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saurabh··on On Programming with Agents
I think a properly hand tuned AGENTS.md with proper tooling instructions and a single PLAN.md goes a long way especially if you add directives in AGENTS.md to keep the PLAN.md always updated with journaling.
saurabh··on Tell HN: I Downgraded from macOS Tahoe to Sequoia
Default Tahoe is unusable but these settings work for me.

System Settings > Accessibility > Display > Reduce transparency should be on.

System Settings > Appearance > Windows > Sidebar icon size should be Medium/Small.

saurabh··on Oxygen discovered in most distant known galaxy
There is no way we are alone in this universe, what would really be a big deal though is if there are somehow able to traverse light years to reach us.
saurabh··on Anti-Flash White
#F2F3F4
saurabh··on Show HN: Boxwood – simple templating engine for JavaScript, in JavaScript
We are using this as a standalone templating engine. It's easy, fast and has good error reporting. This is the main templating engine of AdonisJS.
saurabh··on No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s UFO Unit Will Make Some Findings Public
Non-paywalled link https://web.archive.org/web/20200724025436/https://www.nytim...
saurabh··on Project X – Like Tailwind for JavaScript
How do I v-for in this?
saurabh··on Ask HN: How did you become fluent in English?
+1
saurabh··on Show HN: I made a collection of kick-ass designs
This is awesome. Thanks!
saurabh··on How I learned React Native in a weekend and shipped an app
Highly recommend realm, works like a charm and has migrations too.
saurabh··on The brain “doubles up” by simultaneously making two memories of events
This is the correct explanation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KmNZNT5xw

saurabh··on Xiaomi stops disclosing annual sales figures
Yup, I own a Redmi 3S Prime for ~$130. It's a great value phone and doesn't lag. MIUI is extremely slick and easy to use. I persuaded four of my family members to go for Xiaomi phones and they couldn't be more happier.
saurabh··on Ask HN: TeamViewer alternative?
http://anydesk.com/
saurabh··on PG Casts – Postgres Screencasts
+1
saurabh··on [dead]
What does visiting a temple have to do with anything? Maybe he likes temples.
saurabh··on Show HN: Sublime Text Database Client
Get dbext.vim if you are a vimmer.

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=356

Current databases supported are:

ODBC / Perl DBI

Mysql

Oracle

Oracle Rdb (VMS)

SAP HANA

SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere (SA/ASA)

SAP Sybase IQ (ASA)

SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

SAP Sybase UltraLite (UL)

Microsoft SQL Server

IBM DB2

Interbase

SQLite

PostgreSQL

Ingres

Firebird

https://mutelight.org/dbext-the-last-sql-client-youll-ever-n...

Working with SQL in Vim, by Kris Jenkins

https://vimeo.com/76005855

saurabh··on Functors, Applicatives, and Monads in Pictures (2013)
Railway oriented programming; Error handling in functional languages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvD1VjRvGIk

saurabh··on Ask HN: What are your note-taking techniques?
Plain text files and indentation.
saurabh··on Youtube-dl
This is the best video downloader. It has downloaded videos from every site I've thrown at it. It even downloaded videos from Comedy Central!

Edit: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html

saurabh··on SlimerJS – A scriptable browser for Web developers
I use this to login to my ISP without opening a browser.
saurabh··on Ask HN: How to convince my boss to use Angular.js
Create a reusable directive that you can embed anywhere in the app and just enough API's to drive it.
saurabh··on Which project should be “the one” to work on?
Whatever you need to use yourself first and most.
saurabh··on Ask HN: Little hacks that make your life easier?
You are right. I used to use them but pressing Ctrl was a pain in the pinky finger. :sp and :vs is 2 more keys to press. Using Space as a leader makes everything available at the flick of my thumb. I rarely ever move my eyes to the command pane.

I forgot to mention that I have mapped Space+P to CtrlP fuzzy finder. That too is a one pinch like operation, even though it requires two keypresses.

saurabh··on Ask HN: Little hacks that make your life easier?
Nice. I am stealing this. I have the leader mapped to <Space>. And I move around splits and tabs using this.

    "New horizontal split
    nmap <leader>s :split<CR>

    "New vertical split
    nmap <leader>v :vsplit<CR>

    "New tab
    nmap <leader>t :tabe<CR>

    "Easy close
    nmap <leader>q :q<CR>

    " Split navigation
    nmap <leader>j <C-W>j
    nmap <leader>k <C-W>k
    nmap <leader>h <C-W>h
    nmap <leader>l <C-W>l

    "Tabs like Vimium 
    noremap <S-j> :tabprevious<CR>
    noremap <S-k> :tabnext<CR>
saurabh··on Ask HN: Little hacks that make your life easier?
Thanks, I missed that XKCD.

http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1205:_Is_It_Worth_...

saurabh··on Ask HN: Little hacks that make your life easier?
1. Synergy

I use Synergy to use my netbook's keyboard and touchpad for my workstation. I just zoom everything up on the workstation and lay back on the bed and code. Very cool. Bash alias on both systems is "synergize"

The next thing that I am going to do is switch the server and client roles automatically so that when I am using the workstation I would be able to control my netbook.

2. Tmux

I ssh to the workstation from my netbook and attach to a running Tmux session. Feels like working locally.

3. Redshift

Decrease brightness in the evening, I have a bash alias called "soothing" which does the job.

4. Wake on Lan

Start the workstation in the bedroom if I am in another room. Bash alias "wakywaky"

5. Map Caps Lock to Esc

Just do it. Useful if you are a vimmer.

6. Vimium

Useful if you are a vimmer.

7. A simple text file to track TODO's with vim

Vim makes it super easy to track TODO items. No plugin required. You can move around and makes changes quite fast.

saurabh··on Ask HN: Examples of Good Software Development Contracts
You should spend some money and better ask a lawyer about to draft the contract. There is http://www.docracy.com/ though if all you want are examples to study.
saurabh··on How I bypassed 2-Factor-Authentication on Google, Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn
I've always thought that the "Don't be Evil" mantra/motto/whatever is akin to people in denial telling themselves that they are "good people".
saurabh··on Stay up late
Dont stay up late. You will feel worse the next day. Get up early instead.
saurabh··on Show HN: Postman – A command-line utility for batch-sending email
Ghostman
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