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I'm Stavros. If you need to contact me, my email is stavros at stavros dot io. If you email me, mention "aubergine" in the subject so I know it's not spam. Also, LLM-written emails get marked as spam.

My website, where I write about the projects I work on, is https://www.stavros.io.

I'm also @stavros on Twitter.

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stavros··on P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names
The GP means that, if you hold space down on a button, you can then tab to another button without activating the first one.
stavros··on P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names
I may be wrong on this, but I think that pressing esc while space is held down cancels the button press, like moving the mouse off the key while holding down the click does. I'd need to test this, though.
stavros··on No AI Fridays
Apparently they didn't do it manually often enough, huh.
stavros··on Bug Blindness
I'd say it does, since it doesn't work well.
stavros··on Defrag98: Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter Simulator Online
I need to set up a Windows 95 computer with a hard drive and stream the defragging online, complete with live audio.
stavros··on Defrag98: Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter Simulator Online
What, you don't need the data any more? Or are you conflating screen degaussing?
stavros··on Hy4 preview
What I find funny about "why use many word when few word do trick?" is that it's only slightly shorter than the regular "why use many words when few words do the trick?"
stavros··on EVE Online moves to Python 3
As the sibling says, Claude was named after Claude Shannon, but TIL, thanks!
stavros··on EVE Online moves to Python 3
Claude is a man's name, so...
stavros··on Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
Well, they should, if they're reasonable.
stavros··on Monzo Stand-In
The only limit is themselves.
stavros··on Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
Why would we (as an EU member) want Iceland to compromise on such a vital issue, though? I understand that it's simpler to have common regulations among all members, but when theirs works, why mess with it? It sounds unreasonable.
stavros··on Just the rumour of a bug is enough to find an exploit these days
Yep, this is for maintainers releasing fixes to secretly-reported 0days without tipping off attackers who are looking to exploit a (sometimes very large) install base.
stavros··on Just the rumour of a bug is enough to find an exploit these days
Do not try and move the files; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth... Delete them after you copy.
stavros··on Just the rumour of a bug is enough to find an exploit these days
Yes, they don't want the vulnerabilities exposed so they ship the fix in secret, contained in unrelated features.
stavros··on GLM-5.3 is now open-weight
Hm, thanks, it must have been some OpenWebUI bug, thank you.
stavros··on GLM-5.3 is now open-weight
Have you guys been having a good experience with OpenRouter? I tried it out recently with Claude, and it cached no tokens, charging me $200 for one conversation of 11 messages.
stavros··on AI Agent Has Root
I have to say, I'm currently trying to write a post and it's taking hours, and I can definitely see why people just pay the $0.02 to generate it instead. I like writing, so I keep doing it, but sometimes it can really be a slog.
stavros··on Afterglow: Run classic After Dark screen savers on modern macOS
You must be one of those people who always downloaded the barebones version without the plugins.
stavros··on Gemini-3.5-Transcribe
Out of curiosity, what was wrong with Handy? I use it and it works fine.
stavros··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
Everything is "join the wait list", how does it make money?
stavros··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
Hm, $10/mo or so.
stavros··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
Sorry, I couldn't resist the joke answer. The real answer is I don't remember, it's been almost twenty years. I must have posted it on reddit or something.
stavros··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell
They were OK, nothing amazing.
stavros··on CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO
I read the line and thought it was AI, and then saw the username and figured it wouldn't be. I find my writing being influenced by LLM patterns as well, because that's basically all the writing that exists these days. I don't like how it erodes my own voice because I keep reading the writings of this one single author all day, every day.
stavros··on Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices
As much as the people vaporized by the atomic bomb would, I'm sure.
stavros··on Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues
That's the midwit meme.
stavros··on VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents
No other field does this because no other field is about automating things. What's an artist going to do, sculpt a sculpture that sculpts sculptures?
stavros··on GLM-5.3-Flash
Opus 5 is better than Fable in this benchmark?
stavros··on Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices
If your goal is to end a war, there are much easier ways. If your goal is to win the war, well...
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