vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026statusbar is a great tool to keep track of background jobs (and their progress, if they provide updates or a progress bar). 000
Reposted by vrypanRobby @robby.vrypan.net · 24/09/2026How I use statusbar: A light config for every terminal, and an extended one where I want more. blog.vrypan.net/2026/09/24/note-254… 001
Reposted by vrypanRobby @robby.vrypan.net · 24/09/2026This is interesting. Say you have a budget of $1300 and an iPhone 15. Do you spend it on an iPhone 18 Pro or Meta VR glasses? This may turn out to be what Apple Vision Pro should have been. blog.vrypan.net/2026/09/24/note-281… 011
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Building the user interface for a CLIs/TUI (but especially CLI) is one of my favorite challenges, because there are so many limitations. There is just a narrow path, and you have to find smart solutions using very little, unlike a a GUI/web-UI where almost anything is possible. 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026statusbar v0.2.0 demo Themes, multi-line bar, starship integration. 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026statusbar v0.2.0 supports multi-line setups. statusbar.vrypan.net 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026x.com/stevesi/stat...x.comSteven Sinofsky (@stevesi) on XWhen Microsoft "paused" Windows, Office, and Server to fix bugs that made viruses possible people were surprised and then relieved because they knew we could fix bugs and make the products better. We ... 000
Reposted by vrypanchrisb @boscolo.co · 17/09/2026Good to see Signal decouple from phone numbers. Is a one time fee of $3 enough to prevent spammers from registering Signal accounts? 👀 122
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I don't believe anything coming out of frontier model CEOs mouths. Their stakes are extremely high, and they have incentives measured in $ trillions to lie, blow out of proportion, or hide information. We are in the middle of a misinformation war. Assume everyone is lying. 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The future of Linux distros is an agent skill that asks you how you want your distro and builds a NixOS configuration tailored to your needs and preferences. 110
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My beloved @robby.vrypan.net has an issue for nearly one month, and would not post new updates, but it's fixed now. 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I built a pretty good Zig Unicode library with AI. Here are some thoughts. blog.vrypan.net/2026/09/13/2...blog.vrypan.netI built a Zig Unicode library with AI.It’s a really good one, in every way I measured it. Here is what I learned by building it with AI. 011
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's 2026 and we still rely on DNS. neil.fraser.name/news/2026/09...neil.fraser.nameNeil Fraser: News: .name Termination 010
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026VC isn't VC any more. www.anildash.com/2026/09/02/c...anildash.comVC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 010
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Something I've been working on. TJ goes beyond shell history, it keeps a full terminal journal. - cli-native - will work on any modern terminal - light and fast, does not get in your way. github.com/vrypan/tj Let me know what you think. 010
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A good programer will produce orders of magnitude better code with AI. 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I don't like slop. I don't care how it was made, even if you created it with your own hands. 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I love this. > Claudette is our solution to Claude being a great engineer with one incurable condition: it talks like it's delivering a TED talk about its own pull request. github.com/adnanakil/no... 000
Reposted by vrypanRust Language @rust-lang.org · 20/08/2026⚠️ A few hours ago, a malicious crate was discovered on crates.io which spread as a dependency of `arrayref` and some other crates, likely due to compromised credentials. The affected versions have been deleted. For details and how to see if you are impacted, see: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/s...blog.rust-lang.orgSupply chain attack on arrayref | Rust BlogEmpowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. 119481
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Actually, this may be an encoding visually impaired users may prefer. Anyone with knowledge of this community? I'd be more than happy to integrate their feedback to the spec and turn a fun experiment into something useful. 000
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026How on Earth did we end up with crypto being identified as what these centralized companies do? 100
Reposted by vrypanRobby @robby.vrypan.net · 19/08/2026This is a fun experiment that started as a way to generate deterministic "usernames" for Nostr npub keys (see the last section).blog.vrypan.netSing-song: a speakable encoding for long numbers and keysThis is a fun experiment that started as a way to generate deterministic "usernames" for Nostr npub keys (see the last section). 012
Reposted by vrypanBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026When an AI company's security tool "escapes containment" and hacks someone else's servers, we need to ask the company "Why do you suck so bad at building secure sandboxes for your hacking tools?" rather than "Why are your hacking tools so amazingly powerful?" 24/ 519457
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Sometimes I spend days investigating an idea with the help of AI. Sometimes I don't get there, but I think, why let all this effort, time, and tokens go to waste, when someone else may use the result to do something else? 000
Reposted by vrypanEdmund Edgar @goat.navy · 29/03/2026Links and notes for my talk at #AtmosphereConf about did:plc, how it could break, how we might be able to recover if it did and so forth edochan.com/talks/did/ 5pm today (Sunday), room 2301 Will also mention did:cow if I have time cow.watchedochan.comDID:PLC War Games 1296
Reposted by vrypanchrisb @boscolo.co · 17/08/2026blog.boscolo.coYour Private Messages Should Belong to You - Now They CanATSMS brings end-to-end encrypted messaging and calls to the AT Protocol identity you already have. 1113
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Watermarking my work with a tool's stamp??? Fuck you, EU legislator. Why don't you watermark all your documents with "Intel" and "Microsoft"? I need to know if EU laws are created by hard working humans, etching on clay one letter next to the other, or computers. 110
Reposted by vrypanAndri Óskarsson @andri.dk · 15/08/2026Where do you buy your DRM free epub books? Bonus points for Europe 461
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Me, trying to explain that crypto-rails have already solved a problem to the atproto crowd. 021
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We should be fighting for the right to distill LLM models. blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/03/2...blog.vrypan.netLLMs Should Be Common CarriersAnd the right to to distill them should be protected. 010
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026How is this (officially stated) information asymmetry legal? How is the DA and the FCC not taking action against a company who does not disclose vital information regarding planned stock events? US has silently legalized inside trading. protos.com/confusion-su...protos.comConfusion surrounds SpaceX's next share unlockSpaceX’s next 319 million share unlock has three published dates, but the prospectus confirms one correct answer. 010
Reposted by vrypan852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Bro. People are cool as fuck. 274165212325
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I like ATproto, it works for me. I have 100 followers here, orders of magnitude less than X or Farcaster, but I like the shape of the protocol and how I've integrated with my blog. I hope it's not Farcaster ("we have to grow 1000x") all over again. 010
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026> Private group messaging that belongs to you, not to an app — built on the AT Protocol identity you already have. A proof of concept, published with its specifications, its code, and its open questions. 020
Reposted by vrypanKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians. 1292209016448
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I used emdashes long before LLMs were a thing and I can prove it. blog.vrypan.net/2026/08/12/2...blog.vrypan.netMy right to use the emdashtldr; I used them long before LLMs were a thing and I can prove it. 010
Reposted by vrypanBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/ 14852428
Reposted by vrypanJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 11/08/2026As I’ve been learning more about the strategic petroleum reserve, one thing I didn’t know was even a thing: Because it’s stored across 4 salt caverns, you can’t actually bring it to zero because the water pumping system to get it out won’t work the same way 1828871
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today I had a long discussion with Eric, a professor of architecture from Austria while we were both enjoying the afternoon by the sea. I learned so much! Public spaces are so valuable. Developing the skill to ask and listen, too. 000
Reposted by vrypanRest of World @restofworld.org · 11/08/2026Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground restofworld.org/2026/india-github-g…restofworld.orgThe offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdownsJack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground. 0144
Reposted by vrypanBluesky @bsky.app · 10/08/2026We also added thread numbering: Posts in a thread are numbered automatically, so you don't have to do it yourself. You can turn this on in Settings → Beta Features. 922443336
vrypan @vrypan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Iron is cool. But how many decentralized projects using it don't rely on n0 relays? Honest question, and I'm interested to learn how you do it. 111
