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I'm using snapdrop.net for that. It requires a server, but clients only need to open a webpage, so it's easier after initial setup. I run mine on Synology server.

Too bad it seems to not be mantained anymore

Re:Interview: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney after Google antitrust win on Thursday December 14, 2023 @02:02PM (#38645627)
Why build dropbox, you can easily do it yourself just by using (...)
Re:Thoughts on Svelte on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:44AM (#35327318)
I picked up Svelte to build my first non-trivial app, which is flying navigation aid for hot air balloon pilots[1].

Svelte is much, much easier to grasp than React or Vue, especially when it comes to state management. I like that it’s super lean and it never confuses me what’s native Javascript and what’s the framework (pretty important for a non-developer me). And I love not having to write huge amounts of boilerplate code.

Reactivity sometimes gets more complicated than advertised on docs. For example, I have a bunch of functions where I manipulate an object and need to reassign it to itself (feature = feature) to trigger refresh on reactivity block. Sometimes it’s easy to miss and not know why reactive statements are not being updated.

Also, docs are pretty barebones. For comparison, I think Vue docs are explaining details in better and clearer way.

[1]: https://balloonnavigator.com

Unreal Keanu: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FeHzQizPDNg

people in the comments have no idea it's a deepfake. Without knowing beforehand, I wouldn't recognize it too.

Re:Self Hosting a Google Maps Alternative with OpenStreetMap on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:57PM (#33708679)
Vector map of the whole Earth in PMTiles format is only ~65GB[1] and doesn't need any server or database - it's just a static file which you can host wherever you want.

bdon (author of PMTiles) already commented on this thread. I recommend taking a look at https://protomaps.com/docs - compared to this, raster tile servers sound like ancient technology.

[1]: https://app.protomaps.com/store/planet-z14

Re:Fly.io: The reclaimer of Heroku's magic on Sunday May 15, 2022 @05:22PM (#31391280)
Re:Ask HN: The middle ground for email self-hosting? on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @06:08AM (#31246535)
I did different setups over time, but currently settled on forwardemail.net for incoming catch-all custom domain and iCloud+ SMTP servers for sending.
Re:Ask HN: What's your startup's BI tool/setup? on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:59PM (#29387915)
40 people web startup. Currently Metabase as main BI tool, but I'm thinking about introducing a tool like hex.tech. IMO classic BI and dashboarding is inflexible and future lies somewhere else.

Backend is Bigquery + dbt. I highly recommend Bigquery if you are on GSuite and use Sheets. You can create views or tables in bq and have them included in sheets, always up to date. With dbt you can have them tested and be sure data is always correct.

True single source of truth, even for coworkers who work with excel only

So advertising works? If it didn't, those buying ads would not take the pepsi market share
Re:Adobe Lightroom v6 is Falling Apart on Thursday December 24, 2020 @06:11PM (#25532420)
Man, this is perfect example of why most open source software has no chance to compete with commercial one.

One day I wanted to improve getting started documentation in open source f.lux alternative for linux, because it didn't work for me in Ubuntu without any visible error. I found the solution investigating terminal logs and did a 5 point write up "How to setup on Ubuntu".

Readme pull request got denied because "only one point applies to Ubuntu" (others were applicable to other distributions, too). Somebody even commented few months later that he found my pull request and it helped him make it work on his machine.

This mostly made me stop contributing to other projects.

Re:Ask HN: Do you miss being excited about programming/tech? on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @08:54AM (#25517624)
VR gamedev is pretty exciting for me. There are almost no conventions or good practices, everybody is winging it. It's very greenfield and you work with your own hands and body.
Re: I Built My Own Shitty Static Site Generator on Monday November 30, 2020 @02:23AM (#25251457)
Check out headless CMSes: https://jamstack.org/headless-cms/
Re:Ask HN: Am I too late for the “Data Science” wave? on Sunday November 15, 2020 @07:33PM (#25106527)
Why single data scientist should be responsible for obtaining data from 2000 stores? Data at scale requires people at scale. Data engineers would do this job.
Re:An Honest Review of Gatsby on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:08AM (#24670439)
I wonder why it seems nobody wants to use Hugo. Smashing Magazine appears to be happy with it and they tooted about their experience with Hugo multiple times.

Instead, everyone chooses Gatsby, Next or another javascript based framework of this week.

Re:Ask HN: How to learn sales? on Sunday September 27, 2020 @05:18PM (#24610197)
Putting advertising outside of marketing is not a nuance.

Advertising is part of marketing.

In Europe, giving employee less time than it's needed to complete a task is called mobbing.
My Slide sorts by hot by default
Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:23AM (#24119545)
Isnt ActiveRecord using SQL behind the scenes?
Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:41AM (#24118986)
> Completely agree. For example, why isn't there functionality to define aliases for complex expressions and then reuse those through a query. Simple query-local SQL functions would be nice too.

What about common table expressions? Or custom defined functions?

    with X as ( select... )
It's widely used for analysis
Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:02PM (#24064936)
GIS is something I have limited experience with (I'm a hobbyist pilot), but find very interesting. How did you enter the industry?
In my experience input lag in Google Docs is very small but noticeable compared to local writing.

You can get used to it, but I prefer more snappy experience.

Re:Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative? on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:32AM (#23582634)
https://commercejs.com/ looks like nice platform.

They have a plan with 0 upfront cost, you only pay % of transaction.

Re:Lightweight Alternatives to Google Analytics on Thursday June 18, 2020 @09:23AM (#23562840)
Good adblockers do DNS lookup to see if subdomain points to tracking server anyway.

Only completely self-hosted (your domain, your tracking server) solutions are resilient to adblocking

Re:Org Mode – Organize Your Life in Plain Text on Monday May 25, 2020 @08:47AM (#23300406)
It looks insanely complicated for no reason.

Why do such super organisation, where you have great search at your disposal?

I just have everything inside Notes folder with subfolders if any project is getting bigger. Anytime I want to look for something, I just do global text search for the whole Notes folder.

Re:What Unity Is Getting Wrong on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:08PM (#23276356)
Console support is not there by default due to licensing, but I heard that one of Godot developers runs a company which provides console builds for Godot.
People pay with electricity, uncomfortable temperature and fan noise, wasting time working on slow apps.

Apparently, they trade off still worth it, as many electron apps are popular despite these issues. Many times there is electron app or nothing.

You know, it's called estimation. Maybe come up with better number?
Re:Ask HN: Programs that wasted you 100 hours? on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:20PM (#22861262)
Leisure and fun are often unproductive, some people include "unproductive" as part of their definitions.

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