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I made a language where the only command is “i use arch btw” 🤯

tikrack — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:13:08 +0000

iusearchbtw 😎

Welcome, internet traveler! 🌐

You've just stumbled upon iusearchbtw, the programming language that refuses to be normal. Forget print() or console.log() – here, the only command that matters is:

i use arch btw

How it works 🎩

Take a parenthesis: ( ... )
Fill it with i use arch btw repeated N times.
N determines the character that comes out. Uppercase, lowercase, symbols, even space – all fair game.

Yep. That’s it. That’s the language.

Character Map 🗺️

Count	Char	Count	Char
1	A	14	N
2	B	15	O
3	C	16	P
4	D	17	Q
5	E	18	R
6	F	19	S
7	G	20	T
8	H	21	U
9	I	22	V
10	J	23	W
11	K	24	X
12	L	25	Y
13	M	26	Z
27	a	40	n
28	b	41	o
29	c	42	p
30	d	43	q
31	e	44	r
32	f	45	s
33	g	46	t
34	h	47	u
35	i	48	v
36	j	49	w
37	k	50	x
38	l	51	y
39	m	52	z
53	.	54	-
55	_	56	(
57	)	58	{
59	}	60	[
61	]	62	(space)

Quick Start 🚀

Download the binary from the release.
Make it executable:

chmod +x iusearchbtw

Run a .iusearchbtw file:

./iusearchbtw your_message.iusearchbtw

Watch the magic happen. ✨

Fun Ideas 🤪

Encode secret messages to troll friends.
Make ASCII art entirely with i use arch btw lines.
Send someone a .iusearchbtw file and watch them scratch their heads.
Experiment with huge counts for absurd characters.

License

MIT License. Be awesome, spread chaos, and may your terminals forever chant:

i use arch btw

github

🔹 Peek: A Fast, Colorful, Tree-Based ls Alternative Built in Rust

tikrack — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:39:17 +0000

Peek: A Fast, Colorful, Tree-Based `ls` Alternative Written in Rust

Have you ever wished that ls had more colors, better layout, or tree-like display built-in?

Let me introduce Peek — a blazing-fast, customizable ls replacement built in Rust, supporting:

✅ Color configuration via command line
✅ Tree-style file listings
✅ File size and metadata output
✅ Regex-style path filters (*.rs, **/src, etc.)
✅ Persistent color settings
✅ Cross-platform support (Linux and Windows)

🚀 Why Peek?

Peek was built out of frustration with ls limitations, and inspired by tools like exa, lsd, and the beauty of Rust's safety + performance.

It provides a developer-focused and theme-aware alternative to standard directory listing.

🛠 Features

peek — list current directory
peek -s or --size — show file sizes
peek -a or --all — include hidden files
peek -l or --long — show metadata (uid/gid/perm)
peek -t or --tree — display tree structure
peek -d 2 or --depth 2 — limit tree depth
peek -p "*.rs" — glob filtering
peek --set-folder-color "#FF8800" — persist folder color

And yes — the color persists across commands 😉

📦 Installation

🔧 Build from source

If you have Rust installed:

git clone https://github.com/tikrack/peek.git
cd peek
cargo install --path .

Or just build manually:

cargo build --release

✅ Cross-compile to Windows:

rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
sudo pacman -S mingw-w64-gcc
cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

📂 Example Usage

peek -a -t --depth 2 -p "**/*.rs"

This will list all .rs files in tree format, including hidden files, up to 2 levels deep.

🖼 Screenshot

🧠 Tech Stack

Rust 🦀
clap for CLI parsing
walkdir for directory traversal
regex + globset for pattern matching
colored for styled output
dirs and serde_json for persistent config

📎 Repository

GitHub: github.com/tikrack/peek

Feel free to ⭐ star, fork, and contribute!

✨ Conclusion

Peek is a simple but powerful tool that aims to bring beauty, control, and clarity to your terminal experience.

If you're a Rust enthusiast or terminal nerd — give peek a try and share your thoughts!

I’d love feedback, ideas, or PRs. ❤️

🔗 Bonus

You can download releases for Linux and Windows directly from Releases

Thanks for reading 🙌
https://tikrack.ir

TikCopy – A Minimal Clipboard History Tool for Linux Built in Rust

tikrack — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:48:21 +0000

TikCopy – A Minimal Clipboard History Tool for Linux Built in Rust

I’ve always found the Windows+V clipboard manager super handy, and I missed something like that on Linux. So I built TikCopy, a tiny terminal-based clipboard history tool that’s fast, offline, and written entirely in Rust.

✨ What TikCopy Does

TikCopy is a simple command-line tool to help you manage your clipboard history. You can:

Save up to 50 clipboard entries
Add new entries from the clipboard or from piped stdin
List entries in color-coded terminal output
Reuse or delete entries by index
Use it entirely offline — no daemons, no background processes

🚀 Why I Built It

There are a few clipboard managers out there, but most of them are GUI-based or rely on background daemons. I wanted something that:

Worked inside the terminal
Was fast, reliable, and minimal
Could be used in scripts or piped workflows
Felt like a native Unix-style tool

Rust made it easy to keep things performant and clean.

📦 How to Install

If you have Rust and Cargo:

cargo install tikcopy

Or grab the binary from the GitHub Releases:

👉 https://github.com/tikrack/tikcopy/releases

🧪 Example Usage

tikcopy add "hello from TikCopy!"
tikcopy list
tikcopy use 2
tikcopy delete 1

You can also pipe into it:

echo "copied from script" | tikcopy add

💡 What’s Next?

I’m thinking about adding:

Search/filter support
Sync with remote storage (optional)
GUI/tray support in the future (maybe)

Got ideas or feature requests? I’d love to hear them.

🔗 GitHub

Check out the project here:

👉 https://github.com/tikrack/tikcopy

🗣 Feedback Welcome

If you find this tool useful, I’d love a ⭐ on GitHub.

More importantly — I’d love to know what features you'd find useful in a clipboard CLI like this.

Thanks for reading! 🙌
https://tikrack.ir

DEV Community: tikrack

I made a language where the only command is “i use arch btw” 🤯

iusearchbtw 😎

How it works 🎩

Character Map 🗺️

Quick Start 🚀

Fun Ideas 🤪

License

🔹 Peek: A Fast, Colorful, Tree-Based ls Alternative Built in Rust

Peek: A Fast, Colorful, Tree-Based ls Alternative Written in Rust

🚀 Why Peek?

🛠 Features

📦 Installation

🔧 Build from source

📂 Example Usage

🖼 Screenshot

🧠 Tech Stack

📎 Repository

✨ Conclusion

🔗 Bonus

TikCopy – A Minimal Clipboard History Tool for Linux Built in Rust

TikCopy – A Minimal Clipboard History Tool for Linux Built in Rust

✨ What TikCopy Does

🚀 Why I Built It

📦 How to Install

🧪 Example Usage

💡 What’s Next?

🔗 GitHub

🗣 Feedback Welcome

Peek: A Fast, Colorful, Tree-Based `ls` Alternative Written in Rust