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tomComb commented on Deno Sandbox deno.com/blog/introducing... · Posted by u/johnspurlock

nihakue · 7 days ago

See also Sprites (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46557825) which I've been using and really enjoying. There are some key architecture differences between the two, but very similar surface area. It'll be interesting to see if ephemeral + snapshots can be as convenient as stateful with cloning/forking (which hasn't actually dropped yet, although the fly team say it's coming).

Will give these a try. These are exciting times, it's never been a better time to build side projects :)

tomComb · 7 days ago

Yes, sprites looks great too – would certainly be interested in a comparison.

tomComb commented on Anthropic invests $1.5M in the Python Software Foundation discuss.python.org/t/anth... · Posted by u/ayhanfuat

hamandcheese · a month ago

I must be the only one in here who thinks $1.5M is a small sum compared to Anthropic's size and the amount of value they have gotten out of Python. Good press is cheaper than I thought.

tomComb · a month ago

You are right, it is. But it would be a mistake for us to use this opportunity to attack them for it.

We should applaud their donation today, and at another time assess the meager contributions of many companies that should be shamed.

tomComb commented on ChatGPT conversations still lack timestamps after years of requests community.openai.com/t/ti... · Posted by u/Valid3840

tomComb · a month ago

You can see a chat timestamp when it shows up as a search result.

I’m not suggesting this is sufficient, I’m just noting there is somewhere in the user interface that it is displayed.

tomComb commented on I'm returning my Framework 16 yorickpeterse.com/article... · Posted by u/YorickPeterse

INTPenis · 2 months ago

As a long time Linux user I only recently tried my first framework (12), and shortly after got the 13 too because I realized that this is the laptop for me.

I wish I had realized it earlier.

But it's so refreshing as a linux user to use a laptop actually designed for linux, and have everything work so great out of box like battery and wifi.

Sure I've always used Laptops famously Linux-friendly, but it was still hit or miss, especially with new releases, and you always felt like you were breaking warranty somehow.

The entire experience buying a Framework, and using it, has been amazing. I'm hooked.

tomComb · 2 months ago

Yes, that does sound good, but if someone wants an inexpensive laptop that is also “actually designed for Linux”, they should keep in mind Chromebooks. I don’t think of these as competitors to the framework, but as a lower end alternative that is usually overlooked.

tomComb commented on Comparing AWS Lambda ARM64 vs. x86_64 Performance Across Runtimes in Late 2025 chrisebert.net/comparing-... · Posted by u/hasanhaja

jeremyjh · 2 months ago

Chromebooks are essentially this, but not that great for local development.

tomComb · 2 months ago

So then one solution might be to buy a Chromebook, and put regular Linux on it? I don’t think the Chromebook are locked down.

tomComb commented on Comparing AWS Lambda ARM64 vs. x86_64 Performance Across Runtimes in Late 2025 chrisebert.net/comparing-... · Posted by u/hasanhaja

tomComb · 2 months ago

Yikes, Node.js did really badly. If this holds up, my take-away would be ...

If I want to use TypeScript for Functions, I should write to the v8 runtimes (Deno, Cloudflare, Supabase, etc) which are much faster due to being much more lightweight.

tomComb commented on Show HN: Runprompt – run .prompt files from the command line github.com/chr15m/runprom... · Posted by u/chr15m

tomComb · 2 months ago

Everything seems to be about agents. Glad to see a post about enabling simple workflows!

tomComb commented on Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC androidauthority.com/alum... · Posted by u/jmsflknr

mynameisash · 3 months ago

For all the complaints against Windows, legit or not, I can't envision a world in which I want the world's largest advertiser to run my desktop OS.

tomComb · 3 months ago

Pixels and Chromebooks have never had any ads. Windows 11 is plastered with them.

tomComb commented on Gnome is better macOS than macOS andreyor.st/posts/2025-11... · Posted by u/gsky

bsnnkv · 3 months ago

It's very sad that none of these Linux DEs expose APIs for customization in anything other than JavaScript - I would love to be able to build on Gnome or KDE with something equivalent to windows-rs or objc2

tomComb · 3 months ago

js is the easiest language to handle safely and securely (due to its origins in the browser, of course), and can even be run fairly efficiently since it is now probably the most optimized language. And most importantly, is probably the most widely known language.

tomComb commented on Open Source and Local Code Mode MCP in Deno Sandboxes portofcontext.com... · Posted by u/pmkelly4444

scosman · 3 months ago

I'm even more excited for the sandboxes than I am for the "code mode".

Someone please build this with lightweight containers so it's not limited to JS services

tomComb · 3 months ago

Cloudflair has built python FaaS on top of their workers service, which is very similar to this Dino service. They did it using Wasm.

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