Hacker News: wltr

New comment by wltr in "Homebrew 7.0.0"

wltr — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:25:06 +0000

Have you tried Mac Ports?

New comment by wltr in "iPhone Duo"

wltr — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:06:15 +0000

I noticed that too, but for me there’s no point in basic model. As usually used Pros are better at their value at the same price point. Perhaps they decided to focus on premium tier, while everyone else would manage somehow. Or they would introduce regular models quietly later.

New comment by wltr in "RavynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-source"

wltr — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:12:23 +0000

My bet is that is heavily vibe coded abandonware.

I’m super excited about any open source OS there is, but in all honesty, I see very little value for a desktop system like that. Linux is plenty good and apps ecosystem is slowly coming into a really great state. I’d love to see FreeBSD being there too, and basically you need nothing different from that.

New comment by wltr in "RavynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-source"

wltr — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:09:22 +0000

Just to clarify, did you mean ‘exciting’ by

> Is Darwin really all the exiting?

I’ve tried to reread your question, and couldn’t get the sense, before I thought maybe that’s an autocorrection / misprint.

New comment by wltr in "Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 7.2"

wltr — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:58:07 +0000

And mine is as fast as I need, with Sway as my main DE. (With Arch Linux, but I bet Fedora wouldn’t be any worse.) The only reason to switch to M{1,2,3} is battery life. So, as soon as the external Thunderbolt display is going to work, I think I’m making the switch.

New comment by wltr in "RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland"

wltr — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:40:50 +0000

Why not TigerVNC?

https://tigervnc.org/

> TigerVNC was originally based on the (never-released) VNC 4 branch of TightVNC.

It seems to be popular, that’s why I’m asking.

New comment by wltr in "DeepSeek Harness developer preview"

wltr — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:55:51 +0000

Sounds like a Linux architecture, innit?

New comment by wltr in "Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview"

wltr — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:04:05 +0000

If that’s an Electron app, what’s the difference with running it in the browser?

New comment by wltr in "Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering"

wltr — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:24:49 +0000

That kept me away from the rewrite, but actually you can just throw a bin onto your server. At least for all my servers, I can do that. Migrating to Go helped me clean like hundreds of scripts into just a handful (tens) of slightly more complex, but unified programs with shared logic. I kept sticking to bash, not realising the complexity grew up already, and having a pile of simple scripts isn’t as simple as I thought. Go solved this beautifully, all the scripts were rewritten within just a month (with Claude assistance, but I’ve been checking on the code, it was OK), and now I can maintain them with less mental overhead.

New comment by wltr in "Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering"

wltr — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 04:32:00 +0000

Most of the time I use go build, or precisely make install with custom Makefile. For the one-time ad-hoc tools (vibe coded, by the way), I may use go run. My point is use the simplest tool, if it’s a little bit more complex than a few lines, it’s better in Go than bash. Here, I rather mean it’s better in any real programming language. Just… well, Go is really simple and with some GPT assistance you may be just one prompt and a minute away from automating some routine tasks. I try to automate as much as I can notice. E.g. I have a special script (now program) which moves files and directories from one location (synced documents) to another (archive on a disk). This is just a very simple operation, but doing it automatically feels very different. I’d highly recommend on trying something similar. Previously, I thought bash is good enough for this (and it is!), but Go is just better for me personally. And bonus thing, it works much faster.

New comment by wltr in "Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering"

wltr — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:04:15 +0000

Been doing bash scripting for years. Tried Go recently, on my, it’s so much better for everything OS scripting. I regret I haven’t started with Go years ago. All my scripts are rewritten to Go. I kept only a handful, those that are just a few lines and no logic.

New comment by wltr in "A big win for Android interoperability"

wltr — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:14:20 +0000

In other words, would you like to have your physical card to be lost or stolen and someone paying with it? As small amounts don’t ask for a pin confirmation. Having my phone stolen is pretty much another level of attack.

New comment by wltr in "A big win for Android interoperability"

wltr — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:10:40 +0000

No it’s not, all of my and my extended family cards (for… like a decade!) are never even leave the envelope they come in. I’m not sure I personally know people who use physical cards over Google or Apple Pay. I have seen the cards being used in the wild, of course. But I’m having hard time remembering anyone I personally know who does that.

New comment by wltr in "Forth"

wltr — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:37:33 +0000

Aha, especially the boat mode.

New comment by wltr in "Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s"

wltr — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:55:09 +0000

Cool project! Get a blog and post there, please! Photos, media, anything, is very welcome! One of the most interesting things I’ve read here in a very long time. Don’t let it be wasted to just lie here, for the very narrow audience.

New comment by wltr in "Organic Maps"

wltr — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:07:04 +0000

The original authors are from Russia, and their first product maps.me was sold to a Russian company with ties with Kremlin. I wouldn’t touch anything they do, so Organic was a no-go for me. Since it’s a new thing now, I can give it a go.

New comment by wltr in "FreeBSD Foundation executive director tries daily driving FreeBSD on laptop"

wltr — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:32:17 +0000

Today I learned the FreeBSD Foundation executive does not daily drive FreeBSD on laptop. (Without even opening the article.) This alone looks exceptionally weird for me.

New comment by wltr in "I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation"

wltr — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:40:20 +0000

Thanks for covering that!

New comment by wltr in "I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation"

wltr — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:17:51 +0000

Did you mean M1 MacBook Air/Pro or is it now possible to install it on an iPad?

New comment by wltr in "Linux, Windows or macOS: Which Operating System to Use in 2026?"

wltr — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:26:58 +0000

Is that slop? Reads as ‘hey, I have the perspective’ but then reveals they know next to nothing about the systems, just spilling the well-known myths. (About Linux, obviously.) Wasted time on reading this.