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New comment by wooptoo in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"

wooptoo — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:47:38 +0000

Those who don't understand git are bound to reinvent it. Git is fine as it is, with some porcelain and QoL improvements here and there. Some of the most capable devs I know use git + cgit for collaboration and they manage just fine.

New comment by wooptoo in "Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline"

wooptoo — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:29:42 +0000

I would recommend Obsidian to new users.

I've been using Zim Wiki for years; back then there was nothing better available and now I can't be bothered to migrate formats. Plus I've already contributed a bunch of plugins to Zim :)

https://obsidian.md/

https://zim-wiki.org/

New comment by wooptoo in "Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline"

wooptoo — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:00:29 +0000

I come from a time when internet connectivity was not permanent. It was only available a few times per day when you connected via the phone line. My first ISP gave me an allowance of 20 hours of internet per month. You would dial-up, check the news, check your email, read a page or two, download what you had to download, and then disconnect. The internet was very slow by today's standards, and the connection would get lost very often. It was during that time when it was drilled into my head that the network access comes and goes. That it should not be taken for granted. So a lot of the stuff that I use nowadays, I also have in an offline format. I keep offline docs either in pdf or in html format of most of the programming languages and frameworks that I use. I keep the source code of various projects that are essential to me. I keep a local wiki with notes on various things that are useful to me. Obviously it's not enough for a major catastrophe but it's better than nothing. I'm by no means a prepper, but I also believe that each of us should be prepared for short term disruptions of various kinds. The network should not be taken for granted.

New comment by wooptoo in "Put the zip code first"

wooptoo — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:46:17 +0000

The postcode doesn't tell the whole story. But what you can do is use an IP geolocation service which should narrow down your location enough, so that typing in the entire address is no longer necessary.

I.e. using something like https://ipinfo.io/json and then typing in a full postcode and street name + number should work well in most cases.

New comment by wooptoo in "Show HN: Xmloxide – an agent-made Rust replacement for libxml2"

wooptoo — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:51:38 +0000

Hi Nick, first of all thank you for your work and dedication through the years.

Second, I found this entirely by accident just now: https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fellowship

> For the duration of the fellowship, one “maintainer-in-residence” will be employed up to full-time (32-40 hours per week) as part of the Sovereign Tech Agency team. > This option offers the maintainer the personal and professional advantages of being part of team, as well as the stability of being employed to continue working on critical FOSS infrastructure. > This position is only available for maintainers located in Germany,

New comment by wooptoo in "Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude"

wooptoo — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:40:27 +0000

It's a simple observation. I'm not here to win internet points. I've never before seen so much cargo-culting and mystic belief among engineers.

New comment by wooptoo in "Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude"

wooptoo — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:17:45 +0000

Amazing how an entire profession that until yesterday would pride itself on precision, clarity (in thought and in writing), efficiency, and formality, has now descended into complete quackery.

New comment by wooptoo in "Show HN: Xmloxide – an agent-made Rust replacement for libxml2"

wooptoo — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:40:58 +0000

A comment on libxml, not on your work: Funny how so many companies use this library in production and not one steps in to maintain this project and patch the issues. What a sad state of affairs we are in.

New comment by wooptoo in "Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown"

wooptoo — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:38:27 +0000

Have you tried Micro? https://micro-editor.github.io/

New comment by wooptoo in "Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer"

wooptoo — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:37:57 +0000

Here's the repo https://github.com/nahorov/Hendrix-Systems-Lab

New comment by wooptoo in "How to Review an AUR Package"

wooptoo — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:50:14 +0000

The linked article (with the original incident) was really good:

https://www.mh4ckt3mh4ckt1c4s.xyz/blog/aur-chaos-malware-ana...

New comment by wooptoo in "Minions – Stripe's Coding Agents Part 2"

wooptoo — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:22:07 +0000

What's the deal with `Devboxes`? is this a common thing? Sounds very clunky for regular (human-driven) development.

New comment by wooptoo in "I'm not worried about AI job loss"

wooptoo — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:06:58 +0000

The collective AI hysteria is now in full swing.

New comment by wooptoo in "FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 Recap"

wooptoo — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:53:28 +0000

Hi, I'm trying to find Lennart Poettering's presentations, but they don't seem to be available yet? https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/speaker/lennart_poettering/ Thanks

New comment by wooptoo in "Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company"

wooptoo — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:48:54 +0000

> The models we have in mind for attestation are very much based on users having full control of their keys.

FOR NOW. Policies and laws always change. Corporations and governments somehow always find ways to work against their people, in ways which are not immediately obvious to the masses. Once they have a taste of this there's no going back.

Please have a hard and honest think on whether you should actually build this thing. Because once you do, the genie is out and there's no going back.

This WILL be used to infringe on individual freedoms.

The only question is WHEN? And your answer to that appears to be 'Not for the time being'.

New comment by wooptoo in "Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company"

wooptoo — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:32:13 +0000

I was hoping banks would turn to using Yubikeys/U2F for authentication/transaction signing, and not these Draconian measures.

New comment by wooptoo in "Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor"

wooptoo — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:17:04 +0000

Sure, but do you have any facts to backup that assertion?

New comment by wooptoo in "Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor"

wooptoo — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:44:25 +0000

Am I the only one who's not buying into the Wayland hype? I just want X11 support not to fall into disrepair, as I see nothing wrong with it.

New comment by wooptoo in "What has Docker become?"

wooptoo — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:23:22 +0000

I'm so surprised to see that folks rediscover Unison in 2026 :) It is a unique piece of software which has been around for 20 years or so. The two way sync is great but also a bit scary since it can wipe files.

BTW, Rclone has bisync now.

New comment by wooptoo in "Prediction: Microsoft will eventually ship a Windows-themed Linux distro"

wooptoo — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:43:54 +0000

I don't want Linux to become as popular as Windows currently is. Its quality would decline drastically as it would be subjected to all sorts of corporate forces.

I don't want it to become a commercially driven, adversarial OS like Windows and Mac OS.

I want it to remain the free, stable and decent OS it currently is, in a comfortable 3rd place.