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Self hosting my media library with Jellyfin and Wireguard on Hetzner
Self hosting my media library with Jellyfin & Wireguard on Hetzner
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Tools & Productivity
The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 4,417 posts.
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I guess I'm using WebP now?
After using the same few image formats for 20+ years, I’m now on the WebP bandwagon. That isn’t something I thought I’d ever say. Now I’m wondering how soon it’ll be before I can use a couple more.
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Gradle still sucks
I wrote a blog post a while ago complaining about Gradle, mostly from a position of ignorance: I had never really taken the time to properly learn the tool and I was frustrated while trying to stumble my way through working with it. But luckily, my company encourages learning and experimentation so I was given an…
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Time for Makefiles to Make a Comeback
Using the right tool for the right job
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Finally fixed my PC’s persistent graphics and audio stutters
I experienced intermittent stuttering when my PC ran Linux and Windows. A mix of hardware, firmware, and driver issues created a difficult to diagnose problem.
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Relentlessly Simplify
Notes on simplifying daily life by stripping unnecessary apps, disabling notifications, and trimming subscriptions to reduce decision fatigue.
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Duty to Document (2023)
If you learn something the hard way, it's you duty to share your lessons with others.
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Build a Focus System for Better Work/Life Balance as a Web Developer
An unproductive day leads me to feel like I need to keep working. A focus system can help your days as a developer feel productive, freeing up your personal time for things you enjoy.
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LaTeX for tabletop
Get started on using LaTeX for writing your tabletop rulebooks, adventures, and zines.
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A Unix Utility You Should Know About: Netcat (2009)
This is the second post in the article series about Unix utilities that you should know about. In this post I will introduce you to the netcat tool or simply nc. Netcat is often referred to as a Swiss Army knife utility, and for a good reason. Just like the multi-function usefulness of the venerable Swiss Army…
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Templating for Lawyers
learn computer templateering in five minutes flat
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Reading across books with Claude Code
In which we teach an agent to read syntopically.
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Git Tips And Workflows
Personal homepage and blog of Nicola Paolucci aka @durdn
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Tools for visualizing a codebase
Need to write a README, but running blank on words? If that bothers you frequently, consider generating diagrams.
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Explaining explaining: a quick guide on explanatory writing
Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
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Regular Expression Crossword Puzzle
A crossword puzzle designed for geeks, every single clue is a regular expression.
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Programming Portals
Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple programmes
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Twitter Boostrap Goodies
Twitter Bootstrap is a simple and flexible HTML, CSS, and Javascript for popular user interface components and interactions. In this post, I have found many useful tools, plugins and themes created specifically for Twitter Bootstrap. If you love using Twitter Bootstrap, I'm sure you will love all these resources.
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I do not use a debugger (2016)
I learned to program with BASIC back when I was twelve. I would write elaborate programs and run them. Invariably, they would surprise me by failing to do what I expect. I would struggle for a time, but I'd eventually give up and just accept that whatever "bugs" I had created were there to stay. … Continue reading I…
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A Tiling Desktop Environment
I've been thinking about graphical shells recently. One of the great things about open source desktops is there is a plethora of choice when it comes to graphical shells. However they seem to fall into two camps: Full featured desktop environments that stick to the conventional stacking window metaphor. Narrowly…
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Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix
The Steam Deck (and SteamOS) delivers a fantastic console-like experience on a Linux system. However, its immutable filesystem means that installing packages that persist across system upgrades isn’t straightforward. Fortunately, with a little Nix magic, you can work around that limitation.
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I turned my unused Kindle into a photo frame with GPT-6 Astra
I turned my unused Kindle into a photo frame with an AI agent.
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