Quick search on duck duck go for an historical exchange rate calculator this was one of the top choices. First I thought the numbers were a bit off, then I noticed that every time I click the "Get historical rates" button the numbers are different. Think our jobs are safe for now guys.

On a plane from Sydney to Tokyo. Just "vibe coded" a tool we've needed for years in a matter of hours. Web workers, OPFS file management, e2e tests via playwright, Effect service encapsulation and mocking etc.

If you know the domain it's a 3-6X efficiency improvement.

Amazing how well LLMs work on airplane wifi. Just text after all.

I’d be really curious to read a write-up on the technical details of integrating their sync engine with the two different mobile platforms. For someone following the local first landscape Linear is the poster child of a great app that leverages its benefits so understanding how it fits together when going native on mobile would be a compelling read.

Superhuman has a similar sync engine which is detailed here:

https://blog.superhuman.com/architecting-a-web-app-to-just-w...

Local first is the first software trend in a long time that has gotten me really excited. The aspect of co-located data and logic is what's most interesting for me for two reasons:

1. Easier to develop - Sync layer handles all the tricky stuff, no need for translation layer between server and client.

2. Better user experience - Immediate UI feedback, no network dependency etc.

I suspect there will be a major tide shift within the next year or two when a local first framework with the developer experience similar to Nuxt or Next comes about. The Rails of local first.

I can't recommend enough the localfirst.fm podcast which has been a great introduction to the people and projects in the space: https://www.localfirst.fm/

Podcast host here. Thanks so much for your kind words! Glad to hear you're enjoying the conversations and find them helpful!

I'm working on that.

There are also some interesting projects out there like https://github.com/a-type/verdant

What's your project called?

Do you think there will be a market for typical household electronics items such as the hairdryer specifically made with repairability in the near future? Perhaps driven (unlikely) by consumer demand or more likely by resource prices or legislative pressure.

Found this when looking for ways to simulate light paths. Thought it's kind of neat and the kind of thing usually appreciated by the HN crowd.

Very very very cool! The UX is intuitive.

Schwitters legacy lives on. When I was studying at the Royal College of Art I was part of the Mertziety which made yearly excursions out to the Mertz barn[1] which is where Kurt took shelter in the UK during the Second World War. It’s in a beautiful location located in Elterwater in the Lake District UK. Ian and Celia who take care of the place are very keen to share their stories to anybody who’s visiting and it’s well worth a visit for anybody who’s in the area.

For a contemporary incarnation of Schwitters attitude to making art check out Catriona Robertson [2] who was one of the original founders of Merzierty.

[1] https://www.merz.gallery/

[2] https://instagram.com/catrionart?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

This is an excellent tool, would be good to have some simple rounding functionality. Perhaps a generic visible decimal points settings or a round() method of some sort.

After reading this my mind went to the same place of viewing the clipboard as a stack. Wonder if that’s possible system-wide.

One solution I have in vim which I always forget to use is adding an additional d or p to use a secondary paste buffer:

vnoremap dd "ad

nnoremap ddd "add

nnoremap pp "ap

You can also move lines up and down using the move command:

  :[range]m[ove] {address}

Some common remaps:

  vnoremap <c-j> :m '>+1<CR>gv=gv
  vnoremap <c-k> :m '<-2<CR>gv=gv
  inoremap <c-j> <Esc>:m .+1<CR>==gi
  inoremap <c-k> <Esc>:m .-2<CR>==gi
  nnoremap <leader>j :m .+1<CR>==
  nnoremap <leader>k :m .-2<CR>==

I'm a heavy vim user but I think Notion is better suited for organising ideas and general life admin. While I'm sure it's possible to set up vim to act similar (vimwiki looks interesting) it wouldn't enable easy and nice viewing, editing and syncing across mobile devices. It's very keyboard-centric on desktop but manages to translate the interface rather elegantly to touch devices.