Kissaki

@ Kissaki @programming.dev

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2mo ago

3D Printer Reviewers: Being honest in this industry will put you out of a job.
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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago
I do. But I'm very selective and critical in choosing and trusting the right ones. They're also not my only source.
I don't think YouTube reviews are any worse than other forms of reviews. There are plenty of bad text reviews out there, too.

2mo ago

Welcoming the Open Source Endowment

It's a fund you donate to; they invest the money, then fund open source with the investment gains.

I posted a comment on this other post that summarizes the most relevant (because it wasn't clear to me either, and as a note/explanation to myself too).

2mo ago

Open Source Endowment Launches to Fund Critical FOSS Infrastructure

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

Data-driven grant model. There’s no perfect model for distributing OSS grants. Our approach is an open, measurable, algorithmic (but not automatic) model, […] We’re finalizing the first version of the selection model after the public launch, and its high-level description is at osendowment/model.

The fund invests all donations in a low-risk portfolio and uses only the investment income for grants, making it independent of annual budgets and market volatility. Even a modest $10M fund at this rate would generate ~$500K every year — enough for $10K grants to 50 critical open source projects.

Currently standing at $700k.

Regarding the model:

We aim to focus our support on the core of open-source ecosystems — like ~1% of packages accounting for 99% of downloads and dependencies. Our model shall be a data-driven approximation of the global usage of the open-source supply chain, helping to detect its most critical but underfunded elements.

2mo ago

New beta Stackoverflow frontend. Hot or Not?

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

Screenshots of both:

"Classic"	"New"

Well, you can see I use dark color scheme, which apparently got lost. Make a guess how much better I like that.

It's not my full monitor width because of vertical browser tabs, but even then the horizontal distance between left nav bar and top right nav toolbar is horrendous.

The spacing is wasteful, the sizing is unnecessarily big.

It's worse in every way. Less accessible, less readable, less scannable, less overview.

I wish they would simply drop their new design draft completely.

For anyone visiting the site thinking "looks like before for me" like I did, at the top there's a link to "try out the new site".

Their blog post, research blog post, previous community feedback, feedback form.

2mo ago

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

We onboarded our team with VS integrated Copilot.

I regularly use inline suggestions. I sometimes use the suggestions that go beyond what VS suggested before Copilot license.. I am regularly annoyed at the suggestions moving off code, even greyed out sometimes being ambiguous with grey text like comma and semicolon, and control conflicting with basic cursor navigation (CTRL+Right arrow)

I am very selective about where I use Copilot. Even for simple systematic changes, I often prefer my own editing, quick actions, or multi cursor, because they are deterministic and don't require a focused review that takes the same amount of time but with worse mental effect.

Probably more than my IDE "AI", I use AI search to get information. I have the knowledge to assess results, and know when to check sources anyway, in addition, or instead.

My biggest issue with our AI is in the code some of my colleagues produce and give me for review, and that I don't/can't know how much they themselves thought about the issues and solution at hand. A lack of description, or worse, AI generated summaries, are an issue in relation to that.

/edit: Here is my comment on the post four months ago.

2mo ago

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

And it's so popular! It must be good!

2mo ago

LibreOffice Leave X/Twitter in favor of Mastodon

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

Many times I've used piefed, wrote a comment, some longer some shorter, and without fail, it denied posting after writing it out but without telling me specifically why I can't post. Just no permission. Consequently, it never stuck to me.

2mo ago

What do you use to communicate with your git repositories?

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

I’ve been using TortoiseGit since the beginning, but it's Windows-only.

In TortoiseGit, the Log view is my single entry point to all regular and semi-regular operations.

Occasionally, I use native git CLI to manage refs (archive old tags into a different ref path, mass-remote-delete, etc).

Originally, it was a switch from TortoiseSVN to TortoiseGit, and from then on, no other GUI or TUI met my needs and wants. I explored/tried out many alternative GUIs and TUIs over the years, but none felt as intuitive, gave as much overview, or capabilities. Whenever I'm in Visual Studio and use git blame, I'm reminded that it is lacking - in the blame view you can't blame the previous versions to navigate backwards through history within a code view. I can do that in TortoiseGit.

I've also tried out Gitbutler and jj, which are interesting in that they're different. Ultimately, they couldn't convince me for regular use when git works well enough and additional tooling can introduce new complexities and issues when you don't make a full switch. I remember Gitbutler added refs making git use impractical. jj had a barrier to entry, to understand and follow the concepts and process, which I think I simply did not pass yet to have a more accurate assessment.

I did explore TUIs also as no-install-required fallback alternatives, but in practice, I never needed them. When I do use the console, I'm familiar with native git to cover my needs. Remote shell: native git, locally: Nushell on top of native git for mass queries and operations.

2mo ago

What do you use to communicate with your git repositories?

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

pen and paper is decentralized storage too, but the push and fetch sync protocols are a lot of work

2mo ago

0 A.D. Open-Source RTS Game Drops Alpha Label After 16 Years

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

I expected alpha becoming beta, but the download has no such label at all. Is it considered stable now?

Their news doesn't say much about the drop of and about the new status either.

The Release 28 is our first release without the Alpha label: our development process has matured, our releases are more frequent, and our commitment to quality has never been higher.

2mo ago

Keyboard latency

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

This doesn't seem programming-related. Am I missing something?

2mo ago

Keyboard latency

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

When I was researching keyboards recently, I stumbled over a pro gamer (I believe) YouTuber who was quite vocal about pretty much all gear marketed as "gaming gear" is overpriced marketing bullshit. Apparently, they tested dozens of keyboards, mice, and headsets over the years. It certainly matched my impression of reading tests about products previously.

"Gamer" chairs are racecar chairs meant to keep you from sliding sideways, not being fit for long sitting sessions on a PC. Prefer a good or decent office chair. "Gamer" headsets are worse and more expensive than other headsets. Keyboards and mice are mostly marketing. etc.

Regarding input, they made a point about physical human limitations and state like sleep and caffeine intake having much more of an effect than the hardware you use.

2022 update

So this article is quite old. There are keyboard switches now that activate as soon as you activate the key, and that can recognize lift and press without passing a trigger point. If you want that kind of edge, those are the top performers right now. I'd be more interested in the technology and maybe playful capabilities than the performance they add.

I'm always way too thorough when researching products before buying…

2mo ago

RFC: Suggestion to monetise without ads

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

I thought I remembered a standardized metadata file format you can place on your website, but I can't find it.

GitHub defines FUNDING

Brave webbrowser attempted something like that with Brave Rewards, but through ads, and basically collected for themselves until the websites actually signed up for Brave Rewards.

I remember Flattr.

2mo ago

Developer claims to have built an autonomous AI system that can earn money, pay for its own computing, improve its tools, and even copy itself without human approval

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

Claims that it can, but no evidence or anecdotal examples of how it worked in practice.

2mo ago

What I’m Hearing About Cognitive Debt (So Far)

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

"Yeah, I can do that task. I'm very experienced in struggling to implement stuff like that."

2mo ago

Required reviewer rule is now generally available

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

Is it available in the free tier?

2mo ago

JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

I don't think they mention maintenance burden specifically. Using a framework with packages means you have to track upgrades, do upgrades, check release notes, breaking changes, support and end of life cycles, license changes, etc. It's a have maintenance burden if you keep it live, even if you don't intend to make any changes.

Vanilla doesn't have this problem. Server-side has it too, but in a slightly different flavor.

The heavier and integrated the framework, and the more additional packages you include, the heavier the burden.

2mo ago

15+ years later, Microsoft morged my diagram

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

Why does nothing link to the content/MS page in question? Not this article, nor the Bluesky post or replies.

I would have liked to see and verify the context, and explore the git history which should lead to some context that may give some context to what the author asks at the end: How did it come to be, with what ideas or goals, or justification, etc.

The Bluesky replies mention(/claim) that the image has been replaced, now seemingly copying a graph from Atlassian docs.

2mo ago

I'm quitting my Indie Game after 5 years - Codeer (YouTube)

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

I totally get that. Technical and implementation exploration doesn't necessarily correlate with publishability. :)

2mo ago

Password managers less secure than promised

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Kissaki @programming.dev 2mo ago

It is impossible for me to remember all my passwords. Maybe I have more accounts than other people. I remember the most important ones, amongst them a very long password manager DB password that is annoying to enter, especially on mobile.

First time I set up keepass I forgot the password. I still have the DB file without access. But the second time, I was more serious and committed to it, and made sure to remember and use the password. 😅