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lwhsiao

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https://luke.hsiao.dev

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Find Unused Dependencies in Pyproject.toml

github.com
1 points·by lwhsiao·há 3 dias·0 comments

Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration

lazypi.org
150 points·by lwhsiao·há 4 dias·74 comments

The Usefulness of Knots

luke.hsiao.dev
3 points·by lwhsiao·há 6 dias·0 comments

Custom coreboot firmware (and utilities) for your Chromebook/Chromebox

docs.mrchromebox.tech
2 points·by lwhsiao·há 7 dias·0 comments

AI and Liability

schneier.com
7 points·by lwhsiao·há 15 dias·2 comments

Ab-av1: AV1 encoding tool with VMAF sampling and automatic crf calculation

github.com
2 points·by lwhsiao·há 17 dias·1 comments

Sharing Intro Cards

luke.hsiao.dev
2 points·by lwhsiao·há 25 dias·0 comments

A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer

roman.pt
1,614 points·by lwhsiao·há 28 dias·304 comments

The outsized impact of cultural idiosyncrasies

luke.hsiao.dev
1 points·by lwhsiao·mês passado·0 comments

You've Graduated. Now What?

adpresearch.com
2 points·by lwhsiao·há 2 meses·0 comments

On Taste

endler.dev
3 points·by lwhsiao·há 2 meses·0 comments

Uber torches 2026 AI budget on Claude Code in four months

briefs.co
402 points·by lwhsiao·há 2 meses·475 comments

All databases will eventually be (re)written in Rust

kerkour.com
2 points·by lwhsiao·há 2 meses·0 comments

Bugs Rust won't catch

corrode.dev
680 points·by lwhsiao·há 3 meses·372 comments

Learning Material for Idiomatic Rust

corrode.dev
2 points·by lwhsiao·há 3 meses·0 comments

Using Changesets in a polyglot monorepo

luke.hsiao.dev
20 points·by lwhsiao·há 3 meses·6 comments

Using a USB switch as a full KVM

luke.hsiao.dev
57 points·by lwhsiao·há 3 meses·11 comments

A Simple Lofi Player

github.com
3 points·by lwhsiao·há 3 meses·1 comments

Don't Trust, Verify

daniel.haxx.se
22 points·by lwhsiao·há 4 meses·1 comments

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1 points·by lwhsiao·há 4 meses·0 comments

comments

lwhsiao
·há 4 dias·discuss
One thing that I couldn't understand from the website: how is this triggered?

This sounds useful, but I also want an automated way to distribute the information when needed. Maybe a dead man's switch of sorts?

For example, suppose I'm a single adult, and I set this all up. Then I go for a hike and disappear forever. How can the trigger of distribution happen?
lwhsiao
·há 5 dias·discuss
I always found https://www.miede.de/postcards/ charming. The creator of a popular LaTeX template for thesis welcomes postcards and posts them on this website. I've sent him one myself!
lwhsiao
·há 8 dias·discuss
I prefer opening: https://github.com/lukehsiao/openring-rs

The main idea being that you don't actually need to coordinate a real ring of links to easily link to posts on other blogs that you like.
lwhsiao
·há 15 dias·discuss


  > AI agents are agents of the person or organization that deploys them—and
  > should be treated by the law as such. If a company hired human writers to
  > write its summaries, that company would be liable for inaccuracies in those
  > summaries. [...]
  >
  > To allow businesses to hide behind the excuse of faulty AI in those same
  > circumstances would be a massive handout to companies, and would introduce
  > disastrous incentives for corporate misbehavior. Why hire human writers,
  > lawyers or doctors when AIs are not only cheaper, but also absolve employers
  > whenever they make a mistake?
lwhsiao
·há 3 meses·discuss
> And it's had to expand into the AI field

Maybe a hot take: no, it didn't.

I think it had all the pieces (api,cli,etc.) already that it would've still be very useful in an AI world without deeply integrating AI things (copilot, etc.). I'd take higher availability over AI features any day.
lwhsiao
·há 4 meses·discuss
This is helpful, thanks!
lwhsiao
·há 4 meses·discuss
DRMacIver, can you comment on how this fits into the existing property-based testing ecosystems for various languages? E.g., if I use proptest in Rust, why would/should I switch to Hegel?
lwhsiao
·há 4 meses·discuss
> Every solution requires someone to manually write something. Nobody does.

Hot take: hire people that value writing. Create a culture around that.

Oxide is a great example of a company culture that values writing, as shown by their rigorous and prolific RFDs: https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0001

See also: https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/rfds-the-ba...

Many of these RFDs have hit HN by themselves.
lwhsiao
·há 4 meses·discuss
numbat is my go-to for this: https://github.com/sharkdp/numbat
lwhsiao
·há 4 meses·discuss
There is difftastic
lwhsiao
·há 5 meses·discuss
LaTeX or Typst are also good examples.
lwhsiao
·há 6 meses·discuss
https://luke.hsiao.dev
lwhsiao
·há 8 meses·discuss
Cheers, and thanks for the feedback!
lwhsiao
·há 8 meses·discuss
You would like the Diátaxis framework: https://diataxis.fr/

That is the structure they (any many others) are following :).
lwhsiao
·há 8 meses·discuss
I second this, I recently switched [1] and have been delighted by the crisp fonts.

[1]: https://luke.hsiao.dev/blog/pa32qcv/
lwhsiao
·há 9 meses·discuss
I'd be curious what the author thinks of KSON, which was also recently featured on HN [1].

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291858
lwhsiao
·há 11 meses·discuss
We do. Atom feeds have an updated field for this. But, it's up to whoever is generating the feed to know how to handle their metadata.
lwhsiao
·há 2 anos·discuss
I can't seem to tell: is this run off a battery? If so, any specs on the battery? Or is it powered via cable?