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csh602on EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security

> MIT license

rubs hands, opens fridge

> plugins require $5/mo subscription

rolls eyes, walks away

Hi HN! We're Weston and Clark, founders of EasyDex.

We are in the very early stages of creating a cloud-backed contacts app that gives users the power to control who sees their most important information (name, email, phone, address, social handles, etc.).

The main idea is, when you update your information, it automatically arrives in others' lists. Permissions and sharing are highly customizable and we're working on exporting to OS contacts apps.

The superpower will be the ability to integrate with businesses so that things like the worst part of moving (updating address with 30+ businesses/govt agencies) is all but eliminated.

We're trying to see if this is a thing people will want and use. Have you seen this before? What makes or breaks an actually good contacts app? What features are a must-have?

Whether you are a potential user or business, your feedback would be invaluable.

Try the beta and let us know what you think!

csh602on GitHub pull requests were down

Seems total downtime was from 15:51 to 16:14 UTC

csh602on Show HN: Telescope – an open-source web-based log viewer for logs in ClickHouse

Looks simple and clean! Big ups for starts of good screenshots, docs, and quickstart (Docker) instructions.

Regarding the name, "Telescope" is also the name of a Neovim fuzzy finder[0] that dominates the ecosystem there. Other results appear by searching "telescope github".

[0]: https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim

csh602on Show HN: Cot: a Rust web framework for lazy developers

ORMs, in my experience, fail the hardest when DB admins and web devs butt heads in when and where to create models. It can be an extra hurdle for data flexibility, but it clarifies data architecture at the beginning. In our Django environment, the DB admins won and we added `MIGRATE = False`.

csh602on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)

Looking forward to remote collaboration in DevOps, API construction/consumption, and great web backend! 4 years experience as principal/senior developer with full responsibility, and looking for mentors and team members.

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Remote: Remote only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python (Django), Javascript/Typescript (React, Express), Docker + Kubernetes

GitHub: https://github.com/clarkshaeffer/

Résumé: https://linkedin.com/in/clark-shaeffer-24530a19b (and available upon request)

Email: clarkdshaeffer (at) gmail (dot) com

csh602on Show HN: Tramway SDK – The Unholy Union Between Half-Life and Morrowind Engines

The writeup, demos and proofs of concept, along with transparent roadmap/todos on the GitHub page are top notch. Great presentation. I definitely see myself trying this.

This is evidence of a great moment in modern indie game dev: the power of fun and simple prototyping.

csh602on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025)

Looking forward to remote collaboration in DevOps, API construction/consumption, and great web backend!

4 years experience as principal/senior developer with full responsibility, and looking for mentors and team members.