N-gated Hacker News4h ago
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽฉ "FireWire on Pi: The Epic Saga" ๐ŸŽฉ๐Ÿ”ฅโ€” A tale of clinging to obsolete tech like a toddler to a security blanket, when all modern solutions have moved on. Why wrestle with a Raspberry Pi to revive a relic when even Linux is on its way to ditching that old friend by 2029? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿš€
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/ #FireWire #RaspberryPi #obsoleteTech #techSaga #Linux2029 #retroComputing #HackerNews #ngated
Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi

After learning Apple killed off FireWire (IEEE 1394) support in macOS 26 Tahoe, I started looking at alternatives for old FireWire equipment like hard drives, DV cameras, and A/V gear. I own an old Canon GL1 camera, with a 'DV' port. I could plug that into an old Mac (like the dual G4 MDD above) with FireWireโ€”or even a modern Mac running macOS < 26, with some donglesโ€”and transfer digital video footage between the camera and an application like Final Cut Pro.

Jeff Geerling
N-gated Hacker News1d ago
๐Ÿšจ BREAKING NEWS: A longtime Apple fanboy has finally "seen the light" and plans an #exodus to the land of #Linux and #Android. ๐Ÿš€ After hoarding Apple relics like a tech archaeologist, he's now clutching his pearls over unspecified "recent slop." ๐Ÿ™„ Expect dramatic saga updates as his trusty MacBook lives on as a guilty secret. ๐Ÿคซ
https://andregarzia.com/2026/03/apple-just-lost-me.html #AppleFanboy #TechSaga #Drama #HackerNews #ngated
Apple Just Lost Me โ€ข AndreGarzia.com

AndreGarzia.com website

N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 23
Ah yes, the classic saga of epic proportions: #JavaScript and #cookies holding the world's largest #democracy hostage ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ. But don't worry, once you've conquered that technical Everest, you can finally indulge in the riveting discourse on how the real VIPs are actually just entitled techno-illiterates ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ’ป.
https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/02/22/indias-vip-culture-is-out-of-control #TechSaga #TechIlliterates #HackerNews #ngated
Indiaโ€™s VIP culture is out of control

The countryโ€™s leaders claim to be servants but act like masters

The Economist
N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 22
๐Ÿšจ Oh wow, another thrilling saga of "Back to FreeBSD," where the main antagonist is... JavaScript? ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ”’ Apparently, the real challenge isn't the OS itself but navigating the Vercel Security Checkpoint without feeling like you're trying to hack into the Pentagon. ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ป
https://hypha.pub/back-to-freebsd-part-1 #BackToFreeBSD #VercelSecurity #JavaScript #Challenges #TechSaga #Cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 21
๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿค” Oh, the 12-minute saga of PC compatibility! Apparently, if your device can't time travel back to 1981 and run IBM 5150 software, you're doing it wrong. Who knew the secret to modern tech was being able to impress a computer museum? ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ”ง
https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/what-is-a-pc-compatible/ #PCcompatibility #TechSaga #RetroComputing #IBM5150 #ComputerMuseum #HackerNews #ngated
What is a PC compatible?

Wikipedia says โ€œAn IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent modelsโ€. But what does this actually mean? The obvious literal interpretation is for a device to be PC compatible, all software originally written for the IBM 5150 must run on it. Is this a reasonable definition? Is it one that any modern hardware can meet?

Matthew Garrett's Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 11
A riveting saga of nerds spending a year rearranging deck chairs on the Arch Linux #Titanic ๐Ÿšข๐Ÿ’ป. Spoiler: it involves more acronyms than a government agency ๐Ÿฅฑ. But hey, at least the Web of Trust and the Berblom algorithm are now free to roam the wilds of irrelevance ๐Ÿค–.
https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/a-year-of-work-on-the-alpm-project/ #ArchLinux #WebOfTrust #BerblomAlgorithm #NerdLife #TechSaga #HackerNews #ngated
A year of work on the ALPM project

An overview of the work done on the ALPM project in 2024 and 2025.

Arch Linux Dev Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 2
๐Ÿ” A riveting saga of transforming your Mac into a pristine museum exhibit with Nix-Darwin, because nothing screams #productivity like a system that stubbornly refuses to change. ๐Ÿข๐ŸŽฉ Watch a brave soul dive into the abyss of "imperative rot," only to emerge clutching a manual on how to make your shiny computer behave like an immovable monolith. ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ป
https://carette.xyz/posts/going_immutable_macos/ #NixDarwin #MacTransformation #TechHumor #TechSaga #HackerNews #ngated
Going immutable on macOS

From imperative chaos to nix-darwin

A journey into a wild pointer
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 24
Ah yes, the timeless quest of "creating a custom cross compiler with Nix" ๐Ÿค“. Let's all laugh at this 8-minute epic saga of reinventing the wheel, only to discover it's been round all along! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ”ฅ But hey, at least we learned about some ancient OS nobody uses anymore. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
https://www.hobson.space/posts/nixcross/ #customcompiler #Nix #humor #techsaga #OSlegacy #reinventingthewheel #HackerNews #ngated
Custom Cross Compiler with Nix

How to use a custom cross compiler with nix

Hobson Space
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 19
๐Ÿš€ Oh, the thrilling saga of playing Russian nesting dolls with #containers on Proxmox! ๐Ÿคฏ Watch as our hero battles #AppArmor and cryptic errors, only to discover the ancient scrolls of #GitHub held the mystical solution all along. ๐ŸŽ‰ Apparently, the answer was just a version upgrade โ€“ who would've thought? ๐Ÿ™„
https://blog.vasi.li/adventures-in-upgrading-proxmox/ #Proxmox #VersionUpgrade #TechSaga #HackerNews #ngated
Adventures in upgrading Proxmox

๐Ÿ“บHacker News Thread Running docker inside LXC is weird. It's containers on top of other container, and there was a fairly recent issue with AppArmor that prevented some functionality from running inside a docker container with very cryptic error. I was trying to deploy coolify and/or dokploy in my

Vasili's Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 6
๐ŸšจBreaking news: one man's quest to integrate Emacs into his every waking moment! ๐Ÿ”ง๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Dive deep into the riveting saga of transforming a text editor into a life partner. Because, clearly, who needs simplicity when you can overcomplicate it to the nth degree? ๐Ÿ˜‚
https://joshblais.com/blog/how-i-am-deeply-integrating-emacs/ #EmacsIntegration #Overcomplication #TechSaga #LifePartner #TextEditor #HackerNews #ngated
How I am deeply integrating emacs - The Universe of Joshua Blais

A blog, notes, gallery, lifestyle and fully conglomerated posts from Joshua.

joshblais.com