[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Lack of true open cooperation? Oh wait, you said benefit.... Ease of use? Maybe? And slightly less buggy?

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

Correct but she does ensure they are legit last i read.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

But s-expressions give you power that other syntax doesn't. Data and code as one. Besides there is no other syntax than simply that so it becomes much easier to remember random extra things.

Whitespace on the other hand, I hate with fiber of my being.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

I think he means nvk. It's a whole new world. I thought I just heard it's ready. So worth checking out I guess.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Hmmm... Nice!

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

Also, it feels so awesome to build the backbend in rust and the ui in QML.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

I'll be honest, I've used scribus some and have not liked it. I hope that this makes it better. I much prefer a local Foss program to being forced to run a VM for publisher or make stuff in canva.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Came for this. Stayed for the other comments.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Relevant xkcd.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

This. The nix language makes anything bigger harder. A big nix config is just hard to wrangle.

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 3 points 1 year ago
[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Absolutely! I can't believe when I stumbled across it in 2020 that it was as old as it is. And folks think it's too old and decrepit to use, it's inanely powerful.

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