Stories by awal
Hello!
I am trying to compile a list of common reasons why users don't move from
a big centralized evilâ„¢ service to either a self-hosted solution or another
more "freedom friendly" option (say Gitlab.com vs Github.com) or some other
thing altogether.
While there are ofcourse common regular ...
Looking for ideas on personal data backup. Both the software side and the hardware side.
Since almost all personal data nowadays defaults to being hosted online - even data you generally have local copies of anyway - few people seem to ever consciously think about backups, including people workin...
Hi lobste.rs! I'd like to share a proof of concept for an idea I've thought about for a long time. Think of a new form of spreadsheets where the primary data structure is not a rigid grid but a free-form JSON-like structure (but with first class tables support of course). I'm linking here a demo whi...
Source code: https://codeberg.org/awal/continuum.
Hey everyone! I wrote this a while ago but only recently got around to fixing it up enough for sharing.
It's a virtual fingerboard, a very basic one at that, inspired by the Haken-Continuum [1]. Really works best with some sort of touchscreen, ...
I thought this would make for some good discussion :) Tell us what should your laptop should have. Go wild on the details! Screen size/resolution/cpu/updradability/ports/OS support/everything. If you have some not-so-obvious reasons for why a feature is important for you, do share!
Please share t...
We got a request in IRC from the author of this article. For reasons orthogonal to the topic of the article, I am posting it from my account and inviting them to an account for commentary instead.
I wrote this for my own use, but figured it'd be worth sharing. What Stack sites/tags would *you* like to follow? :)