powerpurple
Re:Google no longer provides direct URLs in search results
on Saturday September 12, 2026 @07:34PM (#49678367)
+1 for Yandex. I was not expecting it at all but agreed you get most of organic search results which is what search used to be based on relevancy.
Re:We built a status page service on Cloudflare
on Friday June 19, 2026 @03:46AM (#48595947)
One Durable Object per monitor, edge-cached public pages, and a dedicated zone for custom hostnames. Here's how Ampliflare's status pages are built.
We built a status page service on Cloudflare
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
on Monday May 11, 2026 @03:00AM (#48091868)
I recently started a project called best web extension https://bestwebextension.com/
Basically attempting to modernize a lot of browser extension which I have been using since like a decade ago. Some of them are outdated and unmaintained and some were good for the time.
The project is MIT licensed.
Show HN: Headstart – Command pallet and start page for efficient browsing
Hey, wanted to share something which has been built a million times now. I wanted it to be more dev focused so I could navigate quicker. Give it a try - I have been working on this for past 15months incrementally.I think now it's in a state for HN folks go try.
Show HN: Safe Domain Search – Avoid frontrunning, check availability locally
https://github.com/purplecandy/safe-domain-search
Hey everyone, this is a small desktop app I put together to check domain availability without hitting any third-party APIs.It runs everything locally to avoid the risk of tracking or frontrunning. Built with Go and Wails.It’s a simple tool, but Go made it fun to build — a nice break from all the JavaScript I deal with at work.Would appreciate any feedback or ideas to improve it.
Dang it Built the indie app, forgot the marketing (again)
Why Async Functions Don't Belong in Promise Executors
Re:Cloudflare has made it too easy to access your homelab on the internet
on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @08:50PM (#41177129)
I wasn't aware of Tailscale Funnel, but I'll give it a try. It was easy to set up since I already have a lot of things on Cloudflare.
Re:Cloudflare has made it too easy to access your homelab on the internet
on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @08:33PM (#41177033)
Hey, earlier it was going into Manage and unchecking the Google Analytics. I realized that was a bad design and have it updated now. Now, you can simply reject the cookies :)
Cloudflare has made it too easy to access your homelab on the internet
Show HN: I made a Fallout inspired PIP-Boy portfolio
https://purplecandy.github.io/kibibyte-pipboy/
Hey, last year I started working on this high-on-the-midnight motivation and yesterday I decided to finally finish it. I hope you all like it :)It's only opitimised for desktops
Re:Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've ever built?
on Saturday November 19, 2022 @01:01PM (#33672732)
Impactful? Not sure but I'm proud about it.
In high school I started a private torrent tracker with open source projects. At the time I was pretty new to programming and was gluing things together and slowly after years I started getting a lot of traffic. I was getting good at programming as well, forked the project multiple features addition, dedicated servers and just doing it all.
It used get a daily 1 million visits with 4-5k unique visits every day and slowly we breached the top 25 websites in our country and somewhere around under ~10k in Alexa ranking. But that's when things started getting a bit heated, I had to be more cautious about my footprint and what started something as hobby consuming a lot of my energy.
I really liked it but the fact that I couldn't talk or share about it to anyone was a bummer. I just had it, made a lot of money while I was in school blew it all up quickly but only a handful of irl people knew.
Re:Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've ever built?
on Saturday November 19, 2022 @12:54PM (#33672643)
what a chad