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vincentkriek··on What I self-host
What is the benefit compared to Jellyfin?
vincentkriek··on Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS
How is that better than the nixos provider? The trouble is the links to the source code right?
vincentkriek··on Should I Run Plain Docker Compose in Production in 2026?
How does this work? Can you show it?
vincentkriek··on Framework Laptop 13 Pro
4k on linux is not possible due to drm I think?
vincentkriek··on After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand
Github copilot used to only be in line completion. That is not vibe coding.
vincentkriek··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
No, Rust is in the kernel for driver subsystems. Core linux parts can't be written in Rust yet for the problem you mention. But new drivers *can* be written in Rust
vincentkriek··on Why I (Still) Love Linux ?
As an init manager, systemd is the best thing that has happened to the wider linux ecosystem. Being able to indicate dependencies, document order and being able to let an application tell the init manager it is done and dependents of it can be started makes starting up way better.

I understand the downsides people have of systemd, but I have the feeling the huge upside is often overlooked.

vincentkriek··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
And ASML is not in Holland, nor is Nexperia or ASMI. I can't think of any semiconductor business in "Holland".
vincentkriek··on Libghostty is coming
The person you replied to agreed, but the maintenance could be done by other people while Hashimoto could continue to improve other technologies.
vincentkriek··on How I like to install NixOS (declaratively)
The language and the compiler infrastructure is for me the biggest problem. It's very hard to understand what is going wrong when it goes wrong. Most advice feel like copy pasting existing code without knowing what it does.

Learning this also complicates things as I am feeling overwhelmed with all the things needed for simple configuration structures instead of starting out with a simple program.

vincentkriek··on Calibre 8.0
Kobo Sync as it's called in the documentation (https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/wiki/Kobo-Integratio...) works very well, and is very easily enabled (updating a single line in a config file on the ereader that appears when you mount it on your computer).

It will convert books to Kepub automatically and you can select to only sync certain shelfs.

vincentkriek··on Go is my hammer, and everything is a nail
There is no difference to a .Add() function, that's true but even for strings you wouldn't have an Add function. It would be an Append() most likely which explains much more what is happening.

And verbosity helps, forcing users verbosity helps the general level of quality. Programmers could overestimate themselves and think they are doing it correctly. Looking back in my code from a year ago I see things I should have done differently. I like languages that avoid me making real dumb mistakes

vincentkriek··on WebVM is a server-less virtual Linux environment running client-side
IRC has no chat history either, right. I get the simplicity of IRC but searchable history is a bonus for Discord. As long as the service is available, searching is kinda possible. With irc you have to find out which bot provides history, which is then usually split over multiple files
vincentkriek··on My (Neo)Vim workflow
Never said it can't be good in an IDE. But there is something that draws people to vim, which isn't just the cool factor. IDEs often even have vim modes but vim itself is a nicer editor.

Same way an IDE is a nicer debugger, linter, profiler, test run platform...

vincentkriek··on My (Neo)Vim workflow
I usually doubt about this, am I missing out on useful tools because I like my terminal based environment. Editing is much better when you have tools that are keyboard first, I think everyone agrees about that.

My conclusion now about an integrated environment (like an IDE) versus a more handbuilt (like vim) is that a handbuilt one requires the dev to know it's tools. With an IDE you are seduced to trust the magic black box, that the box will help you. This makes it that when stuff goes different then expected (usually user error), you are lost.

With a more custom environment you are pushed to learn your tools. And while this is not a given, I like this approach more. I might miss some fancy new tools, but the tools I do use, I *know*. This could be done with an IDE but is more forced in a terminal based flow.

vincentkriek··on Welcome to the safest time to give birth in human history
And what would be the answer then? Where would it be safer somewhere in history than it is now?
vincentkriek··on I'm forking Ladybird and stepping down as SerenityOS BDFL
I think the fork has to do with the following item:

> Unlike SerenityOS, Ladybird will have a relaxed NIH policy (instead of "no 3rd party code!"), and will leverage the greater OSS ecosystem.

SerenityOS wants to be an OS from scratch, to see how to do things better from existing implementations. When ladybird wants to target that OS as well, using 3rd party libraries would make it hard to stay compatible. Which is easier to do on just MacOS and Linux.

vincentkriek··on Review of the MoErgo Glove80 Keyboard
What is a "native keyboard"?
vincentkriek··on Linux Crosses 4% Market Share Worldwide
How so? I find it very interesting to see how many servers use windows or what software is used in embedded applications
vincentkriek··on Paying Netflix $0.53/H, etc.
According to your source of 3.2h a day it would be closer to 90h a month (28 days * 3.2h) for the shortest month we have.
vincentkriek··on Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead
In the Netherlands WhatsApp became popular because they offered free SMS.
vincentkriek··on Tutanota is now Tuta
What is $normalemailprovider? I have been looking for an alternative that is more standard, but it seems like only Fastmail is big in this space. The rest are small shops that don't convey a lot of confidence.
vincentkriek··on Show HN: WireHole combines WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound with an easy UI
To add to this, for me it's not specifically about the ease of setup which isnt that much easier (although it's nice that it's standardized). It's more about the teardown if it's not something for you. Services can leave a lot of residuals in the system, files in different places, unwanted dependencies, changes in system configuration. Removing a docker container is very clean, with the remaining stuff easily identifiable.

Makes trying new stuff a way less troublesome.

vincentkriek··on Build your own BitTorrent
Is this something you expect to use as your main torrent client?
vincentkriek··on Why aren't there more 80% jobs?
When is the last time the US has defended Europe?
vincentkriek··on Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
A different implementation for the server though, not the clients. So, as a user you wouldn't see the difference.

And as an admin it's much easier to maintain.

vincentkriek··on Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
Self hosting is incredibly easy with vaultwarden (https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden)
vincentkriek··on Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
Yes
vincentkriek··on Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
Bitwarden is great. I use it everywhere and it manages passwords well. The key feature for me is the ease of use of "organizations", which allows me to share passwords with my wife easily. A lot of accounts regarding our financials or children are shared, so we both need the password. Bitwarden makes this trivial.
vincentkriek··on Japan's Hometown Tax (2018)
I live in The Netherlands and it's not functionally a very large low density city. The main part of the country (de randstad [1]), but the rest isn't. And we need to pay to make sure there are facilities there, the government currently is just draining the natural resources and giving nothing in return.

I don't know how a large country functions, but for the Netherlands there is a clear need to invest more in the rest of the country.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randstad

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