Show HN: TimeRetain – A browser-based personal time tracker, no sign-up needed
(timeretain.com)
TimeRetain is for you: Employee. Business owner. Student.
TimeRetain is for you: Employee. Business owner. Student.
My Life in Weeks
(ginatrapani.org)
👋 Hi, I’m Gina. This is a map of my life, where each week I’ve been alive is a little box. Tap a box to see what I was doing where that week.
👋 Hi, I’m Gina. This is a map of my life, where each week I’ve been alive is a little box. Tap a box to see what I was doing where that week.
No Longer Posting to Pinboard
(gyford.com)
I’ll no longer be adding new links/bookmarks to my Pinboard account but will continue to add them to my own site.
I’ll no longer be adding new links/bookmarks to my Pinboard account but will continue to add them to my own site.
No longer writing my own damn HTML
(claytonwramsey.com)
I’ve (mostly) given up on hand-writing HTML for my personal blog.
I’ve (mostly) given up on hand-writing HTML for my personal blog.
Thinkserver: My web-based coding environment
(checkmyworking.com)
I've made my own web-based coding environment for working on little projects.
I've made my own web-based coding environment for working on little projects.
Personal Software Is Becoming a Trend
(xuanwo.io)
I've come across some posts about personal software recently. Lee Robinson calls it "Personal Software," whereas Edmar Ferreira refers to it as "Selfish Software." Lee emphasizes the personal aspect, focusing on how it meets one's own needs, while Edmar wants to highlight that it's "selfish," created without external customers in mind. The common thread is that both are discussing the idea of building software for oneself.
I've come across some posts about personal software recently. Lee Robinson calls it "Personal Software," whereas Edmar Ferreira refers to it as "Selfish Software." Lee emphasizes the personal aspect, focusing on how it meets one's own needs, while Edmar wants to highlight that it's "selfish," created without external customers in mind. The common thread is that both are discussing the idea of building software for oneself.
Building an "Easy" Web Application
(rudyfaile.com)
I decided to spend my Fourth of July weekend transforming a small Python utility I wrote a couple of years ago for work. The idea was simple: make the tool more accessible for co-workers who use it by turning it into a web application.
I decided to spend my Fourth of July weekend transforming a small Python utility I wrote a couple of years ago for work. The idea was simple: make the tool more accessible for co-workers who use it by turning it into a web application.
I coded a Pascal compiler for transputer as a teen in 1993
(nanochess.org)
Once upon a time when I was a teen, I wrote an almost full Pascal compiler for a transputer processor (the FILE type wasn't never completed). The Pascal language was designed in 1971 by Niklaus Wirth, as an educative version of the language Algol, which dates from 1960. It reached its highest popularity with Turbo Pascal and Delphi from Borland. Borland was founded by Philippe Kahn, who studied Pascal with Wirth.
Once upon a time when I was a teen, I wrote an almost full Pascal compiler for a transputer processor (the FILE type wasn't never completed). The Pascal language was designed in 1971 by Niklaus Wirth, as an educative version of the language Algol, which dates from 1960. It reached its highest popularity with Turbo Pascal and Delphi from Borland. Borland was founded by Philippe Kahn, who studied Pascal with Wirth.
Build a link blog like Simon Willison
(xuanwo.io)
I decided to follow simon's approach to creating a link blog, where I can share interesting links I find on the internet along with my own comments and thoughts about them.
I decided to follow simon's approach to creating a link blog, where I can share interesting links I find on the internet along with my own comments and thoughts about them.
Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?
Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?
Blogging on Paper (2017)
(conroy.org)
I recently published my first blog post of 2017. The fact that it was posted exactly one year after my last post was mere coincidence. Looking over the the last six years of my blog, it's hard to really call it a blog at all.
I recently published my first blog post of 2017. The fact that it was posted exactly one year after my last post was mere coincidence. Looking over the the last six years of my blog, it's hard to really call it a blog at all.
Building a T1D smartwatch for my son from scratch
(andrewchilds.com)
My 9 y.o. son has Type 1 diabetes, which basically means his pancreas is on manual (hard) mode 24x7.
My 9 y.o. son has Type 1 diabetes, which basically means his pancreas is on manual (hard) mode 24x7.
Testtrim: A testing tool that couldn't test itself (until now)
(fenniak.net)
Today, we’re going to deep-dive into the kind of thing you can only “invest” time on if you’re a single engineer working on a project with no supervision. I just finished a crazy complicated development effort in my project, testtrim, and all I want to do is talk about how surprised I am that it actually worked.
Today, we’re going to deep-dive into the kind of thing you can only “invest” time on if you’re a single engineer working on a project with no supervision. I just finished a crazy complicated development effort in my project, testtrim, and all I want to do is talk about how surprised I am that it actually worked.
Lessons from building a small-scale AI application
(thelis.org)
ChatGPT heralded a seismic shift in software, and one that I felt compelled to understand. So, over the past year, I’ve been building an AI assistant for my past-CEO-self as a pedagogical exercise. It answers questions, gets status reports, and summarizes what’s going on. Reflecting on what I know now, here are my takeaways over the past year.
ChatGPT heralded a seismic shift in software, and one that I felt compelled to understand. So, over the past year, I’ve been building an AI assistant for my past-CEO-self as a pedagogical exercise. It answers questions, gets status reports, and summarizes what’s going on. Reflecting on what I know now, here are my takeaways over the past year.
I wrote my own “proper” programming language (2020)
(mukulrathi.com)
The diagram above is the compiler for the language Bolt we’ll be building. What do all the stages mean? I have to learn OCaml and C++? Wait I haven’t even heard of OCaml…
The diagram above is the compiler for the language Bolt we’ll be building. What do all the stages mean? I have to learn OCaml and C++? Wait I haven’t even heard of OCaml…
How I Automatically Catalog My Game Collection from Pictures
(medium.com)
I’ve long been a collector of classical computers, software and period tech literature — a hobby which has given me a lot of pleasure, nostalgia, and some surprising opportunities. However, maintaining an up-to-date catalog of everything has become increasingly difficult.
I’ve long been a collector of classical computers, software and period tech literature — a hobby which has given me a lot of pleasure, nostalgia, and some surprising opportunities. However, maintaining an up-to-date catalog of everything has become increasingly difficult.
28h Days: year 1 update
(sidhion.com)
It’s been a little over a year since I started living 28h days .
It’s been a little over a year since I started living 28h days .
How do non-software engineers feel upon reflection, about their degrees?
(ycombinator.com)
To set the scene: I wanted to build my own devboard for my own projects. I'm sat here looking at my screen after having opened KiCAD with some of the documentation for an STM32H7 MCU. It dawns on me that I have absolutely zero clue of what I am looking at and have no idea where to start beyond watching youtube. Here I am now writing this.
To set the scene: I wanted to build my own devboard for my own projects. I'm sat here looking at my screen after having opened KiCAD with some of the documentation for an STM32H7 MCU. It dawns on me that I have absolutely zero clue of what I am looking at and have no idea where to start beyond watching youtube. Here I am now writing this.
My approach to running a link blog
(simonwillison.net)
I started running a basic link blog on this domain back in November 2003—publishing links (which I called “blogmarks”) with a title, URL, short snippet of commentary and a “via” link where appropriate.
I started running a basic link blog on this domain back in November 2003—publishing links (which I called “blogmarks”) with a title, URL, short snippet of commentary and a “via” link where appropriate.
My approach to running a link blog
(simonwillison.net)
I started running a basic link blog on this domain back in November 2003—publishing links (which I called “blogmarks”) with a title, URL, short snippet of commentary and a “via” link where appropriate.
I started running a basic link blog on this domain back in November 2003—publishing links (which I called “blogmarks”) with a title, URL, short snippet of commentary and a “via” link where appropriate.
For four years, I photographed, indexed and classified my entire house
(katalog-barbaraiweins.com)
As a neurotic collector, collecting, ordering, categorizing and exhibiting things have always given me immense pleasure.
As a neurotic collector, collecting, ordering, categorizing and exhibiting things have always given me immense pleasure.
Libsearch: Simple index-free full-text search for JavaScript
(github.com/thesephist)
Simple, index-free text search for JavaScript, used across my personal projects like YC Vibe Check, linus.zone/entr, and my personal productivity software. Read the annotated source to understand how it works under the hood.
Simple, index-free text search for JavaScript, used across my personal projects like YC Vibe Check, linus.zone/entr, and my personal productivity software. Read the annotated source to understand how it works under the hood.
Ask HN: What are you reading/learning/working on over the holiday break?
(ycombinator.com)
This time of the year many people take time off to spend time with family and have extra free time to work on their own stuff (Python was famously created as a Christmas break project), so I’m curious how you’ll be using this extra time?
This time of the year many people take time off to spend time with family and have extra free time to work on their own stuff (Python was famously created as a Christmas break project), so I’m curious how you’ll be using this extra time?
Kid Pix: The Early Years
(red-green-blue.com)
Ben: Dad, what have you been doing upstairs? Dad: Writing a short history of Kid Pix. Ben: Do you really think anyone is going to want to read that?
Ben: Dad, what have you been doing upstairs? Dad: Writing a short history of Kid Pix. Ben: Do you really think anyone is going to want to read that?
For the Love of God, Make Your Own Website
(aftermath.site)
The internet sucks now--but it doesn't have to.
The internet sucks now--but it doesn't have to.