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Re:Show HN: Minilith – A zero-dependency CMS stored inside a PNG file
on Saturday September 05, 2026 @11:25AM (#49577452)
Which domain is giving you trouble? Is it the editor or the blog site?
Re:Show HN: Minilith – A zero-dependency CMS stored inside a PNG file
on Saturday September 05, 2026 @08:48AM (#49576040)
I haven’t tried GitHub’s CDN or Cloudflare’s image resizing but I imagine it would kill it. I tested sending in Discord and it converts to a .webp which kills the polyglot.
Re:Show HN: Minilith – A zero-dependency CMS stored inside a PNG file
on Saturday September 05, 2026 @08:17AM (#49575816)
You can view and create a Minilith with the editor here: https://minilith.site/
Show HN: Minilith – A zero-dependency CMS stored inside a PNG file
https://blog.minilith.site/#posts/minilith-architecture
I enjoy the constraints of retro development. While building games in PICO-8, I took a interest in the way it packs data into the virtual cartridge. I dug into steganography and started thinking: could I apply the same logic to a content management system? Do we really need all the bloat just to host a micro blog?Minilith is a database free CMS where the entire state (posts, pages, and...
Re:Show HN: Sudokrypt – A brutalist GBC puzzle game with a custom 4x8 ...
on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @08:16AM (#47322192)
I wanted to see if I could bring the "Small Web" / Brutalist aesthetic to 1998 hardware. Sudokrypt is a narrative-driven terminal puzzle game built for the Game Boy Color (C/GBDK).
The Technical Challenge: The GBC usually handles text in 8x8 pixel tiles. To get that dense terminal feel, I wrote a custom renderer that performs real-time bit-shifting to pack a 4x8 font into the VRAM. This effectively doubled the character density on a 160x144 screen.
The Workflow: I originally prototyped the puzzle logic in Bash for terminal play. To move it to the 8-bit Game Boy architecture, I used Gemini to help port the logical frameworks into C. I then wrapped the GBDK ROM in a GB Studio web interface to make it playable online.
The Lore: You are an operator decrypting raw human data and pushing it to cold storage to hide it from a global surveillance coalition called The CABAL. The deeper you go, the lower your buffer gets, and the hardware begins to glitch as the scrapers close in.
The Hardware: It is fully compatible with original hardware, and I have the tools on order to flash my own cartridges. Give it a shot to uncover the different endings!
Show HN: Sudokrypt – A brutalist GBC puzzle game with a custom 4x8 engine
Re:Any social platforms not focused on algorithms?
on Saturday February 22, 2025 @07:37PM (#43144935)
Thank you, I'll look into this!
Any social platforms not focused on algorithms?
Curious if there are any social media platforms that are less algorithmic than a facebook/instagram/x?
Re:What code language to learn at first
on Monday January 27, 2025 @02:13PM (#42844551)
Thank you for the feedback! :)
What code language to learn at first
I have toyed with Vanilla JS in the past and like the syntax, I have also looked into Python. I do not have a specific niche I plan to work in just want to be well rounded. What would you all recommend I learn first?