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codethewebon Reverse engineering Lyft Bikes for fun (and profit?)

this is cool! funnily enough I just did something very similar last weekend: https://github.com/codetheweb/bay-wheels-py

codethewebon Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but definitely should read

I love the Wandering Inn but calling it “a bit longish” is quite an understatement.

codethewebon Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

I think FreshBuzzer is a similar idea: https://freshbuzzer.com/

codethewebon Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS

The main thing is Delta, an excellent game emulator: https://github.com/rileytestut/Delta

codethewebon Show HN: Brew.fm – Let bots discover new music on Spotify for you

I stumbled across this [0] yesterday, which is basically exactly what you’re describing.

[0] http://playlistmachinery.com/index.html

codethewebon How strong would a magnetic field have to be to kill you?

Reminds me of What If? from Randall Monroe.

https://what-if.xkcd.com

codethewebon NP Complete 3rd Grade Math Problems (2018)

I did Art of Problem Solving in high school which has excellent textbooks. Certainly not for everyone though.

codethewebon Next.js 11

Really happy to see blur placeholders and automatic dimension detection of local sources being added to the Image component.

codethewebon System76 Launch Keyboard

Left is space, backspace, command, and a macro for Raycast. Right is escape, enter, tab, and layer switch key for media controls.

codethewebon System76 Launch Keyboard

I took the plunge a few months ago on the Moonlander hoping to alleviate wrist pain and have not regretted it one bit.

codethewebon Simple bank shutdown goes awry, leaving customers without account access

Can confirm, it’s been a mess so far. Quite unfortunate considering that Simple was genuinely a good banking app/service.

codethewebon Show HN: An open-source, self-hostable Heroku and Netlify alternative

This looks pretty cool! Is it basically Dokku with a web interface?

https://dokku.com/docs/

codethewebon Ask HN: Apple rejects my HN app updates over Covid related content

https://www.rotato.xyz

It’s pretty cool, well worth the price.

codethewebon Ask HN: Apple rejects my HN app updates over Covid related content

I had a similar experience with my app: https://xkcdy.com

In my case I marked a certain group of comics hidden unless a toggle was enabled in settings which was enough to get it through review. Maybe you could do something similar and filter out specific tokens from the search query unless an option is enabled?

codethewebon SaaS We Happily Pay For

I’ve used Asana in the past. Compared to Linear, it’s absolutely terrible. It’s super slow, has inconsistent UX, and barely supports keyboard shortcuts. Linear supports keyboard shortcuts for literally everything, is blazing fast, and looks nice. It’s one of the few web apps that I actually enjoying using.

codethewebon Teddit: a free and open-source Reddit front end focused on privacy

Opener works pretty well for this: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/opener-open-links-in-apps/id98...

codethewebon Show HN: linkhere – show sites saved from mobile in new tabs

Thanks, I'll have to take a look at that.