Java 1.3 on Windows 95 with Proton as the editor could be another option for next Advent of Code.
Win95 runs pretty smoothly on my old box (no surprise, that box came with Win95) and I like Java, so ⊠why not âŠ
Not sure about the speed, though. đ„Ž
I just read @kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyzâs blog post over here:
https://bubblegum.girlonthemoon.xyz/articles/learning-to-code-like-it-s-the-90s
Jesus, it must be so overwhelming for young people to get started with programming.
When I started programming, there was the built-in ROM BASIC of that PC and probably a bit of BASIC on a floppy, and that was it. Nowadays? Millions of libraries and frameworks and languages and what not â and, much worse, thereâs the expectation that you need to make something fancy. When I started, printing something and understanding IF was good enough.
Installing software was (is?) such an incomprehensible mess on Windows ⊠Why did you allow any program to install files anywhere in the system? Why was this considered normal and okay? With no chance of ever cleanly removing that stuff again?
And now weâre back to the trend of curl | bash these days ⊠same thing.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org This apparently depends on the program now ⊠Some Qt6 programs still allow that, others donât. I canât remember if GTK ever had that feature. đ€ But yeah, this whole âmove stuff around as you pleaseâ-mentality is mostly gone.
I know I keep referring to StarOffice 3.1 a lot, but itâs just such a good example for all these things. All the toolbars and panels could be rearranged:
https://movq.de/v/2fb714931d/s.png
(This is running in Wine, btw.)
LibreOffice is the descendant of StarOffice and it doesnât support anything like that anymore.
Maybe it was deemed too confusing for users? âOh no, I mis-clicked something and now that bar is gone! How do I get it back? I donât even know what itâs called!â đ€
@movq@www.uninformativ.de https://movq.de/blog/postings/2026-07-03/0/POSTING-en.html Oh yeah, the toolbar handles. You could actually move the toolbars around and sometimes even customize them. I have no evidence, but to me it feels like a lot of programs donât allow that anymore nowadays.
@arne@uplegger.eu @movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh! Von wann ist denn das? Und ja, Innenaufnahmen wÀren richtig fein. :-)
The #obsidian sync plugin is making good progress! Today I built a #KirbyCMS panel button which allows you to clone and sync pages with obsidian with just one click! I think, I am not far away from publishing those plugins. Kirby 5.5.0 even comes with a frontmatter parser, which might make things even easier!
@arne@uplegger.eu Wie sahâs denn drinnen aus? đ
Heute sollten Bilder vom alten Eingangsbereich des URZ gefunden werden. Ich fand!
Hier eine Collage: 
I had a short night today and am tired af. I am currently working on the obsidian kirby sync plugin. I was just wondering, why the hell the panel button wouldnât open the linked file in obsidian⊠took me more than 10 minutes to realize that I deleted all files in obsidian and donât have any which could be opened ⊠Guess I need more Club Mate âŠ
@movq@www.uninformativ.de It was an easy and quick fix, though. :-)
@arne@uplegger.eu Ah, ein Jahresband. Man darf dann auf BeitrÀge dazu im Blog demnÀchst gespannt sein. :-)
More importantly, the original twtxt doesnât have a reply function. Perhaps the other party canât see my reply. đ I replied with my balloon account.
@oberon@nightfall.city I donât think I can reply to nex: X-D The residents of Nekoweb are happy to welcome me, a Japanese person.
@prologic@twtxt.net No. Since the other party was using the original twtxt, I used the twtxt format for my reply. However, that was changed by yarn đ
@prologic@twtxt.net this was supposed to be a reply to this, not sure how it ended up all there, by itself, sad and lonely. đ
@prologic@twtxt.net they are not the operator, but a user. I think @kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz is the operator.
@balloonfu-sen@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz I think you need to update your yarnd instance đ
@oberon@nightfall.city I donât think I can reply to nex: X-D The residents of Nekoweb are happy to welcome me, a Japanese person.
How do you know that it is summer? It is late afternoon, it is raining, and yet it is over 32 degrees!
@ Nekoweb is great example of how the web can be people oriented.
