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New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root"

WuxiFingerHold — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:57:45 +0000

I think I get your point as omarchy represents a different kind of UI, but if it was just about getting a rock solid stable working environment, Fedora or Ubuntu with either Gnome and KDE work perfectly fine. I don't even use a third party terminal (just konsole). Keyboard driven terminal workflows works fine on KDE for me.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root"

WuxiFingerHold — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:50:53 +0000

The problem is not the hype, the problem is that it's a vibe coded distro. AI lowers the bar substantially in terms of needed competence and diligence to create something like this. Of course bugs and issues are present in human created software as well, but now that everyone can vibe code a distro the chances of low quality software are much greater.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Async Solid – Fetch High, Block Low"

WuxiFingerHold — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:10:28 +0000

I think this is ingenious. As many great solutions for complex problems, it seems so simple in retrospection.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Solid 2.0 RC: The Big "

WuxiFingerHold — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:30:10 +0000

As I see it, this is a whole new level of DX. One simple unified API for all fetching and reactivity problems. I'm not sure if I'm overestimating this or others underestimating or not understanding how significantly this simplifies data and state management. Congrats to Ryan and the team.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "macOS Tahoe"

WuxiFingerHold — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 02:51:25 +0000

I hate to say it, but Windows is much more productive than MacOS for the usually tasks you perform on an OS (with GUI, both have CLIs, but I'm not talking about them). I'm using both at work all day long switching between them. When reflecting why, I think it comes down to windows management and the file explorer (vs finder).

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "React is winning by default and slowing innovation"

WuxiFingerHold — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 02:43:20 +0000

Yes, quite an oversight ... as Vue has it all: Adoption, maturity, ecosystem, features, DX and speed (with upcoming Vapor mode even on par with Svelte and Solid).

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "React is winning by default and slowing innovation"

WuxiFingerHold — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 02:40:50 +0000

It's quite an oversight of the author did not to include Vue. Vue has it all and is as of now in terms of DX, features, ecosystem and performance (with upcoming Vue Vapor mode basically the same as Solid and Vue) the best choice.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "React is winning by default and slowing innovation"

WuxiFingerHold — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 02:35:15 +0000

No OP, but I've also used Angular, React, Vue, Solid and Svelte in real world projects and my default choice is Vue, because it's on par with Solid and Svelte (and with Vue Vapor those three are basically the same) but with the larger ecosystem (vuerouter, vueuse, nuxt, nuxt-ui, primevue, nuxt-content, ...). I must also say that React was by far the most unpleasant and unproductive to use.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Next.js is infuriating"

WuxiFingerHold — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:14:35 +0000

The most infuriating thing is that people still believe that you need isomorphic rendering (Next, Sveltekit, Nuxt) to have a fast, interactive and SEO friendly apps.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation"

WuxiFingerHold — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 03:12:06 +0000

It can. DX is pretty much the same for backend and CLI stuff using VS Code on Mac, Linux and Windows. I'm working daily on C# backend and CLI stuff on a Mac (those are the dev machines at my employer). DX is on par with Go and Rust (at least dotnet CLI, LSP, Debugger, I can't speak for the profiler as I've never used it). I like the Rust tooling most, but dotnet CLI is not far behind.

Language and std lib wise, C# sits in the sweet spot.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "You can now disable all AI features in Zed"

WuxiFingerHold — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:14:33 +0000

I've tried Zed last week but C# LSP (Ominsharp) had too many issues. Does anyone use Zed with C# with good success?

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "4-7-8 Breathing"

WuxiFingerHold — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 07:01:28 +0000

Not a fan of apps like this, tbh. First, most of us need to learn proper diaphragmatic breathing, which is *not* belly breathing. Then just sit still without any "cosmic" sounds or timer-apps and bring awareness to the breath. Force nothing, just observe. Calmness and relaxation go hand in hand with letting go and surrender.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Run a C# file directly using dotnet run app.cs"

WuxiFingerHold — Fri, 30 May 2025 02:35:47 +0000

>> Install Visual Studio Code (recommended) If you’re using Visual Studio Code, install the C# Dev Kit

I wish Microsoft would just provide a LSP server for C#. Not just a half proprietary extension for VS Code.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Postgres IDE in VS Code"

WuxiFingerHold — Sat, 24 May 2025 04:06:51 +0000

Hmmm, interesting. I used Datagrip for some years, now DBeaver (as I don't have a JB subscription anymore). Datagrip was and probably still is very powerful with top intellisense. Now I'm using DBeaver and it's very solid. Ok, I'm not spending my whole day in it, but when I need it, it does the job well.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Postgres IDE in VS Code"

WuxiFingerHold — Sat, 24 May 2025 03:48:18 +0000

>> all without ever leaving your favorite code editor

How do I install this on Neovim then? Is there a LSP? Or is this Microsoft proprietary? I wonder how much better without Copilot integration this is then the competition.

I'm using DBeaver CE currently. Does all I need (also for SQLite).

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "By default, Signal doesn't recall"

WuxiFingerHold — Thu, 22 May 2025 02:59:47 +0000

> Don't say Thunderbird.

Hmmmmmm, why are you saying that?

I'm using *** for 20 years. Even when I was on Windows years ago. *** might not be fancy, but just works. And IME works very reliably.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "By default, Signal doesn't recall"

WuxiFingerHold — Thu, 22 May 2025 02:56:40 +0000

I'm using Linux (Ubuntu LTS is a no brainer) on my desktop for years. It enables me to just do the things I want or need to do with my computer. Windows is much more in our way than it's helping us just using our devices.

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "By default, Signal doesn't recall"

WuxiFingerHold — Thu, 22 May 2025 02:52:34 +0000

I have a very nice Microsoft Surface Pro running Windows 10. I refuse to update to Windows 11. Has anyone tried a Linux distribution on such a device? Which one would you recommend?

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Rust’s dependencies are starting to worry me"

WuxiFingerHold — Sat, 10 May 2025 03:51:46 +0000

> IMO any system where taking a dependency is "easy" and there is no penalty for size or cost is going to eventually lead to a dependency problem.

Go and C# (.NET) are counterexamples. They both have great ecosystems and just as simple and effective package management as Rust or JS (Node). But neither Go or C# have issues with dependency hell like Rust or even more JavaScript, because they have exceptional std libs and even large frameworks like ASP.NET or EF Core.

A great std lib is obviously the solution. Some Rust defenders are talking it down by giving Python as counter example. But again, Go and C# are proving them wrong. A great std lib is a solution, but one that comes with huge efforts that can only be made by large organisations like Google (Go) or Microsoft (C#).

New comment by WuxiFingerHold in "Launch HN: Exa (YC S21) – The web as a database"

WuxiFingerHold — Wed, 07 May 2025 03:29:14 +0000

If you require to have an account to try the web search out (which you have all the right in the world, it's your service), tell us before we enter the service and type in our search. This comes around as sneaky. You should be clear upfront.