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factorialboy

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About factorialboy

- Open source developer

- Bootstrapped founder

- hello@srirangan.net

- https://srirangan.net

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49142057

    I'd pick major Linux Desktop Environments (KDE or GNOME for instance) over macOS and Windows any day of the week. I feel 3-4x more productive on Linux. With LLMs, I've been creatin…

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    Comment #49059774

    Is it true that the person who authored the "Grug-brained developer" essay also created HTMX?

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    Comment #48623173

    Cool project. I've built my own Django "harness" so I can't use it right now, but will consider for future projects.

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    Comment #48418875

    For one sec, I got excited for a new font!

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    Comment #48276242

    Leading be example is not. Look up Vatican land holdings across Europe, Africa and Asia. But then, the opposition to my comment is based on religious ideology and not merit.

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    Comment #48267283

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    Comment #48227973

    The pie (market) has also vastly expanded since 1998. Need to factor that, and not just inflation.

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    Comment #47753918

    Tusk — an open-source Postgres desktop app for macOS and GNOME — https://shapemachine.xyz/tusk

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    Comment #47727072

    Tusk - An open-source Postgres desktop app for macOS and GNOME - https://shapemachine.xyz/tusk

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    Comment #47725967

    Pretty much, yes.

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    Comment #47725374

    Silently replacing Git with `but`.

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    Comment #47719808

    All I did was install GitButler via my OS's package manager, and open a local repo via the GUI. And I saw these malicious (pre-commit) git hooks installed by GitButler, without any…

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    Comment #47715106

    Installed GitButler to try it out — and realized it installs malicious Git hooks to take over the git commit workflow: * pre-commit — The malicious one. It intercepted every `git c…

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    Comment #47703494

    > but a graphical view of explain would be amazing. This isn't a feature request, I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff that needs attention first :) Oh, and, tomorrow, the first …

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    Comment #47703481

    Makes sense, I'll ship ctrl+n -> new sql file in active folder tomorrow. It's been merged.

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    Comment #47692666

    Thanks for the detailed feedback and positive words. I still need to figure out correct packaging on OS's I don't use (Fedora RPM for example). By end of this week, I'll incorporat…

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    Comment #47686942

    Haha, fair enough — but I'm a GNOME user 70% and macOS 30% myself — so the GNOME version is getting a lot of love.

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    Comment #47677973

    Shipped those two today.

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    Comment #47677964

    Correct. And, it's a native desktop app, not a web app.

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    Comment #47677269

    Thanks, let me know how it feels.

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    Comment #47676225

    Thanks James - I'd welcome that - You have my email (in the app or in the HN profile) - let's connect and iron out what's needed. Quick poll — Are you macOS or GNOME?

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    Comment #47673025

    > "The bloat in JetBrains is negligible comparedy to what it can do and its predecessor eclipse.h" Yes. It depends what you compare it with. > "I have never really seen this as an …