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Show HN: GitInsights – a weekly summary email of your team's GitHub activity
Show HN: GitInsights – a weekly summary email of your team's GitHub activity
Show HN: GitInsights – a weekly summary email of your team's GitHub activity
Show HN: Internet Speed Test
Show HN: Internet Speed Test
Show HN: Internet Speed Test
Show HN: MicroLua – Lua for the RP2040 Microcontroller
MicroLua allows programming the RP2040 microcontroller in Lua. It packages the latest Lua interpreter with bindings for the Pico SDK and a cooperative threading library.<p>MicroLua is licensed under the MIT license.<p>I wanted to learn about Lua and about the RP2040 microcontroller. This is the result :)
Show HN: MicroLua – Lua for the RP2040 Microcontroller
MicroLua allows programming the RP2040 microcontroller in Lua. It packages the latest Lua interpreter with bindings for the Pico SDK and a cooperative threading library.<p>MicroLua is licensed under the MIT license.<p>I wanted to learn about Lua and about the RP2040 microcontroller. This is the result :)
Show HN: MicroLua – Lua for the RP2040 Microcontroller
MicroLua allows programming the RP2040 microcontroller in Lua. It packages the latest Lua interpreter with bindings for the Pico SDK and a cooperative threading library.<p>MicroLua is licensed under the MIT license.<p>I wanted to learn about Lua and about the RP2040 microcontroller. This is the result :)
Show HN: Pictures slideshow in about 50 loc
I have long wanted to show in some unobtrusive way all those hundreds of thousands of paintings that have been lying on the disk for a long time.<p>Runs on raspberrypi4 with archlinux-arm connected to 4k oled tv (actually used for Kodi)
Show HN: A Sign In Space – simulating a message from ET
Over the past few months I had the privilege to be part of a team of artists and researchers who assembled a hypothetical message from ET for A Sign in Space, a project founded and directed by media artist Daniela de Paulis.<p>The message was loaded on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, a spacecraft orbiting Mars. On May 24th it was beamed back to Earth and received by several radio telescopes during a live performance.<p>Since then, a community of people from all walks of life has been attempting to make sense of the message. If you enjoy the challenge, join the discord channel <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1066055437457297469/1111404329694400542" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://discord.com/channels/1066055437457297469/11114043296...</a> and give it a try!
Show HN: Stream vinyl (any RCA) to your Sonos system using RPi and open-source
Show HN: Tailspin – A Log File Highlighter
There are multiple programs for working with log files, both inside and outside of the terminal. These tools are feature rich and functional and offer lots of control to the user.<p>However, a lot of the time I found myself just opening raw log files in `less`. I enjoy the simplicity of quickly skimming through the logs, but it was difficult when the wall of text was in one color.<p>For this reason, I created a command line tool called `tailspin` (the name is a take on the `tail` command) that did one thing: highlighting of log files. It is configurable, but requires no setup. It defaults to opening up a file in `less`, but can also work with stdin and stdout.
Show HN: Tailspin – A Log File Highlighter
There are multiple programs for working with log files, both inside and outside of the terminal. These tools are feature rich and functional and offer lots of control to the user.<p>However, a lot of the time I found myself just opening raw log files in `less`. I enjoy the simplicity of quickly skimming through the logs, but it was difficult when the wall of text was in one color.<p>For this reason, I created a command line tool called `tailspin` (the name is a take on the `tail` command) that did one thing: highlighting of log files. It is configurable, but requires no setup. It defaults to opening up a file in `less`, but can also work with stdin and stdout.
Show HN: Tailspin – A Log File Highlighter
There are multiple programs for working with log files, both inside and outside of the terminal. These tools are feature rich and functional and offer lots of control to the user.<p>However, a lot of the time I found myself just opening raw log files in `less`. I enjoy the simplicity of quickly skimming through the logs, but it was difficult when the wall of text was in one color.<p>For this reason, I created a command line tool called `tailspin` (the name is a take on the `tail` command) that did one thing: highlighting of log files. It is configurable, but requires no setup. It defaults to opening up a file in `less`, but can also work with stdin and stdout.
Show HN: DoltgreSQL – Version-Controlled DB, Like Git and PostgreSQL had a baby
From the company behind Dolt—the world's first fully versioned database—comes DoltgreSQL, which implements PostgreSQL's variant of SQL.<p>DoltgreSQL is at a very early stage, and we have quite a lot of work left to do, but we'd love to hear all thoughts and opinions! You can read more in the announcement blog post: <a href="https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresql/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresq...</a>
Show HN: DoltgreSQL – Version-Controlled DB, Like Git and PostgreSQL had a baby
From the company behind Dolt—the world's first fully versioned database—comes DoltgreSQL, which implements PostgreSQL's variant of SQL.<p>DoltgreSQL is at a very early stage, and we have quite a lot of work left to do, but we'd love to hear all thoughts and opinions! You can read more in the announcement blog post: <a href="https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresql/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresq...</a>
Show HN: DoltgreSQL – Version-Controlled DB, Like Git and PostgreSQL had a baby
From the company behind Dolt—the world's first fully versioned database—comes DoltgreSQL, which implements PostgreSQL's variant of SQL.<p>DoltgreSQL is at a very early stage, and we have quite a lot of work left to do, but we'd love to hear all thoughts and opinions! You can read more in the announcement blog post: <a href="https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresql/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresq...</a>
Show HN: DoltgreSQL – Version-Controlled DB, Like Git and PostgreSQL had a baby
From the company behind Dolt—the world's first fully versioned database—comes DoltgreSQL, which implements PostgreSQL's variant of SQL.<p>DoltgreSQL is at a very early stage, and we have quite a lot of work left to do, but we'd love to hear all thoughts and opinions! You can read more in the announcement blog post: <a href="https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresql/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresq...</a>
Show HN: Symbiants – digital ant farm / mental health companion
Hello HN! Hope you are well.<p>I'm creating my first video game. It's nowhere near complete, but I am eager for feedback, so here I am!<p>My game is a digital ant farm. You should think SimAnt + Tamagotchi. Here's a picture: <a href="https://i.imgur.com/dIJaraG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://i.imgur.com/dIJaraG.png</a><p>It's written in Rust/Bevy, compiled to WASM, and is open-source, <a href="https://github.com/MeoMix/symbiants">https://github.com/MeoMix/symbiants</a>. Fair warning, though, this is my first time writing in Rust/Bevy.<p>My goal is to give people cute ants that do cute ant stuff 24/7, ask people to look after their ants and to feed them once-per-day, and then deny people the ability to provide ant care unless they engage in mental health exercises.<p>I started working on this project for a few reasons:<p>1) I've been a dev for ~15 years, but, on a personal level, I have very little to show for it. I've worked on multiple, multi-year projects which were subsequently shut down by lawyers and, frankly, I'm tired of practicing non-attachment with my work. So, I'm creating this as a personal affirmation.<p>2) I enjoy my fully-remote, WFH lifestyle, but I find myself more isolated than ever. The lack of disruption allows for some serious focus. Sometimes I get so focused on a project that days slip by without me practicing self-care, and I'll keep going until my output wanes due to lack of healthy behaviors. I thought having a digital companion who is interested in ensuring I remain consistent in caring for myself, by expecting consistent care for itself, would be effective and beneficial.<p>3) Ants are sweet. Obviously there should be more ant sims. :)<p>Currently, "Sandbox Mode" is all that exists. This mode provides the user with developer tools and allows them to treat the world like an unbounded playground. I use this mode for prototyping. In the future, I'll combine mechanics from Sandbox Mode with cutscenes to create a more restrictive/compelling Story Mode.<p>Sandbox Mode includes the following features:<p>* Queen Ant spawns, searches for a nesting spot, and begins to dig out a nest by hauling sand to the surface.<p>* Queen Ant establishes a nest and begins rearing worker ants once per hour.<p>* Worker Ants haul sand to the surface and emergently expand the nest with tunnels/chambers when they feel cramped.<p>* Ants get hungry and starve if not fed every 24 hours.<p>* Sand-fall physics applies to the environment. Food, sand tumble down surfaces.<p>* Basic day/night cycle. Sky background lightens/darkens with time of day.<p>* Option to link in-game time to real-world time and to sync sunrise/sunset.<p>* Ants go to sleep at night.<p>* Ants emote when sleeping and eating food.<p>* User Actions allow user to spawn sand, dirt, food, and ants. You can kill ants, despawn ants, despawn food, and select entities, too.<p>* Settings allow user to affect simulation speed (Sandbox Mode only), ant color, etc.<p>* Breathwork Prompt encourages user to meditate on a loose schedule in exchange for feeding ants.<p>Today, I am working on adding eggs to the birthing lifecycle and then allowing ants to carry eggs as well as other, dead ants. :)<p>If you'd like to read more about my stretch goals for Story Mode, feel free to peruse my ramblings. The high-level goal is to create a homage to Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ACH1XLCn7hkKz2dhuL1c_nxbGOTZdUY6jJPsY_xA6I/edit#heading=h.4iljwczfftys" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ACH1XLCn7hkKz2dhuL1c_nx...</a><p>If you'd like to talk more directly - my email is in my profile or you can reach me through Discord - <a href="https://discord.gg/Qugp2Es4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://discord.gg/Qugp2Es4</a><p>So, what do you think?<p>Good idea with poor execution?<p>Love everything and just want to see more?<p>Feel that I'm just throwing away time with a non-viable starter?<p>Want to help but don't know where to start?<p>Let me hear it! Thanks for your time.