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Re:Darkrealms BBS on Monday March 09, 2026 @11:07PM (#47318690)
I used to connect to that exact BBS over dialup in the early 90s. I'm old.
Re:Rails Needs New Governance on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:38PM (#45307592)
DHH and Tobi are far right? Give me a break!
Re:Show HN: Claude Composer on Friday June 06, 2025 @01:20AM (#44197996)
This is pretty epic! This should come standard with Claude Code. Thanks for this! Now going to bed, and will wake up to a brand new feature :)
Very nice! Awesome landing page!

FYI, the `www` version of your domain doesn't resolve. You might want to add a redirect.

Re:Open Sourcing DOS 4 on Saturday April 27, 2024 @08:51AM (#40179565)
I liked changing the copyright company name to my own name. Made me feel like such a boss.
Re:Bypass Paywalls repository is gone on Friday April 12, 2024 @10:37PM (#40019991)
I happen to have downloaded the master branch at 9am this morning. Here's a torrent: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:92042e65d1b38cd5d97c29baa4d0c9e2af46f355&dn=bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-master.zip
Re:Increasing QUIC and UDP Throughput over Tailscale on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:37PM (#38356588)
Off-topic: Tailscale seems like such a perfect acquisition target for Cloudflare. It seems like there's perfect product and culture alignment. Amirite?
Re:Coolify – Self-Hosting with Superpowers on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:18PM (#37909079)
Nice UI, easier to use and more flexible, deploys Docker containers.
I went down that rabbit hole as well, and I also settled on Outline for our business. We haven't widely deployed it yet, but it's been working great during our limited testing. It is sorely missing robust embeds, however!
It looks beautiful and is very user friendly. Congrats!
Same here. I was a customer for a long time and loved the service, but having to watch my “search spend” and constantly going over limits is really annoying. I ended up cancelling but I really wish I didn’t.

Personally I’d like to see an ad-supported, or partially ad-supported version that isn’t evil.

The way Google started out with relevant ads in the sidebar or a single relevant ad at the top is acceptable in my opinion if it means bring the cost way down for the end user and ensuring sustainability for the company.

I don’t think asking users to shell out $10, $20, $30 per month for search is a viable long term model that’ll ever appeal to the masses.

TypingMind is quite good. There's a MacOS wrapper, or you could wrap it into an executable for Windows yourself.

https://www.typingmind.com

Docker is awesome tech but a terrible company with a terrible business model. I don’t see them surviving long term. Especially with the way they operate and alienate people.
High end loudspeakers for music/home theatre.

Turns out, speaker tech evolves pretty slowly. I bought a pretty high end set 15 years ago and it’s still miles ahead of most of what’s currently on the market. I don’t expect to change them for another 30 years.

The brand I bought is Monitor Audio. https://www.monitoraudio.com/

Does anyone know where I can get that unlimited credit card that I never have to pay for? Seems pretty sweet.
Re:Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:49PM (#34372956)
They have LONG way to go because they can prove sustainable in the long run and justify their valuation.
Re:Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:11PM (#34372438)
The problem I see with their business model is that the technology has long been commoditized, and alternatives are often better. It's a pretty tough spot to be in.

Anecdotally, I use Colima on my Mac, and it is better than Docker Desktop in pretty much every way I can think of. I'm sure I'm not alone.

Generally, a company like Docker would sell support agreements (ie: how Red Hat does it), but selling support to developers rather than to support core infrastructure/production deployments probably wouldn't work. I hope they can figure it out and succeed.

Re:Apple CEO’s Pay Cut 40% in 2023 After Shareholder Feedback on Thursday January 12, 2023 @07:09PM (#34362182)
He makes a ton of money, but if we look what he’s accomplished since he took the helm at Apple, I think it’s fair for him to be immensely compensated.

Many thought Apple was dead when Jobs passed. What Cook did is nothing short of phenomenal. I’d argue he did better than Jobs would have done.

Re:Auto-Tune Destroyed Popular Music on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:44PM (#34360003)
Rick Beato has one of the best music-related channels out there. His passion for music is contagious. I’ve been watching him for a few years and I couldn’t recommend it more.
Tiny, mostly in Japan. Rails pretty much introduced Ruby to the world.
Another +1 for Kagi here. It’s quite amazing.
Re:Not in a Million Years – 1Password on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @10:29PM (#34169126)
I agree. I think it was totally justified and well timed. I'm glad they came out explaining why they're different and better, and why they can be trusted.

What's pretty tacky is how LastPass is lying, or at least misleading when pretending that LP master passwords cannot be cracked.

Re:Pixelmator Pro gets a magical, AI‑powered Deband feature on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @05:53PM (#34087462)
How do Pixelmator Pro vs Affinity Photo compare these days?
Re:Ask HN: What is the most expensive startup failure? on Friday December 09, 2022 @11:11PM (#33929778)
Oh I made a (relative) killing with it too. I was running it 24/7 on multiple computers with bots to simulate activity. The fact that they didn’t realize that no human being can be awake 24/7 baffles me.
I guess "not your keys, not your coins" also applies for safe-deposit boxes.
Re:Zuckerberg’s Empire Collapses on Thursday October 27, 2022 @08:52PM (#33366129)
This is what happened at Uber, and I think ultimately it was good for the company.

I agree with you that Zuck should walk away and the company should bring new leadership that can change the image and culture of the company.

Jack and Elon seem to be good friends. Elon clearly knew this was coming and still made a bid for Twitter. Could Elon be planning to bring Twitter to Bluesky? It seems crazy, but you never know.
Re:Shortcat – Manipulate macOS masterfully, minus the mouse on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:20PM (#33270448)
So I’ve been using Shortcat for a couple of days and I changed my mind. I think it’s superior to Superkey in almost every way. But I do like how Superkey points to the target. It’d be a great feature to add. Thanks for your great work!
I just tried both. I like how Superkey works better (ie: it points to what you're about to click) but it couldn't find a a LOT of text on the screen making it not very useful. I'm not sure if there's an issue on my end or what.
This seems like an easy problem to solve for Apple.

Just sell the iPhone for $30 more, and give people the option to not buy a charger with their phone for a $30 discount. Adds up to the same thing, but instead of paying extra for the charger, you get a discount if you don't take it in the name of "saving the environment".

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