[nixass]

Few days ago I watched a video where a guy wrote the code for Linux USB driver from scratch. In frickin' vi! It was a ride

[submeta]

And he doesn’t use any config it seems. No syntax highlighting, no line numbers, plain white text on dark background.

[nixass]

Exactly, it's wild!

If anyone wants to have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXBC85SGC0Q

Correction, the driver is specifically for Apple Xserve front-panel

[S0und]

What is also wild is that the video has 2.5M views, very odd.

[rrvsh]

It got pushed pretty hard by the alg, I got it recommended multiple times over the last year or so

[nixass]

There's plenty of us weirdos out there

[4ggr0]

he did however decide to use a font which gives off comic sans vibes, which is a very interesting choice for an otherwise very barebones setup :D

[GuinansEyebrows]

openbsd has a funny cultural meme around comic sans. i've seen other writings on it but this might be the origin: https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.ht...

some of the openbsd folks use it as a weapon in the fight to prioritize content over presentation. i got a chuckle out of it and it convinced me to stop thoughtlessly hating on comic sans, easy as it is.

[4ggr0]

> to stop thoughtlessly hating on comic sans

you know what, you're right. i'm setting my terminal to this right now, haha: https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/

[GuinansEyebrows]

cute!

[weberer]

Its probably the font that helps people with dyslexia.

[GuinansEyebrows]

hmm, not quite OpenDyslexic. looks a little like Comic Mono but maybe a little rounder? the "l" is a lot curvier than most comic-like fonts. almost reminds me of one of the annoying Samsung fonts :)

[4ggr0]

> almost reminds me of one of the annoying Samsung fonts

you're thinking about 'Samsung Choco Cookie' :) only know this because someone i know has this set on their phone, and looking at their screen really irritates me for some reason.

[4ggr0]

ah, good point!