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Ask HN: Social Media Aggregators?

I’m in the process of going through all the content I’ve generated throughout the years and cutting the cruft.I’ve seen some links around HN of projects that let you see all your social media (Instagram, Facebook, trakt.tv) locally, via api in a consolidated timeline. Can’t seem to find any of the links, though. Anybody know what I’m talking about?

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Re:Save the Soil on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @01:29AM (#32234622)
Why are you in so much pain?
Re:I regret my website redesign on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:10PM (#32185829)
As somebody who feels really guilty for letting a project go even 30% beyond an estimate, this was a comforting read for sure.

I build websites for small-scale clients, often who are just starting out. After a lot of hard lessons, I make sure to communicate as soon as I can even when it was just a “soft” deadline. I had a project go 40% over the estimate and had to charge the client for it to keep my bills paid (it mostly due to scope creep, managed poorly).

After reading this post, it feels like those lessons are especially worthwhile as the business world comes to realize the value in the boutique/freelance contractors. Also helps me get over the mistakes, which weren’t nearly as bad in comparison.

Re:Give up GitHub: The time has come on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:34AM (#31933937)
> sway people purely philosophically

yeah these same types of purely philosophical arguments have led me to move away from services like DropBox and Google Drive at my own expense. Lost too many hours trying to find the “we do things the right way” alternative—when it comes down to it, if it works well and keeps the friction low, mf’s can have their bag