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You would not download a car... You would not upload a collection and ask the user to log in now... Send api requests 1998 style.. lightweight and without tracking github.com/alainnothere/mailBoy news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50359814

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NIH syndrome? I am guilty of it too. I love implementing things from scratch, you learn a lot by doing so and you get to own the codebase end-to-end, so no surprises and fighting around others’ choices. It can get exhausting too though, in the end I succumb to using off-the-shelf components because my primary goals move at a higher level.

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I don't see much point in trying to build software at a "higher level", like whole products and services. I'm going to go down low and train myself on the fundamentals. Hopefully in time I'll be able to contribute to the foundational bits. You're right, it does get exhausting. At some point you just want to rebuild everything, which is not possible.

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I'm going to go down low and train myself on the fundamentals. When I wrote an HTTP sever (albeit HTTP/1.1), I learned how primitive the HTTP protocol its magic became a skill. It is freeing understanding how things work and allows me to choose where to spend time with more intention.

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Things I'm enjoying lately: Vampire Survivors + Diablo IV Alien + Dune ambiance Howling Dark book 2 of Sun Eater great TV

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Unliking an little-known song on Spotify and ceremoniously saying final goodbyes, knowing you'll likely never hear it again in your life

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my lungs: yeah sorry! no breathing. in the textbook Soo no can do!

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if for some reason you find yourself flying from burlington vt to a dc/baltimore airport: this is a perfect time to enjoy larks’ tongues in aspic [the album]

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Linux, MySQL, privacy and calm

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Hello textlog 👋

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Hi 👋

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Love the flat option for threads Edit: didn’t realise that was the old style. Hahaha

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was shocked at how antiquated making international payments are in 2026!! used transfermate - no tracking, no visibility. just transfer and pray my money reaches 🙏

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should have picked another payment method… silly me

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i made it is an open-source version of grammarly that uses chatgpt, grok subscription or even then already local apple intelligence models.

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looks great!

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thanks mate.

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“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.” ― Mark Z. Danielewski, Ho

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Finally got my 3d printer setup for the first time since moving back onto the land. Man I love Prusa. Their stuff just works.

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akkor inkább holnap sürgősen elmegyek az állatparkba

Then I'd better go to the zoo tomorrow urgently.

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AuDHD is ASS sometimes omg

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it do be that way sometimes

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Turned Stepper (self-hosted AWS StepFunctions) into client-server. Server hosts state machines, clients poll for tasks. New resources about running . claude -p works, now thinking if I need interactive session management.

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game dev with LLMs assisting on some of the engine legwork I learned to do over the years is the most fun programming I've had since I was 12 years old plucking away at the public library commodore 64

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prussia's emoticon is so cute! (=ヮ≖)

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