nikitonsky

nikitonsky, 4 days ago to random

> we can now save an edited file in the same folder as the original file

> to receive File System notification events it was necessary to implement a headless window on a separate thread

> benefit of Windows App SDK is the addition of WebView2

(basically they ditched web-based UWP to embed Chromium into native app)

This is the most over-architectured picture viewer I have seen. And it still takes 400ms to show a photo.

Is Microsoft okay?

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2024/06/03/microsoft-photos-migrating-from-uwp-to-windows-app-sdk/

Background AutoPlay process
Speed comparison between UWP (810ms/photo) and WinUI (378ms/photo)

nikitonsky, 4 days ago to random

How we choose an IDE

nikitonsky, 5 days ago to random

If “fucking” is a verb here, I think I’ll sit this one out

nikitonsky, 6 days ago to random

This should exist

nikitonsky, 9 days ago to random

me me me

nikitonsky, 12 days ago to random

Help! I just wanted to make a movie tickets website, not learn about every village in Germany

nikitonsky, 15 days ago to random

So to update text they fade out old popup and fade in new one. How lazy have developers become?

macOS Restarting your computer notification with countdown

nikitonsky, 16 days ago to random

Georgia is awesome

Car rent sign and cat sleeping
Mountain, TV tower and sky
Nice doggy

nikitonsky, 19 days ago to random

What do you think?

nikitonsky, 25 days ago to random

New blogpost: Going to the cinema is a data visualization problem

https://tonsky.me/blog/allekinos/

nikitonsky, 25 days ago to random

Say what you want, but there’s something immediately obvious about aqua-style controls. They stand out. You can see what’s interactive and what’s not in an instant. You can see what’s expected from you

Compare to modern flat design, where you have to look very closely just to understand what’s what and which parts you are supposed to touch

That’s not progress

Modern flat UI

nikitonsky, 25 days ago to random

What if blueprints but for spreadsheets? Exists?

Last time I needed a spreadsheet it was very hard to get any derived data, even a simple map/filter, outside of trivialities like “sum this column”

nikitonsky, 26 days ago to random

Expectation: AI helps solving the tasks
Reality: AI creates tasks

Superlist feature “Make with AI”: creates a list of TODO from a short description

nikitonsky, 1 month ago to random

Germans: we already sorted everything for you 💪

lisyarus, 1 month ago to random

It seems that most of my problems with transparent BSDF were due to poor sampling strategy (I used uniform spherical sampling, as a baseline). After nudging VNDF to work with transmission, and using a more sane material description, I finally have a thin-glass orb :)

Though it gets darker with high roughness, so it needs some more work.

NanoRaptor, 1 month ago to random

Two fictional characters go into a contraption and are merged together as the one person - you.

Which two make up you?

rain, 1 month ago to random

Is there a good, well-argued article on why OOP is a good fit for UI code? I've heard this talked about many times, but want to read something meaty from an experienced dev who has seriously considered alternatives to OOP

nikitonsky, 1 month ago to random

The origins of git https://github.com/git/git/commit/e83c5163316f89bfbde7d9ab23ca2e25604af290

GIT - the stupid content tracker "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronounciation of "get" may or may not be relevant. - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang. - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks

nikitonsky, 1 month ago to random

That’s called work. That’s the definition of work

nikitonsky, 1 month ago to random

Maybe the appeal of TUI is that spacing is consistent, font size is all the same, so it looks nice almost by itself?

nikitonsky, 1 month ago to random

Don’t use Git CLI https://stevelosh.com/blog/2013/04/git-koans/

nikitonsky, 1 month ago to random

Germans: we don’t use Y that much, so we swapped it with Z
Also Germans:

lisyarus, 1 month ago to random

I've completely remade my blog! Changed the design, improved the look of formulas, fixed broken links and typos, etc.

I was thinking of making a thread with my favourite articles, but that would be about a dozen of them, so I'll just drop the blog link here :)

https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/index.html