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chin7an commented on Kelp – simple replacement for homebrew on macOS github.com/crhuber/kelp... · Posted by u/amai

chin7an · 4 months ago

I've found bin[0] to be great (and simple) to manage binaries released via github, specifically those tools not already available via macports and ones for which I'm too lazy to write a portfile for. Seems like kelp is attempting to replace this combination with one tool.

[0]: https://github.com/marcosnils/bin

chin7an commented on Coding Font Selection 'Tournament' daringfireball.net/linked... · Posted by u/tosh

c-hendricks · 8 months ago

I don't think this was always owned by Typogram

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29010443

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29028660

And to bypass the blogspam: https://www.codingfont.com/

chin7an · 8 months ago

Looking at their about[0] page, it seems like Typogram is a company started by the person who also created Coding Font. That might explain the "by Typogram" label.

[0] https://typogram.co/blog/about-us/

chin7an commented on Crafting Interpreters craftinginterpreters.com/... · Posted by u/metadat

IAmLiterallyAB · a year ago

Planning to read this soon. Anyone got any other compiler book recommendations? Preferably modern (I've heard the dragon book is out of date)

chin7an · a year ago

I’ve not read this book, so can’t offer a comparison but Thorsten Ball’s two books [1] are great.

The dragon book was my textbook in college, brings back memories, might be outdated but some concepts should still be useful.

[1] https://thorstenball.com/books/

chin7an commented on SimSig: Railway Signalling Simulations simsig.co.uk/... · Posted by u/untilted

gsck · a year ago

Pretty sure the developers of Factorio made a train game based around the train system in Factorio. Can't for the life of me remember its name but it looks rather good

chin7an · a year ago

Is it Sweet Transit? The about section mentions that the developer was part of Factorio.

Edit to add link - https://www.sweettransitgame.com/

chin7an commented on Amazon starts flagging frequently returned products that you maybe shouldn’t buy theverge.com/2023/3/28/23... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

tylerrobinson · 2 years ago

> So Amazon introduced an 'Andon button'

Maybe my brain is just having trouble parsing it, but what does “Andon” mean?

chin7an · 2 years ago

It's a term borrowed from assembly lines(0), where if the andon cord is pulled, the entire line stops until some manager or the likes inspects and restarts it. For amazon, the equivalent would be pulling the listing immediately from the website, blocking orders and flagging the item for immediate review.

(0): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andon_(manufacturing)

chin7an commented on Postman Now Supports gRPC blog.postman.com/postman-... · Posted by u/ace33

jim180 · 4 years ago

No, we are not gonna kill native macOS app![0]

[0] I'm lead developer for macOS app :)

chin7an · 4 years ago

Really hoping the native app survives. Thanks for the great app! I’ve been a user for a long time and hope to remain so.

chin7an commented on Postman Now Supports gRPC blog.postman.com/postman-... · Posted by u/ace33

paozac · 4 years ago

I used to like Postman, when it was a simple browser extension. I basically used it as a curl gui. Now

> Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster.

I guess I’m no longer their target user. Back to curl/httpie.

chin7an · 4 years ago

Paw[0] is a pretty good native macOS option, at least for now. They were acquired sometime last year by RapidAPI[1], and since have released electron based versions of their app for Linux and Windows.

I’m really hoping they don’t go the 1Password route and kill their native macOS product to move everyone to the cross-platform one.

[0] https://paw.cloud/ [1] https://rapidapi.com/

chin7an commented on System76 Launch Keyboard system76.com/accessories/... · Posted by u/lycopodiopsida

moshmosh · 4 years ago

Huh. I haven't used an ergo keyboard in many years, and never used one much, but just checked and sure enough, I type the 6 with my left hand, every time.

It's either an innate it's-easier-for-some-reason thing, or else it's habit from stretching across the number keys while playing WASD+mouse video games. I type 7 and up with my right, though.

chin7an · 4 years ago

Interesting, I never played much games but the WASD keys sounds like a really good reason why some may type '6' with the left hand.

chin7an commented on System76 Launch Keyboard system76.com/accessories/... · Posted by u/lycopodiopsida

tw04 · 4 years ago

Man if System76 is listening, or any keyboard manufacturer for that matter: please make a mechanical version of the ms ergonomic keyboard. All the other "ergonomics" seem to be trying too hard and have layouts that are so different from a standard keyboard as to be annoying. The MS one was perfect in every way, just needs mechanical keys.

chin7an · 4 years ago

If MSFT released a cherry MX version of this keyboard, and moved the 6 key to the right hand cluster, it'd be an instant buy from me. I learned touch typing with 6 on the right side, and most keyboards I've seen have it setup the same, so not sure why MS sticks with this convention.

chin7an commented on Write libraries instead of services, where possible catern.com/services.html... · Posted by u/catern

pjmlp · 4 years ago

Only on the FOSS world, because it is the only way to force devs to pay.

There is another alternative universe where commercial software, including libraries, gets sold.

chin7an · 4 years ago

A few libraries in the Java world have this model. They haven't produced unicorns but seem to be pretty stable businesses - jOOQ(1), hibernate(2) etc. I'm researching DB libraries for work and so those are the ones I recalled immediately, but I think there are some commercial UI ones too.

[1] https://www.jooq.org/ [2] http://hibernate.org/orm/support/

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