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Previously: > March 7, 2024: Committing to Windows https://world.hey.com/dhh/committing-to-windows-2d6388fd https://world.hey.com/dhh/committing-to-windows-2d

Previously: > March 7, 2024: Committing to Windows https://world.hey.com/dhh/committing-to-windows-2d6388fd https://world.hey.com/dhh/committing-to-windows-2d6388fd > June 6, 2024: Introducing Omakub (based on Ubuntu) https://world.hey.com/dhh/introducing-omakub-354db366 https://world.hey.com/dhh/introducing-omakub-354db366 Place your bets on what is next: nixOS? Haiku? OpenBSD?

vondur 1y ago
I haven't seen his earlier post about Windows. Kinda funny. He's put quite a lot of effort into Omarchy now though.
- dismalaf 1y ago
  Actually hilarious that he couldn't stand Windows for more than a few months. Omarchy looks cool but for me, Gnome has enough tiling features and is easy for my family to use. If I want to rice I rice my terminal and editor, which I know no one else will ever touch. Also not a fan of Arch, much prefer Debian.
ghostly_s 1y ago
Previously: > “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998127
- dismalaf 1y ago
  What's the relevance of this? Also, in many podcasts since, DHH and Jason Fried said this is one of the best things that they ever did.
- ecshafer 1y ago
  1/3 of basecamp employees, at the peak of the tech hiring bubble, took extremely generous buyouts, when they werent happy that their work wasnt going to the political ngo they wished it was.
JonChesterfield 1y ago
Losing patience with windows after a month or two sounds about right. Customised arch is probably a local optimum.
busterarm 1y ago
You miss a lot just going by the headline. He makes it blindingly clear in the first paragraph that Windows wouldn't even be an option if not for the Linux subsystem.
amonroe0805 1y ago
I think a big part of this is a reflection of DHH's (understandable) frustration with Apple's App Store management, processes, and policies. Looking back at January 2024, it seems like DHH started to reach his personal boiling point with that sort of nonsense, which seems to mark the start of the aggressive search for another suitable platform, out from under Apple's control. https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-rejects-the-hey-calendar-from-their-app-store-4316dc03 https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-rejects-the-hey-calendar-fro... https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-s-new-extortion-regime-to-keep-big-app-makers-d4d03ea9 https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-s-new-extortion-regime-to-ke... While the original pursuit may have been less about seeking Windows or Linux than it was about getting away from Apple, it does seem like the end destination in Linux has been pretty satisfying. And it's great to see someone investing time and energy into promoting a cohesive linux desktop user experience that isn't just focused on feature parity to something else.

vondur 1y ago

I haven't seen his earlier post about Windows. Kinda funny. He's put quite a lot of effort into Omarchy now though.

dismalaf 1y ago
Actually hilarious that he couldn't stand Windows for more than a few months. Omarchy looks cool but for me, Gnome has enough tiling features and is easy for my family to use. If I want to rice I rice my terminal and editor, which I know no one else will ever touch. Also not a fan of Arch, much prefer Debian.

ghostly_s 1y ago

Previously: > “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998127

dismalaf 1y ago
What's the relevance of this? Also, in many podcasts since, DHH and Jason Fried said this is one of the best things that they ever did.
ecshafer 1y ago
1/3 of basecamp employees, at the peak of the tech hiring bubble, took extremely generous buyouts, when they werent happy that their work wasnt going to the political ngo they wished it was.

JonChesterfield 1y ago

Losing patience with windows after a month or two sounds about right. Customised arch is probably a local optimum.

busterarm 1y ago

You miss a lot just going by the headline. He makes it blindingly clear in the first paragraph that Windows wouldn't even be an option if not for the Linux subsystem.

amonroe0805 1y ago

I think a big part of this is a reflection of DHH's (understandable) frustration with Apple's App Store management, processes, and policies. Looking back at January 2024, it seems like DHH started to reach his personal boiling point with that sort of nonsense, which seems to mark the start of the aggressive search for another suitable platform, out from under Apple's control. https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-rejects-the-hey-calendar-from-their-app-store-4316dc03 https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-rejects-the-hey-calendar-fro... https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-s-new-extortion-regime-to-keep-big-app-makers-d4d03ea9 https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-s-new-extortion-regime-to-ke... While the original pursuit may have been less about seeking Windows or Linux than it was about getting away from Apple, it does seem like the end destination in Linux has been pretty satisfying. And it's great to see someone investing time and energy into promoting a cohesive linux desktop user experience that isn't just focused on feature parity to something else.