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rhardihon 1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023)

Looking at [1] really took me back to those early days of the web. It was a special time. Thank you for that.

Depending on how it's hosted, giving it a letsencrypt certificate isn't too much of a hassle. I'd be happy to help.

rhardihon If the AI bubble does pop, what happens next?

We all knew the time would come, but take a second and appreciate how things are right now. AI is currently like the early days of the internet, before ads ruined everything.

rhardihon Simple Web Server

This particular shortcoming of is why I wrote https://github.com/rhardih/serve back when.

These days just using `caddy` might be easier though.

rhardihon Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

If anyone can point in the direction of a Cursor like experience, but within Neovim, I'm definitely in the market for that option.

rhardihon Use a work journal

This has become one of my favourite tools over the last couple of years:

https://jrnl.sh

rhardihon Ask HN: I want to create IMDB for open source projects

If you want inspiration on how to do this in a good way, I've always been a big fan of how https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/ surfaces just the right information and lets you compare projects to others in the same category.

rhardihon Project Euler

I've enjoyed solving PE problems. I think I managed to clear about 50 of them, before loosing interest. To be honest, I think they are simply too hard for most average programmers, like myself. I only really have highschool level math skill, and when I get stuck, I don't even know what to look for or read up on. I'm simply too far removed from the level required.

I do enjoy the learning aspect though, so what I feel is missing most of all, is a way to figure out what to study, in order to solve a problem, without giving away the solution.

rhardihon Show HN: A CLI tool to generate Cistercian numerals

Thanks! Only vertical staves at the moment, but maybe that's an idea for a future addition.

rhardihon Pass: The standard Unix password manager

My own reason was mostly, that do to the dance with mobile; non-free/free/non-free, I thought it was about time to look into self hosting. The post is not really meant to convince you, just that it's definitely doable, with a bit of effort.

rhardihon Pass: The standard Unix password manager

For any LastPass users out there contemplating a switch to pass, I just recently did so myself.

Wrote a bit about it here: https://rhardih.io/2021/03/migrating-from-lastpass-to-pass/

rhardihon Ask HN: A way to adblock “we're using cookies” popups?

Still have to click to remove it the first time, but I made an extension for this very purpose: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ekill/lcgdpfaiipae...

rhardihon In favor of small modules and plumbing

Why write code to left pad your strings, when you can get an O(n log n) implementation just like that. You only need a "minimal" amount of bundle tooling and a few hundred MB of node_modules. Count your blessings. This is the way.

rhardihon Ask HN: What are some interesting projects to reuse your old devices?

I do intend to release it and also open-source the code at some point. It's not entirely in that state yet, but I'll probably throw it up on a Show HN when the time comes.

rhardihon Ask HN: What are some interesting projects to reuse your old devices?

I've built a good ol' web app which runs in fullscreen mode on an old iPad 1, turning it into a "smart" picture frame. Runs on top of Trello, with a small backend in Go for caching and proxying. Works great.

rhardihon Basics of Compiler Design (2000) [pdf]

Yeah, imagine going through all that, trying to build your first ever Compiler, in an 8 week course as a CS freshman... (which is the intended audience)

rhardihon The Plain Text Project

I can recommend https://jrnl.sh for a minimal plaintext journal.

rhardihon MacBook Pro 16" 2019 Teardown

Would have hoped a note on the screen cable for this one. Wasn't a breaking/failing ribbon cable the biggest problem after the keyboard for that last couple of years models?

rhardihon Show HN: A little app to keep your free Heroku apps awake

If everyone kept their free dynos up the maximum amount of time, that limit would probably be a lot lower.

rhardihon Golang Sucks

This seems very counter-productive.

A quick find-in-page, also reveals a skew towards older articles. Some of these might not be relevant anymore.

2012 - 19

2013 - 20

2014 - 60

2015 - 84

2016 - 26

2017 - 18

2018 - 6

rhardihon A2-class microSD cards offer no better performance for the Raspberry Pi

The Pi doesn't necessarily need an SD card. I'm running it on NFS, booted over the network. Works just fine. No need to worry about burning out the SD card.

rhardihon Show HN: Stein – Use Google Sheets as a No-Setup Database

https://sheetsu.com

https://sheety.co (No pricing)

rhardihon Better Portable Graphics

Anytime I see anything with Fabrice' name on it I'm immediately intrigued. He's just on a different level. His list of projects is simply astounding. I can duly recommend checking out some his other projects at https://bellard.org.

rhardihon Show HN: I made an interactive hex calculator in ncurses

What's this!? No Javascript runtime, no NPM package dependencies. Can software really be built without it?

I jest of course. This is really cool and nice to see something like this, make the front page of HN for once!

rhardihon Scaleway's data centre in the catacombs, 26 metres under Paris

No info apart from confirming, that yes, that would indeed be the new price going forward.

rhardihon Show HN: Window Recorder for macOS

Premium version coming soon which will have further features. Scaling for one, but also setting FPS.

When you say 'correspond to device pixel ratio', do you mean 50% scale when on retina e.g.?

rhardihon Scaleway's data centre in the catacombs, 26 metres under Paris

I came to Scaleway from Linode since they had very competitive pricing and generally always thought they were pretty nice.

That is, of-course, until they decided to up the price on my tier by almost 60% with very short notice. Same box I'd been running for years, no upgrades or nothing aside from a shiny new price tag...

rhardihon Show HN: Window Recorder for macOS

I really like the way the built-in screenshot tool works on macOS, and it's ability to "snap" to windows.

For screen recordings, Quicktime works great, but only provides a fullscreen or area based capturing option.

With Window Recorder, I've tried to mimic the behaviour of the screenshot tool, but for screen recordings.

It's currently free, but my intention is to take the freemium route, with an upcoming version including a premium upgrade, with a few more knobs and dials to tweak the recording, as well as recording directly to .gif.

rhardihon Show HN: Imgsquash – My image compression website project

For a small scale offline alternative I can heartily recommend https://imageoptim.com.

So simple, yet so effective.