ry8806
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Software developer for over a decade. I blog here: https://ryansouthgate.com
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Comment · 9 months ago
totally understand. I think distribution on the Web is a lot easier than building desktop applications for Linux/Mac/Windows.
Also, sometimes I need to merge pdfs when I'm on my Android device, which would be another target to build an application for. Web makes it easy for me across a huge variety of devices
Comment · 9 months ago
I used to use the other free online services, which send my files to their servers in order to perform the processing.
I moved to using a docker container when I became concerned about privacy (I merge a lot of invoices and financial documents)
So I built my own, free, privacy centric version
Comment · 1 year ago
I actually posted about my own Docker setup this morning: https://ryansouthgate.com/secure-node-in-docker/
I use this on all my front end projects and it protects my "host" machine from malicious packages, it's not a silver bullet though; other practices, e.g. good secret management, will help harden your dev environment from these attacks
Comment · 1 year ago
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duct
Comment · 1 year ago
the history of over-promising and under delivering: https://motherfrunker.ca/fsd/
Comment · 2 years ago
An example of a simple Home Assistant automation (Android notification) being provided by a simple F# api.
Bin puns aplenty
Comment · 2 years ago
just a small webapp - https://uplowder.com/
I need to transfer photos of receipts/invoices (taken with my phone) to accounting software on my laptop. Google Pictures/Drive is too cumbersome
1. open url on laptop
2. scan QR code with phone
3. choose files/take a picture of receipt on phone
4. appears on laptop
Files are E2E encrypted, as I used it as an excuse to play around with the JavaScript "SubtleCrypto" API
Comment · 3 years ago
fantastic reference! made me chuckle