I want to learn how to sleep well again. The difference in how I feel when sleep deprived versus fully rested is staggering.
I'd recommend reading "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker, it was a game changer for me.
Readit Newsmeridion commented on Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025? · Posted by u/meridion
Getting away from time wasting things like mindlessly scrolling Reddit. I realized about a month ago it has slowly grown into an addiction... nothing to do? Pull out the phone and scroll.
Now I'm limiting myself to consuming content differently. Checking HN once or twice a day. Using RSS to subscribe to blogs I find interesting instead of having my content fed to me. With the time I'm getting back, I'm putting a lot more energy back into personal learning and finishing my MSCS.
Also fell of the "staying fit" wagon near the end of the year so I plan on getting back to the gym and getting outside more.
I recommend using Feedly to organize and browse your RSS feeds. I've been using it for over a decade now!
meridion commented on Show HN: PrivatePDF – minimal PDF editor that runs in the browser github.com/photown/privat... · Posted by u/meridion
This is pretty impressive. Does it really have full support for filling pdf forms? Most PDF applications that I have tried (on Linux at least) have each more or less failed at that task.
Thanks! For PDF form filling, I use the APIs that pdf-lib [0] exposes. That includes text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns and options lists. Give it a try and let me know if you find a type of form field that's missing.
In case you are looking for a simple entirely in-browser PDF editor, I just released PrivatePDF - https://github.com/photown/private-pdf
It supports basic operations such as filling forms, inserting text, images, etc.
You can test it out with a sample PDF here - https://photown.github.io/private-pdf/?pdf=https://raw.githu...