Hi. I want to get my little cousins into computers, and since they're kids, making games are really fun for them. I made a game with them with Love2D and they had a blast (I put their faces on the characters) but I think Love2d is a bit too hard for them.

My main motive for them is to make something and be creative. Programming is just a tool for that.
So something simpler with less code and mental load that let's them create stuff more simply is good.

What do you guys suggest?

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/56149956

A local Māzandarāni music band playing for their friends and families.

I personally really like this image. I think it looks like a painting with so much going on.

Edited in Darktable

https://alavi.me/gallery/2025-04-02-2/

A local Māzandarāni music band playing for their friends and families.

I personally really like this image. I think it looks like a painting with so much going on.

Edited in Darktable

https://alavi.me/gallery/2025-04-02-2/

A local Māzandārani music band playing for their friends and families.

The basics about types of open-source software licenses, their differences, how to choose a license etc.

A lot of people, even developers still think "open source is open source" and don't know about FOSS and Copyleft. I think this sheds some light on the differences.

The basics about types of open-source software licenses, their differences, how to choose a license etc.

The basics about types of open-source software licenses, their differences, how to choose a license etc.

I see a lot of programmers that really don't know much about licensing and just default to MIT.
To be fair to them, it's a pretty boring and headache enducing topic, but I tried to distill it here.

Hope it helps.

This is my bulgarian bag. I feel like the handles won't last that long like this. Will wrapping duct tape or something around them increase their lifespan? Any other tips?

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/54211132

Hi people. I'm creating a system using HTMX
It's a server using clj-kit, which renders "components" using hiccup and HTMX based on the requests.
A component generator basically. But it also has some JSON APIs which return pure data.

The details don't matter. It just exposes REST APIs, user calls REST API with their own custom params and get their custom component.

The goal is so this can be used for progressive rewrite and enhancement of legacy systems, and the components to be usable in multiple systems, reducing work.
In order for the user of the system to be able to use these components, they should also add HTMX to their client, and call the service. for example

<div hx-get="https://component.service/componentx?data-url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.source%2Fdata" hx-trigger="load">

This is the architecture I thought of. Is this ok? This HTMX article on security says it's not ok to call HTMX with external sources. So what is the best way you suggest to create such system?

I'm halfway through it already, but I would like to hear what others have to say and your suggestions. Maybe HTMX isn't the right choice at all? I felt like it is.

Thank you.

Hi people. I'm creating a system using HTMX
It's a server using clj-kit, which renders "components" using hiccup and HTMX based on the requests.
A component generator basically. But it also has some JSON APIs which return pure data.

The details don't matter. It just exposes REST APIs, user calls REST API with their own custom params and get their custom component.

The goal is so this can be used for progressive rewrite and enhancement of legacy systems, and the components to be usable in multiple systems, reducing work.
In order for the user of the system to be able to use these components, they should also add HTMX to their client, and call the service. for example

<div hx-get="https://component.service/componentx?data-url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.source%2Fdata" hx-trigger="load">

This is the architecture I thought of. Is this ok? This HTMX article on security says it's not ok to call HTMX with external sources. So what is the best way you suggest to create such system?

I'm halfway through it already, but I would like to hear what others have to say and your suggestions. Maybe HTMX isn't the right choice at all? I felt like it is.

Thank you.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/54023908

Hi!

I've never read any of Uncle Bob's books. But I have taken interest in "Clean Architecture" as it seems like a good solution to make mid to large sized projects simple to understand and maintain.

I think MVC gets too much coupling and fails at larger projects, same with n-tier. But I'm not sure about anything right now (software design is a very complicated problem after all).

So I was wondering if you friends who have used Clean Architecture in production can share your knowledge and experience with me about this design?

Is it actually good and worth investing in?

Footnote:

I'm especially weighing this architecture because Uncle Bob's writings are really hit and miss. I don't see him as a master or guru so I take everything he says with a grain of salt.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/54023908

Hi!

I've never read any of Uncle Bob's books. But I have taken interest in "Clean Architecture" as it seems like a good solution to make mid to large sized projects simple to understand and maintain.

I think MVC gets too much coupling and fails at larger projects, same with n-tier. But I'm not sure about anything right now (software design is a very complicated problem after all).

So I was wondering if you friends who have used Clean Architecture in production can share your knowledge and experience with me about this design?

Is it actually good and worth investing in?

Footnote:

I'm especially weighing this architecture because Uncle Bob's writings are really hit and miss. I don't see him as a master or guru so I take everything he says with a grain of salt.

Git repo

Convert Outlooks' horrendous .pst file to standard .vcf vCard and import to any vCard compatible client (your phone, radicale, thunderbird, etc.)

Why I made this?

I decided to move my whole org to ThunderBird to be free from forced proprietary formats. And I created this Java CLI app (Because Java had the java-libpst to work with PST files) to do it. I converted ~500 contacts successfully and we are free from Outlook at last.

This has worked for us, and I tried to make it as robust as possible. If you see any issues, please open an issue or PR.

LLM disclaimer: I used OpenCode + BigPickle to create this but I wouldn't call it vibecoded. I spent ~2 days on it so far and let the LLM help me. Hope it helps.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/53556505

Git repo

Convert Outlooks' horrendous .pst file to standard .vcf vCard and import to any vCard compatible client (your phone, radicale, thunderbird, etc.)

Why I made this?

I decided to move my whole org to ThunderBird to be free from forced proprietary formats. And I created this Java CLI app (Because Java had the java-libpst to work with PST files) to do it. I converted ~500 contacts successfully and we are free from Outlook at last.

This has worked for us, and I tried to make it as robust as possible. If you see any issues, please open an issue or PR.

LLM disclaimer: I used OpenCode + BigPickle to create this but I wouldn't call it vibecoded. I spent ~2 days on it so far and let the LLM help me. Hope it helps.

AI Disclosure:

• Implementation - Generated
• Testing - Generated
• Review - Assisted
• Deployment - Pair

Git repo

Convert Outlooks' horrendous .pst file to standard .vcf vCard and import to any vCard compatible client (your phone, radicale, thunderbird, etc.)

Why I made this?

I decided to move my whole org to ThunderBird to be free from forced proprietary formats. And I created this Java CLI app (Because Java had the java-libpst to work with PST files) to do it. I converted ~500 contacts successfully and we are free from Outlook at last.

This has worked for us, and I tried to make it as robust as possible. If you see any issues, please open an issue or PR. My goal for sharing it is so more people can get out of outlook because the address book thing was a huge blocker for us, for quite a while.

LLM disclaimer: I used OpenCode + BigPickle to create this but I wouldn't call it vibecoded. I spent ~2 days on it so far and let the LLM help me. Hope it helps.

Hi guys. Just a heads up that Nym is total garbage. It has horrible, prototype-level apps. And the connection is so unstable. You'll be lucky if you connect at all. I used mullvad before and it would take 1-3s to connect. Nym takes at least 30s to connect, IF it connects at all.

Tge only reason I bought it was the very cheap price. But a cheap price isn't worth it if it's not even working.

FOSS calc and conversion

A friend of mine made a cool calculator and unit converter. It parses natural English phrases like "how many inches are in 3 feet?" and "300 miles / 65 mph in hours and minutes" and "download 10GB 1Gbps". You can access it from web (including PWA), CLI or as a library. It has a strong FOSS philosophy behind it.