Hacker News: Jotalea

New comment by Jotalea in "FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility: Top Laptops to Use with FreeBSD"

Jotalea — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:11:33 +0000

I'd say Juana Manso laptops are usable with FreeBSD. sure, you lose brightness control, you can't see how much battery remains, (I didn't try wifi but the 9650AC chip seems to be supported), but it is usable. audio works, USB works, video works when you load the Intel drivers.

New comment by Jotalea in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

Jotalea — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:43:15 +0000

i made my own personal website [0] that loads in less than 512kb; with a mini bio, a blog (with RSS support), images, links to friends' websites, stuff i made/maintain, and some fluff[y boys] like a walking Ralsei [from Deltarune] that follows the cursor, a music player, and some secrets/easter eggs ;)

then there's another project i have, which is a download-and-run version of Minecraft, where you just download one binary (most likely an AppImage) and can run the full game. it will be for personal use so i shouldn't worry about copyright.

i'm also making my "own" minimal tiling window manager for Linux [1] (which is a fork of [2]) with my custom keybinds and [planned] controller (joystick) navigation support.

and lastly, i made yet another fetch software: jotafetch (*jota*lea's implementation of neo*fetch*). it should be available to read and download a on my website [3] (i haven't packaged it for mainstream distros yet, and i probably won't).

[0] https://jotalea.com.ar/

[1] https://github.com/Jotalea/jwm

[2] https://github.com/173duprot/wm

[3] https://jotalea.com.ar/files/jotafetch

New comment by Jotalea in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

Jotalea — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:53:15 +0000

This situation reminds me of that one scene where a computer starts automatically updating, and the manager screams "F*CK MICROSOFT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zpCOYkdvTQ

New comment by Jotalea in "My son pleasured himself on Gemini Live. Entire family's Google accounts banned"

Jotalea — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:15:29 +0000

the post has been taken down, does someone have it archived?

New comment by Jotalea in "AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition crams 208MB of cache into a single chip"

Jotalea — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:10:36 +0000

so you're telling me I can (theoretically) have a full Alpine Linux installation in just the CPU? I'm impressed

New comment by Jotalea in "Show HN: Yoink – Spotify to lossless with full metadata, self-hostable, ad-free"

Jotalea — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:15:59 +0000

I really like the style with the monospace font and the catppuccin theme. the UI is smooth and very simple. maybe too simple.

that said, I got a network error after downloading nearly half of the playlist, and now I have to start over. I will blame my network for it, but I'd like to have a stronger retry mechanism.

New comment by Jotalea in "Show HN: I put an AI agent on a $7/month VPS with IRC as its transport layer"

Jotalea — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:15:11 +0000

I really like the idea, as well as the "terminal" style the site has. however, I consider that an additional daily spend of $2 could be avoided. perhaps by caching common questions (like "what is this?"), or by using free tiers on API providers.

or, maybe I'm just too cost-conscious.

either way, the API limit is currently your "Achilles' heel", as it has already caused the bot to stop responding.

New comment by Jotalea in "Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people"

Jotalea — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:11:13 +0000

even better, selfhost your own gitea instance

New comment by Jotalea in "Have a fucking website"

Jotalea — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:46:53 +0000

i have my own personal website which i customized to my own liking (catppuccin theme, walking pet, music player [with animations and iOS-like blur effects], etc.) and even added a tiny blog section, where i usually post, well, anything i'd post on traditional, centralized social media.

i made it so, if something is relevant enough (i.e. it is something i'm actually proud of, or is something with enough quality), it is posted on my site first, and just then reposted to other platforms. i even added a rss feed if anyone wanted.

and last but not least, i optimized it so it loads within less than 512kb (333kb as of writing this, i might add or remove more stuff in the future that might change the total size), and it is fully functional on devices as old as Android 6 (i don't have anything older to test, sorry about that).

New comment by Jotalea in "100 Jumps"

Jotalea — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:10:08 +0000

seeing games being showcased in Hacker News is both a rare and a nice thing.

they're usually included with some kind of blog/tech demo explaining how they were done, or including a link to the AI model used (if it applies), or some stuff like that; so it was pretty strange for me to see nothing like that.

all that said, the game is fairly simple, the UI and controls are pretty good, and it can be fun for a short time.

New comment by Jotalea in "Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 [video]"

Jotalea — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:04:08 +0000

this reminds me of "i have no mouth and i must scream". it's incredible, but also very eerie.

New comment by Jotalea in "Show HN: I ditched frameworks to build a <512kb personal site"

Jotalea — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:18:21 +0000

i'm sure your react site is fine, but there's a difference between a static site and a site with a blog, music player, custom (lightweight) telemetry. i chose adding as much features as i could fit in that limited space.

Show HN: I ditched frameworks to build a <512kb personal site

Jotalea — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:58:01 +0000

Article URL: https://jotalea.com.ar/read.php?entry=KBojOqSWHyZPMYCf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47323335

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by Jotalea in "TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe"

Jotalea — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:09:06 +0000

I don't see the issue with this. tiktok DMs were made for sharing videos directly to someone, and reacting to those, not as a primary chatting method.

if you think otherwise, I'd like you to explain why is the experience optimized for video sharing, yet the text messages are unoptimized.

New comment by Jotalea in "Xbox UI Portfolio Site"

Jotalea — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:00:25 +0000

I was expecting to encounter the metro UI, so I got a pleasant surprise when I saw the 360's UI.

Yee Launcher: Play Minecraft in the Browser Using WASM and TeaVM

Jotalea — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:33:12 +0000

Article URL: https://yee.pages.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46998605

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Jotalea in "Bitcoin drops below $67,000 as selloff heats up and pessimism grows about crypto"

Jotalea — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:28:51 +0000

My friend would see this and scream "six seven!". It's funny seeing his reaction.

New comment by Jotalea in "Tiny C Compiler"

Jotalea — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 02:18:51 +0000

TCC is my go-to for keeping builds lean. on windows specifically, you get a functional C compiler in a few hundred KB, whereas the standard alternatives require gigabytes of disk space (that I don't have to spare) and complex environment setups

New comment by Jotalea in "Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)"

Jotalea — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:09:44 +0000

I really appreciate lightweight software, including websites. I don't need them, but I really, really like them. they have a certain feeling that I can't describe, but it's great.

New comment by Jotalea in "Ask HN: Where do all the web devs talk?"

Jotalea — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:58:43 +0000

what I do is: I join discord servers managed by tech/developer youtube content creators. on there you'll find many kinds of people, including experienced developers on basically any topic. and if you don't find anyone interesting, you can just look for and join a different server.