Hacker News: microflash

New comment by microflash in "Sublime Text Build 4213"

microflash — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:28:29 +0000

Unfortunately, still not much progress on improving the ergonomics of the sidebar. You still can’t do drag and drop, cut and paste etc.

Otherwise, really excellent editor. I use their Git client [1] daily and there’s nothing like it.

[1]: https://www.sublimemerge.com

New comment by microflash in "macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review"

microflash — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:41:36 +0000

> Repeat for each app in the list, there should be at least 70 of them.

Just do it 70 times, no sweat.

New comment by microflash in "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27"

microflash — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:53:39 +0000

My biggest complaint is the regressions on font size both on macOS and iOS. Some of the copy which was of comfortably readable size is now microscopic (for example, the organization and job title on a contact card in the Contacts app). Similarly, on macOS, when the sidebar icons are set to small, the labels also become terribly tiny.

New comment by microflash in "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27"

microflash — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:10:29 +0000

Yeah, I did the same but found the experience worse. Currently I've set it at 75% where it is tolerable.

New comment by microflash in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

microflash — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:03:23 +0000

My grandfather and uncles have left me a vast pile of Urdu magazines and books, many of which are withering away due to old age. I’m working on digitizing them so I can enjoy them on modern devices. Very much in initial stages.

https://nashist.naiyerasif.com

New comment by microflash in "Rune is now open source"

microflash — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:02:00 +0000

Do I have to use Rune Network? Can it can run offline?

New comment by microflash in "Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one"

microflash — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:17:37 +0000

At this point, I've come to live with it. I do use Supercharge[1] to fix some of the warts.

[1]: https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge

Indie Developer Simulator

microflash — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:54:31 +0000

Article URL: https://indiesimulator.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577126

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

New comment by microflash in "Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS"

microflash — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:45:22 +0000

Yup.

New comment by microflash in "Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS"

microflash — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:38:21 +0000

> A user you’ve blocked has previously contributed to this repository.

Sigh.

New comment by microflash in "Firefox 155.0"

microflash — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:06:05 +0000

> Firefox now limits CSS to 75 levels of nested blocks and functions, preventing crashes that extremely deep nesting can cause under some circumstances. More deeply nested rules and values no longer parse.

Very interesting change. I’ve yet to see CSS more than 20 levels deep. Good to put a stop to such insanity.

There's no such thing as Just a Tool

microflash — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:05:19 +0000

Article URL: https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491927

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

When Fonts Fall

microflash — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:29:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.figma.com/blog/when-fonts-fall/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49435831

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by microflash in "Death to px, long live ch"

microflash — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:03:53 +0000

Not necessarily. See https://screenspan.net/fallback

New comment by microflash in "Death to px, long live ch"

microflash — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:29:55 +0000

I’ve found that ch and ex units are heavily influenced by latin characters. They just give weird results with non-latin characters leading to magic numbers. But the concept is really solid: use them if you want the spacing relative to text.

New comment by microflash in "Ameliorate"

microflash — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:11:48 +0000

Very nice. I think this can be a good visual way to run LEAN activities like 5 Why and A3 Problem Solving.

Viaduct – Tool to Convert a Google Chrome Extension into a Safari Web Extension

microflash — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:03:38 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/magicelk235/Viaduct-CLI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374725

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by microflash in "Tangled: The next-generation social coding platform"

microflash — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:39:59 +0000

How do I sign up with my own domain name without Bluesky account?

New comment by microflash in "I Remain a Skeptic"

microflash — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:04:06 +0000

My story is a bit similar. Recently, I broke my wrist due to a fall and have also been suffering from eye strain. I couldn’t spend much time “working” on screen as much as I need. And so I ask LLMs to do a major chunk of work, review and test the changes, course correct things to align with architecture that I’ve outlined and get things done as if I were working normally.

New comment by microflash in "Flutter 3.47"

microflash — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:44:22 +0000

Is it now possible to use native font stack of OS? Last time I checked, it wasn’t possible and apps had to bundle custom fonts as workaround.