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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DC site often doesn't load at all...

« Last post by Ath on February 12, 2026, 12:24 PM »

It's been quite stable, though somewhat slow, since the Cloudflare protection was re-enabled, recently.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firewall Tester

« Last post by JamaicaD3 on February 12, 2026, 06:00 AM »

If you haven't looked at DropIt yet, it’s perfect for this. You can set up an 'Association' where any file with a certain extension dropped into a folder (or a floating icon) automatically gets sorted into the right subfolder. It's open-source and very 'set it and forget it' once you have the rules down.

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N.A.N.Y. 2026 / Re: NANY 2026: Secure Photos

« Last post by Emily-Elizabeth on February 11, 2026, 06:13 PM »

https://github.com/e...eth/SecurePhotos_LC/

Updated to 1.3.0
- supports PostgreSQL for cloud storage
- image selected is now highlighted
- fixed a bug when importing an image

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: NoteTask 1.1.1 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 11, 2026, 01:40 PM »

Thanks for sharing -- It looks impressive! 

I'm a bit embarrassed, but I don't see how to run or install it.  I downloaded the full repo from Github, but there are no exe files...  Do I need to compile something? 

EDIT:  My bad...  In the GitHub repo, on the right, is a 'Releases' link.  It takes you here
https://github.com/p...ol/notetask/releases

From that location you can download installers or a compiled (.exe) portable version.   

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DC site often doesn't load at all...

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 11, 2026, 07:20 AM »

It has been working well for the last several days.  I'm near Seattle.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Problem auto-typing into Notepad??

« Last post by JamaicaD3 on February 11, 2026, 05:02 AM »

It’s a bit frustrating that Windows makes it so hard to customize jumplists natively these days. Being able to group specific tools or folders without pinning ten different things to the taskbar is a huge space-saver.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Version 1.1.1 Released!

« Last post by astverskoy on February 11, 2026, 04:34 AM »

🚀 New Features
- Implement dark mode support in Windows dependent on OS setting #86
- Add CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions + local support) #83
- Add multi-function floating button for inserting or duplicating tasks #81
- Provide a portable (ZIP) version #72

✨ Enhancements
- Apply Ctrl+Tab indentation to the entire task text, not just the first line #85
- Ctrl+Click on memo first highlights entire link, second click follows it #80
- Show Unicode strikethrough in group name when all tasks are archived #79
- Add Ctrl+Num+/Num- shortcuts for tab moving (same as Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right) #78

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- Fix filter behavior; cursor keys in filter jump to table if text is unselected #84
- Memo.SelectAll works incorrectly with Unicode; switched to manual selection #77
- When selecting and editing a row, the memo overlaps the bottom cell border dotted line #76
- Tag sorting broken in checklist; tags appear after textual tags #75
- Duplicate highlight color differs from search match highlight #74

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple "technical" drawing tool

« Last post by JamaicaD3 on February 10, 2026, 05:51 AM »

Since you're on DonationCoder, have you checked out any of Skwire's tools? FolderSizeExplorer or even Files2List might be able to handle this. They’re usually super lightweight and fit exactly this kind of 'I just need one specific piece of data' request.

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Living Room / A recent programming project and my experience with AI Coding (Claude)

« Last post by mouser on February 09, 2026, 10:05 AM »

So I recently spent a solid month coding a new tool for my board game project, and used an AI coding tool substantially for it.
This was my first time seriously using the modern AI coding tools other than for little quick research.
You can hear me talk about the experience in this design diary from the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/live/k6TWGGLma20

It's a long video but the AI coding discussion is around 1:44:32.

Bottom line is that I was walking around for a month with my jaw dropped to the floor. These tools have gotten so good, and are so useful, I just had a hard time believing it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to check drivers?

« Last post by JamaicaD3 on February 09, 2026, 06:50 AM »

It’s so easy to get tricked by those 'One-Click' driver updaters that are mostly bloatware. I’ve always found that checking the manufacturer's site directly is the safest bet, though it’s a bit tedious.