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Stories by colindean

jqjq: jq implementation of jq (github.com)
L 73 pts 21 comments by colindean Jul 4, 2024 programming Programming (General) thread
Do you journal about your workday? Why? What tools do you use?
L 60 pts 54 comments by colindean Jul 24, 2017 askpractices Productivity / Career / Business thread
I recently started a new job where my manager is very hands-off. I'm working on increasing our contact but I want something to help aid me in tracking what I'm doing daily so I can accurately report to him and self-assess my progress. **Do any of your journal your workday? If you do, what tools d...
Homebrew v5.0.0: The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux) (brew.sh)
L 59 pts 42 comments by colindean Nov 12, 2025 linuxmacrelease Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOS thread
JetBrains Fleet: The Next-Generation IDE (jetbrains.com)
L 56 pts 25 comments by colindean Nov 29, 2021 programmingrelease Programming (General) thread
Iā€™m Tired of Talking About AI (paddy.carvers.com)
L 55 pts 14 comments by colindean Jul 20, 2025 culturerantvibecoding AI / Machine LearningCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Parsing logs 230x faster with Rust (andre.arko.net)
L 55 pts 20 comments by colindean Oct 27, 2018 rust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Translating Quake 3 into Rust (immunant.com)
L 53 pts 13 comments by colindean Jan 7, 2020 gamesrust Systems / Low-Level / OSGaming / Retro Computing thread
Roblox's Luau Goes Open-Source (luau-lang.org)
L 51 pts 13 comments by colindean Nov 3, 2021 lua Programming (General) thread
Fake Linus Torvalds' Key Found in the Wild, No More Short-IDs (lkml.org)
L 49 pts 3 comments by colindean Aug 16, 2016 linuxprivacy Systems / Low-Level / OSSecurity / Privacy thread
Recursive Sans & Mono: A highly-flexible variable font (recursive.design)
L 40 pts 3 comments by colindean Jan 29, 2021 design Design / UX / Visualization thread
My list of magic numbers for your turkey day enjoyment (rachelbythebay.com)
L 40 pts 6 comments by colindean Nov 26, 2020 compscidebuggingprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
The End of Indie Web Browsers: You Can (Not) Compete (blog.samuelmaddock.com)
L 35 pts 8 comments by colindean Jan 8, 2020 browsersrantweb Web Development thread
MIT for Noncommercial is Broken (writing.kemitchell.com)
L 34 pts 37 comments by colindean Jan 22, 2022 law thread
Homebrew 4.0.0 (brew.sh)
L 28 pts 0 comments by colindean Feb 16, 2023 linuxmacrelease Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOS thread
What are some examples of tools with a very small codebase?
L 27 pts 21 comments by colindean Mar 27, 2019 askprogramming Programming (General) thread
Recently, I wanted to convey to a non-technical friend how easy it is to build file transfer tools. I remembered [Ed Felten's TinyP2P](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205613/http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/tinyp2p.html) from 2004 (!!), small enough that it could be printed on a single piece of ...
Why I stopped bringing my laptop to meetings (medium.com)
L 26 pts 32 comments by colindean Dec 27, 2017 practices Productivity / Career / Business thread
galacritty, GTK terminal emulator based on Alacritty (github.com)
L 25 pts 9 comments by colindean Jan 30, 2019 rust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread
Severe flaw in WPA2 protocol leaves Wi-Fi traffic open to eavesdropping (arstechnica.com)
L 23 pts 5 comments by colindean Oct 16, 2017 networkingsecurity Data / Databases / InfrastructureSecurity / Privacy thread
Introducing Accessible Scala (scala-lang.org)
L 22 pts 1 comments by colindean Jun 22, 2018 scala Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
What does the GPL say about translating some code to a different programming language? (gnu.org)
L 18 pts 22 comments by colindean Nov 9, 2018 law Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Spotted while reviewing the [FSF: recent licensing updates](https://lobste.rs/s/zuikz3/fsf_recent_licensing_updates) story on Lobste.rs.
Colorblind-Friendly Design Guide for Developing Apps (github.com)
L 16 pts 1 comments by colindean Jan 29, 2026 a11ydesignswift Design / UX / VisualizationApple / macOS / iOS thread
Garage - An open-source distributed storage service (garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr)
L 16 pts 1 comments by colindean Feb 17, 2022 distributedrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
JPEG XL (jpeg.org)
L 16 pts 9 comments by colindean Feb 7, 2020 graphics thread
Lost Turing letters give unique insight into his academic life prior to death (manchester.ac.uk)
L 16 pts 5 comments by colindean Aug 26, 2017 historicalperson Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
diskonaut: Terminal disk space navigator (github.com)
L 15 pts 2 comments by colindean Jun 15, 2023 rustvisualization Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Design / UX / Visualization thread
Equipping a home office for your new remote job (2019) (medium.com)
L 15 pts 13 comments by colindean Mar 11, 2020 practices Productivity / Career / Business thread
Pro-charity consulting (joachim-breitner.de)
L 14 pts 4 comments by colindean Jan 8, 2023 financephilosophypractices Productivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Bill von Hagen, author of 15+ UNIXy books and Pittsburgh punk rock pioneer, dies at 66 (post-gazette.com)
L 13 pts 3 comments by colindean Jan 20, 2022 personunix Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
An Uncomfortable Conversation with a Black Engineer (youtube.com)
L 13 pts 7 comments by colindean Jun 27, 2020 culturepracticesvideo Productivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Zebras All the Way Down - Bryan Cantrill, Uptime 2017 (youtube.com)
L 13 pts 0 comments by colindean Oct 24, 2017 debuggingpracticesvideo Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread