haskman

We only recently started moving the Functional Programming India community from Telegram to Zulip. That decision is looking better and better!

Yes it is. It's not trying to be new money, it's your money that already works.

Difficulty is most certainly not the point. Abstraction, composability, yes, but difficulty is a language smell that CAN be fixed. (I love Haskell and it's my primary langauge, so this comes from a place of love).

Look at my statement in context of Mojo. Why would someone use this language if all they want is to "get an idea down quickly"? They would just use Python instead

That it is

Really the only thing good about Python is its ecosystem.

They do if you want to collaborate with others. No one is going to want to create accounts on your personal instance

I have been building cross platform QT desktop apps with PureScript and NodeGUI. PureScript is truly underrated as a language and as a gateway to the entire JS ecosystem!

Also, being KDE native means using QT which is a good cross platform toolkit anyways.

Vim/Neovim users should look at LazyGIT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLdltN7wgE

The best part - it's a TUI program that's usable independently, that also happens to embed really well within vim.

I just tried it out, it looks great! The swipe typing is a little less predictable than heliboard, but that might be because I am used to that one

FUTO not being FOSS means that the community cannot fork and maintain the keyboard in case of a rug pull

But they can? It literally says anyone can do it as long as it's non-commercial.

Commercial use doesn't only mean payment. If you modify FUTO, you can't use it at work for example.

In addition, FUTO License says this -

"Notwithstanding the above, you may not remove or obscure any functionality in the software related to payment to the Licensor in any copy you distribute to others. You may not alter, remove, or obscure any licensing, copyright, or other notices of the Licensor in the software. Any use of the Licensor’s trademarks is subject to applicable law."

It's free on google play.

You are right. I had confused it with the donation link.

Google apps can talk to each other even without internet permissions. So even one app having internet permissions is enough to leak your data

Looks like someone created clearflow support - https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard/discussions/2315

It's not just a technicality. FUTO not being FOSS means that the community cannot fork and maintain the keyboard in case of a rug pull. In addition, not being FOSS means that FUTO is not on fdroid, and requires a payment on other stores.

Florisboard does not have swipe gesture typing which is basically a deal breaker for me

PSA: For folks looking for a swipe enabled keyboard on GrapheneOS without using Google's gboard, try Heliboard - https://f-droid.org/packages/helium314.keyboard/. It's 100% FOSS, but can also use the binary blob from google's gesture typing library "swypelibs" to provide swipe typing. Since helium can't access the internet, I am okay with that.

IronFox is Firefox with different settings. IronFox is security focused and hardens gecko preferences - https://ironfoxoss.org/docs/features/

Using a Chrome based browser (i.e. Vanadium) is not an option for me because I need my extensions and generally prefer using firefox everywhere.

Also there's AsteroidOS which is a wrist sized linux for your watch, and looks fantastic! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6FiQz0yACc

Being able to install browser extensions in Vanadium.

You can use IronFox - available in Accrescent store that comes with GrapheneOS, and install firefox extensions

Unfortunately yes, and I am signed into my Google account for it.

Very good to know!

In India we use QR codes for payments. NFC in general does work (for example, I use a yubikey for 2FA).

Been running GrapheneOS for a while on a Pixel 9, and extremely happy with it! Apart from the usual perks of the FOSS ecosystem, there are a few things specific to GrapheneOS that are not immediately apparent but have turned out to work very well -

1. The Pixel camera app works, including all modes and settings. A camera that takes good photos was absolutely a requirement for me, and the FOSS camera apps are not quite as good yet.

2. I don't have Google Photos and the pixel camera app tries to launch google photos when you want to review the picture you just took. But there is a FOSS app called GPhotosShim that uses the same namespace as google photos and thus fools the camera into launching that app instead. Once launched, it just launches whatever media management app you actually have configured, so it's seamless.

3. Android Auto works!

4. Android QuickShare works!

5. NFC tags / Yubikey integration works!

6. Screencasting works!

7. Sensor access and internet access can be disabled for apps by default (and I do).

YMMV. I run sandboxed Google Play Services on GrapheneOS so almost every app works. My digital payments app works, and the same with most government apps I have tried. My private bank's app doesn't work, but I just use their website for the handful of times a year I need to access it.

Probably the reason why Garmin watches are well supported by GadgetBridge

Setting up GadgetBridge is very easy since it's just an android app. No flashing firmware etc. However, not all gadgets are equally supported, and you should check the support status of your device - https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/ (I bought my watch only after checking that page for compatibility).

And once you are on GrapheneOS, break free from your proprietary watch ecosystem and switch to GadgetBridge (https://gadgetbridge.org/)

I run a Thinkpad with NixOS and KDE, a Pixel 9 with GrapheneOS, and an Amazfit watch paired with GadgetBridge on my phone.

It's a testament to the hard work of the FOSS maintainers of these projects, and the spirit of open source, that everything works flawlessly together without any cloud service sucking up my data. For example, I can control youtube and music playback on my laptop with my watch because KDE Connect syncs my laptop and my phone, and gadgetbridge syncs the phone and the watch. The breezy weather app on my phone can automatically push its data to gadgetbridge which in turn pushes the data to the watch. And so on. So many little things, developed independently, working like a single well oiled machine.

I use this to generate a yearly calendar PDF for my eink device - https://recalendar.me/. It generates beautiful pages with internal linking, has support configuring the format, adding/removing sections, and also for uploading ICS files for holidays and such. And it runs entirely within your browser.

Because it's not for the developers I know – they either want a Macbook or an infinitely configurable (hardware and software) workstation

I know lots of developers (me included) who want something solid and stable and Linux, i.e. definitely not a macbook