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Re:Apprentice: A Slim, Extensible Coding Harness (Written in Common Lisp)
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:51PM (#49748854)
Super interesting project!
Reminds me the good old days when I learn emacs lisp.
My question is, why lisp here? What is the unique advantage of using common lisp over other langs for coding harness scenario?
Re:Flet 1.0 – Build cross-platform apps in Python
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:48PM (#49748839)
Is this build on top of flutter?
And for web, does it generate plain HTML/CSS, the DOM tree, or just generate everything in a canvas?
Re:Distributed System Illustrated
on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @10:44PM (#49735825)
A good tutorial that uses diagrams and intuitive explanations to explore the core concept of distributed systems.
Re:Tell HN: Facebook's reasons to disable an account is a blackbox
on Monday April 13, 2026 @09:53AM (#47752001)
+1
For no reason facebook blocked my account long time ago.
Can't figure out how to recover at all.
No response and no way to appeal.
Re:Show HN: Zero WYSIWYG – A lightweight, zero-dependency HTML editor
on Monday April 13, 2026 @09:29AM (#47751688)
wow this looks super cool!
How long did it take to develop?
Have you considered the competitors like tiptap editor? Curious what is your opinion VS tiptap's pros/cons.
They lied to you. Building software is hard
Re:They lied to you. Building software is hard
on Friday January 30, 2026 @07:33AM (#46823726)
"If you are looking for that one trick that lets you get ahead and jumpstart your career, my advice to you is: Don’t choose the path of least resistance. When training a muscle, you only get stronger with resistance. The same is true for learning any new skill. It is when you struggle with a specific problem or concept that you tend to remember."
Pretty nice description.
Snowtree: Review-Driven Safe AI Coding
Re:Books Should Update as Software
on Sunday January 04, 2026 @06:03AM (#46486891)
One of the main reasons why books cannot update as software is because there is no GitHub or even Git thing for books crafting.
Re:Show HN: PicList, a cloud storage manager and image hosting CLI/GUI
on Sunday January 04, 2026 @06:00AM (#46486873)
What is picgo?
Re:Show HN: A vibe-coded database GUI
on Monday December 29, 2025 @06:21AM (#46419575)
I just watched a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIoohUmYpGI which I think summarize your points here, recommend it to you as well.
Re:Git analytics that works across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
on Monday December 29, 2025 @06:15AM (#46419516)
I think github has some API for this right?
Does gitmore just call GitHub API or counts by commits manually?
Re:Show HN: Turn raw HTML into production-ready images for free
on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @10:25PM (#46372103)
Maybe webp is a better target than png?
Re:Show HN: A vibe-coded database GUI
on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @05:19AM (#46364081)
Interesting journey of vibe coding a non-trivial project.
Any more details about why this project is unmaintainable?
Re:Programming Languages Used for Music
on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @03:54AM (#46363628)
The best demo for music programming language demo I can found is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY1FSsUV-8c&t=374s, The concert programmer.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
on Sunday December 14, 2025 @08:15PM (#46269153)
https://yamlresume.dev
A open source Node.js lib that allows people to create and version control resumes using YAML.
Support LaTeX/PDF/Markdown outputs in one shot with professional typesetting. Support English/Chinese/Norwegian/French languages out of the box. With clang style, real time error reporting.
To release soon: HTML output.
Large Language Models
Show HN: YAMLResume, a Resume Compiler with Clang Style Error Reporting
Re:I wrote my PhD Thesis in Typst
on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @08:25PM (#44383098)
One thing that LaTeX still win is CJK support, typst is still very young and lacks professional support for non-latin languages: https://blog.ppresume.com/posts/on-typesetting-engines#concl...
I admit that typst is quite promising and given enough time, its adoption will increase quite a lot.
Re:Show HN: YAMLResume, Open Source Node.js Tool to Create Resumes as ...
on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:16AM (#43933738)
yep agree
Re:Show HN: YAMLResume, Open Source Node.js Tool to Create Resumes as ...
on Thursday May 08, 2025 @09:27PM (#43933012)
Actually I am planning to integrate AI to generate this kind of YAML first and then convert it to PDF.
The idea:
1. apply strict schema validation to YAML so AI won't generate wrong/invalid data 2. write prompt to AI help people generate a sample YAMLResume 3. adopt AI to parse existing PDF or images and convert it to YAMLResume format
Re:Modern Latex
on Thursday May 08, 2025 @08:48AM (#43925595)
Typst is a pretty good alternative to LaTeX and I agree all pros in your comment, with only one major deal breaker now: its CJK support is not mature enough and not producation-ready yet.
I wrote a post half year ago explained the details for my decision between LaTeX and Typst: https://blog.ppresume.com/posts/on-typesetting-engines#typst
Re:Modern Latex
on Thursday May 08, 2025 @08:46AM (#43925576)
If you do not insist on org-mode, then maybe you can try to organize your CV in YAML format with a tool called YAMLResume: https://yamlresume.dev, which transforms a resume in YAML to LaTeX and generate PDF.
Show HN: YAMLResume, Open Source Node.js Tool to Create Resumes as Code in YAML
Re:Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective
on Monday November 11, 2024 @09:00AM (#42107140)
I know groff, at least the bible K&R C programming book is published by groff, if I am not wrong.
For me, I think groff/LaTeX/SILE/typst all belongs to same category, i.e, the author write some markup language, then processed by some processors, then get an output. I chose LaTeX and Typst as the classic ones in my post:
- LaTeX is the classic, old school typesetting engine - Typst, clearly more modern, with many advanced design like incremental compilation, wasm and web app, instant preview, better error message.
For others, groff/SILE, to be honest I don't have time to dive into each of these.
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Do you see any advantages of groff over LaTeX?
Re:Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective
on Sunday November 10, 2024 @10:38PM (#42104420)
roger that, thanks!
Re:Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective
on Sunday November 10, 2024 @09:52PM (#42104243)
Just for keenwrite, from the screenshot: https://keenwrite.com/images/screenshots/05.png, seems that keenwrite doesn't implement Knuth Plass line breaking algorithm?
Re:Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective
on Sunday November 10, 2024 @09:49PM (#42104234)
Just curious, what is the best part you love typst most over LaTeX?
I guess: 1) the incremental compilation speed, 2) the modern user experience (better error message things, better syntax, etc)?
Re:Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective
on Sunday November 10, 2024 @09:47PM (#42104232)
Thanks for pointing this out.
Yes you are right, I am not a linguist so I have little knowledge for "Indo" languages.
Originally I adopted the word of "Germanic languages" then I found Spanish is not a Germanic language hence I then adopted "Indo European" language.
This needs a fix for sure.