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New comment by beeb in "Amber the programming language compiled to Bash/Ksh/Zsh"

beeb — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:15:18 +0000

So does an amber script after it's been compiled, that's the whole point. You can tweak it and inspect it if you want. Realistically though you'll probably regenerate it and copy the new compiled version over. But you can do both.

New comment by beeb in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

beeb — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:04:19 +0000

I'm working on a search-and-replace TUI with case-awareness and a good preview.

https://github.com/beeb/swpui

New comment by beeb in "Every Frame Perfect"

beeb — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:12:10 +0000

All I can think seeing those examples is how macOS went from beautiful to utterly jank in the last 10 years.

Show HN: Swpui, a TUI for case-aware search and replace

beeb — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:47:13 +0000

Presentation article: https://beeb.li/blog/introducing-swpui Codeberg mirror: https://codeberg.org/beeb/swpui

I've been working on a TUI to suit my terminal IDE workflow after I noticed the most promising alternative stopped being maintained and had too many bugs.

The tool is implemented in Rust using the Ratatui library and focuses on being ergonomic, fast and provide case-aware replacement.

The main feature I wanted to have is immediate feedback for the search query, which is also why I didn't stick with tools like fastmod and repgrep. As much as I hate VS Code now, I really enjoyed the search/replace experience with it and that's what I tried to emulate in swpui.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158234

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by beeb in "nowhere: an entire website encoded in a URL"

beeb — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:08:02 +0000

Oh the irony

New comment by beeb in "Fish Shell Tips and Tricks"

beeb — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:19:39 +0000

A collection of tips and tricks for the fish shell I wish I had known about a long time ago.

Fish Shell Tips and Tricks

beeb — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:19:39 +0000

Article URL: https://beeb.li/blog/fish-shell-tips-and-tricks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495846

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by beeb in "A million ways to die from a data race in Go"

beeb — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:49:56 +0000

I would argue it doesn't help that all errors are usually named `err` and sprinkled every third line of code in Go. It's an easy mistake to make to assign to an existing variable instead of create a new variable, especially if you frequently switch between languages (which might not have the `:=` operator).

New comment by beeb in "Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected"

beeb — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:09:07 +0000

decencies?

New comment by beeb in "Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade"

beeb — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:20:14 +0000

I used poetry professionally for a couple of years and hit so many bugs, it was definitely not a smooth experience. Granted that was probably 3-4 years ago.

New comment by beeb in "Optimizing Text Offset Calculations"

beeb — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 20:14:14 +0000

A tale of optimization for an algorithm that turns byte offsets into line and column numbers, and UTF-16 offsets. The final implementation leverages SIMD and fixes several inefficiencies in the original solution.

Optimizing Text Offset Calculations

beeb — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 20:14:14 +0000

Article URL: https://beeb.li/blog/optimizing-text-offset-calculation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45630064

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by beeb in "Find SF parking cops"

beeb — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:07:02 +0000

dop-spotter is next

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

beeb — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:42:03 +0000

People aren't on these hosted platforms only for the git experience, they are for the social aspects and discoverability too.

New comment by beeb in "Cow vs. Water Buffalo Mozzarella (2011)"

beeb — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:06:27 +0000

The Italians I know swear that mozzarella should be consumed within a day of being made. And I must say that freshly made mozzarella tastes best! But also maybe because what I can get fresh was made with love and good quality milk, as opposed to the supermarket stuff.

New comment by beeb in "Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP"

beeb — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:10:24 +0000

Not really, I also live in Switzerland and would have access to equivalent plans where I live :P

New comment by beeb in "Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP"

beeb — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:09:53 +0000

That's crazy, 200M asymmetric for 60 EUR is robbery.

New comment by beeb in "Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP"

beeb — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:08:16 +0000

Wow the US really has it bad when it comes to home internet. In many European countries, you can get symmetric Gbit internet for 30-40 EUR (probably less in some places), and I haven't seen a data cap in forever.

New comment by beeb in "An almost catastrophic OpenZFS bug and the humans that made it"

beeb — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:19:20 +0000

The fact that the bug slipped through the cracks highlights the importance of sane defaults.

New comment by beeb in "An almost catastrophic OpenZFS bug and the humans that made it"

beeb — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:56:52 +0000

Rust would warn you of an unused variable: "warning: value assigned to `psize` is never read"