Spark: Sparklines in your shell

(git.zx2c4.com)

38 points | by hskimse 3 hours ago

5 comments

  • throw-the-towel 2 hours ago
    • hskimse 48 minutes ago
      Or it maybe rejects invalid Referer: header? Try https://git.zx2c4.com/ directly from browser
    • hskimse 55 minutes ago
      It is available but sometimes got rate limit due to AI crisis
  • priteau 1 hour ago
    I am not sure why this repository last updated in November 2011 is suddenly on the front page?

    Anyway, a better known implementation (in Bash) is probably https://github.com/holman/spark, which was developed by Zach Holman, one of the first GitHub hires.

    • rbanffy 13 minutes ago
      I was going to suggest using the new 2x4 unicode or Teletext glyphs, but they didn't exist in 2011. Is anything like this included in Linux distros? I couldn't find it in Fedora's or Ubuntu's repos. I guess I'll try my hand at making a new one. Might as well use it as an excuse to learn Rust.
    • hskimse 42 minutes ago
      Similar first commit dates in the two repositories, it looks like there must have been some kind of trend around that time ;)

      Anyway, this field has more famous people than anyone can keep track of; I hadn't heard of Zach Holman until just now either. For what it's worth, zx2c4 is also fairly well known for WireGuard.

  • bensmoif 33 minutes ago
    Big up Edward Tufte
  • someothherguyy 1 hour ago
    is this some meta commentary on cgit's performance? (site doesn't load)

    see: https://github.com/zx2c4/cgit