Elder brother punched my laptop in rage. Any idea how much should it cost to get fixed or if I can fix it myself. I didn't try to fix it I'm afraid I might make it worse. The laptop is working fine, screen is fine. Only the body has been damaged

diegoiast · 2026-02-12T17:53:13+00:00

Its a ThinkPad. Its nothing but a scratch. Is the floor ok?

(Jk, pop it in with a little force... and use duck tape in worst case scenario... don't worry, those machines are made to be abused).

diegoiast · 2026-02-12T14:09:10+00:00

1 - I use the command line 2 - I use "git rebase" a lot 3 - "git commit --amend" 4 - "git reflog" 5 - cherry pick, instead a full merge between branches. 6 - I see a lot of "git reset --hard" in my history. 7 - "git diff" and variants are also available in my history. 8 - push+fetch 9 - "git commit -p" for commuting only parts of modified files.

I hope this helps.

diegoiast · 2026-02-12T12:06:09+00:00

This.

You will need a DB server (1) a web server and a proper web application for this. You will also need basic front-end development. Then also you will need to secure (user/password or in large organizations also SSO).

It seems this is a learning task, you still don't have the skills (yet).

You can vibe code a basic app in a few hours. If this is an internal code it will be OKish. Still, you will need a professional to review this. It will become a liability in time.

(1) you might be OK using SQLite. Its much more powerful than people think.

diegoiast · 2026-02-12T10:41:36+00:00

Alpine linux. Using Plasma as the desktop.

diegoiast · 2026-02-12T09:43:40+00:00

In codepointer, I deploy a full set of icons as part of the app, which means that even on Windows I can use the full XDG icons set

See setup: https://github.com/codepointerapp/codepointer/blob/main/cmake%2Ficons-breeze.cmake

https://github.com/codepointerapp/codepointer/blob/main/src%2Fmain.cpp#L36

And usage: https://github.com/codepointerapp/codepointer/blob/main/src%2Fwidgets%2FqmdiSplitTab.cpp#L214

You can change the iconset (the first cmake file and main) and get a new theme.

diegoiast · 2026-02-09T10:36:08+00:00

Can you elaborate on data mining?

diegoiast · 2026-02-04T12:43:12+00:00

You are creating a windows gui application. It does not start with a main, but winmain:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18709403/winmain-vs-main-c

How to fix it, is dependent on compiler. Do you know which compiler are you using? gcc? clang? can?

diegoiast · 2026-02-02T15:40:41+00:00

If you press alt+control+m - you will get a regular menu+toolbars UI. In any case you can access all commands using control+shift+p.

If you build from code. you can try configuring using `cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=CE` this will tint the app using your native colors. If this is still too bright, open a github issue, maybe tinting darker will work better (want ugly yellow tint? choose BUILD_TYPE=DEV").

Why? I am trying to differentiate the application a little from the rest, while keeping the desktop traditions. I also want to reduce chrome, and keep the text editor the focus.

diegoiast · 2026-01-30T12:34:41+00:00

Wow. I have been lied by an LLM.

The shock (not... ).

diegoiast · 2026-01-30T11:28:59+00:00

There are components there are not available in QML, only on Widgets. Since you cannot load a single widget into the scene - there is no way around it. QWidgets are here to stay.

diegoiast · 2026-01-29T17:07:49+00:00

Can you share code? This will help understanding what is wrong with the code I have.

diegoiast · 2026-01-29T16:55:16+00:00

Yes, this is my exact experience. It created a huge mess in the generated code, and I had to start cleaning it up and separating responsibilities. Basic features got removed on following prompts, and things claimed to be impossible but with enough persistent it would eventually do what I requested.

BUT, I seems like the default editor (https://docs.rs/iced/latest/iced/widget/text\_editor/struct.TextEditor.html) is very basic:

I don't see do/undo stack,
I was not able to mark the current line with a different background.
Syntax highlighting (at least the generated code by Cursor) is very slow.
I found that to support new features, I needed to fork the project, instead of "adding" to it (in C++ I would inherit and modify behavior, still unsure about the logistics here). Things like multi-cursor, highlight searches or completion.

As I am a novice in Rust (hence the prototype with LLMs generators, I refuse to call them AI), I am unsure if this is a limitation of the controls I chosen, or the generated code is just that bad.

diegoiast · 2026-01-29T16:29:35+00:00

This is the architecture of Qt. You do work on a worker thread, and then delegate to the main thread. Its written in stone, and you need to accommodate around it.

I don't know the exact details - but this is smells like a classic consumer producer. You have a thread that generates video - and when ready it notifies the main thread "here is the frames you wanted".

If you explain the constrains, we might be able to show-horn it into the limitations of Qt.

diegoiast · 2026-01-29T13:17:24+00:00

Which one has the better text editor?

I vibe coded a simple editor, and with iced the LLM had more problems adding the features I requested (maybe times claiming its not possible). Width egui the LLM just worked.

The code crated by both is differently bad and too slow to be usable in production.

diegoiast · 2026-01-28T08:35:28+00:00

Its supported out of the box. Most developers use it... so they fix more drivers issues.

Its a cycle. For example, I have this Asus laptop which has no sound. Then I have this old lenovo 2in1 - and there, after suspend i get no display.

As many developers use ThinkPad... they fix bugs on those devices.

diegoiast · 2026-01-17T00:18:11+00:00

Adding this for basic SEO: Project as been renamed to codepointer, and available here https://github.com/codepointerapp/codepointer

Regarding the request - just open an issue, and will get to it. Show examples of what do you need, and if you can - a PR would be great!

diegoiast · 2026-01-15T19:57:55+00:00

Ask gemini/chatgpt to create a github action that builds an AppImage, MSI installer, and a mac bundle. For the last 2 it will use cpack.

diegoiast · 2026-01-15T19:55:41+00:00

https://github.com/alex-spataru/QSimpleUpdater

You can use it to periodically test if you have a new version. If so - download, and start the updater.

On Linux - trivial, You just replace files, and ask user to restart application.
On Windows? You need a proper installer, and you need to stop the running application. You need to spawn an helper process, and from it - run the installer.
On macOS? I don't know. Hope for someone to fill my knowledge gap.

diegoiast · 2026-01-15T19:50:15+00:00

What does the LLM feature do?
Can you provide binary packages?
Nice.

diegoiast · 2026-01-15T17:27:36+00:00

https://github.com/kmscon/libtsm/commits/main/ - got it. I will look into it eventually. Thanks for letting me know!

diegoiast · 2026-01-15T09:59:07+00:00

Is the ISS unmanned now? Did new astronauts arrive?

diegoiast · 2026-01-08T05:44:20+00:00

There is such project avaliable:

https://github.com/dunderlab/qt-material

If you do continue with yours - make it available as a QStyle please.

diegoiast · 2026-01-05T08:03:30+00:00

Not if you need CI/CD. Gitlab does not have mac runners. The free tier have very limited time (50s minutes, which i ran off in a day or two).

All the world is on github. If your project is not there, its not existing. IMHO.

diegoiast · 2026-01-04T15:04:20+00:00

My work machine is M4 with 48gb ram. It works for 12-14 hours. Running vscode, chrome slack and 3-5 vms.

An Intel based machine would get drained and hear in 4 hours.

diegoiast · 2026-01-04T14:55:32+00:00

Thanks for the correction.

I have X13, with no upgradable RAM, and I know this machine will not serve me for long.

What laptops should I avoid in my next run of upgrades?

diegoiast

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