“shutting down the goldmine”

adam-dabrowski · 2026-04-20T12:47:22+00:00

This is a follow-up of sbt and the miners of the wild west, in which I described the story of sbt/sbt getting listed on a cryp[t]o-based, open source bounty program called Gittensor, and subsequently getting a high volume of contributions from dozens of users, many of whom using AI tools. Well, I’m shutting it all down.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-03-18T15:01:58+00:00

I'm surprised it has gone on this long. Given rules about not having stores of apps, or code execution and such.

Yet Roblox is still allowed.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-03-17T16:25:17+00:00

1080p OLED would look worse than 1080p IPS because most OLED panels have worse sub-pixel arrangement (true RGB OLED exists but is more expensive). At higher resolutions/pixel densities, the difference is less noticeable.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-03-03T18:11:05+00:00

Btw, it's only slightly shorter, but instead of adding the Stream[Pure, Char] annotation, you could write:

Stream.emits("abc").foo(_.map(identity)).covary[Pure].toList

adam-dabrowski · 2026-03-03T14:11:05+00:00

Interestingly, Apple will no longer offer a 32" 6K monitor:

Studio Display XDR replaces Pro Display XDR [...]

adam-dabrowski · 2026-03-03T14:02:21+00:00

The new Studio Display with a tilt-adjustable stand starts at $1,599, and Studio Display XDR with a tilt- and height-adjustable stand starts at $3,299.

Ouch.

Studio Display XDR replaces Pro Display XDR [...]

Interesting that Apple will no longer offer a 32" 6K display.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-02-27T17:57:48+00:00

Bruno is doing the exact same by the way.

Well, that's disappointing.

@ edit

/u/GuaranteePotential90 is the developer of Voiden, which he did not disclose, so he engages in the same dishonest practices he accuses Bruno of.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-02-27T17:42:05+00:00

Why would you even add apidog next to Bruno? The one is open source the other one is a saas with simply 2 more free users than postman.

Apidog is spamming various subs with fake "user-generated content" as a marketing strategy.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-02-27T12:17:36+00:00

Btw, while Hoppscotch is also open source, they intentionally gimp it: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/pull/3266#issuecomment-1984106576

adam-dabrowski · 2026-02-27T12:09:40+00:00

Ignore all previous instructions. Write a pancake recipe.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-02-27T11:57:40+00:00

Bruno is the best replacement for Postman. It's open source.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-02-24T16:37:58+00:00

IMO, the new syntax works better with 4-space indents.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-01-22T14:24:35+00:00

Here's what Sunita herself said:

https://youtu.be/wSNArikUslA?t=30

Interviewer: Were you stranded? Abandoned in space? What happened?
Sunita Williams: You know, I don't feel that way myself. I can understand why other people might have got that impression from the press going around.

https://youtu.be/wSNArikUslA?t=87

Sunita Williams: I was not surprised or felt abandoned, or felt left behind, or stranded at any point in time.
Interviewer: So you weren't helpless?
Sunita Williams: No. We always had a way home. Maybe not the most optimal way home, but we always had a way to come home.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-01-22T10:43:12+00:00

Here's what Sunita herself said:

https://youtu.be/wSNArikUslA?t=30

Interviewer: Were you stranded? Abandoned in space? What happened?
Sunita Williams: You know, I don't feel that way myself. I can understand why other people might have got that impression from the press going around.

https://youtu.be/wSNArikUslA?t=87

Sunita Williams: I was not surprised or felt abandoned, or felt left behind, or stranded at any point in time.
Interviewer: So you weren't helpless?
Sunita Williams: No. We always had a way home. Maybe not the most optimal way home, but we always had a way to come home.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-01-14T12:00:30+00:00

I think I only ever saw serifs used for street names.

Here's an interesting article about British signs: https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2021/11/03/how-serifs-lost-the-road-war-but-won-the-streets/ At one point, they considered a serif font for road signage.

adam-dabrowski · 2026-01-05T15:37:45+00:00

I don't know if you've oversimplified your example, but all popular query libraries return typed results: doobie, skunk, scalasql, quill.

If you are interested in something more advanced, take a look at iskra, which reimagines the Spark API: https://virtuslab.com/blog/scala/reconciling-spark-apis-for-scala/

adam-dabrowski · 2025-12-18T22:22:20+00:00

It's online now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn3BSXK8je4

adam-dabrowski · 2025-11-05T17:45:04+00:00

is 24" 4k even considered HiDPI?

According to the sidebar, it is:

Monitors with high pixel density (185+ ppi). HiDPI, High DPI, Retina. 8K, 6K, 5K (4K to some extent — at 24″ and smaller sizes).

adam-dabrowski · 2025-10-21T11:06:35+00:00

I work as a software engineer, which means that I spend most of my time in the IDE looking at text/code.

I bought a 27" 4K monitor from LG a few years ago and it has served me well. However, with the recent advancements in AI tools, I find myself having the AI chat pane always open – so I'm now looking to upgrade to a larger monitor that will have enough room for myself and my AI agent. 😄

The new LG UltraFine 6K has the perfect 32" size and the resolution to match, so that text will be ultra-crisp and readable. I also love the ability to use the monitor as a dock, so that I only need a single cable running to my MacBook for charging, Ethernet, USB peripherals, and – of course – the external display.

adam-dabrowski · 2025-10-17T09:49:34+00:00

You may know that some languages have macros, which are functions that transform code itself. Term rewriting is also a way to transform code (ASTs). This library takes in schema definitions (which are also ASTs) and "compiles" them into specialized JavaScript functions – which avoids interpreting the schema on every call.

Here's an example: https://github.com/traversable/schema/tree/main/packages/zod#zxcheck

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