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thiagowfx

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About thiagowfx

https://perrotta.dev/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48816229

    Are you aware of any app comparable to StreetComplete for iOS?

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    Comment #48311335

    I feel these vibes whilst living in Munich (or Bavaria, for that matter). Most stores / shops are forbidden to operate on Sundays or past 8pm, that is enshrined in an ancient law. …

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    Comment #48133044

    Initially I had thought so too. But later I realized that it’s quite easy to do so when you force-deprecate the old product. There was no real choice, the old IDE simply stopped wo…

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    Comment #47102088

    My take on this: https://github.com/thiagowfx/pancake/tree/master/git_world

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    Comment #47040403

    Exhaustive list of all blog directories I’ve heard of: https://perrotta.dev/2025/05/blog-directories/ (includes ooh.directory)

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    Comment #46631414

    https://perrotta.dev — “today I learned”, Linux, open source, CNCF, programming, gen AI / LLMs, a little bit of everything.

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    Comment #46631397

    Blog directories: https://perrotta.dev/2025/05/blog-directories/

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    Comment #46607967

    Since it is an agent, I wonder why they didn’t go with “Claude Coworker” instead. On the other hand, it’s not “Claude Coder”, then it’s at least consistent.

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    Comment #46563445

    Creative idea, however most calendar software clients offer meeting start times rounded to increments of 15 min. Setting meetings to start at :05 or :20 or :35 or :50 adds friction…

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    Comment #46563406

    https://grml.org/zsh/ Simple, sensible defaults. Ships with the Arch Linux installation ISO.

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    Comment #46557059

    The blog post starts with: > I’m using OpenAI here, but this works with any LLM provider Have you noticed there’s no OpenAI in the post?

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    Comment #45403440

    It is amazing to see a modern take on LaTeX. Previously I had great success with LyX ( https://www.lyx.org/ ), which builds on top of LaTeX. The experience of typesetting beamer sl…

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    Comment #45403321

    > If there isn't a package for something that I need (and, surprisingly often, there are packages for what I need, and excellent ones!), I find that I can just do it myself. Quickl…

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    Comment #45179528

    https://www.hyrumslaw.com/

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    Comment #42669860

    Have you heard of https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec ? It seems like a good fit.

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    Comment #42495650

    There are two to distinguish: "Googlebot" and "Google-Extended".

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    Comment #41033719

    Gerrit is one of the fewest major OSS I’m aware of that uses it: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/prolog-...

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    Comment #26395054

    No need for root?

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    Comment #25685445

    But then you need a browser extension just for that? It’s a bit overkill. I wonder if this works well with /etc/hosts or local DNS.

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    Comment #18791413

    Would be a nice addition to the Arch Wiki as well: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/arch_compared_to_other_...

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    Comment #18779187

    Adding the usual disclaimer that yay is an AUR helper and thus not officially supported by Arch. Arch users are advised to read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repos…

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    Comment #18623810

    How is your experience with Pinboard?

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    Comment #18623793

    Firefox 3 was much better. No Pocket. No article/news recommendations. Panorama view. Firefox used to be my favorite until it started to get bloated. Prioritizes privacy? Then let …

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    Comment #18481952

    7 ties now!

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    Comment #14141652

    Unsupervised Learning Newsletter by Daniel Miessler - https://danielmiessler.com/podcast/ It's both a weekly newsletter and a podcast. In the words of its author: > I do a weekly s…