Hacker News: farmerbb

New comment by farmerbb in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

farmerbb — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:54:09 +0000

I think it's a FreeBSD variant, if I remember correctly.

New comment by farmerbb in "Programming Still Sucks"

farmerbb — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:10:40 +0000

Thank you for writing this piece, resonated a lot with me. Looking forward to reading more from you in the future.

New comment by farmerbb in "Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux"

farmerbb — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:05:04 +0000

The project's readme states "Proudly written without AI." Love seeing this.

I Will Never Respect a Website

farmerbb — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:00:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wheresyoured.at/i-will-never-respect-a-website/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788135

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

I'm a 30-year veteran SWE, and my industry is currently overrun with addicts

farmerbb — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:40:46 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/comments/1sg5ygf/im_a_30year_veteran_swe_and_my_industry_is/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47699697

Points: 17

# Comments: 8

New comment by farmerbb in "Lunar Flyby"

farmerbb — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:56:23 +0000

It looks like changing the `~large` in the image filename to `~orig` gets you the full size versions.

What do coders do after AI?

farmerbb — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:23:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.anildash.com/2026/03/13/coders-after-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577861

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Everyone is building a software factory

farmerbb — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:34:52 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.exe.dev/bones-of-the-software-factory

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47551339

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Reverse Engineering Binaries with AI

farmerbb — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:36:28 +0000

Article URL: https://landaire.net/reverse-engineering-with-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47421365

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by farmerbb in "Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'"

farmerbb — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:23:18 +0000

Rare Replay is another exclusive that comes to mind.

Extending the Demo: Destruction Derby

farmerbb — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 03:12:54 +0000

Article URL: https://32bits.substack.com/p/extending-the-demo-destruction-derby

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47242545

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

I Built a Roguelike RPG Card Game with Compose Multiplatform

farmerbb — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:11:25 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@cliffrob25/how-i-built-a-roguelike-rpg-with-compose-multiplatform-and-skipped-traditional-engines-c19c3fc6e310

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47056670

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by farmerbb in "Skip is now free and open source"

farmerbb — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 02:41:14 +0000

Looks like Redwood, sadly, is no longer under active development as of a couple months ago.

New comment by farmerbb in "Show HN: Tasker – An open-source desktop agent for browser and OS automation"

farmerbb — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 23:21:50 +0000

I'd recommend you change the name of your project sooner rather than later, Tasker is a well established app in the Android power user community for automating various tasks (albeit without AI)

New comment by farmerbb in "Tell HN: Merry Christmas"

farmerbb — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 02:47:13 +0000

It shows up as a Christmas tree for me on my phone in portrait mode. In landscape mode the braille is messed up.

New comment by farmerbb in "Pebble Watch software is now open source"

farmerbb — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 02:45:11 +0000

As a Kotlin multiplatform developer myself, this is wonderful to see!

Unauthorized Windows/386

farmerbb — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:12:50 +0000

Article URL: https://virtuallyfun.com/2025/09/06/unauthorized-windows-386/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199823

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by farmerbb in "The GTA III port for the Dreamcast has been released"

farmerbb — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:47:51 +0000

If you're using an HDMI converter then that's most likely your reason for Hydro Thunder not working. Hydro Thunder notoriously doesn't work well with VGA output (HDMI converters for the Dreamcast usually convert the VGA signal)

RP2040 Business Card

farmerbb — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:40:27 +0000

Article URL: https://rsheldiii.github.io/rp2040-business-card/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42540988

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Amex's FaaS Uses WebAssembly Instead of Containers

farmerbb — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:30:45 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/amexs-faas-uses-webassembly-instead-of-containers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42477733

Points: 3

# Comments: 2