basemi's comments

On: Sending Jabber/XMPP Messages via HTTP

[basemi]

Se also Apprise

https://appriseit.com/services/xmpp/

On: FreeBSD 14.4-Release Announcement

[basemi]

> Bhyve virtual machines can now share a filesystem with the host via the new p9fs

Nice!

[colinhb → basemi]

Wild! Fun to see 9p filesystem protocol continue to have a life in this form.

[martinrame → basemi]

Yea!, as far as I understand, with p9fs now a simple zfs dataset can be shared with the VM, removing the need of ZVOLs (a ZVOL for the boot disk isn't an issue, but for example a data disk of 1tb is difficult to manage).

[jmmv → basemi]

Huh, in a point release?

But excited to try it out ASAP! I haven’t made the leap to 15 on my server yet (in part because I can’t decide whether to go with pkgbase or not…), but sharing data more easily with VMs will surely be nice.

What’s the performance like?

[sidkshatriya → jmmv]

> in part because I can’t decide whether to go with pkgbase or not…

pkgbase is optional in FreeBSD 15 BTW.

One way to upgrade the base system and another to upgrade packages just feels inconsistent to me and pkgbase finally resolves that. I've not had any problems with pkgbase. I love it and would highly recommend it.

[throw0101d → jmmv]

> Huh, in a point release?

MFCed (merged from current):

* https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=e97ad33a89a78f55280b...

[ej31 → basemi]

It's the duct tape of filesystem protocols, in a good way.

On: The next era of social media: built and run in Europe, ruled by our laws

[basemi]

> [...] Get access to any app built in the AT Protocol, including Bluesky, Flashes, Tangled, and many more [...]

On: RISC-V is coming along quite speedily: Milk-V Titan Mini-ITX 8-core board

[basemi]

Another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588159

On: Show HN: Superset – Terminal to run 10 parallel coding agents

[basemi]

Not to be confused with Apache Superset (data visualization solution)

https://superset.apache.org/

[avipeltz → basemi]

correct :)

On: Debian adds LoongArch as officially supported architecture

[basemi]

For the curious:

https://loongson.github.io/LoongArch-Documentation/LoongArch...

https://docs.kernel.org/arch/loongarch/introduction.html

On: Petition to formally recognize open source work as civic service in Germany

[basemi]

Not against it but how do you track time spent on it?

[clickety_clack → basemi]

Maybe the good old “lines of code” days will make a comeback?

[aequitas → clickety_clack]

https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html

[hagbard_c → clickety_clack]

Lines of code are easily produced using coding models. OK, so let's add another criterium, 'lines of code produced by a human'. Now some form of arbitrage is needed to discern vibe-coded lines from human-coded ones.

[barbazoo → clickety_clack]

Human written or also AI?

[layer8 → basemi]

With a clock?

On: Upgrades from Debian 12 [to 13]

[basemi]

I posted this to highlight how many steps you need to release upgrade Debian while on Ubuntu is often just one command (`do-release-upgrade`).

As profit on Debian you learn how the package manager works and you become confident using its low level tools when things break.

On: Ask HN: What are people doing to get off of VMware?

[basemi]

A major european bank is about to move everything they got on VMware to Hyper-V

On: Examples are the best documentation

[basemi]

Examples are the best `quick start` documentation. Comprehensive manuals/references are the best documemtation.