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Talk2Code was my endeavor into building something useful, but I thought it would take MUCH more than 150 lines of code... this is just stupid simple, and it SHOULD be shared. Check out my video walkthrough on Reddit too: https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1r5wvzv/i_buil...

Hey HN People, Like many of you on Arch + Hyprland (or really any rolling distro), I used to rely on eza for nice-looking ls output with icons, git status, tree view, etc.

Then a recent update broke eza's package icons just turned into ugly boxes/rectangles everywhere.anyhow ls is also stop working .Reinstall, rebuild deps, downgrade, nothing helped. Classic rolling-release Friday night.

I got tired of fighting it so I finally finished something I'd been tinkering with for a while: ls-f.

It's a from-scratch Rust rewrite (v5 is the new one) of an old Bash ls wrapper I made years ago. Main goals were:

- Single static binary → zero runtime deps (no drama when Arch updates something) - Nerd Font icons for file types (hundreds supported) - Tree view built-in (--tree) - Git indicators (--git) without extra cruft - Speed basically on par with GNU ls (benchmarks in the readme — icons add ~0 overhead in most cases) - Supports most common ls flags so aliases just work: ls='lsf', ll='lsf -l', la='lsf -la', lt='lsf --tree'

No config files needed anymore, no Python/Bash layers. Just drop the binary in PATH.

Repo: https://github.com/swadhinbiswas/ls-f

Quick install on Arch (or anywhere with Rust/cargo): ```bash git clone https://github.com/swadhinbiswas/ls-f.git cd ls-f make install # or cargo install --path . ```

Make sure your terminal uses a Nerd Font (JetBrainsMono NF, MesloLGS NF, etc.) , otherwise icons show as boxes (there's a troubleshooting section in the readme).

It currently has only a handful of stars because I mostly built it for myself + a few friends, but after this eza breakage I'm actually using it daily now and it feels more reliable.

Would love to hear thoughts / feedback / brutal honesty: - Does it cover the flags you actually use? - Any missing icon or weird rendering in your setup? - Better name? (ls-f is short but maybe too generic)

Thanks for looking!

(Using it right now in Hyprland on Arch feels snappy and zero surprises so far.)

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Main problem I wanted to solve: When a MacBook is in Clamshell / headless mode, desktop-dependent actions (especially screenshot pipelines) can become unreliable or fail. I didn't want to buy a Mac mini just for this. I just want to reuse an existing MacBook for 24/7 OpenClaw runs, so that I can keep the lid closed and store the laptop vertically (less desk usage) and also maintain screenshot-dependent workflows with better stability. Code is on GitHub https://github.com/xtongs/mirrorscreen if anyone needs it.

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Hey HN, I'm Tavi. I built this for my 4-year-old.

He and I used to "computer code" together in IPython: typing words to see emojis, mixing colors, making sounds. Eventually he wanted his own computer. So I took an old laptop and made him one.

That IPython session evolved into Explore mode, a REPL where kids type things and something always happens: "cat * 5" shows five cats, "red + blue" mixes colors like real paint, math gets dot visualizations. Then came Play mode (every key makes a sound and paints a color) and Doodle mode (write and paint). The whole machine boots straight into Purple. No desktop, no browser, no internet.

It felt different from "screen time." He'd use it for a while, then walk away on his own. No tantrum, no negotiation.

Some technical bits: it's a Python TUI (Textual in Alacritty) running on Ubuntu, so even very old laptops run it well. Keyboard input bypasses the terminal entirely via evdev for true key-down/key-up events, which lets me do sticky shift and double-tap capitals so kids don't have to hold two keys. Color mixing uses spectral reflectance curves so colors actually mix like paint (yellow + blue = green, not gray).

Source is on GitHub: https://github.com/purplecomputerorg/purplecomputer

Hi everyone,

I created a Minecraft server where Claude agents do everything - you just watch and give commands. You can add new bots and ask them to do anything in the world. Users are just spectators, so all the tasks are executed by bots you create. It uses mineflayer and claude agent sdk under the hood to plan and execute tasks.

I used minecraft 1.21.11 java edition and you can add the server with the following address: claude-craft.com

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Hey HN,

I made a little Spotify TUI today because I was sick of the electron app draining my battery and otherwise slowing down my computer. I am using it right now and figured you all might find it useful.

Spotify doesn't seem to allow devs to create new apps at the moment, but this should work with any existing or unused app id.

Cheers!