bsnnkv

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   by bsnnkv 3y ago

   Looking forward to this hopefully final big upgrade on my 20k LOC web service[1]. The upgrade from 0.4 to the first rc of 0.5 was a slog, but I've already upgraded to 0.5-rc.4 so this should hopefully be comparatively painless. [1]: h
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   Managing Dotfiles on Windows 11 with NixOS(lgug2z.com)

   2 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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   Handling Secrets in NixOS: An Overview (git-crypt, agenix, sops-nix)(lgug2z.com)

   2 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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   Providing Runtime Secrets to NixOS Services with Agenix(lgug2z.com)

   2 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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   by bsnnkv 3y ago

   I'll also add that I run multiple services (pretty much every hosted project listed in the "projects" section of my homepage) on either a NixOS VM or a NixOS dedicated machine these days (I gradually migrated everything from
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   by bsnnkv 3y ago

   I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that people who are interested this might also be interested in a tiling window manager for Windows[1] [1]: https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi
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   by bsnnkv 3y ago

   I've been trying to encourage people to give NixOS in VMs a try as a safe way to build up a nice working environment while still maintaining your daily driver until you're interested in/ready to switch. I have a starter templ
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   by bsnnkv 3y ago

   I think things are pretty good with nixos-anywhere[1] now. I made a video last month walking through the process of provisioning a VPS on Hetzner Cloud[2] if you want to see what the process looks like in real-time. [1]: https://g
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   Deploying a Working Instance of Nitter on NixOS(lgug2z.com)

   1 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: xeetshot – longer xeets without premium or threads(xeetshot.lgug2z.com)

    7 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|3 comments
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    Using Rust, Chrome and NixOS to Take Headless Screenshots for Social Sharing(lgug2z.com)

    1 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    Yubikey Passthrough on WSL2 with Full FIDO2 Support(lgug2z.com)

    2 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    A NixOS 23.05 Development VM on Hetzner Cloud with NixOS-Anywhere(github.com)

    2 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    Oh cool, this is one of my things! Happy to answer any questions anyone has about this.
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    Ask HN: CPAs experienced in Internal Revenue Code Section 409A issues?

    1 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    Getting Started with NixOS on WSL(github.com)

    2 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    Ask HN: Should you add a LICENSE to example configuration repos?(github.com)

    1 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    This article resonated with me a lot and had me reflecting on my journey writing komorebi. I started writing komorebi because I had recently migrated to Windows and was really struggling without a tiling window manager. I didn't know a
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    I have a slightly different take on this: I save the text that I care about, and have some automation set up to archive the source URL of the text to archive.org[1] (which works well enough for me, even if it's not 100% perfect, becaus
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    Sensible $WORDCHARS for Most Developers(lgug2z.com)

    1 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    I won't be at a computer for a while to dig up all the links; but check out both my comment and post history on HN; the short version is that I ditched Readwise, Instapaper, Pinboard & co, and my entire histories there, and wrote s
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    > I’m tired of this. I think we overvalue thinking and undervalue taking action on that thinking. It’s easy to discuss ideas, which is one reason I think I’ve done so much of it and used to find it appealing. > Lately, though, simply
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    I have quite a few of these sorts of keyboards, including the Ergodox EZ. I think for generalist usage they can be adapted to pretty easily, but as a developer, the lack of dedicated keys for [, ] and ' is an insurmountable obstacle fo
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    My Caste(cs.toronto.edu)

    554 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|395 comments
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    I like this one the most. Sums up my experience after drinking the kool aid. I feel invincible now whenever I make changes to my machines or dev environments.
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    Hands-Free Tiling Window Management(lgug2z.com)

    2 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Voice Control for Tiling Window Managers Concept(youtube.com)

    1 points by bsnnkv 3y ago|0 comments
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    Yeah this is true, but it works for enough websites to be a meaningful option, and it is almost always going to work better than something you have home-rolled (unless your core product is a direct competitor or something, in which case all
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    It's ultimately a cat and mouse game with many websites actively trying to sabotage archival efforts. Unless this is a core functionality in something you're working on, most people will be better off using the SavePageNow API fro
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    by bsnnkv 3y ago

    I'm a big fan of mkcert for local HTTPS cert generation.