Hacker News: phren0logy

New comment by phren0logy in "Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript"

phren0logy — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:44:51 +0000

I love the (well-disclosed) fake testimonials. Hilarious!

New comment by phren0logy in "Omarchy – Linux that is capitalizing on AI momentum"

phren0logy — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:25:51 +0000

I think you are right, and maybe it just appeals to a different kind of user. I appreciate the way it's set up out of the box, and make pretty minimal changes that chezmoi and the /omarchy skill help me maintain easily across updates. I like that it's well-configured without me having to configure it, but I know that's not what a lot of linux users are looking for.

New comment by phren0logy in "Omarchy – Linux that is capitalizing on AI momentum"

phren0logy — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:52:31 +0000

I really like Omarchy. I don't agree with all of DHH's (apparent) opinions, but I don't agree with all of TIm Cook's opinions, Steve Jobs' opinions, Linus Torvalds' opinions, or Bill Gates' opinions either.

It's a real pleasure to use.

New comment by phren0logy in "Don't Wordle"

phren0logy — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:09:15 +0000

Be happ-ole? (Insert whistling)

New comment by phren0logy in "Monitors for Work"

phren0logy — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:52:28 +0000

They pair really nicely with a column-oriented WM like Niri or PaperWM!

New comment by phren0logy in "Open Knowledge format v0.2 tackles agentic trust"

phren0logy — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:38:35 +0000

I really appreciate this project. Who knows if it will become a viable standard, but I like that there's at least an effort to work on something open and interoperable with a bit more structure than just plain text. The small amount of structure and ceremony adds boatloads of utility.

New comment by phren0logy in "Blender 5.2 LTS"

phren0logy — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:38:01 +0000

I don't use Blender, so my admiration is from a distance but: Wow - what an impressive project. At least if I understand it correctly, this is a real pro-level piece of free and open software that's equivalent to thousands and thousands of dollars in closed-source commercial software.

New comment by phren0logy in "Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor"

phren0logy — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:31:48 +0000

What Apple laptop has “jet-engine fan noise”?

New comment by phren0logy in "Don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash"

phren0logy — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:45:52 +0000

Is it really? A 9B model is equivalent? Honest question, as I haven't spent that much time with the 9B variant or Flash 2.5. But that seems like a pretty bold claim for such a small model. I assumed Flash 2.5 was considerably larger, but maybe I'm wrong?

New comment by phren0logy in "Valve open-source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own"

phren0logy — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:29:07 +0000

Same, but the front is important for airflow in the Framework Desktop, so I don't think covering it with an e-ink screen would work. But maybe with some space between the screen and the fan intake?

New comment by phren0logy in "MS admits 8GB RAM is fine for Win11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline"

phren0logy — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:55:46 +0000

Every time I see the word “admits” in a headline, I skip the article.

New comment by phren0logy in "Writing Postcards with a 3D Printer"

phren0logy — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:17:12 +0000

If this appeals to you, also check out the Plotter Art subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/PlotterArt/

New comment by phren0logy in "Ask HN: Does it make sense to buy Mac Studio and run local models?"

phren0logy — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:55:16 +0000

In my opinion - not yet. The local models are getting better all the time, but still aren't quite reliable enough. Also, hardware prices are absurd right now. Once the hardware market settles down and there's a little more progress on local models, maybe in a year or two, I expect things will be a bit different.

I'm running a Strix Halo with 128GB of RAM. It's fun to play with, but the real frontier models are just way better.

New comment by phren0logy in "Starship V3"

phren0logy — Wed, 13 May 2026 03:18:01 +0000

I was disappointed when this was not the command line prompt library

New comment by phren0logy in "Zed Editor Theme-Builder"

phren0logy — Sat, 09 May 2026 18:54:02 +0000

If you use Omarchy, the 3.8 update includes dynamic theming for Zed. It's very cool: https://github.com/APS6/omazed

New comment by phren0logy in "Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML"

phren0logy — Sat, 09 May 2026 14:19:55 +0000

Are you using that cmarker commonmark Typst package? Is it good?

https://typst.app/universe/package/cmarker/

New comment by phren0logy in "OpenAI Privacy Filter"

phren0logy — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:28 +0000

I would think you could use this model inside of Presidio, right?

New comment by phren0logy in "Niri 26.04: Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor"

phren0logy — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:46:52 +0000

No, they don't, but I'd still take OmniWM over not having it.

New comment by phren0logy in "Niri 26.04: Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor"

phren0logy — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:32:29 +0000

If that’s all it took to deter you that thoroughly, I think you can confidently say that you are outside of the target market. Which is 100% OK!

New comment by phren0logy in "Niri 26.04: Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor"

phren0logy — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:08:44 +0000

If you are on a Mac, check out OmniWM, which has a Niri layout, in addition to one that's more like Hyprland. It has made my work on MacOS much more pleasant.

https://github.com/BarutSRB/OmniWM

I posted about it a bit ago when I just started using it, and it's been really great. Highly recommended.