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plonq··on The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need
100%. One big benefit of IDE integration is that it’s the same editor. Same keybindings, same syntax highlighting, etc.
plonq··on Rules for creating good-looking user interfaces
There’s horizontal scrolling on mobile, which is ironic.
plonq··on Code review can be better
Unfortunately it’s not feature complete - you can’t paste images in review comments, for example. Still very useful for large PRs though.
plonq··on Ask HN: What is the best way to learn 3D modeling for 3D printing?
I tried FreeCAD, I really did. I gave up due to constant crashes and terrible UX and went to Fusion. Even though it's slow on my laptop it's still a far better experience. I am never going to commercialise my models so it's acceptable for me.

(Note: I would have tried Solidworks given the reasonable hobby pricing, but it's Windows only, and I don't want a web-based CAD tool)

plonq··on Show HN: Spegel, a Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages
I’m someone else but for me the point is a serious bug resulted _incorrect data_, making it impossible to trust the output.
plonq··on Apple squandered the Holy Grail
My hypothesis is that certain products need users and feedback to be good. Maps is one of those, hence why they had to release it in a ‘bad’ state. Apple AI I think is another such product.
plonq··on <dialog>: The Dialog Element
The point is it will be possible without a framework
plonq··on Web Origami, for making websites where you can understand how they’re made
Why do you care if your personal site is minified?
plonq··on <dialog>: The Dialog Element
Once we can use popover and anchor positioning, tooltips and drop downs can also be in the top layer. I can’t wait
plonq··on VanillaJSX.com
I've wondered the same thing. I think one benefit is that it looks like HTML, which means it looks similar to what you see in the browser's DevTools, which makes it easier to compare and debug.
plonq··on How can Firefox create the best support for web apps on the desktop?
FWIW Tauri has a comprehensive permission system
plonq··on Multi-cursor code editing: An animated introduction
Vim makes multi-cursor even more powerful. You usually don’t need to find the right pattern in cases where the lengths differ as this post describes, because each vim movement applies to each cursor independently. So ‘go to comma’ and ‘change in parentheses’ work as expected on each line.

A common action for me is to use (the equivalent of) cmd+d to select the most obvious repeated symbol then use vim movements from there.

plonq··on Drawing.garden
I believe overscroll-behavior is better

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/overscroll-...

plonq··on Fake Trees: Using Indents for Simpler UIs
Thats called Modified Preorder Tree Traversal and the reason to use it over simple parent ID and order is performance.
plonq··on Mac Mouse Fix
I tried most apps suggested in the comments, and IMO nothing beats the scrolling of SmoothScroll!
plonq··on Telegram Web Apps for Bots
I’m not the other person, but there’s no privacy setting for normal messages, in the iOS version at least. So it’s impossible to block messages from randoms.
plonq··on French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes
Something similar happened to me (though I did eventually remember). Now I always save PINs and passcodes in a password manager
plonq··on Show HN: Wolverine: Give your Python scripts regenerative healing abilities
That seems… dangerous, to say the least
plonq··on SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases (2021)
Doesn't django use sqlite by default?
plonq··on Bing AI can't be trusted
Why rtings.com?
plonq··on Moonwalkers: Shoes that make you walk faster (pre-order)
Scooters requires use of your hands. I can see potential for these for when you need to keep your hands free for activities.
plonq··on Show HN: Lifeee – Conway’s Game of Life with an infinite zoomable grid
Nice! I also wrote my own implementation of the game of life not long ago! It’s less fleshed out, but it was a fun little project.

https://gameoflife.plonq.org/ https://github.com/Plonq/gameoflife