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just-tom··on I Accidentally Started a Small Business Three Weeks Ago
I really did swallow a bit and looked at the ceiling reading this (at a public place).
just-tom··on Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?
I guess. I never worked with Claude Code Web, but it sounds like it serves the same purpose.

The challenge I dealt with is actually running all services on the same machine - 4 services, each needs their own port, 2 of them need docker. Then injecting their sandbox urls into env vars for communication. All to have a fully working app with all services running - I just go to the public web app url and test.

Nonetheless, I'll look into CC Web, thanks for the mention.

just-tom··on Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?
I'm building "workboxes" to work on my startup. It helps me develop features insanely fast. A workbox is a simple worktree-in-a-sandbox per feature. I have a simple front end where I can launch new workboxes: I input a prompt (a documented grilling session) and it creates a branch, a PR, and starts an opencode coding session on an e2b sandbox based on a custom template with the app's monorepo. Each workbox has a public https endpoint so I can manually test the web app after the coding session is complete. At any point I can either approve the PR, send a follow-up prompt, or connect to the opencode session for more control.

I think my next step is to perform the grilling session inside the front end, currently I perform it in my terminal and then paste in the front end.

just-tom··on How I'm Productive with Claude Code
In the links you provided, swc is the same entity.
just-tom··on How Israel is censoring reporting on the war
From the article: `Reporters and networks are prohibited from publishing the precise location of Iranian missile impacts, or even filming or photographing the extent of the damage in a way that could give away the location — restrictions designed, in the words of the army’s chief censor Col. Netanel Kula, “to prevent assistance to the enemy during wartime.”` ... `In an unclassified document published on March 5, Kula instructed journalists to submit anything related to the following topics to the censor for review prior to publication: operational matters, intelligence, defensive preparedness, impact sites in Israel, armament management (including munitions and interceptor stockpiles, aircraft and air defense systems readiness, and the employment and use of unique and classified weaponry), and operational vulnerabilities in defense and offense.`
just-tom··on Show HN: Geofenced chat communities anyone can create
This happened to me too - the solution is to temporarily set the page view as desktop view through the browser settings.
just-tom··on Perplexity Response to Cloudflare
While agents act on behalf of the user, they won't see nor click any ads; they won't sign-up to any newsletter; they won't buy the website owner a coffee. They don't act as humans just because humans triggered them. They simply take what they need and walk away.
just-tom··on Posthog/.cursorrules
If it is, there's no reason to share it. If there are some org wide prefs needed to be "enforced", then there is a reason.
just-tom··on Posthog/.cursorrules
If your emacs config is (1) specific for each repo and (2) needs to be shared with other developers, it makes sense to add it to the repo.
just-tom··on Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". This is so depressing to read from one of the most influencial leaders in the world. I think empathy is a basic condition for a healthy society, and it lifts the average of human happiness.
just-tom··on Text Editing Hates You Too (2019)
I tried to write "Hello" on the demo page on my mobile phone, but it rendered "elloH". After hitting the H, the caret went back to the start of the line and then acted normal (stayed after each of the other letters).

Edit: video - https://we.tl/t-hAWomZ9DvT

just-tom··on Show HN: Vince – A self hosted alternative to Google Analytics
The screenshot on your homepage looks very similar to plausible's https://plausible.io/ which is also open-source analytics software. Is it based on it? What are the differences?

Edit: Just noticed the feature comparison in the readme.

just-tom··on Show HN: I created a lightweight JavaScript library to visualize JSON as a graph
Can you explain a little what are the similarities you found?
just-tom··on Show HN: CodeAir – Control VS Code from Your Phone
Nice! I'm using AnyDesk for both desktop and phone, and then can completely control my computer from my phone, not only vs code. Also for watching long processes.
just-tom··on Show HN: React SaaS – Boilerplate with automated setup of dev/prod environments
You said that you couldn't find one, so MakerKit.dev has dev/prod envs, and many more features.
just-tom··on Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript
Nice, but without support for Enums, for me it's mostly useless.
just-tom··on Cursor sends data to their servers even when you use local models
From Cursor's privacy policy: If you enable "Privacy Mode" in Cursor's settings, none of your code will ever be stored by us or any third-party (except for OpenAI which persists the prompts we send to them for 30 days for trust and safety, unless you're on the business plan). If you choose to keep Privacy Mode off, we may save prompts / collect telemetry data to improve the product.
just-tom··on Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software
I use ShareX for mp4 and gif using CTRL+PrtSc / SHIFT+PrtSc and for image screenshot only PrtSc (currently lightshot, will aoon move to flameshot)
just-tom··on Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment?
Maybe it's only in my head, but for me, programmers work 99% of the time with code, while developers also spin up servers, cicd pipelines, domain dns stuff, and more stuff that are not strictly source code.
just-tom··on Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment?
Actually I call myself a developer. I'm not that good of a programmer, but quite resourceful as a developer.
just-tom··on Triplit: Open-source DB that syncs data between server and browser in real-time
This looks like the future. Nice! If I already have an app that uses firebase, do you have some migration guidlines? Perhaps a tutorial for migration? That would help.
just-tom··on An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid
Making the table responsive while there are hardcoded html tags would be hell compared to media queries in css (grid).

In the early days, all you needed is one layout, and seeing the structure of your html tags was intuitive.

Today, you use "table" tags for mainly tables and css for layouts. Separate of concerns?

just-tom··on Ask HN: Is paid ChatGPT Plus worth it?
The differences between 3.5 and 4 are substantial, at least for development (you didn't provide your use case). I'm using it everyday, all day. My IDE (cursor.sh) has a wrapper around the API. It's a game changer for me. I was able to launch my SaaS twice as fast, and the code is more reliable (I'm not a senior developer, while gpt4 gives senior solutions, most of the times)
just-tom··on Show HN: Draw-a-UI, a whiteboard that converts a sketch to HTML
That's genius! Thank you. Definitely going to use it, as I'm building a pre-designed sections website builder, using Tailwind, so I need a lot of designs.
just-tom··on ReactAgent: LLM Agent for React Coding
Yes. Cursor at cursor.sh. I'm happily paying for it, and it works great giving answers based on your codebase. It generates great inline code, but doesn't have file and multi-file generation (yet?).
just-tom··on Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge? (2006)
It was HP if I'm not mistaking.
just-tom··on Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge? (2006)
My laptop was once heated inside it's case, it was hard to touch it. I don't know how it didn't explode, it was so hot I decided to put it in THE FREEZER. I thought I'd leave it there for 5-6 minutes, but I fell asleep and forgot it THE ENTIRE NIGHT. 7-8 hours. In the morning I panicked as I remembered what I have done. It then had a black screen for a few minutes and I thought I was drowning in my stupidity, but later it worked like a charm. Conclusion - laptops are fine in the freezer.
just-tom··on Show HN: Rapidpages – OSS alternative to vercel's v0
There's no shame in websites looking similar. Not all websites must have a unique design and creative layouts. Some just want to make it about their unique content, and making it look like others' helps users navigate the familiar. Most cars, dishwashers and phones look the same, while only little small changes differenciate them from competitors. Not everyone should be the Apple or Tesla of their field. Tools like this make the deliverability of content faster, in familiar layouts.
just-tom··on What Will the World Look Like with Less Babies?
Is this concerning? I actually worry that the global population is constantly growing and in the future there won't be enough resources for eveybody. In what ways this is bad for society?
just-tom··on ProtonMail Rewrites Your Emails
That's a bit scary to me, that we count on technology so much that we doubt our mental health when the tech goes sideways.
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