▲ 0 r/htmx

In this age of AI/LLMs what is the advantage of using HTMX?

I do understand that it's way simpler to use HTMX than regular frontend frameworks, but, if the LLM is leveraging the code now, then there is any reason to still use HTMX (for those who are deeply into LLM code generation)?

Some frameworks like Svelte are very lightweight.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 1 month ago
▲ 10 r/webdev

What is the component library that you would recommend for a backend engineer?

I would like to build the best web app, given my limitations, so I'm looking for a web component library with prebuilt things that would allow me to just put them on a page. Doing it from scratch is very hard for me, but having a template of how things are and then integrating with the backend is quite easy.

The component library should be based mostly on HTML and CSS. Javascript can be used to some reactivity on the frontend, but I'm not doing this web app with regular React/Angular/SPA technology.

I was looking into Preline, it looks really good and I'm wondering if there is anything like that, or better.

Thanks!

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 1 month ago
▲ 18 r/NixOS

Could I move from OpenWrt to Nixos?

I'm moving my linux boxes to Nixos over time, and I'm wondering. Could I simply move from OpenWrt to Nixos? I was using Mikrotik before, but I've moved to OpenWrt because it allows me to have more control. But since I'm using more and more Nix, I was wondering, why not do the same with the network?

If anyone has any material about that, let me know. Thanks!

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 1 month ago
▲ 15 r/neovim

Do you use splits on nvim or your own terminal/multiplexer?

I'm wondering what is better. I'm more inclined towards during it at my terminal, kitty, since I have panes and tabs configured. But then I found a strange situation where I had a buffer on one editor, and then I started working on the other pane and after a while I was not sure anymore where was the buffer.

Any suggestions?

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 8 r/NixOS

Anyone having a good experience using NixOS inside a VM?

I'm forced to use a Macbook at work, but I wish I could be using NixOS. The IT department allow me to run VMs, so I thought, why not give it a try. I've tested this in Parallels and VMWare Fusion, both gave me the same results.

I'm able to install everything correctly, but the desktop is so so so sluggish. I'm using KDE Wayland.

Any tips to get full hardware acceleration? I'm using a Macbook M4 Max 32GB. My goal is to have macOS bare bones running nothing, just the hypervisor, and then I'll work from NixOS. But for that, the desktop experience should be good enough.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/vmware

Anyone with proper 3D acceleration on Linux?

I'm forced to use a MacBook M4 Max, but I can run VMs inside it. I was thinking on running NixOS with KDE. I did a test, installed everything, and it's all working. The issue? The desktop environment is very sluggish. But when I run things like `glxgears` I see that at my mac the GPU is being used to the max. I'm wondering if anyone is having a good experience, at the desktop, using Linux from VMWare.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 48 r/openwrt

What is the gap beween OpenWrt and things like Ubiquiti?

I don't know, maybe I'm getting hyped by their videos, but every time I see their releases I think "damn, this is so powerful and polished". But so is OpenWrt, right? At least on the feature side of things. What we're missing on OpenWrt is just the fancy UI when compared with Ubiquiti?

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago

Does the trial version has a worse 3d performance than the paid one?

I'm on a Macbook M4 Max and I want to run a Linux VM to be able to work from it. I've downloaded the trial to test, and it works, but the desktop is not that smooth. I'm just wondering if at the paid version I could get a smoother experience.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/kde

Anyone using KDE inside a VM?

I'm forced to use a macbook at my work, but they allow me just find to run a VM with linux. I need to request a license for the tool, but I could do it. Before I request the license, any of you guys do it? My idea would be to boot macos, then open something like vmware and allocate all the resources for the VM.

I'm wondering if it will run alright, and alright here is related to speed. My computer is a M4 Max with 32GB of memory.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago

Why isn't Gleam written in Gleam?

I don't know if u/lpil mentioned this anywhere, but I'm wondering why the language is not written in Gleam itself? One clear point would be speed since Rust excel at these kind of things, but having the language in Gleam would allow more engineers to contribute since now they need to know Gleam and Rust.

Please, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to imply anything, it's really just a question. I've been coding with Gleam lately and it's so smooth and I get to just think at the logic instead of trying to play with the language constraints that I just question myself why we're not using it for everything 🙂

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago

Struggling to learn to play guitar

I'm really struggling to play guitar, but I wanted to bad to learn. I have many issues, the biggest one is lack of time. But at the same time I want to centralize my free time on learning how to play guitar instead of wasting more time on things like phone and TV.

Second, my schedule is awful so I could not take lessons with anyone else because it's 30 min during the moning, another day will be 1hr during the night, sometimes is during lunch, etc...

I've tried many kinds of media, and all failed to me, so this means that this is a me problem.

Any advice for a failure like me to finally learn how to play it? Maybe a good material would also help, I've been trying to follow a few lose videos on youtube, but maybe I need something more structured.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/kde

There is anything that it's not possible to be done with Kwin that is possible in Niri/Hyprland/...?

I'm just wondering a thing. I do love KDE, but I really think that the tiling at KDE is not the best. Yes, we do have plugins, and Karousel is the best for among the ones we have, in my opinion. But, they're still not as polished/good as the pure tiling window managers.

There is anything that would prevent Kwin to be as good as Niri or Hyprland for example? Or it's just time to invest on it? I really really really wanted to have a very good support for tiling from the KDE team.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago

Do you think Helix is competitive related to the other editors?

I'm still not using anything advanced, so whatever the editor providers for me right now is enough. But I see people complaining a lot that Helix does not improve, but at the same time this is one of the key points of Helix, no? Stability.

I like the idea of NeoVim, but I've experienced the configuration hell and it's not fun. To some degree I would even prefer Emacs, it seams more stable since it's just Emacs and not many distros, and competing editors. But the philosophy of Emacs is not for me, trying to do all at the editor is such a broken thing.

Maybe once the plugin system is truly this will be less of an issue since the editor could be more customizable.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago

What is your opinion on Effect Systems?

I'm not deeply familiar with Haskell and Scala, nor the niche languages that have built in effect systems. But I have a few friends in the Scala community and they swear effect system is the best thing ever and their applications are on a totally different level just by adopting it.

I'm wonder, would something like this work in Gleam? Would it get too complicated? What are the tradeoffs and mostly the benefits of adopting something like this?

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 84 r/homelab

There is anything like Kubernetes, but simpler for a small homelab?

My homelab is currently on Talos, my current issue? It's around 30k LOC Yaml. Everything is working, but I would love to have something simpler at some point. There is anything that has these features:

  • Reproducible
  • Defined as code / configuration files. I don't mind if it has an UI, but I don't want to configure it through the UI
  • Be able to run the apps on top of things like Kata or gVisor
  • Control over the network. Be able to select what the application can do at the network
  • I don't care about cluster. I'll always be running in a single node

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Sorry folks, I said 30k files, no no, 30k LOC in Yaml files. My bad!

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 43 r/scala

Why Kit Langton left Scala?

I was watching a really nice video related to effects from him, but then I saw a few comments on Reddit with mentions that he left the language. His GitHub is mostly Typescript now 🤔

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 7 r/kobo

Kobo support is the best

I got a Kobo on a local store and unfortunately I did receive the version P365 that has some touch issues. I did returned it and ordered one from the official Kobo store, then I went in contact with the support and asked to receive the N365B version that did not had the issue. Today the Kobo arrived, and indeed is the version N365B.

Open environment with a really good support. Hopefully I'll never touch a Kindle again.

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Sorry, forgot to mention it was a Clara BW.

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago

What is missing on Gleam? From an adoption point of view

On this age of AI slop and shallow understanding I'm having a lot of fun learning and coding in Gleam. It's hard to describe how Gleam fits my own mental programming model. Go was the language I liked the most because of it's "simplicity". Yes, within quotes, because simplicity is relative and the languages pushes a lot at the developer by having a very minimalist type system. Gleam follows the same spectrum but I truly believe it's a simple language, and this time, with no quotes.

But still, Gleam is quite niche and not many engineers know about it. It's the lack of libraries? Killer apps? Companies using it? What do you think it's missing?

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago

Why I do need to set an alias to used named parameters?

I think I can understand why since it would allow the internal representation to change without breaking the external contract. But damn, it's just too verbose, there is any other reason?

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/kobo

Did I received an used Kobo?

After some research I've decided to get a Kobo Clara BW. The device itself is amazing, and so far I'm liking it a lot. It's very clear to me that the Kobo is a reading device, while a Kindle is just another sales channel for Amazon.

After fiddling a little with the menus I've found something. At Settings > Accounts > Adobe it's showing the following to me: Not Authorized with Adobe Digital Editions

If I click that option it will show a popup saying 'Your eReader has been deauthorized'. If it's a brand new device, how can it be deauthorized?

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u/Ecstatic-Panic3728 — 2 months ago