bgdam

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I build a lot of stuff. Currently actively working on Mocktastic (an offline REST API mocking tool to enable your team to deliver faster) (mocktastic.com?ref=hnprofile), and Socket Wrench (Postman/Insomnia for websockets)(github.com/asleepysamurai/socketwrench?ref=hnprofile).

I write (not very often) at https://asleepysamurai.com

Talk to me: I'm asleepysamurai on google's mail service.

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Comment · 6 months ago
I have come to believe that in the near future, software development is going to become a common skill, like driving. I myself have been vibe coding so many tiny apps/scripts/cron jobs that resolve tiny inconveniences in my life and the biggest pain point for me right now is making these available to my multiple devices over the internet.

To resolve this, I am currently fleshing out the idea for a "shared hosting" for vibe coded programs - something like a cross between an old school LAMP stack shared host and a parse like library for capabilities like push notifications.

It's all very half baked in my head at the moment - with the biggest problem being a safe way to deploy remote code without pawning the server, but this is a problem shared hosts have dealt with and I am sure I will eventually figure out a way.

The end goal is to be able to have people tell their AI agent of choice to "make their app deployable" on our platform - and the agent will adapt it to our library methods and deploy automatically. Once done folks will be able to access their programs from any internet connected device.

Comment · 8 months ago
We're building https://HypeKrew.com/?ref=hn. It is going to be a set of tools for YouTube content creators to better connect with their viewers, based on repeated issues that we've observed when consulting with creators and helping them grow their channels. Right now there's an MVP available, which focuses on

- building an independent line of communication with your audience

- predictive, just in time notifications through push or email delivered when we predict that specific viewer has the time to view videos on YouTube, ensuring you stay on top of their notification stack and don't disappear amongst a flood of notifications.

Comment · 1 year ago
I assume keys generated via Keygen.sh live in a centralized database against which the client verifies the keys upon startup. Keygen crackers only work against algorithmically verified licence keys.
Comment · 2 years ago
> that was secure and wouldn’t give me a headache, so number 3 was off as well.

Is having a backend controller that securely writes to a DB when a url is posted to that difficult in PHP, that this 'sane' way is preferred? Isn't it the most basic of CRUD setups?

I can understand doing this because n8n has a quick way to send emails (at least that's what I assume based on this article), but I really don't understand how this over engineered solution is supposed to be the sane way.

Comment · 2 years ago
So you making good pay by enabling a scammer makes it totally okay for the scammer to operate? By extension of that logic, hitmen should no longer be persecuted provided they make good pay from it.
Comment · 3 years ago
Linux Mint is the distro you're looking for. Especially if you're looking to set it up for non technical users.
Comment · 3 years ago
How I wish my city would have an open appointment booking system. Instead I get to send an email, and then wait for a response for the next 4-6 months. Thankfully once you get that initial response the rest of the process moves smoothly now that there is an actual person you can talk to directly.
Comment · 3 years ago
> In a perfect world I'd assume this would be fixed slowly as this seems to be a recent trend, but I'm not hopeful.

Yes, I thought the Ampel coalition's push for digitization was a great start to this. And then I read last week that they slashed the budget and pushed it back again. So I'm losing hope too.

Comment · 3 years ago
There are a lot of things you don't get in big cities in India, which you can easily get if you're in a small town or a village. Parks, trafic, quiet are all part of that.

That said, there are indeed a lot more things that are in general better in Germany than in India, and this rant of mine was the result of a year of frustrated dealings with German bureaucracy (not that that makes any of the points I raised invalid though).

> Maybe it wasn't what you said, but how you said it. I'm judging based on your tone in this post. If you're this rude to people, expect them to dismiss your opinion even if you're making valid points.

Actually, whenever I've had in person conversations with Germans, after they get to the point where they realize that immigrants don't have the same experience as they do, they quickly accept that there should be change. However, the vast majority needs to understand this and push for it. Otherwise there is zero political will to fix these things. And the large majority don't have a friendly neighbourhood immigrant who will sit and tell them all the problems they face.

> P.S. Obnoxiously high is a stretch.

If you are single, you get zero benefits out of the system and are just paying into a pot you cannot touch. So yes it's obnoxiously high when you consider you don't see much benefits from it. I do understand the social nature of contributions, but that doesn't make my wallet hurt any less whenever I receive my paycheck.

I didn't include the things you listed as problems because these are there in any country you would want to move to (except maybe cheap/better mobile internet). It's okay to have to learn German - it's the language of the country I chose to live in, and it is in some ways a much more logical language than English .

Housing crisis exists pretty much everywhere. Again can't see any political will anywhere to change this - which surprises me as this is something that arguably impacts Germans more than immigrants.

Comment · 3 years ago
Best to read that entire last line about German humor
Comment · 3 years ago
Even with the /s it's a paltry attempt at belittling real issues. I didn't complain that Germany was full of beer and everybody ate bread and the smell of bakeries was suffocating.
Comment · 3 years ago
Would replacing the word "foolish" with "naive" be better? Because that's what I intended to convey. Bad choice of words there.
Comment · 3 years ago
Lol, expecting your residence permit to not take 9 months to get renewed is Ambani level privilege? Expecting to get a doctor's appointment in a couple of weeks is privilege?

> If this level of greatness is true then why are you here? I can even tell you that even at this level of richness you won't

Believe it or not, it is true. You get paid more in India if you're an experienced and capable software dev than you do in Germany (unless you're employed by FAANG in Germany). As for why I don't do it - because even though I bitch about the bureaucracy and broken infrastructure, there are a billion other things that I love about Germany.

However just because I love a lot of things about Germany, doesn't mean I shouldn't criticize those things that are horribly broken - esp. when the politicians show no signs of wanting to fix them.

Comment · 3 years ago
> I don't want to downplay any of this and I mostly agree with your points, but as a German the only "related" things I have to do is renew my ID and passport every 10 years and I've never had to wait such a long time (I think we're due to a change in our driving licenses, but that's one time, and I've not touched mine since I got it over 20 years ago).

Exactly. This is precisely my point. Germans don't realize that there are such big problems for immigrants because they don't go through any of it. And immigrants can't vote, and those who can vote don't face the problem so then problem never gets fixed.

Comment · 3 years ago
Way to assume. I love how literally everyone who criticizes Germany about being slow and inefficient is assumed to come from a place of privilege. If I missed by "servants" I'd be complaining about separating my garbage and having to make multiple trips to the recyclehof, not about bureaucracy sucking the life out of people.

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