eterps··on Past, present, and future of Sorbet type syntax
Crystal could have been big if it worked really well in combination with Ruby out of the box (f.i. as an extension language).
eterps··on FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
My thoughts exactly.
eterps··on FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
> The New York Times observes that Kash Patel has now deleted his tweet (for unknown reasons) and adds that the charging documents are still not available.

https://bsky.app/profile/sethabramson.bsky.social/post/3lnnj...

eterps··on Show HN: Colanode, open-source and local-first Slack and Notion alternative
> Colanode consists of a Node.js server API and an Electron desktop client

Is the Electron app a necessity or is using a browser possible as well?

eterps··on Show HN: Torque – A lightweight meta-assembler for any processor
Nice!

Would be interesting to target the RISC CPU of https://www.projectoberon.net with it.

eterps··on Show HN: I built an app to generate story relationships using Mermaidjs
The system prompt can be found here:

https://github.com/herol3oy/austen/blob/main/src/server/rout...

It would be more interesting if the graph could be generated by sourcing an arbitrary epub file into a RAG and have it figure out character relations without reading the whole book.

I wouldn't be surprised if it all could be done with a script using aichat[1] and rendering the diagram using graphviz.

[1] https://github.com/sigoden/aichat

eterps··on MonkeysPaw – A prompt-driven web framework in Ruby
Interestingly, Cucumber (with its Gherkin syntax) works quite well for detailed and structured prompting to LLMs.
eterps··on Pytest for Neovim
Nice. Might be good to add to the README what you intend to improve on: https://github.com/nvim-neotest/neotest?tab=readme-ov-file
eterps··on Wall Street Blew It
Not all goods will be affected equally, but it would be hard to imagine production costs would not increase on domestic goods.

Also reduced competition might lead to overall higher prices.

eterps··on Architecture Patterns with Python
I would have expected the book mentioning something about the concept of DTOs at some point. What could be the reason it doesn't?
eterps··on Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site. What trends are we seeing?
This obviously will take a while.

On the other hand, I am mostly involved in startups where lots of tech choices need to be made from scratch. The startup I'm currently working for doesn't even consider US based tech solutions at the moment. And I think more startups that pop up nowadays will think twice before choosing non-EU based tech.

eterps··on From Languages to Language Sets
This a 100%. It's madness that languages are effectively siloed from each other.
eterps··on STEPS Toward the Reinvention of Programming (2012) [pdf]
If you've managed to get most of it working or recompiled, please consider writing a detailed blog post documenting your process.

This would be an invaluable resource for the people who are interested in the results of the STEPS project, showing your methodology and providing step-by-step instructions for others to follow.

I don't think you realize how many people have attempted this before and failed.

eterps··on Global coffee trade grinding to a halt, hit hard by brutal price hikes
I've switched to a 50/50 blend of regular coffee and coffee-free alternative from Northern Wonder (https://northern-wonder.com).

I combine 50% traditional coffee beans with 50% coffee alternative made from locally produced beans in my espresso machine.

The blend works so well that I have no desire to return to using 100% regular coffee beans.

I maintain the 50/50 ratio because real coffee provides an incredible aroma that I don't want to give up (for now).

eterps··on Top links on Bluesky, Updated Hourly
It replaced Twitter for me. I use Bluesky on a daily basis. Closed my Twitter account last week.
eterps··on A Letter to the American People
It's more nuanced than it might appear at first glance. I recommend watching this video, as it demonstrates the subtle complexities involved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sVwib2rdE
eterps··on Show HN: Robyn – “Batman Inspired” Python Web Framework Built with Rust
So it's intended to be a "faster fast api"?
eterps··on A Letter to the American People
> It's difficult to imagine what might cause his supporters to change their options of him.

It would be helpful if people had more alternatives to vote for, not just one other party that stands for the opposite.

eterps··on Minions: The rise of small, on-device LMs
Interesting approach, makes total sense.
eterps··on ForeverVM: Run AI-generated code in stateful sandboxes that run forever
Why/when does someone want to use this?
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