jo-m's comments

On: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

[jo-m]

cough that name is already in use ;) https://github.com/jo-m/trainbot

[druskacik → jo-m]

sorry about that :)

[jo-m → druskacik]

no worries, it is mostly unmaintaned now.

On: 2,100 Swiss municipalities showing which provider handles their official email

[jo-m]

They have problems due to high humidity in the server room ;)

On: I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs

[jo-m]

I have something similar, but open fzf to select the branches to delete [1].

    function fcleanb -d "fzf git select branches to delete where the upstream has disappeared"
        set -l branches_to_delete (
            git for-each-ref --sort=committerdate --format='%(refname:lstrip=2) %(upstream:track)' refs/heads/ | \
            egrep '\[gone\]$' | grep -v "master" | \
            awk '{print $1}' | $_FZF_BINARY --multi --exit-0 \
        )

        for branch in $branches_to_delete
            git branch -D "$branch"
        end
    end

[1]: https://github.com/jo-m/dotfiles/blob/29d4cab4ba6a18dc44dcf9...

On: I Cannot SSH into My Server Anymore (and That's Fine)

[jo-m]

I have a somewhat similar setup on the application layer (rootless podman, quadlet), but it's NixOS, and there still is SSH ;)

https://github.com/jo-m/fluffy

On: Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect

[jo-m]

In Sep 2025, voters in Zürich, Switzerland, approved a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers as well. Additionally, even electrical ones can only be used October-December. Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-democracy/zurich-voters-b...

On: Realtime BART Arrival Display

[jo-m]

There a similar one, but it's the Swiss public transport system: https://tramli.ch/

[croisillon → jo-m]

i had to look it up: Vienna too https://straba.at/

[FinnKuhn → jo-m]

I love that they are also imitating the real sign desing just like OP.

On: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin

[jo-m]

yes, there are.

On: OpenZL: An open source format-aware compression framework

[jo-m]

So, not very safe.

On: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million

[jo-m]

This is what 8 million (Swiss) 5c pieces looks like: https://cdn.unitycms.io/images/BasDL2iBqV3BLXFiXIPDdm.jpg?op...

(A party put them in front of the parliament to launch a campaign for universal basic income)

On: My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit safer

[jo-m]

Road bike tail lights have had IMU controlled brake light functionality for years. Even fairly cheap ones from Aliexpress. Example: https://youtu.be/iH-dYDkd_U0?t=123