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3k users? Doesn't seem right. Is Gnutella dying?

Same here! I'm working on a simple game and I use Claude Code to make it with Phaser, and I am not a game dev. I used Claude to plan it (with a chat for 3 hours), it made a document to describe everything I wanted in the game (the spec). Next I use Claude Code to implement every aspect of the game step by step. I didn't know the framework Phaser, but after each step I review the code and learn a lot. I don't think I would have it working so fast without Claude Code. I can focus on the spec and learn the framework. I code maybe 5% of it, everything is made by Claude Code.

I am using CudaText [0] with the Distraction Free mode [1] to have a full screen editor "always on" the weekend when I write (on Windows 11, but it should work on Linux).

There is also a full screen mode plugin on GVim [2] but I haven't tested it.

[0] https://cudatext.github.io/ [1] https://wiki.freepascal.org/CudaText#Full-screen_mode [2] https://github.com/lambdalisue/vim-fullscreen

Well it worked for me 2 years, until it didn't...

Great to see Pascal news. This programming language needs more love. Also check Lazarus IDE if you haven't.

Same thing happened to me last year: some files on OneDrive where deleted. It was random txt files that I use to log ma progress on projects. I moved everything out of OneDrive and I backup on hard drives. That is a shame because OneDrive was a very good product.

The name "pedalboard" might not be the most fitting if latency is too high. That said, it could still be very useful in a studio setting for post-production work.

What would be really exciting is a hardware device with all the standard plug-and-play inputs, capable of running Python... essentially a true open-source pedalboard for guitar enthusiasts.

No mention of John Woo in the article but The Matrix is here... Weird choice.

Maybe to target retro computers and systems?

I really like Lua and I work with it almost daily. But, I hate luarocks. It just don't work well on Windows. And I don't know why. The management of external libraries makes Lua still too difficult to use, which is a real shame considering the qualities of this programming language.

Me too! I have a software in production for a client made with Lazarus 3 (in Pascal of course) and everybody loves the "Windows feel" of the Gui. On Linux there is Gambas [1] wich is like Lazarus but for Basic.

[1] https://gambaswiki.org/website/en/main.html

Some years ago I used Privoxy on my computer to filter unecessary request. It worked great and is an alternative to consider if you don't want a computer plugin 24/24 on your network.

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in either a single file (xml or sqlite) or multiple files and directories.

You can use inspect.lua to debug tables [1]

[1] https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua

Same for me, I used Lua for a desktop software for a client and I enjoyed it a lot!

I'm thinking of starting to dev a game with LOVE2D just to have an excuse to use Lua.

I did the same. I mostly use Vim without plugin and a simple vimrc file. For the heavy stuff and big projects I use VSCode.

I did the same with Slackware in 2004. The browser experience wasn't the best, but I still managed to be very productive at that time.

I think there is no Windows 11 port of Dillo available so I sometime use Netsurf and Links Windows ports on Windows!

I am French, so GDPR exist in France. But AFIC has some rules for the domain names you can, or can't buy: https://www.afnic.fr/en/observatory-and-resources/documents-...

Maybe your domains are affected buy a new or old policy?

Yes, never add a problem here (in France).

I've experienced the same thing: a YouTube channel deleted without any explanation (the email from Google mentioned spam, even though I filmed all the videos myself), Facebook preventing me from sharing posts from a website (without any explanation), and of course, domain names that get deindexed from Google without any reason (no message in Google Search Console).

I believe we've reached a point where any activity on the web can vanish overnight due to an AI or an algorithm making decisions based on obscure criteria.

Rogue is a very cool game, but what get me into the genre is Angband and Nethack.

I played them with ascci tiles on my computer at the french university in 2002-2004 and my classmates where all playing Warcraft 3, Diablo or Call of Duty and they where very confused to see my little games!

I think that ascii characters are a good interface for this kind of game because the brain has to work to imagine the game which makes the memories of games more memorable.

I still play Nethack some times and I must try Brogue. I never had the time to get into Dwarf Fortress.

I also have a domain that is blocked buy Google. There is nothing you can do and the only solution for me has been to: 1) change the domain name 2) change the content (text and images) of the pages

And, even after that, the recovery has been really slow...

I think you can create a new Google account for a new website and/or entity. That is why you can have a google business account and a personnal one.

I think we can think in terms of market share.

Google (the search engine) has a market share of over 85% worldwide. [0]

Google therefore controls what can be found on the Internet for 85% of search engine users. Recent updates, or Core Updates, have demonstrated how easy it is for Google to put businesses out of business by removing their visibility. [1]

It seems to me that this is a problem.

Ditto for Chrome, which has +60% market share [2]. A failed or deliberate update could make a website inaccessible to 60% of the population.

[0] https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share [1] https://retrododo.com/google-is-killing-retro-dodo/ [2] https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

I bought a Logitech K860 ergonomic keyboard for under $100 for the same reason (wrist pain). Since I use it (2 weeks), the pain alsmot disappeared too.

I wish I bought one years ago.

Also, for less than $100, I have a Kensigton track ball for years.

Some browser or older versions don't support webp too. I think of the web browser in the Kobo e-readers for example.

Yeah, it is down for all my websites on different location. It seems like a major outage!

I still use a lot of Saas because it is not trivial to host and run an open source app.

For example, if I need Postiz to run I need a server and to configure and maintain a lot of services and dependancies:

NX (Monorepo) NextJS (React) NestJS Prisma (Default to PostgreSQL) Redis (BullMQ) Resend (email notifications) Postiz

I use mailchimp, which is not cheap. But if I want to run Mautic, I need a linux server, with an http server and a database running. It as also a cost in money and time.

I am a single man shop, so I don't want a software to take me extra time when something is broken (or to give 4 hours of my time to install and run a clone of mailchimp).

I am working on a software (for Windows : it is on your computer you own it, no recuring payement) that can export all data from Wordpress and WooCommerce shop to a json and csv file.

It is already working for a few clients that uses the software for orders, products and tax reporting for their e-commerce shop (yes they use a lot of excel in France where I live).

I hope I can sell it on a page in the next few mounth.

I faced the same issue with one of my project. But, as i don't know anybody at Facebook, I left the domain and buy a new one.

I always wanted to try to build software with a game engine, but I have only made a metronome with Love2D.

What is your experience with Godot as a Software developpement framework? Would you recommand it?