Hacker News: bitterblotter

New comment by bitterblotter in "WikiLambda the Ultimate"

bitterblotter — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:15:39 +0000

Touché

New comment by bitterblotter in "Raylib v6.0"

bitterblotter — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:53:09 +0000

I worked on a game in Golang+Raylib and had loads of fun. It strikes a perfect balance for people like me, that don't want to use a game engine, but also don't want to build one completely from scratch. It leaves many things to the developer, but takes care of most of the boring stuff (especially things that are platform specific). Can highly recommend.

New comment by bitterblotter in "GabeN Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing Init Systems"

bitterblotter — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:24:59 +0000

This is definitely a rant, albeit a derserved one.

I've never attempted to distribute software to Linux. The mere thought of all the distros and package managers always kill any intention I had to do so. That said, the future seems very bright

Turn Your Android into a Dumb-Phone

bitterblotter — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:24:03 +0000

Article URL: https://rasmuskirk.com/articles/2026-01-16_turn-your-android-into-a-dumbphone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46758399

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by bitterblotter in "Node.js is able to execute TypeScript files without additional configuration"

bitterblotter — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 07:50:28 +0000

Just to give context here, NodeJS doesnt support enums, namespaces and class parameter properties. All of these have been described as regrets by Anders Hejsberg, and none of them prevent advanced use of the type system at all.

Source: 49m 43s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NrEW7F2WCNA

Lasso Transactions – Fund Creators and Combat Free-Riders Without Copyright

bitterblotter — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:17:34 +0000

Article URL: https://rasmuskirk.com/articles/2025-06-18_lasso-transactions-as-an-alternative-to-copyright/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44901427

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by bitterblotter in "Web Locks API"

bitterblotter — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:45:14 +0000

I've actually used this once! I built a slightly overengineered HTTP client where it would use a Reader Writer lock on the auth token. That way, if a token refresh request was taking place, all new requests would wait for it to finish writing, before being sent

New comment by bitterblotter in "Show HN: Lyceum – An MMO game built with Zig and Erlang"

bitterblotter — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:16:00 +0000

This definitely has a GPT smell, at no fault of the creator. Reminds me of a PR i reviewed about a simple security patch, where the description said "The following changes have been implemented to strengthen our role-based access policies and system security" - Like yeah, it's security patch. A small tweak to his prompt would probably do the trick

New comment by bitterblotter in "Ask HN: Best way to learn robotics with a 10 year old?"

bitterblotter — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 07:41:31 +0000

Play "Turing Complete"! It gives a very intuitive understanding about how electronics become computers, but the best part is that you basically make the entire thing from scratch. Just completed it and had a blast

New comment by bitterblotter in "Hello World"

bitterblotter — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 20:53:35 +0000

Im curious. Can you expand / give examples?

New comment by bitterblotter in "Python IAQ: Infrequently Answered Questions"

bitterblotter — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 23:08:29 +0000

FYI, In the article: > I believe it is the same reason why Python does not allow assignments in expressions: Python wants to clearly separate statements and expressions

...Isn't quite right:

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html > There is new syntax := that assigns values to variables as part of a larger expression

Very interesting post though

New comment by bitterblotter in "Show HN: I made a HTMX Playground 100% in the browser"

bitterblotter — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:41:48 +0000

Me when I buy a face mask and immediately ask people to spit in my eyes

New comment by bitterblotter in "Show HN: I made a HTMX Playground 100% in the browser"

bitterblotter — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:15:47 +0000

This guy gets it

New comment by bitterblotter in "Show HN: I made a HTMX Playground 100% in the browser"

bitterblotter — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 03:59:07 +0000

Likewise man. In the face of avoiding JS, I think we've both taken one for the team here

New comment by bitterblotter in "Show HN: I made a HTMX Playground 100% in the browser"

bitterblotter — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 02:53:23 +0000

I'm curious about why you use Django together with SQLAlchemy, instead of using the built-in ORM? Or is it just separate projects?

New comment by bitterblotter in "Show HN: I made a HTMX Playground 100% in the browser"

bitterblotter — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 02:06:42 +0000

Thanks, and you are very welcome to post it here. Also, if you or anyone else wants to adapt more of the official examples, create an issue with the link, and I'll add them to the repo :)

Show HN: I made a HTMX Playground 100% in the browser

bitterblotter — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 01:03:09 +0000

I recently dug up an old project in an attempt to improve on it. It's a code sandbox for playing around with HTMX in the browser, that runs a mock server within the sandbox iframe. The server "framework" is loosely based on Django, so if you're familiar with Django, you'll immediately understand what's going on.

I recommend clicking through the examples.

Github repo: https://github.com/lassebomh/htmx-playground

Probably my favorite part is the lack of HTMX specific code. It's designed to mimic the client and server, but really nothing else. In principle, this means that it is agnostic to whatever frontend framework is being used.

Known problems: Limited mobile support, Ace Editor (should just be Monaco) and lack of proper error outputs.

Feel free to give feedback, suggestions or questions.

I learned a lot when making it, and I hope you'll something about HTMX! Happy tinkering.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38906989

Points: 482

# Comments: 118

Side effects include: Unspeakable Horrors

bitterblotter — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:54:31 +0000

Article URL: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Deliriant

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38011815

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by bitterblotter in "Text editing on mobile: the invisible problem"

bitterblotter — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:29:58 +0000

Is there a way of installing this on android?

New comment by bitterblotter in "Google Maps has become an eyesore"

bitterblotter — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:38:42 +0000

This doesn't apply for me personally, and I think also for most people using public transport. The lack of effort needed for effective transport makes me more likely to use it again, because I don't need to think about uncertainties like delays, roadblocks and timing. I actually end up using Maps for routes I've taken many times before, because of this.