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Malleable computing, Emacs, and you
It all started with a routine task. I use GitHub issues for all of my public-facing projects but my preference is keeping track of things in Org Agenda. To reconcile the two, I would manually...
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Tools & Productivity
The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 522 posts.
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Strace-ui, Bonsai_term, and the TUI renaissance
We’ve always found strace useful but somewhat hard to work with. Its output is often inscrutable, it’s hard to follow subprocesses or threads, and if you wan...
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Bad Apple but It's Traceroute
This was unavoidable, given my post from the other day about how to make traceroute display (almost) arbitrary strings.
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Training my smartwatch to track intelligence
Training my watch to track intelligence
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RTX 2080 Ti Memory Upgrade to 22 GB
Upgrade your RTX 2080 Ti from 11GB to 22GB worldwide. Professional VRAM replacement, BIOS tuning & testing by GPU Solutions.
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Launch a Debugging Terminal into GitHub Actions
Code, Apps and Thoughts @lawrencegripper
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An ode to houseplant programming (2025)
Waxing poetic about hyperlocal phytoid software development
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Replacing Pull Requests with Delta
From the Zed Blog: Delta is now in public beta. Replacing pull requests is our first step toward replacing GitHub.
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Test-case reducers are underappreciated debugging tools
Test-case reducers are less well known than they should be, and those who are aware of them don’t always realise the variety of ways we can use – perhaps even abuse! – them. In this post, I’m going to explore some of the things I’ve learnt while using these wonderful tools. I’ll start at the basics, because the idea…
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Just Let Me Write Digits
Digital identities and what they mean for the web have become a hot topic of discussion in the last few years.They have also brought many controversies: age verification laws and what they mean for online anonymity, Wikipedia potentially having to verify the identify of its users in the UK, the reliance on official…
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Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope
A little over a month ago, I ran into a Tektronix TDS7104 at the Silicon Valley Flea Market , where else?
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Run NanoClaw in Docker Sandboxes
Every agent gets its own isolated container inside a micro VM. No dedicated hardware needed. No complex setup.
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I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0
A comprehensive guide to Claude Code from someone who's been using coding AI since 2021. Learn the 5 pillars of agentic coding, custom commands, and advanced workflows.
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Virtual Oxide Labs: Emulating a Full Oxide Rack
Oxide's approach to emulation, simulation, and tiny versions of big things.
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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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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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Reading across books with Claude Code
In which we teach an agent to read syntopically.
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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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DuckDB – Data power tools for your laptop, now in Clojure (2023)
A well-written, *FAST* data science database for your laptop.
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My favorite keyboards
When I started using computers, we had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum at home and a nano-reseau of Thomson MO5 s at elementary school. I distinctly remember how unpleasant it was to type with them. These must have been the worst keyboards I ever used [1] . Ever since, I have paid close attention to the keyboards I use. Here…
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cp: -r or -R?
A question like this recently came up again. I once tried to find an answer, but only posted it in some "forum" a decade ago, and I think it's worth saving this little bit of trivia from digital nirvana.
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150 MB Minimal FreeBSD Installation
Sometimes an article starts with a simple question or a single message on one of the available social platforms. This is the case today with this article where @ooberober asked: How small can the r…
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The death and rebirth of my home server
steen's online burrow
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A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life
I'm driven by the belief that we must not sacrifice our humanness for technology.
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How to build a circular LCD clock
In our kitchen, the only device that displays the time is our oven! :D Looking at it was always a bit annoying.
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ytr: YouTube Radio for Emacs
I've been a happy ready-player user for some time now. I consider the Emacs package fairly feature-complete, for my needs anyway. Well almost. While I...
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I Got Sick of Remembering Port Numbers
So I built local.vibe — a friendly dashboard and local .vibe hostname for every local web app on your Mac. No more localhost:3000 vs localhost:5173 roulette.
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Why building a Rust LSP is hard
Rust LSP that doesn't eat memory for breakfast
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Introducing: ShaderPad
Riley J. Shaw is a programmer and designer. Rooted in repair and craft, he creates transparent, remixable tools for a sustainable and accessible future.