6 comments

  • throw-the-towel3 hours ago
    Site seems to be hugged to death. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20260830100336&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.zx2c4.com&#x2F;spark&#x2F;about&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20260830100336&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.zx2c4...</a>
    • russfink1 hour ago
      The web archive link, made available since the featured page has been hugged to death, has been hugged to death.
    • hskimse2 hours ago
      Or it maybe rejects invalid Referer: header? Try <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.zx2c4.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.zx2c4.com&#x2F;</a> directly from browser
    • hskimse2 hours ago
      It is available but sometimes got rate limit due to AI crisis
  • priteau3 hours ago
    I am not sure why this repository last updated in November 2011 is suddenly on the front page?<p>Anyway, a better known implementation (in Bash) is probably <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;holman&#x2F;spark" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;holman&#x2F;spark</a>, which was developed by Zach Holman, one of the first GitHub hires.
    • rbanffy1 hour ago
      I was going to suggest using the new 2x4 unicode or Teletext glyphs, but they didn&#x27;t exist in 2011. Is anything like this included in Linux distros? I couldn&#x27;t find it in Fedora&#x27;s or Ubuntu&#x27;s repos. I guess I&#x27;ll try my hand at making a new one. Might as well use it as an excuse to learn Rust.
    • hskimse2 hours ago
      Similar first commit dates in the two repositories, it looks like there must have been some kind of trend around that time ;)<p>Anyway, this field has more famous people than anyone can keep track of; I hadn&#x27;t heard of Zach Holman until just now either. For what it&#x27;s worth, zx2c4 is also fairly well known for WireGuard.
  • luciandan1 hour ago
    That is so cool, that now I&#x27;m brainstorming CLI things to build that need a sparkline. Wonder if Claude Code can learn to use this.
  • bensmoif2 hours ago
    Big up Edward Tufte
  • someothherguyy2 hours ago
    is this some meta commentary on cgit&#x27;s performance? (site doesn&#x27;t load)<p>see: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;zx2c4&#x2F;cgit" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;zx2c4&#x2F;cgit</a>