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New comment by fifferfaffer in "Markdown in /src"

fifferfaffer — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:50:35 +0000

My favourite projects typically have documentation in comments.

One example is SpiderMonkey, which uses these beautiful, long expository comments explaining not only what, but why design choices have been made. https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/source/js/public/RootingA...

If the goal is "locality", you can't get much closer than as a comment.

As far as markdown becoming "source code for agents" under the agentic paradigm, per-directory `AGENTS.md` seems more consistent, at least visually. If agent managed markdown is going to be high-churn, I'd rather it be confined to a single file. Constraints, especially for agents, are good.

New comment by fifferfaffer in "Fontcrafter: Turn Your Handwriting into a Real Font"

fifferfaffer — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:08:48 +0000

Worked good for me scanning with the Google drive app and "enhancing" the scan. Typing out my own handwriting is a really neat experience!

New comment by fifferfaffer in "Show HN: Shelvy Books"

fifferfaffer — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:00:49 +0000

Cool! I used to use goodreads and have been looking for another way to organize my digital bookshelf.

Some UI/UX feedback since you mentioned it:

- The bounding box for the books is large enough that I can trigger the popup of a book on shelf row-1 from current row.