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arkenflameon Show HN: OmniDiff – Opensource, super fast, content aware Git difftool, in Rust

Really well done, I like this a lot. It produces much more minimal diffs than other tools I've tried.

One feature I miss from difftastic is showing diffs side-by-side on wide terminals, and unified when narrow.

arkenflameon Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows

This one is recursive-grid for Hammerspoon users on macOS, and is probably the easiest of the open source implementations to fully customize. (I made it years ago)

arkenflameon Bijou64: A variable-length integer encoding

I researched many different varint encodings for a GraphQL-specific binary format (resulting in Argo: https://github.com/msolomon/argo ). I ended up choosing protobuf-style zig-zag varints, but I also found these interesting:

vu128: https://john-millikin.com/vu128-efficient-variable-length-in...

metric/imperial varint: https://dcreager.net/2021/03/a-better-varint/

vectorizing VByte: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07387

arkenflameon Time to talk about my writerdeck

If you want something you can use today with a Kindle or other e-reader I made an app for this https://solarwriter.msol.io

arkenflameon Mouseless – fast mouse control with the keyboard

For MacOS users of Hammerspoon, I made a similar plugin based on devoting the screen into successively smaller 3x3 grids: https://github.com/msolomon/griddle

It’s free and fully customizable too.

arkenflameon Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

If anyone is looking for a much cheaper alternative to this very impressive device for the sole purpose of typing or writing in daylight, I made a mobile app you can use in conjunction with a Kindle or other e-reader: https://solarwriter.msol.io

arkenflameon Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?

An audio adventure game on mobile: https://roadtripadventures.msol.io

A humorous book of quotes with profanity added: https://whatacools.com/serenity/

An app to use your e-reader as a typewriter: https://solarwriter.msol.io/ (actually, this one is free)

arkenflameon E-Ink Typewriter

This is awesome! I made a similar app that works with a kindle and your mobile device: https://msolomon.github.io/solarwriter-website

arkenflameon Show HN: Keynavish – Control the mouse with the keyboard (Windows)

For MacOS folks, I made a hammerspoon plugin which works similarly: https://github.com/msolomon/griddle

arkenflameon ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

I would buy the RM2 in a heartbeat if it supported a keyboard over usb or Bluetooth.

Having an outdoor-friendly typewriter where text is saved seamlessly would be awesome for focused writing. I did my best to make it easy on a phone+keyboard+kindle (with SolarWriter https://msolomon.github.io/solarwriter-website/ ), but the Remarkable is so so close to the ideal experience—it just needs keyboard support.

arkenflameon It’s time to reappraise the humble Choose Your Own Adventure book

If this piqued your interest in playing one, I wrote a modern audio-based CYOA and accompanying app to play it: https://playroadtripadventures.com

It’s great for playing with others while you travel!

arkenflameon The 7th Continent: An ambitious Choose Your Own Adventure-inspired board game

I recently released an audio-based choose-your-own-adventure inspired game for playing in the car called Road Trip Adventures. If 7th Continent appeals to you then you should check it out!

https://playroadtripadventures.com

arkenflameon Show HN: Tesoro – Personal internet archive

I made a simple Chrome extension to automatically save local copies of pages you bookmark, if you prefer that instead: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/backmark-back-up-t...

arkenflameon Show HN: Pocket Stream Archive – A personal Way-Back Machine

I wrote a Chrome extension that similarly saves copies of pages you bookmark: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/backmark-back-up-t...

arkenflameon Show HN: GitBattle – Battle two Github accounts

I would love it if there were URLs that I could send to friends to show battle results.

arkenflameon The Ultimate Vim Distribution

I also use this daily, and have the same problem. I suppose this speaks to the weakness others have expressed (in using a premade configuration setup vs. slowly rolling your own), but I have otherwise found spf13-vim very useful.