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Steven Van Bael
Personal blog · stevenvanbael.comprogrammingproductivity
Steven Van Bael's personal blog at stevenvanbael.com covers programming and productivity. Since 2016, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “The open calendar, task and note space is a mess”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads on slow nvm shell startup, a command-line kanban board and a desktop productivity app. One commenter cites the author's write-up on CalDAV/CardDAV sync problems as a source.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The open calendar, task and note space is a mess3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-03-10
- Profiling Zsh startup time2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-08-17
What Hacker News says?
I followed the standard nvm install process, to get it loaded from my .zshrc I noticed a second or two in lag between launching the terminal and getting a shell prompt. Commenting out the nvm load as a test removed the delay. I installed fnm, aliased it to be nvm, and everything is snappy. Also nicer if you use tooling to 'nvm use' when changing into a project directory. There are a few issue threads such as this on…
Comment linking /profiling-zsh-startup
on “Mako – fast, production-grade web bundler based on Rust”Submitted The open calendar, task and note space is a mess as a story · 543 points
HN discussionThis would be the ideal solution for collaboration. A shared *DAV server as a datastore where everyone can bring their own client. Unfortunately this breaks down rather quickly as the various calDAV and cardDAV implementations vary wildly for features outside of simple task lists. About a year ago I tried configuring sync between Linux/Windows/MacOS/Android and failed. I documented my search here [1]. 1. https://ste…
Comment linking /open-calendar-task-space-is-a-mess
on “Kanban Board for the Command Line”Submitted Back to basics: A minimalist website as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI'm putting my full comment here to add to the Linux votes since I'm on Linux 80% of my time. Although, I will be given the macOS trial a shot soon as I have an iOS project in the pipeline. Congrats on launching and sharing! The idea of an integrated all-in-one solution is intriguing to me. So intriguing that over the last 10 years I've started various projects in a similar direction. Mostly focused on integrating c…
Comment linking /open-calendar-task-space-is-a-mess
on “Show HN: I made an all-in-one desktop app with a no-BS approach to get work done”Submitted The open calendar, task and note space is a mess as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Read about the software you use as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Profiling Zsh startup time as a story · 1 points
HN discussion