superjam2026

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   by superjam2026 8mo ago

   Fair point — didn't know about the PPC Open Firmware connection. Name's sticking for now, but good to know people might confuse it. Appreciate the heads up.
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   by superjam2026 8mo ago

   Nix-Darwin is the right call if you're willing to invest the upfront time. Genuinely more powerful. OpenBoot is for whoever looks at step 4 and nopes out. Different crowd. How long before the config felt natural to you?
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   by superjam2026 8mo ago

   Hey HN, creator here. Tired of the 3-hour new Mac ritual. Brewfile only covers packages — OpenBoot handles the whole stack: packages, dotfiles, shell, macOS prefs, git identity. Killer feature turned out to be `openboot snapshot` — captures
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   Show HN: OpenBoot – 2 commands to replace a 3-hour Mac setup ritual(github.com)

   10 points by superjam2026 8mo ago|8 comments