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Hi HN, I’m Olli-Pekka, co-founder of GitHits (and the creator of opencv-python package). GitHits is a CLI and local MCP server that gives coding agents access to the open-source co…

Having a separate planning / research phase helps with this. Make the LLM curate a plan by gathering internal and external context. Then execute the plan in another fresh session. …

I think most relevant data that provides best answers lives in GitHub. Sometimes in code, sometimes in issues or discussions. Many libs have their docs there as well. But the infor…

The main reason is that most real blockers are tied to a specific language ecosystem. Even if the high-level ideas transfer across languages, the actual fix usually depends on the …

Thanks! While those languages are not yet "officially" supported, GitHits works with them as well. The results might not be that good as with the ones I have enabled officially sin…

It has been almost 10 years since I started the opencv-python packaging project. Scaling it to more than 100 million downloads as a side project showed me how much ease of installa…

Many projects are dropping support for old Python versions very fast. It's not surprising given the history of the Python 2 -> 3 transition. No one wants to end up in that situatio…

I have currently Sony XA2 with Sailfish OS. Just ordered Xperia 10 II so I have it ready when they publish the official version for it. I have been using Sailfish as my daily drive…

There exists also a Finnish mini series called "The Hobbits" (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHFKdgjEugs

RTK Query looks great, I'll check it out.

Redux Toolkit is great and removes most of the usual Redux boilerplate which seems to be the most often used argument against Redux. Additionally, I usually use a function which us…

Azure Function App development experience is indeed pretty nice at least when using .NET Core. There are some issues, like loading secrets to the local dev environment from Key Vau…

If the Falcon 9 landings feel mundane, I would recommend to follow Starship development. Starship SN6 might do a 150 meter hop later today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5l9Zxs…

It was announced in 2017 that China was investing in its own mobile OS based on Sailfish OS ( http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/jolla-goes-full-steam-ahead-i... ). I don't know what's…

There is Sailfish OS ( https://sailfishos.org/ ). It's a GNU/Linux and has true multitasking.

iPhone X introduced very similar gestures as seen on Sailfish OS ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208204 ). They might be a bit alien at first, but once you get used to them, th…

Python's packaging system was and is still sometimes somewhat broken. However, it's getting better: compilation related issues are rarer nowadays thanks to the wheel pre-built pack…