alexwlchan.net on Hacker News

Why can't you combine .tar.gz files with cat?(alexwlchan.net)

6 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 4 comments

Preventing line breaks in <code> elements(alexwlchan.net)

11 points by surprisetalk 3 months ago | 18 comments

Creating a Personalised Bin Calendar(alexwlchan.net)

18 points by surprisetalk 3 months ago | 7 comments

Rebuilding the Computer Room(alexwlchan.net)

93 points by ingve 3 months ago | 53 comments

A tale of two path separators(alexwlchan.net)

58 points by dbaupp 4 months ago | 22 comments

It's cool to care (2025)(alexwlchan.net)

89 points by surprisetalk 6 months ago | 37 comments

The bare minimum for syncing Git repos(alexwlchan.net)

46 points by speckx 8 months ago | 28 comments

Hard problems in social media archiving(alexwlchan.net)

42 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 8 comments

When square pixels aren't square(alexwlchan.net)

128 points by PaulHoule 9 months ago | 58 comments

Detecting AV1-encoded videos with Python(alexwlchan.net)

17 points by surprisetalk 10 months ago | 16 comments

Can you take an ox to Oxford?(alexwlchan.net)

27 points by surprisetalk 11 months ago | 49 comments

Doing my own syntax highlighting (finally)(alexwlchan.net)

23 points by speckx 1 year ago | 5 comments

Linking to text fragments with a bookmarklet(alexwlchan.net)

17 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 6 comments

Resizing images in Rust, now with EXIF orientation support(alexwlchan.net)

67 points by ingve 1 year ago | 21 comments

Create space-saving clones on macOS with Python(alexwlchan.net)

12 points by ingve 1 year ago | 2 comments

A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers(alexwlchan.net)

437 points by ingve 1 year ago | 169 comments

Blog post by Alex Chan describing a faster method to copy large SQLite databases from remote servers to a local machine than plain rsync.

Whose code am I running in GitHub Actions?(alexwlchan.net)

212 points by ingve 1 year ago | 80 comments

Moving my website from Netlify to Caddy(alexwlchan.net)

12 points by twapi 2 years ago | 2 comments

Two examples of hover styles on images(alexwlchan.net)

37 points by speckx 2 years ago | 44 comments

Using static websites for tiny archives(alexwlchan.net)

365 points by ingve 2 years ago | 72 comments

Blog post by Alex Chan describing how he builds small static websites to browse and organise personal local archives like scans, screenshots, and bookmarks.

Doodling with the Mac's command icon(alexwlchan.net)

39 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 0 comments

Creating a Safari webarchive from the command line(alexwlchan.net)

168 points by ingve 2 years ago | 61 comments

Making a PDF that's larger than Germany(alexwlchan.net)

649 points by alexwlchan 2 years ago | 140 comments

Blog post by Alex Chan exploring the claimed maximum page size of PDF documents and creating a PDF with pages larger than Germany.