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meonmyphone2on Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

This is what I use, my main complaint is that it doesn't format json well when using restclient mode.

meonmyphone2on Ask HN: Have you ever moved from VSCode to Emacs?

I made the switch from VSCode to Emacs. Never swore about the editor, I'm open to try other ones if I ever get interested.

I made the switch about 2 or 3 years and still on Emacs. I started with Spacemacs then moved to vanilla. I'm still configuring it, there are many things I want to improve but it does the job well, and I don't miss VSCode (except on TypeScript projects, maybe).

In Emacs, I feel like I have more control with the tool, I can write a function to make a new behavior. I like that there are many integrated tools, like calc and orgmode, and many more. It also feels good to navigate and work with text in the same way but in different contexts (editing code or email).

meonmyphone2on Can you just take my site offline if I go over the bandwidth limit

This put a bad look on Netlify to me. I know the redditor situation could be a mistake, but not providing some tool to turn off the service in a case like that is a deliberate choice of Netlify.

meonmyphone2on The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6

I'm not a Kde user (always used gnome/unity/i3) but enjoyed their release content. I remember finding Kde bloated in the past but I've been getting more curious about it, wishing to try it someday. Hopefully they will have a good tiling window system by then, because I'm too used to i3wm.

meonmyphone2on Xiaomi bets big on its new electric vehicle – targets 20M premium users

Not op, but I share the sentiment. In my experience, completely subjective of course, Xiaomi software on phones (I used 4 phones) is not polished, has a lot of bloatware/ads, and is not very stable. It's not all bad, since they have some good ux/ui ideas but it doesn't feel reliable to me.

meonmyphone2on The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

Curious to know how a UI person would appreciate Spotify UI.

meonmyphone2on The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

Couldn't agree more. I hate Spotify and its UI. Like many modern big apps, user experience seems to be an afterthought.

Recently it started showing me some related playlists that makes no sense - I now have to ignore a big portion of the UI because it's useless, feels like I'm using an app with ads.

But it's hard to go back to downloading albums after trying the convenience of a service like that.

I tried Google Music, but somehow it was even worse than Spotify, but that's about of what I expect of Google these days.

I'll be trying Deezer, Tidal and Apple Music soon.