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Re:Orkut.com on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:16PM (#50008697)
Sorry
I have something on Digital Ocean and I receive emails about maintenance windows all the time.

So, not an exclusivity of Hetzner for sure.

Re:Optimizing Ruby Path Methods on Saturday April 18, 2026 @06:04PM (#47819917)
Ruby on Rails is the GOAT. Nothing comes close in joy and productivity, even in 2026.
Re:OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:25PM (#47462706)
Disclaimer: I work for Charm, so my opinion may be biased.

But we did a lot of work on improving the experience, both on UX, performance, and the actual reliability of the agent itself.

I would suggest you to give it a try.

Re:OpenAI Has New Focus (On the IPO) on Thursday March 19, 2026 @03:08AM (#47435906)
Kimi K2.5 has been great in my experience.
Re:Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown on Thursday February 26, 2026 @07:35AM (#47165190)
This would be really interesting, actually.

Maybe someone should submit a feature request for it.

Re:Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @09:43AM (#46433777)
Charm team member here. Ruby and Go are my favorite languages. Excited to see this come to life!
For those that don't know, on Settings > Appeaarance there is a setting for "Use a fixed-width (monospace) font when editing Markdown". It's already a good QoL improvements (and it should be the default, honestly).

https://github.com/settings/appearance

Re:Task Runner Census 2025 on Thursday July 17, 2025 @08:52AM (#44592803)
Task creator here.

At the time I created it, I worked on Windows more often and I had a lot of trouble trying to find a Make build that works fine on Windows. The ones available for Windows are usually incompatible with the GNU version. So cross-platform support is one advantage of alternative tools.

Other than that, Task has a lot of features, so some use cases are not covered by Make.

That said, I'm not a Make hater. If it works for you, that's absolutely fine. Many people has found value in Task, though.

Re:Learn Makefiles on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:14PM (#44329183)
I just responded.

And thanks for your support!

Re:Learn Makefiles on Friday June 20, 2025 @08:03AM (#44326899)
I'm the creator and one of the maintainers of an alternative to Make: Task.

It has existed for 8+ years and still evolving. Give it a try if you're looking for something fresh, and don't hesitate to ask any questions.

https://taskfile.dev/

https://github.com/go-task/task

Re:Just: Just a Command Runner on Saturday December 07, 2024 @07:10PM (#42353913)
Task creator here.

How do you evaluate each tool? What do you miss on each that keeps you switching between them?

I understand you, though. I keep switching between Firefox and Chrome-based browsers because each has its pros and cons...

Re:Using Make – writing less Makefile on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @04:39PM (#38776363)
If you're looking to an alternative, you could take a look at Task:

https://taskfile.dev/ https://github.com/go-task/task

The website is down for me for at least a week or so.

This is what I see: https://imgur.com/a/03avX7h

Re:Hacker News Classic on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @02:48PM (#37932975)
I feel your pain.

Good thing that more and more site and apps are supporting dark modes as time passes. Many supports automatic switching based on OS/browser setting as well, what is great.

I dream with the day where this extension won't be needed anymore. Hopefully HN itself will support it someday.

Re:Hacker News Classic on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:55PM (#37932261)
Dark Reader does the job. Can be used on mobile via Firefox for Android as well.

https://darkreader.org/

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