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oDoton Show HN: Multilspy – Cross platform framework to develop Language Server Clients

That's pretty cool.

I'm the author of vleam[0], which enables Gleam usage in Vue SFCs.

If there's one thing I missed building the LSP is an awesome-list, where I could find stuff like Multispy -- LSP resources weren't easy for me to navigate as a beginner.

[0] https://github.com/vleam/vleam

oDoton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)

I didn't say OP wants to know everything about everything.

You seem to have misunderstood me.

oDoton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)

I did not make any claim for or against transparency, but did say that OPs claim for transparency is weak.

Lack of knowledge does not imply you can coerce transparency.

Not sure how your reply related to it.

oDoton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)

If it's good for everyone there's no need to use the force of law.

Stop using force to make people do things you deem right out of thin air

oDoton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)

There was no justification for that so-called right other than lack of knowledge

Edit: this is reiterated by OP in a sibling comment, guess I framed it correctly?

oDoton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)

Not having access to something does not grant you rights to it.

You probably know a lot of things I don't, and some things that I can never know. That does not allow me to compel you to tell them to me.

Yes, even if I really want to make some impossible to define metric, like efficiency, look better.

oDoton Astro DB

Slightly tangential -- anyone knows how does libSQL compare to upstream SQLite for shipping with a desktop app or in the browser via wasm?

Edit: I've read the readme, hoping for a take from anyone who gave it a try

oDoton Microsoft is driving users away

Always useful to look at the seemingly endless stream of Linux information, the Arch wiki:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ASUS_ROG_Zephyrus_G14_(2022...

Also NixOS has a nixos-hardware repository with configurations for some laptops:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/asus/zep...

Reasonably legible if you ever programmed anything

oDoton How Does Bluesky Work?

Why not use ActivityPub?
ActivityPub is a federated social networking technology popularized by Mastodon.
Account portability is the major reason why we chose to build a separate protocol. We consider portability to be crucial because it protects users from sudden bans, server shutdowns, and policy disagreements. Our solution for portability requires both signed data repositories and DIDs, neither of which are easy to retrofit into ActivityPub. The migration tools for ActivityPub are comparatively limited; they require the original server to provide a redirect and cannot migrate the user's previous data.

Other smaller differences include: a different viewpoint about how schemas should be handled, a preference for domain usernames over AP’s double-@ email usernames, and the goal of having large scale search and discovery (rather than the hashtag style of discovery that ActivityPub favors).

from https://atproto.com/guides/faq

oDoton Ask HN: Alternatives to the Pomodoro technique?

I follow my own "Spontaneous Productivity":

https://blog.nestful.app/spontaneous-productivity/

In short: Almost nothing is scheduled. The "what do to" is decided upon at the moment of doing. Defining granular enough tasks is a valid replacement to Pomodoro.

This means a tool that always tells you "what's next" is needed, which is why I built https://Nestful.app.

Nestful is undergoing heavy refactoring this month, and while data is safe and stable, features and bugs are not. If you like the idea but find the instability troubling, send a support request mentioning this and I'll waive a couple of months of payment.

oDoton Launch HN: Diversion (YC S22) – Cloud-Native Git Alternative

I don't disagree, but usually when a solution doesn't fix a painful problem, people are almost disappointed after getting their hopes high. In those posts, the commenters give me the impression that they are mildly annoyed at best (or worst).

oDoton Framework Laptop 16 Review

Can you elaborate more about the tradeoffs here?

I'm in the same boat, looking for as light as possible with a much battery as possible, was banking on the 16 yet we get 9 hours instead of (an assumed) ~10-11, and 2.1/2.4kg.

Somehow the Thinkpad Extreme X1 and the new Zephyrus G16 have similar CPUs, dGPUs, a >90Whr battery and they weigh less than 2kg.

Where's most the weight going? Will I be able to buy a FW 16 and eliminate weight to achieve similar specs? Literally asking about using a "stripped down version".

oDoton Launch HN: Diversion (YC S22) – Cloud-Native Git Alternative

I've been attempting this but have paused the efforts due to what seems like lack of interest -- giving me an indication that the problem is not that big of a deal.[0][1]

If anyone is interested in my resuming them, let me know at contact at weedonandscott dot com

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/vfx/comments/11s08ne/your_opinion_o...

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/11s5haf/what_do_yo...

oDoton Starlink Successfully Tests Space Direct to Cell Mobile Service

Yes, that too

oDoton Starlink Successfully Tests Space Direct to Cell Mobile Service

She's leaving for a job in another state and he just realised he loves her

oDoton Starlink Successfully Tests Space Direct to Cell Mobile Service

I am a filmmaker, and interestingly it happened before already. One example is that since cellphones became widespread, it's not very realistic for a guy to run after a girl in the third act of a rom com -- a call is now enough

This isn't bad -- it drives storytelling innovation

oDoton Triplit: Open-source DB that syncs data between server and browser in real-time

How would this compare to RxDB?

oDoton Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service

Even with Qubes, you practically have a few big sandboxes holding several applications, rather than a tiny sandbox for each app

Spectrum OS is trying to do that, but is still has a long way to go

oDoton Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service

Yet comments here mention Steam, gaming, photo editing software, and I myself do video editing -- all of those are not going to be packaged by Debian.

oDoton Show HN: GodotOS – Fake operating system interface made in the Godot engine

You can use Fountain

https://fountain.io

oDoton Show HN: GodotOS – Fake operating system interface made in the Godot engine

Nice landing page. Tip: make the speed comparison an agonizing animation, like esbuild's:

https://esbuild.github.io/

Edit: Tip 2: the screenplay looks nothing like a screenplay

oDoton Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service

People are hailing Linux, but there's one big elephant in the room -- app sandboxing. While Microsoft surely tracks the Windows user, any software may be tracking the Linux user.

I've been on Linux for more than a decade, and even with advancements like Flatpak, Linux is very far from the protections Android, iOS, Mac and Windows have.

oDoton Availability and Use of F-35 Fighter Aircraft: An Update

Now that they're in use for a while, does real life observation confirm or deny the reports during development, claiming it's a jack of all trades master of none, "a failure"?

oDoton Python errors as values: Comparing useful patterns from Rust and Go

I have written a rudimentary implementation to avoid external dependencies. If you don't mind, a quick google comes up with a couple:

https://github.com/vultix/ts-results

https://github.com/badrap/result

oDoton Python errors as values: Comparing useful patterns from Rust and Go

In FileMonger[0], which uses Tauri, I have implemented a `Result` logic for errors in TS, similar to what's available in Rust. It's clunkier, but still much preferable to the mess of throwing. Much easier to handle errors and debug.

[0] https://filemonger.app/

oDoton Ensō: write now, edit later

I have built https://FileMonger.app (which keeps a diffable undo history of a file) exactly after becoming skeptical as you are.

After a bit of research I've figured that main need for this kind of focus is fear of the document changing too much, to the point where the current idea for an edit will no longer relevant.

Apps such as OP try to solve it by hiding the problem, while with FileMonger the writer gets a guarantee that they can revert to any save at any time, if document indeed changes too much (it usually doesn't).

If you've mentioned vim and technical writing you're probably writing plain text files and are knowledgeable enough to use manual version control like git when necessary, which is why this baffles you.

oDoton The Bvp47 - a Top-tier Backdoor [sic] of US NSA Equation Group

Still talking about default config here

oDoton The Bvp47 - a Top-tier Backdoor [sic] of US NSA Equation Group

Don't the others OS have varying levels of app sandboxing while Linux has basically none?

oDoton The Bvp47 - a Top-tier Backdoor [sic] of US NSA Equation Group

Aren't the popular Linux distros, with default configuration, much less secure than the other OS like macOS, Windows and surely Android and iOS?

I thought this was the working assumption.

oDoton Show HN: WhatsApp-Llama: A clone of yourself from your WhatsApp conversations

We are very close to where AI tech can replicate Harry Potter portraits