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Re:Most web utility sites are going to die soon on Monday February 23, 2026 @12:45AM (#47118567)
Most of them will have much fewer visitors in the future, so their ad revenue will decrease to the point that they may not even consider keeping their domains. People will have their own toolboxes that they build themselves. You could say these tools evolving into something more personal and customized.

Most web utility sites are going to die soon

When I wanted to decode JWT or format the JSON that I got from the system, I searched for those tools in Google. I'd choose one from the top results and use it. But every time, I felt like this was wrong. What if they intercepted my JWT? What if they saved my JSON? Those files sometimes could have personal information or even worse, actual access to the system.My laziness won over my guilt...

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Ask HN: Is building a local tunnel using serverless technology a bad idea?

With serverless, the options are quite limited and the technology is well.. locked in. While some parts are portable, most are not. I use a binary protocol (Protobuf) over WebSocket. Yes, it'sslower than local tunnel services that operate at a lower level like TCP, but it's fast enough for most scenarios.Scaling is a major challenge. Most serverless compute engines rely on an internal load...

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Re:I'm a developer for a major food delivery app on Friday January 02, 2026 @12:53AM (#46461843)
> I’m posting this from a library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA. I don’t care anymore. I put in my two weeks yesterday and honestly, I hope they sue me.

Why bother using library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop if he doesn't care anymore? Why give out the biggest clue, which is the time of his resignation letter? If the story is real, this company is a straight-up scammer waiting for the biggest headline and lawsuit of the year.

Re:Show HN: Wsgrok – one of many ngrok alternatives on Monday October 27, 2025 @12:57PM (#45723385)
Well, if you're using Mantine and Tabler Icons, there's a high chance your site will look very similar to this, regardless of how you build it. Disclaimer: I used Claude to generate the landing page. I used to build Mantine pages by hand as well, but they all looked kind of the same since I didn't customize the styles or components.
Re:Show HN: Wsgrok – one of many ngrok alternatives on Saturday October 25, 2025 @06:16PM (#45707415)
Just want to add more info here: wsgrok is a local tunneling tool similar to ngrok, but it uses websocket and protobuf to perform reverse proxying over TLS between the server domain and the agent running on your local machine. you can pin the region closest to you or your target server, and wsgrok currently supports 4 regions across the US, with plans to add 4 more in India, Spain, Finland, and Taiwan.

some services offer native data transmission over encrypted channels like SSH tunneling. one of the advantages of those services is that you don't need to download a binary, but the downside is that you can't inspect the traffic. that's why wsgrok takes the same approach as ngrok because I think inspecting request and response data is very important in development. I know trust is critical for this kind of service, which is why I plan to open source it so users can install it on their own servers or build the agent from source.

I'm using this service myself to develop our commercial products. We've got to eat our own dog food :)

Re:Show HN: Wsgrok – one of many ngrok alternatives on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:56PM (#45705747)
Can you elaborate on that? The subdomain in wsgrok is static. However, you can bind it to any local port of your choice when running a client. You don't need to update the domain across your workflows if you create a dedicated subdomain for each one.

Show HN: Wsgrok – one of many ngrok alternatives

https://wsgrok.com

I built it for myself because ngrok didn't let me add one more domain unless I paid $12 more. I probably should've looked for alternatives before building my own, but my grudge got in the way . Once I started, I wanted to make it better than the other options. Silly, I know. No one probably cares.I plan to open source it sometime next year because I’ve got other projects to finish first. It's...

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Show HN: Elegant Chat for Slack

https://tailrec.io/elechat

Getting work done quickly with little guidance? That’s not a problem for me. But when it comes to chatting with people outside my circle, my 5th-grade-level English has always been a hurdle. It’s tough to make a good impression, and I often miss opportunities because my language skills aren’t quite there. Even writing a simple message takes me forever—what takes you a few seconds could take me...

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Show HN: My Quizzes

https://tailrec.io/myquizzes

My Quizzes is a comprehensive Slack-native platform for trivia, tests, and games. You can generate a quiz using generative AI and collaborate with teammates to create it. You have the option to run them interactively like Kahoot! or as traditional quizzes, where participants can take them at their own convenience. We use field-level encryption to protect customer data before saving it to the...

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Show HN: BubbleTea – The Slack-native collaboration suite for the Enterprise

https://bubbletea.cloud

This problem domain is somewhat old, but I hope to bring a refreshing idea to the existing problem. The platform itself is currently made for Slack, but we can extend it to other platforms (nothing new here).Problems we are trying to solve: 1. Too many Slack apps out there. - 10 Slack apps come with 10 different disjointed experiences. - 10 Slack apps cost more than one app with 10...

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