dstpierre

Hi,

Since I started my podcast go podcast() 3+ years ago everytime I'm saying to a guest that I'm blind and using a screen reader I always get the same reaction: "What, wow, I didn't know. I'd like to hear more about it".

I invited Ivan Fetch, a SRE that's also blind and we talk about challenges about being blind, not only tech-wise, but life also.

This will be a two part episode. I thought it might interest some people here in hacker news.

Thanks

Hey,

I thought some of you might be interested in this episode. Fyne is an awesome Go project.

As a blind programmer using a screen reader daily I missed building desktop application. Almost sounds refreshing with the current "madness" of We these days.

I hope it's entertaining.

Hey there, I'm @dominicstpierre on Twitter.

I launched Vivid in 2019, but it was not good timing. I even did not have a podcast at the time.

Today I'm the co-host of The SaaS Marathon podcast and going solo in go podcast(). I needed to generate clips myself, so I decided to relaunch the product beginning of January this year.

It's a tool that monitors podcast feed for new episodes and tries to pick what it thinks are the best moments. But, of course, it's straightforward to create manual segments as well.

You may edit the captions' text and customize the background image. Then clips are ready to be shared on social networks.

The goal of those clips is to allow more listeners and subscribers to find the podcast.

I'm currently trying to determine if podcasters out there find that idea exciting and would like to try the product. It's still in beta but working.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Hey,

I'm switching my SaaS StaticBackend to an open-source model.

As a developer tool, I think it might have a better chance of getting initial traction as a fully open-source project. I picked the MIT license. I'm hoping to discover its actual potential.

I've built it with Go. It's a backend that handles user management, database, forms, and real-time communication.

My goal was and still is to have a lightweight Firebase without the vendor lock-in. Self-hosting the open-source version will enable total control over who owns the data and whatnot.

Any feedback is appreciated.

thanks for the feedback.

I can understand that and can see some kind of daily external backups of your data at some point. My whole goal is to make customers feel 0 pressure and especially about their data.

yes, this is the vision I have for short-mid terms. But I won't be adding anything soon. The long-term differentiation will be clearer once there's early adopters I think.

yes totally. that's why I'm focusing on simple implementation and not planning on adding anything yet. I planning on building real-world SaaS examples to showcase the capabilities.

Yes, I discover nhost a couple of months ago when the founder replied on a post I made in IndieHackers. I was not aware of both before.

My goal with StaticBackend is to go more in dept in features like sending emails, Stripe payments. Features that a SaaS / web app typically need in the backend.

I'll not stop at Database and WebSocket. I'd like to go further based on demand. I'm building more a backend teamate for frontend developers.

I recognize that my choice of using a Document database instead of an RDBMS can be argued. But one as to make choices.

Thanks for your comment.