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Stories by peter_d_sherman

LiftKit – UI where "everything derives from the golden ratio" (chainlift.io)
HN 302 pts 155 comments by peter_d_sherman Feb 9, 2026 thread
MdBook – a command line tool to create books with Markdown (rust-lang.github.io)
HN 184 pts 69 comments by peter_d_sherman Nov 10, 2024 thread
Golden Ratio using an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle (geometrycode.com)
HN 174 pts 64 comments by peter_d_sherman Jan 23, 2026 thread
Ham Radio 101: What is WSPR? (onallbands.com)
HN 167 pts 67 comments by peter_d_sherman Nov 8, 2024 thread
OpenSERDES – Open Hardware Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) in Verilog (2020) (github.com)
HN 87 pts 9 comments by peter_d_sherman Jun 18, 2025 Maker / DIY / Hardware thread
Jacqueline – A minimal i386 kernel written in Pascal (2019) (github.com)
HN 86 pts 25 comments by peter_d_sherman Oct 22, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Pyscripter – Open-source Python IDE written in Delphi (github.com)
HN 81 pts 22 comments by peter_d_sherman Oct 20, 2025 Programming (General) thread
LibNSFB – Framebuffer (bitmap on screen) abstraction library, written in C (netsurf-browser.org)
HN 72 pts 27 comments by peter_d_sherman Oct 25, 2024 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Delivering 15TB of 4K video with Cloudflare R2 for $2.18 (screencasting.com)
HN 70 pts 14 comments by peter_d_sherman Nov 16, 2024 thread
A Guide to Magnetizing N48 Magnets in Ansys Maxwell (blog.ozeninc.com)
HN 55 pts 10 comments by peter_d_sherman Dec 17, 2025 thread
SPhotonix – 360TB into 5-inch glass disc with femtosecond laser (tomshardware.com)
HN 53 pts 27 comments by peter_d_sherman Dec 15, 2025 thread
Corundum – open-source FPGA-based NIC and platform for in-network compute (github.com)
HN 45 pts 14 comments by peter_d_sherman Jan 4, 2026 Programming (General)Maker / DIY / Hardware thread
Barrelfish OS Architecture Overview (2013) [pdf] (barrelfish.org)
HN 44 pts 27 comments by peter_d_sherman Jun 4, 2025 thread
OpenPOWER Foundation – Open-Source / Open Hardware PowerPC CPU ISA (openpowerfoundation.org)
HN 44 pts 45 comments by peter_d_sherman May 25, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Maker / DIY / Hardware thread
EasyOS – An experimental Linux distribution (2025) (easyos.org)
HN 39 pts 7 comments by peter_d_sherman Oct 4, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Compact (8KB) embedded x86 BIOS for FPGA/emulators/386EX (github.com)
HN 14 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Nov 29, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OSGaming / Retro ComputingMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
DIY Open Source Single Photon Generator and Detector (gaudi.ch)
HN 5 pts 2 comments by peter_d_sherman Feb 21, 2025 Programming (General)Maker / DIY / Hardware thread
The Shape That Could Replace Space-Time –- Maybe [Amplituhedron] [video] (youtube.com)
HN 5 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Nov 4, 2024 thread
Virtual ARchaeological Computer EMulator – cycle exact old x86 PC emulator (github.com)
HN 4 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Nov 29, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OSGaming / Retro Computing thread
BuildPad – A platform that helps founders go from idea to successful product (buildpad.io)
HN 4 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Jun 4, 2025 Productivity / Career / Business thread
Jonesforth – A sometimes minimal FORTH compiler and tutorial for Linux / i386 (github.com)
HN 4 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Nov 16, 2024 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
OpenVINO – open-source toolkit for optimizing and deploying AI inference (github.com)
HN 3 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Dec 28, 2025 AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General) thread
KiTTY Terminal Graphics Protocol (sw.kovidgoyal.net)
HN 3 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Dec 4, 2025 thread
ESP – Open-source SoC platform (esp.cs.columbia.edu)
HN 3 pts 1 comments by peter_d_sherman Mar 6, 2025 Programming (General) thread
Automata_theory.svg (commons.wikimedia.org)
HN 3 pts 1 comments by peter_d_sherman Oct 25, 2024 thread
AI-Free-Forever – 1000 free AI tools with no signup, no login (aifreeforever.com)
HN 2 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Feb 23, 2026 AI / Machine Learning thread
The Angry Path to Zen: AMD Zen Microcode Tools and Insights [video] (media.ccc.de)
HN 2 pts 1 comments by peter_d_sherman Jan 4, 2026 thread
D7VK – Vulkan Direct3D 7 translation layer – Run old games on Linux in Wine (github.com)
HN 2 pts 1 comments by peter_d_sherman Dec 29, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
The LPU (Language Processing Unit) (groq.com)
HN 2 pts 1 comments by peter_d_sherman Dec 25, 2025 thread
Free-for-dev – A curated list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS that have free tiers (github.com)
HN 2 pts 0 comments by peter_d_sherman Dec 1, 2025 thread