Hacker News: l00sed

New comment by l00sed in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

l00sed — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:43:42 +0000

Learning robotics with AI and a Raspberry Pi (and a 3D printer) in my basement. https://youtube.com/shorts/PyLmN8CIZGQ?si=S8XhbNeiOLlyAWLh

New comment by l00sed in "A dot a day keeps the clutter away"

l00sed — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:23:49 +0000

Reminds me of Yoyoi Kusama's projects https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/yayoi-kusama-8094/obsess...

New comment by l00sed in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

l00sed — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:28:31 +0000

https://l-o-o-s-e-d.net Design and tech blog :)

New comment by l00sed in "Cold-blooded software (2023)"

l00sed — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 23:04:09 +0000

Exactly my thoughts with Nextjs. Haha So sad...

New comment by l00sed in "Cold-blooded software (2023)"

l00sed — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:42:48 +0000

That's true. Even then, though, you're dealing with backwards-compatibility support as the system updates. A compiled binary might run well for the systems it was compiled for, but what about longer timelines (a decade)? Will the newest system be able to easily run that compiled binary? Not always... and there's always the possibility it might include vulnerabilities that weren't discovered until later.

I was reading about terminal text editors (em, en, vi, vim, neovim, etc.), and it's interesting how some of the software that "lasts" is more like Theseus' Ship. All the original components replaced over time, but the core concepts last.

New comment by l00sed in "Cold-blooded software (2023)"

l00sed — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:55:30 +0000

Really nicely written and quite thought-provoking. I think about when I die, will anyone be able to use or maintain any of the software I've written? Updates and patches are something so entwined with software that I doubt much of my code would be worth using if it suddenly froze.

It puts a beautiful spotlight on OSS communities and what they do to keep software alive through refactoring, iteration, patching. Also, on well-written documentation— perhaps that's even more important than the code for longterm maintenence and value. A good thesis that encourages someone to write it again, and better?

Live-coding duet– algoraving in a shared editor session

l00sed — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 02:10:04 +0000

Article URL: https://25midi.com/projects/joint-breakcore-live-coding.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45522746

Points: 3

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New comment by l00sed in "Dotter: Dotfile manager and templater written in Rust"

l00sed — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:52:07 +0000

I've been using dotter for 5+ years and it's been an amazing tool. Doesn't go all in like NixOS, but lets you get close to that functionality by allowing templating to reuse a single dotfile repo across different systems. I also like how you can easily conditionally select configurations and scripts to load depending on environment.

New comment by l00sed in "Distro-Hopping and RICEing"

l00sed — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:47:39 +0000

Hey thanks! Glad you think so!

New comment by l00sed in "Distro-Hopping and RICEing"

l00sed — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 03:16:26 +0000

I went from using Windows 95 as a kid to macOS as a professional software engineer. Now, and in between, I've explored a number of unique Linux distros, desktop environments, and window managers. I wanted to share my experience and my love of all things Linux.

Distro-Hopping and RICEing

l00sed — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 03:16:26 +0000

Article URL: https://l-o-o-s-e-d.net/distro-hopping

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44679210

Points: 3

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Coding with Vibes: Evaluating Natural Language Programming Tools

l00sed — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:42:35 +0000

Article URL: https://l-o-o-s-e-d.net/vibe-coding

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43577178

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by l00sed in "From QED to Neovim"

l00sed — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:47:32 +0000

At first I thought you were making a joke. Like I'm a caveman, my editor is an anvil. Now I'm curious. Will check this one out.

New comment by l00sed in "From QED to Neovim"

l00sed — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:46:43 +0000

That is really rad :) I don't have any core memories with thermal printer output, but my dad did play pong with us on his commodore 64.

New comment by l00sed in "From QED to Neovim"

l00sed — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:45:03 +0000

LazyVim wasn't even around when I first tried Neovim. Knowing what I know now, this would definitely be my distro of choice. The maintainer, Folke, is an incredible programmer and has made many of the most popular plugins used by the community.

New comment by l00sed in "From QED to Neovim"

l00sed — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:13:38 +0000

I started from Vim and ended up migrating my dotfiles to Lua. I was really glad when I bit the bullet because I was able to keep most of my favorite functionality but start using more of the modern Lua-base plugins. Lazy.nvim is a really great package manager— super simple.

I ended up stealing some LSP config from AstroNvim or another Nvim "distro". I've never tried committing to one of those prebuilds though. I was always hacking at my own configs. I do like to skim some of the code though because they are generally implementing much better design patterns. I'm sure that the community will do a better job than me with Lua 9/10...

The obsessive dotfile management does help to give you a deep understanding of your editor though— I will say that.

New comment by l00sed in "From QED to Neovim"

l00sed — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:06:06 +0000

Yes, I could have been more equitable for sure. Maybe I can do a better Emacs deep-dive someday.

I'll have to also look up SOS— thanks for mentioning! Haven't heard of Nvi, but that looks interesting. Thanks for sharing those. I'll have to make some edits to the post. I keep getting good add-ins like that. Love learning more about this stuff.

From QED to Neovim

l00sed — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:27:09 +0000

Article URL: https://l-o-o-s-e-d.net/qed-neovim

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43368765

Points: 24

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New comment by l00sed in "A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager written in Rust"

l00sed — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:35:00 +0000

I've used a similar tool, called dotter, by SuperCuber on GitHub. It's actually very similar--uses a handlebars template language and built in Rust. Definitely a must have if you're on multiple *nix systems and you've invested time into developing your configs!

Punch Card to Twitter (2014)

l00sed — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:37:32 +0000

Article URL: https://tim.jagenberg.info/2014/11/21/punchcard2keyboard/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43162386

Points: 1

# Comments: 0