blakbelt78
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)
on Monday August 01, 2022 @11:01PM (#32314692)
I’ve been working on a music visualizer that runs in the browser by listening to the microphone on your device. Right now it looks just like the bars on Apple Music but I’ll be adding more visualizations like the ones from cool old stereos from the 90’s.
Re:Ask HN: Where do you get your financial data?
on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:11PM (#31280869)
I’ve tried many APIs and there’s always gaps in the data. I was working on a stock market API to scratch an itch (hotstoks.com) but now it’s in stealth mode just because all the data issues I was having. I’m using IEX and Yahoo finance.
Ask HN: Is passwordless login a good idea?
The other day, out of frustration, I had an idea for a product that uses Stripe as a backend for user authentication and authorization.I feel like user management is unnecessarily complex, and I dread every time I need to implement it in my products, mainly because it's outside the scope of what they should do, and I think I'm not alone.I hacked a quick prototype to validate my idea, and it...
Re:Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)
on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:14AM (#29095832)
This is interesting. I’m building something that is similar. What do you think it didn’t succeed? Not enough marketing? Difficult implementation?
Re:Ask HN: How to start learning about investments?
on Sunday October 31, 2021 @01:00PM (#29058376)
You can start by subscribing to newsletters that can give you some exposure to all these topics and you can learn at your own pace. WSJ newsletters are pretty good. I run a stock market newsletter targeted for casual and beginner investors https://bullish.email
Get Trending Stocks in Google Sheets with App Script: A DIY Guide
Re:Ask HN: Looking for clipboard app that saves all clips forever and ...
on Friday October 15, 2021 @10:28AM (#28878042)
Alfred for Mac has a clipboard that works really well. I’ve been using it for years.
Re:Ask HN: How do I sell my API?
on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:16AM (#28829282)
I’ve been using rapidapi for hotstoks.com and I’m not happy with it. The product is slow and full of glitches and discovery is non-existent. There are no alerts if users signup to your api and lots of other annoying product issues.
Re:Micro APIs for Everyday Use
on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:45PM (#27624218)
Would you consider this product a competitor to RapidAPI?
Re: I Built My Own Shitty Static Site Generator
on Sunday November 29, 2020 @11:03PM (#25250618)
Nice. That gave me inspiration to finish my shitty SSG. It already powers my personal blog and my wife’s as well but it need some polish for a full launch
Re:Ask HN: What’s Your Fitness Regimen?
on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:51PM (#25250555)
I’ll surf pretty much every day if there are waves. During summer or dry spells I’ll run between 5k and 10k four to five times a week.
Re:Ask HN: Best Curated Newsletters?
on Saturday November 28, 2020 @04:48PM (#25240841)
Shameless plug but I’ve built a stock market newsletter that shows overall performance of Nasdaq, Dow Jones S&P plus futures and a bunch more stats because I couldn’t find anything exactly the way I wanted. https://bullish.email
Re:Ask HN: Have you picked up any new skill from scratch in your 40s o...
on Saturday November 21, 2020 @10:51PM (#25174801)
Picked up on woodworking when I was 40, built a ton of little furniture and things for the house. Last year finished my most ambitious project and built a home office shed that I’ve been using since. I’m 43 now and spent a couple hours browsing Pinterest this morning getting some inspiration on what to build next. Life long learning!
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2020 – Show and...
on Saturday October 31, 2020 @10:37AM (#24951820)
I’ve built a fully automated and passive stock market newsletter. https://bullish.email
Re:Ask HN: What is your passive income 2020?
on Friday October 23, 2020 @10:56PM (#24876585)
I built and run a stock market email that is fully passive earning around $60mo https://bullish.email. Probably can earn a lot more if I put the effort in doing marketing but I have more fun writing code.
Building a Newsletter Archive
Exploiting GitHub Actions
Re:Building a Micro SaaS with MailerLite, Netlify, Stripe and Zapier
on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:55PM (#24139519)
Thank you.
Re:Building a Micro SaaS with MailerLite, Netlify, Stripe and Zapier
on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:55PM (#24139518)
Thank you.
Building a Micro SaaS with MailerLite, Netlify, Stripe and Zapier
Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin
on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:51PM (#24086821)
It's definitely challenging if you don't have any prior experience.
My dream was always to have an office shed in my backyward until I decided to build one earlier this year before the pandemic. It turned out pretty good and it took me around three months to build it. Its hard work for sure but I couldn't be happier.
I wrote a blog post about it. https://eduardosasso.co/blog/how-i-built-a-wfh-shed/
Re:Finishing a side project
on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:56PM (#23796365)
I would say, like in the article small steps, having a clear goal for each session and consistency are crucial to shipping anything. I've been moonlighting on https://bullish.email for a couple of months following pretty much the rules outlined in the article, 1.5h Monday to Thurs sometimes Friday, and I just shipped a big update on my service. Time will tell if I'll lose motivation, but this is the first time I can manage a day job and a fully functional side project.
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
on Saturday May 16, 2020 @04:59PM (#23207170)
I've been building a stock market newsletter called Bullish▲ https://bullish.email
Re:How to Edit Your Own Writing
on Friday April 17, 2020 @02:14PM (#22901431)
I just love this tip! Thank you. I just set up right now and gave it a go on your comment. Game changer.
How I got my shot in Silicon Valley
I built my WFH Shed right before the virus hit
Re:Turning my obsession in the stock market into a side project
on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:19AM (#22890267)
thank you!
Re:Turning my obsession in the stock market into a side project
on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:27PM (#22883840)
It's probably something with Sendgrid, the signup form is provided by them, I'll probably need to write a custom one myself at some point.
Re:Turning my obsession in the stock market into a side project
on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:02AM (#22878498)
send me a dm at blakbelt78 at Gmail and I can help you out.