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backtogeek

25 karma · joined December 22, 2025

Old enough to remember simple times.
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backtogeek··on Serving a website on a Raspberry Pi Zero running in RAM
Brilliant write up, just 1 correction, the TierHive VPS should only be $1.20 per year not $4 :)
backtogeek··on Show HN: Full graphical desktop running on a 128MB VPS Alpine+XRDP+WindowMaker
Thanks I appreciate you taking the time to comment!

I wonder that too. I have been a reader for YEARS, lost access to my old account, so I am cautious about posting content here, as I know new low-post accounts are often seen as spammy, which is fair enough.

backtogeek··on Eat Real Food
All the deep state stuff aside, I switched to 100% unprocessed meals for a month sometime ago after finding out I was becoming insulin resistant.

It worked I feel better and a few other things... My eye sight improved and my beard, leg and arm hair increased, noticeably.

backtogeek··on Databases in 2025: A Year in Review
I can't believe that article has no mention of SQLite ??
backtogeek··on Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML
Brilliant I will be adopting a few of these, I have been on a personal quest to reduce js use recently, I feel like I spend more time debugging js than producing the end result.
backtogeek··on Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?
Yep and I have kept it really basic and simple, I just store them in a folder in /home/$user/music and let jukebox scan and catalogue and I keep a subset on my phone, really that simple.... And you know what, it feels great, but then again, I am old enough to fondly remember just listening to a Walkman and being blown away.
backtogeek··on Floor796
This sort of thing gives me a nice hit of nostalgia.

I am pleased things like this continue to exist on the tinterweb.

backtogeek··on Apple releases open-source model that instantly turns 2D photos into 3D views
License arguments aside, pretty cool.
backtogeek··on Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal
Probably is, nice that people who do other things apart from learning to code all day can get their ideas out of their heads.
backtogeek··on Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal
looks pretty cool, will add it to the never ending list of stuff to test
backtogeek··on BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can Remove
Give it a week, there will be a tool out of China that works just fine, the right to repair by brute force!