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re:fi.64's site
Personal blog · refi64.com/postsprogrammingsystems
re:fi.64's site is a personal blog at refi64.com about programming and systems. Since 2017, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “We don't need to boycott Wayland”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's post arguing against boycotting Wayland, written as a rebuttal to a critical Wayland post. A later comment says Wayland's screen-sharing support has since improved.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- We don't need to boycott Wayland4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-11-05
What Hacker News says?
While I am not the biggest fan of Wayland and understand the author, this link in the comments gives some reasonable responses/rebuttals: https://refi64.com/posts/dont-boycott-wayland.html They seem to point to https://pipewire.org/ for screen recording. I don't know how well that works out in practice and if there are other solutions for automation
Comment linking /posts/dont-boycott-wayland.html
on “Wayland is not ready as a 1:1 compatible Xorg replacement just yet”Submitted We don't need to boycott Wayland as a story · 5 points
HN discussionBack when this article was first posted, I wrote a rebuttal of some of the key points: https://refi64.com/posts/dont-boycott-wayland.html Since then, the situation has largely pretty much improved, in particular both OBS and Zoom have support for the screen sharing portals.
Comment linking /posts/dont-boycott-wayland.html
on “Wayland is not ready as a 1:1 compatible Xorg replacement just yet”Submitted The top 5 programming languages you've never heard of as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Don't Need to Boycott Wayland as a story · 3 points
HN discussion