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pseufaux commented on Outsourcing thinking   erikjohannes.no/posts/202... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
simianwords · a month ago
Not to nitpick but I find his point on automating vacation planning on AI so silly.

Apparently he think of planning a vacation as some artistic expression.

pseufaux · a month ago
I really enjoyed and agree with the majority of the article, but this was my nit as well. My hatred of vacation planning is often the reason I don't go on more vacations. It seems like automating a task that is experienced by the individual as completely monotonous ( and only affects that individual) would be a great example of something worth handing off to a text generator.
pseufaux commented on Winapp, the Windows App Development CLI   blogs.windows.com/windows... · Posted by u/MaysonL
pseufaux · a month ago
I read though the GitHub readme but I'm still unsure what "new" this brings this brings to the table. It seems like a thin wrapper over existing tools. Since Microsoft rarely deprecates and removes anything, this feels like just another unnecessary complexity layer.

I'm not a traditional app dev on Windows though, so I'm likely missing something. For those of you who are more familiar, what about this are you excited about?

pseufaux commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)    · Posted by u/david927
c0nrad · 2 months ago
https://battlecode.org/ is in January, I look forward to it every year.
pseufaux · 2 months ago
This is awesome! I can't believe I've not heard of it before. Thanks for sharing!
pseufaux commented on Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out   nesbitt.io/2025/12/24/pac... · Posted by u/birdculture
saidinesh5 · 3 months ago
I think the conclusion is more that package definitions can still be maintained on git/GitHub but the package manager clients should probably rely on a cache/db/a more efficient intermediate layer.

Mostly to avoid downloading the whole repo/resolve deltas from the history for the few packages most applications tend to depend on. Especially in today's CI/CD World.

pseufaux · 3 months ago
This is how WinGet works. It has a small SQLite db it downloads from a hosted url. The DB contains some minimal metadata and a url path to access the full metadata. This way WinGet only has to make API calls for packages it's actually interacting with. As a package manager, it has plenty of problems still, but it's a simple, elegant solution for the git as a DB issue.
pseufaux commented on Ask HN: What are your top reads and listens of 2025?    · Posted by u/p33p
pseufaux · 3 months ago
Really enjoyed Goliaths Curse by Luke Kemp
pseufaux commented on Ask HN: What's a book that fundamentally altered your mental models    · Posted by u/brihati
pseufaux · 3 months ago
Process and Reality by Alfred North Whitehead
pseufaux commented on Using Git add -p for fun (and profit)   techne98.com/blog/using-g... · Posted by u/fixedprog
pseufaux · 3 months ago
This is one place jj really shines. Using jj new to quickly switch to a new change makes it easier to not drop flow but still break up work. You can come back later and add descriptions or reorder and squash. That way, you don't get into as many situations where splitting a commit is necessary. For those that remain, jj split works well.
pseufaux commented on Hacking on the ReMarkable 2   sgt.hootr.club/blog/hacki... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
mholm · 3 months ago
I bought a ReMarkable 2 a couple of years ago with far higher hopes of hackability than it ultimately ended up supporting. Ended up selling it a few months ago after it just couldn't fit into any of my usecases.

I think ReMarkable is wasting a TON of potential at their price/form factor/ux. A device can be powerful without sacrificing simplicity and singularity of purpose.

pseufaux · 3 months ago
Have you seen these? https://usetrmnl.com/developers

I was thinking about picking one up and giving it a shot.

pseufaux commented on After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be   support.microsoft.com/en-... · Posted by u/zdw
noja · 3 months ago
Not true! The AI revolution has led to an explosion in software quality. The amount of fixed bugs and testing that AI-leaders such as MS have achieved is unprecedented. We will look back on this era as the golden age of software quality.
pseufaux · 3 months ago
Reference? My anecdotal experience so far leads me to believe the opposite.
pseufaux commented on The Algorithm Failed Music   theverge.com/column/81574... · Posted by u/breve
pseufaux · 4 months ago
I wish there was a good in between option. I despise the autogenerated playlists for all the reasons mentioned in the article, but I also enjoy the ease of not having to choose what to listen too.

Algorithmically generated playlists from my personal library with the occasional new song thrown in. Maybe, new songs introduced that my social circle is listening to.

That said, I'm recently back to listening to albums exclusively again, which mostly solves this for me. If a friend suggests a song or I hear something on the radio, I pickup the album and listen through. It's a great way to discover new stuff while avoiding the trash. My only real issue is that so many artists I enjoy are in the EP only stage of their career, so for those, custom playlists is the only way.

u/pseufaux

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