Hacker News: j0e1

New comment by j0e1 in "Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid"

j0e1 — Thu, 14 May 2026 20:08:41 +0000

Open-source car, please.

New comment by j0e1 in "Waymo Safety Impact"

j0e1 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:53:52 +0000

This is true for India too though traffic there isn't known for its rules.

Meta's Omnilingual MT for 1,600 Languages

j0e1 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:00:18 +0000

Article URL: https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/omnilingual-mt-machine-translation-for-1600-languages/?_fb_noscript=1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47421749

Points: 136

# Comments: 50

New comment by j0e1 in "Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good"

j0e1 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:52:26 +0000

I have been using Obtainium [1] to install apps on my Pixel including Emacs.

[1] https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

Cobalt: best way to save what you love

j0e1 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:56:29 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45367460

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by j0e1 in "WASM 3.0 Completed"

j0e1 — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:31:20 +0000

> Garbage collection. In addition to expanding the capabilities of raw linear memories, Wasm also adds support for a new (and separate) form of storage that is automatically managed by the Wasm runtime via a garbage collector. Staying true to the spirit of Wasm as a low-level language, Wasm GC is low-level as well: a compiler targeting Wasm can declare the memory layout of its runtime data structures in terms of struct and array types, plus unboxed tagged integers, whose allocation and lifetime is then handled by Wasm. But that’s it.

Wow!

New comment by j0e1 in "CRDT: Text Buffer"

j0e1 — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:10:16 +0000

(2024)

New comment by j0e1 in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

j0e1 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:49:15 +0000

If you have Android, emacs is now officially supported on Android (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.gnu.emacs). Along with https://github.com/Julow/Unexpected-Keyboard, it turns out to be a pretty usable (assuming you are the type that is okay working with emacs in general). I am now in search of a simple way to sync notes between my phone and computer (without using Big Tech solutions).

The Kivaloo Data Store

j0e1 — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:48:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tarsnap.com/kivaloo.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44805938

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

CasualOS: Web-based tools for interactive experiences

j0e1 — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:07:13 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.casualos.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44322087

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by j0e1 in "Litestream: Revamped"

j0e1 — Tue, 20 May 2025 22:16:27 +0000

Thank you Ben for the great work on this project! Also, I remember looking into this one and: https://github.com/vlcn-io/cr-sqlite/issues/444

New comment by j0e1 in "Litestream: Revamped"

j0e1 — Tue, 20 May 2025 21:48:30 +0000

This is exciting! Especially glad that Litestream is still maintained. Is there a use-case for Litestream for more than backup? I am a fan of offline-first but it would be cool to have a way to synchronize on-device SQLite instances to a single central instance.

New comment by j0e1 in "OpenVSX, which VSCode forks rely on for extensions, down for 24 hours"

j0e1 — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:16:01 +0000

From my experience having attempted to migrate away from VSCodium (in the attempts to de-VSCode) and build atop Theia as a platform, there are few things to consider:

- The build system is finicky and can easily take hours to figure/fix.

- The error-reporting is severely lacking. You can be lost why something internal isn't working and go on a rabbit-trail with your favorite AI-copilot, etc.

- Documentation is lacking. You have to dive into the platform code to actually figure things out.

- This can be seen positively but there are quite a few new things being introduced regularly (especially AI-related) which, for a platform, isn't always ideal.

New comment by j0e1 in "How Kerala got rich"

j0e1 — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:49:30 +0000

One thing I find amusing as a Malayali (aka Keralite) myself is how we tend to get excited seeing other Malayalis. One of the first questions usually is "Where are you from in Kerala?" (or in Romanized Malayalam: naatil evideya?)

Dockside: Self-Hosted GitHub Codespaces

j0e1 — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:26:55 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/newsnowlabs/dockside

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42475714

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by j0e1 in "Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative"

j0e1 — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:31:41 +0000

As someone who has recently tried to refactor our app atop of VSCode (treating it like a platform), we got burned by the UI design decisions that are not straightforward to overcome, let alone maintain. The closed-source MS marketplace did not help either towards our OSS goals.

However, I found Theia (https://theia-ide.org) on HN (like a bunch of other cool things; this is one way I justify the time I spend/sink on this site) and find it a much better fit for our OSS goals (foundation owned, open-source marketplace) with full mod-ability while being compatible to VSCode extensions API (in theory). I recommend you look into it for your app.