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I’m working on a tiny terminal config / dotfiles / tool installation manager so I can keep everything in sync between my machines. Also includes profiles so I can tailor each machi…

I agree. I’ve noticed this phenomenon too as I’ve been building more and more tools for myself, and I’ve started calling it hyper personal software: https://paulwrites.software/art…

The irony is at the time of me writing this; gas is down to 4.6%[^1] and renewables are a whopping 88.5% and yep - the cost is based on the 4.6% of gas. ^1 https://grid.iamkate.com…

For a start, it doesn't have to be a replacement. You can progressively add it in. I work at a very very large organisation with a multi-million line codebase and we splash htmx he…

Hey HN. I've been building my dream API client for Python. It's a project I've been working on for a few years now, but only recently had the "moment" when it all clicked about wha…

I like this idea, but this is suffering from too many buzz words that it's almost too difficult to understand. Embalmer, Curse, Archeologist? There's some pretty thin analogies to …

I quit about six months ago. The majority of people I followed, I felt obligated to follow, in order to keep ahead of social issues. But the toll of "doom scrolling" constant negat…

It's slipping and sliding faster and faster. I'm keen to see the end of this stupid episode in history. The plant has so many positive and environmentally-friendly uses that it is …

You should add Māori names too. Here is a resource with years worth of popular Māori names: https://smartstart.services.govt.nz/news/baby-names

It's always worth remembering that you can have an impact and still eat red meat. Cutting out meat on two or three days a week makes an impact. Most of my non-veggie friends treat …

This is the second place in Aotearoa New Zealand to be given this status, the first being Te Urewera. The NZ government grants these rights due to their Tapu for the Maori people. …

Do they all talk at the same time?

The frame shift drive in the ELITE video game series is based on this technology: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2nqtzp/fram...

Django is the only web framework where I see consistently positive discussions about it on HN. Bravo Django, and congratulations on another release!

Protip: ignore the docs on the website, use the docs on the github package / in the examples instead. They're much better!

Up until 90 minutes ago the previous change to this was 8 months ago. Before that it was 4 years ago. I think you might be complaining about out of date documentation :) Given djan…

Django in 2018 is still a very vibrant and active community. The project is actively developed, there is a lot of sponsorship from big companies (instagram etc) funding a dedicated…

Well, don't forget this is written by a man know for drumming up sensationalist products like the Indie Phone (crowd funded but never delivered, try google it), pissing off people,…

This is almost the exact opposite view of the London I see.

Isn't this just coffee lounges?