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New comment by fold_left in "Rewrite Bun in Rust has been merged"

fold_left — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:01:45 +0000

Honest question, how many of the leaks and crashes can be attributed to zig the language vs possibly (maybe, we don't know) a loosey-goosey, slot machine approach to development heavily reliant on AI? Will the inherent leaks and crashes be fixed, purely by dint of porting to Rust?

Show HN: Syncpack v14, Monorepo CLI tool

fold_left — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:11:24 +0000

v14 is a Rust rewrite from Effect.ts with a new API and has been in public alpha for 7 months. It was released as stable last night. Syncpack is a one person project and if you're new to it, please check it out.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064989

Points: 3

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New comment by fold_left in "Show HN: Tips to stay safe from NPM supply chain attacks"

fold_left — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:57:03 +0000

I created https://github.com/JamieMason/shrinkpack in 2015 to try and help with this problem, by creating an offline mirror of decompressed tarballs from the npm registry that you'd check into your repository.

I thought it might have some merit at the time, but it never really took off as an idea.

New comment by fold_left in "Svelte 5 Released"

fold_left — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:34:14 +0000

I agree, that's a really nice feature of Svelte. It can be done in .astro files from https://astro.build/ too but Svelte is the first place I saw it done, like you say, it's very nice to work that way.

New comment by fold_left in "Svelte 5 Released"

fold_left — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 08:57:12 +0000

I'm curious what users of Svelte think about https://qwik.dev, have many of you been tempted by it? There are a lot of similarities and both are great at keeping file sizes down with a great DX.

What Is React.js?

fold_left — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:57:07 +0000

Article URL: https://briefs.video/videos/what-is-react/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41577014

Points: 5

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New comment by fold_left in "Lit: Simple, fast web components"

fold_left — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:11:06 +0000

I'm not saying for one moment that it matters but one thing I was really surprised to learn was that lit (16.6kb) is actually larger than preact (11kB). With it taking advantage of Web Standards so well, I expected it would have a big advantage to be much smaller.

New comment by fold_left in "Neovim Conf 2022"

fold_left — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:21:38 +0000

The name...

New comment by fold_left in "Blurhash: A compact representation of a placeholder for an image"

fold_left — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:58:04 +0000

I had a go at doing this in Rust some time ago https://github.com/JamieMason/blurhash-to-css and there is also https://plaiceholder.co/.

New comment by fold_left in "Fig (YC S20) – Adds IDE-style autocomplete to your existing terminal"

fold_left — Sun, 01 May 2022 08:58:07 +0000

Elite like a Janitor? because only he can open the Office in the morning?

New comment by fold_left in "Return to Monkey Island, Coming 2022"

fold_left — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 16:51:32 +0000

Ahoy there Fancy Pants!

I've absolutely loved this series of games ever since I first played them as a kid in the 90s. I didn't think we'd ever see another MI Game with Ron Gilbert involved so for me this is wonderful news, I really can't wait for this to come out.

New comment by fold_left in "The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices"

fold_left — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:44:43 +0000

Is there a safety net? (Honest question from a European)

New comment by fold_left in "Google Analytics 4"

fold_left — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:33:20 +0000

Are there any competitors out there that can import historical data from Google Analytics? I've not checked, can you even export your historical data from GA?

New comment by fold_left in "Show HN: OneModel – Diagramming tailor-made for Software Engineers"

fold_left — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 22:13:59 +0000

Kudos, it looks excellent

Check-in NPM tarballs to freeze changes and install offline

fold_left — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:51:44 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/JamieMason/shrinkpack

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29894004

Points: 1

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New comment by fold_left in "Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thousands of apps"

fold_left — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:05:23 +0000

Using a lockfile and checking in your dependency tarballs [1] can help insulate you from these problems until you're ready to face them.

I created shrinkpack before left-pad and thankfully it meant that we were unaffected.

A lot of developers, understandably, baulk at checking in dependencies, but there is a concrete benefit in being able to continue uninterrupted during outages.

[1] https://github.com/JamieMason/shrinkpack

New comment by fold_left in "What NPM should do to stop a new colors attack"

fold_left — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:43:23 +0000

Checking in your dependencies with https://github.com/JamieMason/shrinkpack can help insulate you from these problems until you're ready to face them. I created this before left-pad and thankfully meant that we were unaffected.

A lot of developers, understandably, baulk at checking in dependencies, but there is a concrete benefit in being able to continue uninterrupted during outages.

Deluxe Paint: Early Source Code

fold_left — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:47:27 +0000

Article URL: https://computerhistory.org/blog/electronic-arts-deluxepaint-early-source-code/

Hacker News: fold_left

New comment by fold_left in "Rewrite Bun in Rust has been merged"

Show HN: Syncpack v14, Monorepo CLI tool

New comment by fold_left in "Show HN: Tips to stay safe from NPM supply chain attacks"

New comment by fold_left in "Svelte 5 Released"

New comment by fold_left in "Svelte 5 Released"

What Is React.js?

New comment by fold_left in "Lit: Simple, fast web components"

New comment by fold_left in "Neovim Conf 2022"

New comment by fold_left in "Blurhash: A compact representation of a placeholder for an image"

New comment by fold_left in "Fig (YC S20) – Adds IDE-style autocomplete to your existing terminal"

New comment by fold_left in "Return to Monkey Island, Coming 2022"

New comment by fold_left in "The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices"

New comment by fold_left in "Google Analytics 4"

New comment by fold_left in "Show HN: OneModel – Diagramming tailor-made for Software Engineers"

Check-in NPM tarballs to freeze changes and install offline

New comment by fold_left in "Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thousands of apps"

New comment by fold_left in "What NPM should do to stop a new colors attack"

Deluxe Paint: Early Source Code

New comment by fold_left in "Diego Maradona has died"

Lebab does the opposite of what Babel does