[caymanjim]

This appears to be a very limited subset of Unix standard cal, without a single new feature, and missing some of the basic cal features (like 'cal 2020').

Writing something like this is a great way for someone to learn programming basics, but why is this on the HN front page? It's not particularly educational or interesting and has no practical utility for anyone.

[netmare]

I love it. As an older Windows coder, it's one of the few things on HN I can fully grasp. There's no monads/shaders/ML/business involved--just plain old C. Almost everything else posted here makes me feel depressed and inadequate.

Some people view abstraction as something they can happily ignore. They use libraries, upon frameworks, in VMs, on blockchains, just so that they can pile on. If all we do is add, there's no purpose. Absolutum obsoletum.

Maybe it's some sort of existential crisis I'm going through, but I'm starting to ditch many advanced programs/services in favor of simple tools I can fully build and understand myself. YMMV, of course.

[miccah]

> simple tools I can fully build and understand myself

This reminds me of an excerpt from PoC||GTFO.

"[W]hen you’re tooling around with a from-scratch tool and your neighbors tell you to use this or use that, look ’em in the eye and say, “I’m building my own fucking birdfeeder.”" [1]

[1] https://q3k.org/birdfeeder.pdf

[xupybd]

Have you looked into these tools? https://suckless.org/

[easytiger]

> Maybe it's some sort of existential crisis I'm going through, but I'm starting to ditch many advanced programs/services in favor of simple tools I can fully build and understand myself. YMMV, of course

It isn't just you. A lot of my own energy wasted on tools and other things that don't really help you solve problems.

[cblum]

I share the feeling. You're not alone :)

[zamfofex]

Well, although not very compelling, a couple new features are (1) you can highlight any and multiple days of the month (with different colors, even), and (2) you can choose the first day of the week more freely.

I didn’t want for it to get to the front page at all, by the way! I was honestly not expecting this to get more than the three points it got yesterday, to be honest!

[pvg]

Take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

[caymanjim]

Fair enough. I didn't realize there were Show HN specific rules.