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lambda.cx blog
Personal blog · blog.lambda.cx/postssystemsprogramming
lambda.cx blog is a personal blog at blog.lambda.cx about systems and programming. Since 2020, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git (2021)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2024-12-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog for posts on versioning CAD files in git, such as storing FreeCAD (zip-based) files as efficient deltas. The comments point to the posts as a how-to resource, without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Sharing notes with the internet
Most-linked posts?
- Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git (2021)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-02-10
- An Introduction to OpenBSD [video]2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-08-15
- How BSD Authentication Works2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-10-19
- Dynamic Tracing on OpenBSD 7.32 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-22
What Hacker News says?
Of course nothing is more diffable than code, but you can get git to store proper deltas between FCStd (or any zip) files: https://blog.lambda.cx/posts/freecad-and-git/
Comment linking /posts/freecad-and-git/
on “OpenSCAD 3D rendering just got an order of magnitude faster”Submitted An Introduction to OpenBSD [video] as a story · 201 points
HN discussionMm. It strikes me that it might be more difficult to visualise changes. e.g. in FreeCAD land: FreeCAD uses a "zip-and-manifest" file format so there are ways to unpack that and manage it in git, but one of the challenges is getting useful human-readable diffs. One offering is WebTools Git: https://wiki.freecad.org/WebTools_Git This versions the binary file but there are useful tips about using a FreeCAD utility to g…
Comment linking /posts/freecad-and-git/
on “Generate an OpenSCAD case template from a KiCAD PCB”Submitted Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git (2021) as a story · 85 points
HN discussionSubmitted How BSD Authentication Works as a story · 36 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reverse engineering a thermal printer's WiFi setup commands as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dynamic Tracing on OpenBSD 7.3 as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creating an OpenBSD WireGuard VPN Gateway as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dynamic Tracing on OpenBSD 7.3 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Introduction to OpenBSD as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How BSD Authentication Works – lambda.cx blog as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Exploring OpenType Font Features as a story · 1 points
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