Hacker News: secwang

New comment by secwang in "The Taste of OpenBSD"

secwang — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:34:31 +0000

I see your point, but I view it through a different lens. In painting, the mastery of 'blank space' (negative space) is as vital as the brushstrokes themselves. For a project like OpenBSD, the discipline to not implement a feature—unless it can be done perfectly and securely—is a rare form of restraint. In an industry obsessed with feature bloat, this 'lack' isn't a deficiency; it’s an aesthetic and philosophical statement.

The Taste of OpenBSD

secwang — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:48:26 +0000

Article URL: https://para.bearblog.dev/the-taste-of-openbsd/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46534983

Points: 6

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New comment by secwang in "Why use OpenBSD?"

secwang — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:59:26 +0000

I tried using OpenBSD, but the support for some specific things isn't very good. For example, J language support is always missing some packages. I also don't want to, and very much do not want to, use systemd. I finally chose FreeBSD, but I'm using some things from OpenBSD as much as possible, like obhttpd, etc. It feels good now.

Ed-Mode in Emacs

secwang — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 01:23:15 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ryanprior/ed-mode

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45677160

Points: 4

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Outliners and Programming Dave Winer

secwang — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:29:02 +0000

Article URL: http://davewiner.userland.com/outlinersProgramming

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45641823

Points: 1

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Apple Notes Is Now My Favorite Outliner

secwang — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:59:06 +0000

Article URL: https://para.bearblog.dev/apple-notes-is-now-my-favorite-outliner/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45481990

Points: 2

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New comment by secwang in "Which table format do LLMs understand best?"

secwang — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:15:41 +0000

maybe be org table

New comment by secwang in "My Ed(1) Toolbox"

secwang — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:38:33 +0000

Aaron have a crossplatform ed in Apl.This is great when you familiar with apl.

New comment by secwang in "My Ed(1) Toolbox"

secwang — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:37:52 +0000

love it.

New comment by secwang in "Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files"

secwang — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:27:45 +0000

I like your way , So I pick up my long time not used emacs. It's work fine.

Show HN: Csvqsh – SQL-like query language for CSV in Awk

secwang — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:57:31 +0000

I really like csvq, but its implemented features feel a bit heavy for me. I don't really need to perform statistics directly on CSV files, but simple modifications are what I need. Plus, I don't have a Go environment, so I created a simple awk version. All test cases are included in the except script.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45052261

Points: 3

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