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Re:Show HN: OmniDiff – Opensource, super fast, content aware Git difft...
on Sunday November 01, 2026 @12:55PM (#50327910)
Really well done, I like this a lot. It produces much more minimal diffs than other tools I've tried.
One feature I miss from difftastic is showing diffs side-by-side on wide terminals, and unified when narrow.
Re:Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows
on Friday June 05, 2026 @01:14PM (#48415467)
https://github.com/msolomon/griddle
This one is recursive-grid for Hammerspoon users on macOS, and is probably the easiest of the open source implementations to fully customize. (I made it years ago)
Re:Bijou64: A variable-length integer encoding
on Friday May 29, 2026 @01:47PM (#48326671)
I researched many different varint encodings for a GraphQL-specific binary format (resulting in Argo: https://github.com/msolomon/argo ). I ended up choosing protobuf-style zig-zag varints, but I also found these interesting:
vu128: https://john-millikin.com/vu128-efficient-variable-length-in...
metric/imperial varint: https://dcreager.net/2021/03/a-better-varint/
vectorizing VByte: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07387
Re:It's time to talk about my writerdeck
on Saturday May 23, 2026 @10:43PM (#48253850)
If you want something you can use today with a Kindle or other e-reader I made an app for this https://solarwriter.msol.io
Re:Mouseless – fast mouse control with the keyboard
on Friday December 13, 2024 @01:54PM (#42411230)
For MacOS users of Hammerspoon, I made a similar plugin based on devoting the screen into successively smaller 3x3 grids: https://github.com/msolomon/griddle
It’s free and fully customizable too.
Re:Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet
on Friday May 24, 2024 @04:34PM (#40470273)
If anyone is looking for a much cheaper alternative to this very impressive device for the sole purpose of typing or writing in daylight, I made a mobile app you can use in conjunction with a Kindle or other e-reader: https://solarwriter.msol.io
Re:Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:09PM (#35574053)
An audio adventure game on mobile: https://roadtripadventures.msol.io
A humorous book of quotes with profanity added: https://whatacools.com/serenity/
An app to use your e-reader as a typewriter: https://solarwriter.msol.io/ (actually, this one is free)
Re:E-Ink Typewriter
on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:51PM (#28429488)
This is awesome! I made a similar app that works with a kindle and your mobile device: https://msolomon.github.io/solarwriter-website
Re:Show HN: Keynavish – Control the mouse with the keyboard (Windows)
on Sunday January 31, 2021 @01:21PM (#25981110)
For MacOS folks, I made a hammerspoon plugin which works similarly: https://github.com/msolomon/griddle
Re:ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
on Thursday August 27, 2020 @09:02PM (#24300391)
I would buy the RM2 in a heartbeat if it supported a keyboard over usb or Bluetooth.
Having an outdoor-friendly typewriter where text is saved seamlessly would be awesome for focused writing. I did my best to make it easy on a phone+keyboard+kindle (with SolarWriter https://msolomon.github.io/solarwriter-website/ ), but the Remarkable is so so close to the ideal experience—it just needs keyboard support.
Re:It’s time to reappraise the humble Choose Your Own Adventure book
on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @09:33AM (#18800309)
If this piqued your interest in playing one, I wrote a modern audio-based CYOA and accompanying app to play it: https://playroadtripadventures.com
It’s great for playing with others while you travel!
Re:The 7th Continent: An ambitious Choose Your Own Adventure-inspired ...
on Sunday October 08, 2017 @08:39PM (#15430835)
I recently released an audio-based choose-your-own-adventure inspired game for playing in the car called Road Trip Adventures. If 7th Continent appeals to you then you should check it out!
Re:Show HN: Tesoro – Personal internet archive
on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:28PM (#14650530)
I made a simple Chrome extension to automatically save local copies of pages you bookmark, if you prefer that instead: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/backmark-back-up-t...
Re:Show HN: Pocket Stream Archive – A personal Way-Back Machine
on Friday May 05, 2017 @09:08PM (#14278055)
I wrote a Chrome extension that similarly saves copies of pages you bookmark: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/backmark-back-up-t...
Nietzsche would write clickbait
Dirt-cheap client-encrypted online backups with Raspberry Pi
Fight link rot in your bookmarks
Pro-style testing
Pro-style testing
Downsides of Caching
Use your Kindle as a portable typewriter
How I doubled my Internet speed with OpenWRT
How to win when you're small
GitHub submodule links (browser extension)
Work more efficiently on your Mac (for developers)
Re:Show HN: GitBattle – Battle two Github accounts
on Monday November 05, 2012 @08:24PM (#4746767)
I would love it if there were URLs that I could send to friends to show battle results.
Re:The Ultimate Vim Distribution
on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @08:16PM (#4638788)
I also use this daily, and have the same problem. I suppose this speaks to the weakness others have expressed (in using a premade configuration setup vs. slowly rolling your own), but I have otherwise found spf13-vim very useful.