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Stanislav (Stas) Katkov
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Linux on desktop is happening. I'm permanently building something.

http://devtui.com and http://poshtui.com
Bigger organizations are less about technical merit and more about political clout that is built up around ideas.
December 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Maximizing savings, focusing on one product.
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I have never felt so lost - my favorite coffee roaster changed their packaging art and coffee naming.

It's like starting coffee journey from a blank state again
December 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Got banned from WhatsApp, during that one time I actually decided to use it.

Another reason not to use Meta software. Unfortunately it's used by a lot of people in Netherlands.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We gave up on car ownership in the Netherlands, car taxes here are insane. But we rarely need a car.

So instead we rely on car-sharing.

According to Greenwheel stats, this has saved us 2114 EUR this year.
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I wrote a small POC AI tool, but my implementation sucked.

But destiny brought me a new friend who took over technical implementation.

It's already way better than my first prototype. Soon to be released!
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Jolla dropped pre-orders for a new phone.

Truly European build, privacy-focused and Linux based (with android compatibility layer).

commerce.jolla.com/products/jol...
Jolla Phone Pre-order Voucher
The independent European Do It Together (DIT) Linux phone, shaped by the people who use it.
commerce.jolla.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
New pebble watch is so close! I can feel it...
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We migrated from GitHub Issues to Fizzy.

Before we had a garbage dump of issues, but not we're ruthlessly debating if we should not do most of them.

That's the discussion I love to have!
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rails needs a help desk engine.

A lot of it could be built quite fast on rails default components.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reposted by Stanislav (Stas) Katkov
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December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What can I say to a friend who is going through a divorce to cheer him up?
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm at the crossroads.

My family wants another kid and my wife is close to age where having kids will be hard or impossible.

I recently started a business, it's doing fine. But have bigger ambitions.

It doesn't feel that both of these things are compatible.
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I grew up in a household without a father or husband figure. And learned by example, how important men are in our society and family.

Please take a moment to appreciate the men around you. Happy men's day to all!
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A local startup wbso.ai will be helping me apply for tax benefits so I can develop poshtui.com further.
Zelf WBSO aanvragen, eenvoudiger dan ooit | WBSO.ai
Bespaar tijd en geld bij WBSO-aanvragen. Ons AI-platform vereenvoudigt het administratieve proces.
wbso.ai
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Family - or, more generally, the people who depend on me - is probably the main reason that the self-destructive forces within me stay at bay.
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Family - or, more generally, the people who depend on me - is probably the main reason that the self-destructive forces within me stay at bay.
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For the next release it would be nice to roll out a couple of more 'tools' for LLM's.

- Token counter
- JSON to TOON converter

Toon is a nice little format, that helps optimize token usage with LLM's.

If anyone wants to take a stab at it - I'll be happy to see PR's.
devtui v0.30 is out!

- 'JSON Repair' TUI and CLI interface was added. Really useful for fixing JSON output from LLMs.
- Also multiple small performance improvements.
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
devtui v0.30 is out!

- 'JSON Repair' TUI and CLI interface was added. Really useful for fixing JSON output from LLMs.
- Also multiple small performance improvements.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Reposted by Stanislav (Stas) Katkov
It's official! The beta release of Eloquent Ruby, 2nd edition is now on sale!

pragprog.com/titles/eruby...
Eloquent Ruby, Second Edition
Write elegant Ruby code--not just correct, but idiomatic. Go beyond the vocabulary and syntax and learn to express yourself with eloquence.
pragprog.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
One of the best purchases this year.

It's only a second week since I have it and I'm finishing my second book with it.

Mostly read in small breaks.
"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them"
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My son reads comic books at the rate of 4 books a day. That is roughly 40 euro a day.

I'm trying to calculate, which will happen first - I will run out of money or we will run out of comic books to buy?
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them"
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Version 0.14.1 is live.

This brings some of my personal learnings from devtui project into poshtui.

- better view transitions, better performance, better context sharing.
Will be releasing an update for poshtui.com TUI client today or tomorrow.
POSH TUI
poshtui.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Not even a week has passed, since I bought this 400 euro toy for my son.
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM