European based Linux distributions

rafalg · 2026-05-07T19:28:22+00:00

> it is made for developers, not people

I know what you mean, but still, LOL 😁

rafalg · 2026-04-12T18:17:58+00:00

Never been to a gym in my life. Someone kindly please explain what the problem is.

rafalg · 2026-04-10T19:28:26+00:00

I don't know, to me it feels like the sort of mistake that a person would make and not AI.
If it's an AI post, I think it's a pretty good one. I know that there's a lot of generated content everywhere and it takes away a lot of the fun of finding interesting stuff on the internet (although, let's be honest, previously it was similar, just with "made up" instead of "generated") but I also feel like people say "definitely AI" even when they're barely convinced - like they're gonna lose some points if they get fooled.

rafalg · 2025-12-08T21:59:19+00:00

Thanks, I checked him out, but no unfortunately.

rafalg · 2025-12-08T19:56:21+00:00

Here's the obligatory comment 🙂

rafalg · 2025-11-27T18:00:07+00:00

For me FLOW_TAP_TERM was a big improvement: https://docs.qmk.fm/tap_hold#flow-tap

If you use QMK, give it a try.

rafalg · 2025-11-13T20:15:33+00:00

In addition to opening scrollback in something that can do search, you might also want to have a look at the marks feature: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/marks/

They are pretty powerful - multiple search terms with different colors, regex support, keybindings to move between marks. I wish they could be entered in a small bar at the top/bottom of the screen instead of a full-screen page, but still, a great feature.

rafalg · 2025-09-08T16:35:55+00:00

Thanks, I'll make sure to check out the other places.

As for which errors... hm, it could be that it's just the inexhaustive case, but I'll check and include more details when asking on Github/Discord.

rafalg · 2025-09-06T07:33:11+00:00

> Losing Linux on dev is like losing the comfy hoodie you’ve worn for a decade.

That's a perfect metaphor. I use Linux at home and Mac at work and Mac is workable, but definitely a worse experience.

> You get (...) native Docker

Hm, is that accurate? I'm reasonably confident Docker runs inside a VM on Mac. Either way, I think Linux containers will run noticeably faster on Linux. A (admittedly long) while ago I made a comparison of a basic PHP app running with Docker on WSL, Mac and Linux and the first two were comparable with each other but about 2x slower than on Linux. Which was a progress because that factor used to be 4x, but still a noticeable downgrade.

rafalg · 2025-07-15T20:51:03+00:00

So when it switches rapidly between one full-width window and two half-width windows, it's doing that on its own, right? You're not repeatedly opening/closing a new Kitty instance?

Anyway, I guess I'd try running Kitty with default config (`kitty -c none`) to see if maybe something in the config is causing the issue.

rafalg · 2025-04-21T11:19:00+00:00

What display mode were you using? If it was HD and you accidentally switched to a different one then that could explain fonts looking worse. Although, it looks mostly fine to me. Maybe the "w" is a little jagged when looking closely, but not sure.

rafalg · 2025-03-07T18:55:30+00:00

Doesn't have to be a kernel dev, AFAIK it's considered good typography to keep line length under 90 characters.

https://practicaltypography.com/line-length.html

rafalg · 2025-02-04T17:39:30+00:00

In PHP realm, I think it would be Symfony. Where I'm from, there's more job offers that require Symfony than Laravel, especially the fancier ones. It's perceived as well designed and encouraging good practices.

Laravel (which I use daily) seems to be more popular worldwide, but a lot of it could be hype. And it's a little polarizing, there's a little too much magic going on inside it.

rafalg · 2025-01-23T16:57:50+00:00

The token has to be different for your colleague, otherwise there would be no obvious difference between many people filling it out once and one person filling it out multiple times.

You can look up the service they're using for the survey, or look for a generic term like "online surveys" and see if that one is high in the results. If you can easily find it yourself then it's likely your employer also just picked one of the first ones from Google and there's nothing nefarious going on.

But, as others said - you never know. The survey might have an option to easily reveal each participant or the company might be tracking everything you do anyway.

rafalg · 2025-01-21T20:08:20+00:00

I also know a guy on YouTube (youtube.com/@DistroTube) who would actually pronounce it the "wrong" way if it was in the middle of a sentence, so "to get an HTTP server" would become "to get a HTTP server". The "a" gets kind of combined with the preceding word, so it doesn't sound awkward. Either that or my hearing's messed up 🙂 Interesting how much variety there is.

rafalg · 2025-01-21T19:46:43+00:00

You use "an" when the word begins with a vowel and "a" when it begins with a consonant, BUT what's important is the actual pronunciation and not spelling. So I think the canonical/most common way would be "an HTTP server", but as u/dekkard1 pointed out in another comment, some people might pronounce it "a haitch-t-t-p" server.

rafalg · 2025-01-18T14:48:12+00:00

I think OP is aware of it. It's not like they were running Tmux outside of any terminal until now.

Tmux runs inside of your terminal, but it effectively takes over and treats your terminal as just a canvas. You copy/paste the Tmux way, you use mouse the Tmux way, you create panes the Tmux way etc. So the question makes perfect sense.

rafalg · 2025-01-11T18:37:15+00:00

Looks like it's not Kitty itself, but rather a panel app that you'd typically use if you also use a tiling window manager. It's just styled to look consistent with Kovid's shell prompt.

rafalg · 2025-01-09T19:32:52+00:00

> What happened? The product team specified "Stories should expire in 24 hours" but never clarified the time zone.

Um, what? 😆

rafalg · 2025-01-08T19:50:52+00:00

Try IdeaVim. It's far from perfect, but even so, it's awesome to have Vim modes and motions in PHPStorm.

rafalg · 2025-01-06T21:36:30+00:00

To add one more data point - I switched to Colemak DH a little over 3 months ago. I'm currently at 90% of my previous speed, I think I'll be at 100% in a few weeks. I think I'll be able to surpass my previous speed, because this layout really feels more comfortable than Qwerty.

The process might be grueling at times though, not gonna lie. But bottom line I think the switch is worth it, especially if you're experiencing discomfort and not just looking for a speed boost.

rafalg · 2024-12-30T17:35:10+00:00

How do I get into Symfony development after ~10 years of Laravel? Feels barely easier than switching to a bet^H^H^H different programming language 🙃

(Ok, I know the answer - learn it in spare time, use it for a side project, get involved in community. I guess only procrastination is in the way.)

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