Hacker News: johannesrexx

New comment by johannesrexx in "Why are we still using Markdown?"

johannesrexx — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:58:28 +0000

New comment by johannesrexx in "Why are we still using Markdown?"

johannesrexx — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:49:07 +0000

Like Typst does ;-)

New comment by johannesrexx in "Show HN: Revise – An AI Editor for Documents"

johannesrexx — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:23:58 +0000

Agreed. The developer has the right to share his labors any way they want. I fully respect that.

I also don't object to paying for something I find useful or valuable. But I really hate subscription-ware.

But I'm a local-first privacy-focused user and only by self-hosting a tool am I comfortable using it.

So for me this tool is also a no-go.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first"

johannesrexx — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:53:36 +0000

npm install corepack # installs yarn

cd ~/Applications

git clone https://github.com/katspaugh/ichinichi.git

cd ichinichi

yarn install # build it or

yarn build # build it or production

yarn dev # launch it.

Now open a web browser to http://localhost:5173/

New comment by johannesrexx in "Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first"

johannesrexx — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:28:00 +0000

Good to know. Without a search function this tool becomes more of a write-only application ;-)

New comment by johannesrexx in "Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first"

johannesrexx — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:21:17 +0000

It installs easily under Linux.

New comment by johannesrexx in "LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown"

johannesrexx — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:15:36 +0000

That is horribly Draconian. You need to find a better place to work.

"Unauthorized software" is a thing where you work? OMFG.

New comment by johannesrexx in "LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown"

johannesrexx — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:13:53 +0000

Ah yes, your workplace is under the control of the Microsoft Priesthood who have declared that the masses under their thumb will adhere to the law of Redmond, that no other religion will be tolerated. You need to find a better place to work.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

johannesrexx — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:21:03 +0000

Discord is in a position to demand nothing.

No privacy loving person will comply with Discord on this matter.

Discord is doomed to only have weak compliant users on its platform.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Our approach to advertising"

johannesrexx — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:11:56 +0000

The [enshittification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification) begins.

Fixed that for you, and I agree fully with that assessment.

New comment by johannesrexx in "The immortality of Microsoft Word"

johannesrexx — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 03:30:45 +0000

A proper single-pane WYSIWYG editor that uses Typst under the hood would be able to stop the MSWord train by matching the features end users need.

- Small caps, no problem. - Multilevel heading numbering, no problem - Table of Authority, no problem - Line numbers, no problem. - Paragraph numbers, no problem. - For missing features the community is more than capable of providing extensions to fill the gap. Redlining would be an example.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri"

johannesrexx — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:30:03 +0000

Your Calibri font is Microsoft proprietary and is not open source. It exists so that MS Office documents won't look right on non-Microsoft systems. It's a dirty aspect of Microsoft's Embrace-Extend-Extinguish stategy meant to further its monopoly. It's disgusting that you cite all of these wonder benefits of Calibri without admitting the true underlying reason it exists.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment"

johannesrexx — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:04:18 +0000

[The Plank](https://github.com/zquestz/plank-reloaded) has the Genie effect, but it only works for Xorg.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment"

johannesrexx — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:55:23 +0000

We put a beautiful wallpaper on the Desktop. Ahhhh.

Along comes a Luddite and puts icons on it, totally ruining its beauty. For fsck's sake! Just No.

Thankfully, along comes GNOME and it just says No.

I agree.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Rust"

johannesrexx — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 03:10:10 +0000

Friends don't let friends install npm

New comment by johannesrexx in "Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Rust"

johannesrexx — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 03:08:43 +0000

Take a look at [topgrade](https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade) which can run all of the package managers for you in one go.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux"

johannesrexx — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:52:43 +0000

May I ask how you made the determination that network-monitor is "partly refined AI generated slop"?

New comment by johannesrexx in "Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected"

johannesrexx — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:17:59 +0000

Sounds to me like another example of embrace - extend - extinguish

New comment by johannesrexx in "Google Demanded My Drivers Lic Before Letting Me Read an Article"

johannesrexx — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 23:11:11 +0000

So if a thief breaks into my house and steals my stuff, do I then shake my shoulders and leave my front door unlocked?

No, I don't, and neither do you. We double down and increase our home security.

New comment by johannesrexx in "Google Demanded My Drivers Lic Before Letting Me Read an Article"

johannesrexx — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 03:00:07 +0000

No way in Hades would I upload a copy of sensitive personal documentation like a driver's license or a passport to the likes of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, Antropic or even privacy-respecting Apple.

No. Not gonna happen.