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New comment by dzhar11 in "How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust going?"

dzhar11 — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:32:59 +0000

Jarred, thank you for working on Bun. Many "vibe coded" :D projects start strong and are later abandoned (like potentially Anthropic C), so I understand why people worry about Bun's future. I hope Bun lasts for many years, like GCC. Bun is fast and great to use.

New comment by dzhar11 in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

dzhar11 — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:01:05 +0000

https://blog.zharii.com/docs/chatGPT/2026-01-17-Ask-HN-Share...

a triple-LLM-filtered categorized list of the top resources from this HN topic. (My link-dump website is a trash pile of all the information I’ve ever paid attention to, maybe someday I will need it!)

New comment by dzhar11 in "Be Like Clippy"

dzhar11 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 02:21:36 +0000

People! What are you talking about? Who said Clippy was hostile? How? Clippy was always there when I had to write an annoying essay, a long letter, or something else for school. It reassured me that everything was saving correctly on my 1.44" diskette. The real nightmare back then was bad blocks on your HDD or diskette -- not Clippy. Clippy is my friend.

Sentiment toward Clippy-as-software (approximate, opinionated comments only)

    Clippy hostile       |######################......|  ~70 %
    Clippy not hostile   |########....................|  ~30 %

Scale: 30 columns; '#' ≈ 2–3 % of clearly opinionated comments

New comment by dzhar11 in "URLs are state containers"

dzhar11 — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:15:08 +0000

Recommendation:

https://github.com/Nanonid/rison

Super old but still a very functional library for saving state as JSON in the URL, but without all the usual JSON clutter. I first saw it used in Elastic's Kibana. I used it on a fancy internal React dashboard project around 2016, and it worked like a charm.

Sample: http://example.com/service?query=q:'*',start:10,count:10

New comment by dzhar11 in "Notes on Managing ADHD"

dzhar11 — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:49:44 +0000

I appreciate the author's notes on managing ADHD. I was glad to find I didn't learn much new, because I'm already applying many of these practices.

I've tried several to-do apps, but centralized systems didn't work for me. I now use multiple to-do lists across different media: some on paper, some on my phone, others in markdown files within project folders... sending email to myself. It may seem messy, but it works for me. One system doesn't fit everyone. And any customization and tweaks are encouraged.

Books that helped me:

Atomic Habits by James Clear emphasizes small, consistent changes. Over time, they build into significant improvement. It’s better to improve your system gradually than attempt a major overhaul.

The Now Habit by Neil Fiore offers tools to overcome procrastination and start tasks. It helped me understand my resistance and find ways to move forward.

Getting Things Done by David Allen focuses on reviews and planning. I struggle to make time for them regularly, but even occasional reviews help.

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, especially annotated versions, provide a Stoic perspective. His reflections on virtue and responsibility inspire me. He seemed to dislike being emperor, preferring philosophy, but accepted his role out of duty. That example helps me do necessary tasks, even when I don't feel like it.

New comment by dzhar11 in "Hn.js"

dzhar11 — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:38:56 +0000

Please, rewrite it in Rust. :D

For my personal single-html projects, I prefer a straightforward coding style that avoids external dependencies. I implement what I need in a simple, quick, and efficient manner using only native browser APIs, supplemented with a few helpers like those in 'Hn.js' to make the rest of the code shorter.

New comment by dzhar11 in "Emacs Bedrock: A minimal Emacs starter kit"

dzhar11 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 05:25:21 +0000

I am trying to learn and use Emacs, but I am not an expert. Surprisingly, Emacs 29 runs very good on Windows. I am happy with eshell, dired, trying to use emacs more for some simple tasks. I am experimenting with sharing emacs init.el configuration via local git + symlinks between 3 machines: 2 Windows and 1 Linux. Package configuration is challenging; sometimes, it works on Windows but breaks on Linux. Only nyan-cat never caused any issues ;)

New comment by dzhar11 in "Ask HN: Burnout because of ChatGPT?"

dzhar11 — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 02:53:10 +0000

I am in my late 30s ;) I understand you. We are... singularity. This good feeling when ChatGPT does what I want. I am working on my pet project and struggling to convince my friends and coworkers how cool my project is, but ChatGPT understands what I am doing and is ready to help. It reminds me of my addiction to online video games: World of Tanks, Team Fortress 2, PUBG, Dead by Daylight... It is a shot of dopamine when I win and anger when I lose. Burnout after some time... can't play anymore, but I have to... Oh, I have wasted (or invested) a few full years (like when you add all hours on Steam and divide by hours in a year) in video games (instead of sleep). At least now I can feel when burnout is coming. I have learned when to stop. No magic. Just time.

New comment by dzhar11 in "SVB Hall of Shame"

dzhar11 — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:08:59 +0000

2020 Panic buying === 2023 Panic withdrawing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_buying

New comment by dzhar11 in "A keypad to control my desk setup"

dzhar11 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:13:43 +0000

Wow, this is a fantastic project; thank you for sharing! For a few years, I've been thinking about automating something with remote NumPad. I've also got "Velocifire" numpad and used it as MouseKeys. This project is a huge inspiration ;)

New comment by dzhar11 in "Ask HN: Where can I find C++ by Example?"

dzhar11 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 21:49:49 +0000

Thank you!

New comment by dzhar11 in "Ask HN: Where can I find C++ by Example?"

dzhar11 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 21:48:56 +0000

Thank you!

Ask HN: Where can I find C++ by Example?

dzhar11 — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 22:43:16 +0000

I want to spend some spare time and have some fun learning C++, because I respect this language. This is my hobby goal. Many know about "Go by Example" and "Rust by Example" where I have enjoyed these little experiments and well-written text. But where can I find something like "C++ by Example"?

Edit 00: What I am looking for is a language tour (I have read Stroustrup's "A tour of C++"), but I want something more interactive.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33061140

Points: 12

# Comments: 5

New comment by dzhar11 in "Ask HN: Would you be interested in POM generator for Selenium?"

dzhar11 — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 04:17:58 +0000

A long time ago, I worked on my Page Object Generator pet project, a desktop app allowing me to record/test page elements via Selenium Webdriver. https://github.com/dzharii/swd-recorder

It was a time when I had to test an IE6-only enterprise web tool, And there was no option to copy CSS-selector in Chrome/Firefox. I am not working in UI automation anymore (sad :( ) and lost interest in this project, but I think having a tool to record page objects and generate some smart automation code can still be quite helpful.