Andrey Sitnik

I added nighttime blocking for addictive content to Slow Reader, so you can read long-form articles before bed instead of scrolling videos. You decide what goes in Fun, but Slow Reader suggests what to move there based on how you react to posts. slowreader.app

A hapax is a word used only once in a body of text. Its meaning can remain a mystery: — “gopher wood,” used to build Noah’s Ark — the word behind “daily bread” in the Lord’s Prayer — “moly,” an herb in the Odyssey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapax_l...

It's fascinating to watch Niri evolve on Linux. Linux is where some of the most interesting experiments in UI and OS design are happening right now. mastodon.social/@YaLTeR@mast...

An unstoppable air leak on the ISS' Zvezda module forces permanent closure of its compartment, in turn requiring redocking of all future Russian cargo ships between two ports for cargo delivery and orbit corrections. DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#36

If you run a Node.js server, start it with --permission and grant only what it needs: — No network access if it only reads files — Limit file access to the directories it actually uses Here's how I locked down Slow Reader's server: github.com/hplush/slowr...

Added a Releases page to Slow Reader to show what’s new in each version. On wide screens, I put the headings in a separate column so you can quickly scan for updates that interest you. dev.slowreader.app/releases

With Arc dead, come to Firefox. Let's not give Chromium any more market share. A thriving web is a diverse one. If you want something really close to the Arc experience, check out Zen. zen-browser.app

Slow Reader now loads your Mastodon and Bluesky timeline. Other networks are coming later. Why the white screenshot instead of our usual warm yellow? The theme changes when you switch from Useful to Fun, gently nudging you to stay in Useful. Releasing today.

If you moved to Barcelona on a highly qualified professional visa, there's a city service that can help you navigate bureaucracy in English. I know someone who got a TIE appointment through them in just a couple of days. www.barcelona.cat/internationa...

I'm building Slow Reader to read more useful threads, not rage bait. I liked Bluesky's cute thread indicator, so I added it to the UI. It'll work across all social networks, with more UX tweaks and gamification to help break bad scrolling habits. slowreader.app

While very little of what the new UK porn bans talk about are things I'm into, I'm still uncomfortable with the idea. Consenting adults playing with fantasy with other consenting adults - that's not an area I think the law should be wandering into.

While people stuck in Musk’s algorithmic bubble think the EU has no AI, France’s Mistral just unveiled Large 4, competitive with top Chinese open-weight models. The EU also has strong OCR and video generation models, plus promising AI chip startups like axelera.ai

Slow Reader now supports reading Bluesky profiles without a Bluesky account. Connecting your account to read your full home feed is coming this week. dev.slowreader.app Can you create a demo account and check if your Bluesky posts render correctly? I think I’ve covered most features.

Coops are great. I remember I was impressed visiting employee-owned software shop in Stockholm.

I signed up for Catalan classes. Added l·l, é, ï, and ç to my Linux keyboard layout. The best part: punctuation stays in the same place for Russian and Latin scripts. I can also type Spanish and Catalan without switching from my English layout. github.com/ai/universal...

I just deployed the first version of my Slow Reader to help you read more useful content from your feeds. For now, it only supports RSS. slowreader.app If you use an RSS reader, help us test the parser by importing your OPML file!

I just deployed the first version of my Slow Reader to help you read more useful content from your feeds. For now, it only supports RSS. slowreader.app If you use an RSS reader, help us test the parser by importing your OPML file!

Our team designed the Nano Stores website, and it feels like going back in time (with the speed of an Astro site). If you have something like this in mind, let's chat. Our design team can make it happen.

Nano Stores finally has a website! We've seen huge growth thanks to LLMs. Not having a site was embarrassing. nanostores.net Check out the design: fresh and personal. Too many modern sites look the same. No React. Just Astro.

Open-source Android app for finding immigration appointments in Spain. lamardecitas.net Unlike many bots, it runs locally and tries not to overload government servers. It won a digital democracy award co-organized by @xnet-x.net, a Barcelona-based digital rights group.

Rita Klubochkina added a great skill to my AV1 video format article: how to compress video for the web, better than LLMs do by default. It comes from our long work optimizing video for the Evil Martians blog. evilmartians.com/chronicles/b...

While working on a secure production deployment for Slow Reader, I documented all the methods we protect it from supply chain attacks. github.com/hplush/slowr... It’s sad that far more critical systems are often protected worse than our reader.

The year every building in Barcelona was built. You can see the city expanding beyond its walls in the 19th century. www.instagram.com/reels/Ddl8_e...

Cyrillic and the old Glagolitic script aren’t the only writing systems used by Slavs. Bosnians had their own Bosančica. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian...

Browsers still don’t follow the spec for converting oklch() colors your screen can’t display into ones it can. github.com/w3c/csswg-dr... oklch.com now shows the difference, to show browser developers why this matters. oklch.com#0.7618,0.266...