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k_bx commented on I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can howtogeek.com/i-run-a-ful... · Posted by u/redbell

k_bx · 2 days ago

Update: I looked at it. Overall it looks very promising on paper.

However, the bootstrapping process is so much work that I've ended up ditching it for now. I don't want to "automate the automation" yet.

Trying out podman now.

k_bx · 9 hours ago

Tried Podman. It looked quite promising, but failed me: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/26899

Trying Incus now

k_bx commented on I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can howtogeek.com/i-run-a-ful... · Posted by u/redbell

throwaway74354 · 6 days ago

Containers with systemd as an init process are considered first-class citizen by the Podman ecosystem (the base images are named accordingly: e.g, ubi10-init vs ubi10)

k_bx · 2 days ago

My current production systems are running Ubuntu 22.04, and there is no official images with systemd for them in Podman. So it does feel like second class citizen.

On another hand, if ubi’s work fine — that means there should be no technical limitation to keep Ubuntu working.

I’ll keep playing with Podman for now, but will switch to Incus if that will fail

k_bx commented on I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can howtogeek.com/i-run-a-ful... · Posted by u/redbell

ranger_danger · 2 days ago

Have you tried LXC? It runs entire distros as containers, with init and everything.

k_bx · 2 days ago

It looks a bit confusing. There’s LXC, LXD and Incus. I should look for Incus, right?

Seems a bit less popular and supported, I also like that Podman has strong backing from Red Hat and potentially seamless macOS integration.

Otherwise if Podman will fail I’ll take a look at Incus.

k_bx commented on I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can howtogeek.com/i-run-a-ful... · Posted by u/redbell

k_bx · 6 days ago

Thanks, this looks awesome! Will play around on my CI/CD first to see if it's any good for the build-server to add trixie builds. Might use in prod deploys later.

k_bx · 2 days ago

Update: I looked at it. Overall it looks very promising on paper.

However, the bootstrapping process is so much work that I've ended up ditching it for now. I don't want to "automate the automation" yet.

Trying out podman now.

k_bx commented on Sequoia backs Zed zed.dev/blog/sequoia-back... · Posted by u/vquemener

csense · 5 days ago

I'm willing to accept this claim:

- You can make money when your product is a text editor.

I am very skeptical of these claims:

- When your product is a text editor, $42 million in capital can be effectively deployed to make meaningful improvements to your product.

- When your product is a text editor, your lifetime inflation-adjusted profit will eventually exceed $42 million.

Sequoia is apparently not so skeptical, and willing to put the money on the table. That must have been a truly extraordinary pitch deck...

k_bx · 5 days ago

If the world is moving towards open models which are "good enough" – the main winner will be the one controlling the distribution. So if you're controlling the web browser, the editor or the OS – you are the winner.

Obviously, the risk here is very high from this perspective, since nothing guarantees anything.

k_bx commented on Sequoia backs Zed zed.dev/blog/sequoia-back... · Posted by u/vquemener

k_bx · 5 days ago

I don't know what's DeltaDB, but if it will be able to show when a commit is simultaneously a refactoring and a change of code being refactored (moved into another module) – I would love to see that! At the moment if you refactor you punish the people reviewing the code, which reverses the motivation for cleaning things up.

k_bx commented on I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can howtogeek.com/i-run-a-ful... · Posted by u/redbell

craftkiller · 6 days ago

Have you looked at systemd-nspawn[0]? Its not docker so it wouldn't be useful for writing Dockerfiles but it is light containers that work beautifully with systemd.

[0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-nspawn

k_bx · 6 days ago

Thanks, this looks awesome! Will play around on my CI/CD first to see if it's any good for the build-server to add trixie builds. Might use in prod deploys later.

k_bx commented on I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can howtogeek.com/i-run-a-ful... · Posted by u/redbell

k_bx · 6 days ago

I develop my apps in the most possible native way I can: deb packages, apt repo, systemd, journald etc. however I would like to also be able to run it in docker/vm. Is there a good systemd-in-docker solution for this to basically not run anything differently and not have to maintain two sets of systems?

k_bx commented on NixOS on a Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 AMD Laptop fnune.com/hardware/2025/0... · Posted by u/brainlessdev

k_bx · a month ago

I wonder if Nix is finally OK to use with LLMs. Used to be such a pain and just hours of googling to make simple things work. I think even ChatGPT didn't work well at the time for me, but now at least the try-and-fail can be done by the LLM itself.

k_bx commented on Parsing Protobuf like never before mcyoung.xyz/2025/07/16/hy... · Posted by u/ibobev

AceJohnny2 · a month ago

Offtopic, but is anyone using CapnProto, the ProtoBuf former maintainer's (kentonv around here) subsequent project?

https://capnproto.org

If so, how does it compare in practice?

(what does Cloudflare Workers use?)

k_bx · a month ago

To piggyback on this, is anyone using flatbuffers? They solve same problem as CapnProto, are a basis of arrow.

I've used it but too long ago and don't know their current state.

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