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I like these kind of projects because, probably due to of some nerdy/geeky aspects of my personality, they keep me excited about computer stuff in general, but

by p4bl0 3y ago

I like these kind of projects because, probably due to of some nerdy/geeky aspects of my personality, they keep me excited about computer stuff in general, but I have to admit I will almost surely never have a use case for them, except for playing with it for a few minutes. I just did, and it was fun to see how my own web page renders in it (I have to say, way better than it does in graphical but not up-to-date browsers that lack some semi-recent CSS features…).

wolverine876 3y ago
That's called 'art'. It's someone's self-expression that you connect to. I can't speak for the author, but that's how I look at my experience of engaging with, and especially of creating, such projects. It's art, in the medium and using the tools the author knows. Many associate art with certain mediums, like paint on canvas. But does the painter make a sculpture or build the perfect engine? The programmer, when they feel the drive to make art, makes a program. (Another signal of art, IMHO, is the author's seeming disinterest in global adulation. They aren't aiming for virality or influencer status or the next startup with an exit, not pivoting to the trending thing; they are making what they love.) But again, I can't speak for this author at all.
- ploum 3y ago
  Well, I’m the author and, as a writer, I’m very interested in global adulation. For my books. Not my software ;-)
larme 3y ago
For me the use cases of offpunk (or any cli/tui program) are mainly 2 things: 1. keep my computer environment on a remote VPS. So I have an always-on machine with high-speed internet access. I read books, visit websites and write codes on the same machine. These are mainly text works so a mosh connection is enough. Occasionally when I want to view some images, I use chafa to preview the images. Because the machine is always on, syncing and backup is eaiser to do. 2. But sometimes either you are offline or the VPS is offline. In this situation I will switch to a raspberry pi zero (packed inside a mint tin). The computation resource is limited so do everything in cli/tui will make things faster.

by p4bl0 3y ago

wolverine876 3y ago

That's called 'art'. It's someone's self-expression that you connect to. I can't speak for the author, but that's how I look at my experience of engaging with, and especially of creating, such projects. It's art, in the medium and using the tools the author knows. Many associate art with certain mediums, like paint on canvas. But does the painter make a sculpture or build the perfect engine? The programmer, when they feel the drive to make art, makes a program. (Another signal of art, IMHO, is the author's seeming disinterest in global adulation. They aren't aiming for virality or influencer status or the next startup with an exit, not pivoting to the trending thing; they are making what they love.) But again, I can't speak for this author at all.

ploum 3y ago
Well, I’m the author and, as a writer, I’m very interested in global adulation. For my books. Not my software ;-)

larme 3y ago

For me the use cases of offpunk (or any cli/tui program) are mainly 2 things: 1. keep my computer environment on a remote VPS. So I have an always-on machine with high-speed internet access. I read books, visit websites and write codes on the same machine. These are mainly text works so a mosh connection is enough. Occasionally when I want to view some images, I use chafa to preview the images. Because the machine is always on, syncing and backup is eaiser to do. 2. But sometimes either you are offline or the VPS is offline. In this situation I will switch to a raspberry pi zero (packed inside a mint tin). The computation resource is limited so do everything in cli/tui will make things faster.