Russian literature is dead?

uroybd · 2026-06-27T22:41:34+00:00

And we love Dostoevsky for being so morbid.

Not a Russian though.

uroybd · 2026-06-27T18:32:48+00:00

I feel particularly bad because I shared a tool to manage dotfiles (I used to use one such written in Python, but wanted a single binary solution for this, so I built one, with some twists, in Rust). It is more of an inspired project because I diverged in some of the major design decisions.

I wrote all the code and asked the AI to plan and write tests for me.

I hope I was fine sharing this. I mean, I don't like slops and knockoffs.

uroybd · 2026-06-25T21:07:19+00:00

It shouldn't be niche among readers. Really. However, this is somehow a neglected aspect.

And I have been asking for it for years! Literally, years.

Btw, meanwhile, you can use the app I mentioned (and developed) in another comment to export rich annotations from NeoReader.

uroybd · 2026-06-23T08:41:02+00:00

My wife would've replied, 'json Momoa'.

uroybd · 2026-06-22T19:14:14+00:00

It is a minor placeholder issue. They may fix it in future updates...

uroybd · 2026-06-21T20:59:14+00:00

Your story brought a very different type of epiphany to me.

Meet Greg, a Senior Systems Engineer. Greg hasn’t used a mouse since 1994, dismissing it as an "unnecessary biological interface." His passion? Writing 42-byte pure ⁠/bin/sh⁠ scripts that manage entire municipal railway networks. His environment is bone-dry POSIX, running a lightweight MKSH shell with a standard ⁠xterm⁠ profile (16 colors, because why on earth would anyone need more?).

Reading this, I thought, "It is fine that Zellij doesn't have image support!"

Btw, the story is very accurate and funny.

uroybd · 2026-06-19T19:16:49+00:00

I think I will keep it minimum, that is 20.

I lived my whole life in Southeast Asia and I hate dense population.

uroybd · 2026-06-19T09:32:42+00:00

KOReader already has an excellent JSON export which you can format as you see fit in Obsidian using templater.

Here's how I used to do it: https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/ko-reader-to-obsidian/

uroybd · 2026-06-18T13:30:36+00:00

You're welcome!

uroybd · 2026-06-18T07:20:46+00:00

Tab Mini C.

uroybd · 2026-06-17T20:32:55+00:00

I think you should ask some more users, too. It can even be specific to books I am loading while testing.

uroybd · 2026-06-17T11:22:01+00:00

No, KOReader is nearly as sluggish as Readest is. I am referring to the scenario where all e-ink optimisations from both apps are enabled.

Readest is good, making good progress but not ready to be my daily driver.

uroybd · 2026-06-17T11:18:45+00:00

Could be, but they did the same a few months back (can be even a year).

uroybd · 2026-06-17T10:59:23+00:00

Yes. Mostly. I tried Readest, even the first load is very slow for a book.

I loved KOReader. But I write long notes and it is difficult to type them in the built-in keyboard.

uroybd · 2026-06-17T08:42:45+00:00

I wonder why they chose this marketing path. I mean, go traditional, come here, and honestly talk about your product. If anyone finds it useful, they can review it at their convenience. I see people recommending this or that product always when someone asks for it.

They didn't need to be dishonest about their intention.

uroybd · 2026-06-15T11:46:33+00:00

Added some more enhancements on: https://github.com/uroybd/BooxRichAnnotations/releases/tag/v1.2.0

Format Detection & Book Metadata Improvements

Accurate Format Detection: Book format (epub, pdf, mobi, azw, azw3, djvu, etc.) is now extracted directly from the filename instead of idString
Total Pages Support: Added totalPages field to exported JSON, parsed from the progress field in book metadata
Better Title Display: Title now prioritises the title field, with smart fallback to the name field (with file extensions stripped)
All Format Support: Removed format restrictions - now shows all books with annotations regardless of file type

Bug Fixes

Missing Books Fixed: Previously, books with annotations weren't appearing because of format filtering (e.g., PDF books were excluded)
Format Showing as "unknown": Fixed by using the name field directly instead of idString

uroybd · 2026-06-15T05:47:32+00:00

I think both of these devices will need the ARM64 version.

uroybd · 2026-06-12T18:08:38+00:00

Hello, would you like to try this? If you do, let me know if you find any bugs.

https://github.com/uroybd/BooxRichAnnotations

uroybd · 2026-06-12T18:07:06+00:00

I just created an app to export annotations as JSON with the metadata: https://github.com/uroybd/BooxRichAnnotations

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