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makethetick

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dean at viadog.com
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makethetick··on VS Code in the Browser for Everyone
I have a similar setup, I use Caprover as a nicer way to manage docker. You can build whatever you want into the dockerfile then just map the user directory to a local one and port forward where needed.

If you want to run a web app through a domain with SSL then it's trivial to setup a nginx proxy container.

It takes minutes to spin up a new dev environment with everything setup out of the box including environment variables and access tokens.

makethetick··on Show HN: I made a platform to publish my Google Docs files as blogs
If you're interested in a wiki which works in a similar way then take a lot at https://youneedawiki.com/
makethetick··on Show HN: WebCatalog – turn websites into desktop apps
How does this compare to the below?

google-chrome --app=https://example.com

firefox --ssb=https://example.com

makethetick··on Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
Congratulations on the launch.

A few months ago a wrote about how I solve this problem (https://www.viadog.com/replacing-environment-variables-aws-s...) and it works nicely for a small team with a small number of projects but this looks like a very nice solution when starting to scale a little bigger.

Good luck going forward!

makethetick··on Padlocks, Phishing and Privacy; the Value Proposition of a VPN
It should just be a case of setting up Wireguard then following something like this: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/dns-over-https/clo...

Then you just need to use your VPN endpoint for DNS.

I do something similar but with Wireguard and Pi-hole.

makethetick··on Show HN: Get more from your Shopify and ReCharge subscription orders
Hi everyone, I'd like to share Viadog Subscriptions which is my first product. It's targetted towards Shopify/ReCharge shop owners and helps to both increase revenue through upselling and reduce churn through gifting.

I'm happy to answer any questions and also open to feedback.

makethetick··on How to escape from an erupting volcano
I thought it was to duck and cover...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ruvGaUuVLDc

makethetick··on T-Mobile: Are you blocking specific words and suspending accounts?
Wow, pretty inventive! You can get similar devices which plug into a computer and would be a lot easier.
makethetick··on T-Mobile: Are you blocking specific words and suspending accounts?
This would be simple for the user to execute but it would very quickly be spotted by the operator as it's all from a single originating MSISDN. Spreading the load over many users like your latter example would be a lot harder to spot, as would spamming through multiple SMS providers as you're diluting it (but it might also get picked up by the provider e.g. Twilio, MessageBird etc).

My point was that most spam originates from people with SS7 access and not SIM cards. It can also come through low cost SMS providers but is short lived as it's blocked the moment it's discovered or there's a complaint.

makethetick··on T-Mobile: Are you blocking specific words and suspending accounts?
Bulk SMS spam would most likely come from someone with direct signalling access and not from individual SIM cards which would be trivial to detect and block by the operator.
makethetick··on Don't use ENV variables for secret data (2017)
I just did a write up about how we use a secrets manager to load our environments allowing an easy centralised management across multiple projects/envs.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23822681

makethetick··on Loading environment variables from a secrets manager
After seeing environment variables being discussed, I thought I'd share how we centrally manage environments with AWS Secrets Manager.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23820418

makethetick··on Don't use ENV variables for secret data (2017)
I do this too and it's so easy to manage all your local and remote environments from one place, I go one step further and push them to my environment variables too rather than use a dotfile
makethetick··on Self Host a Wiki or Knowledge Base for Your Team
If you're already using Google docs internally then https://youneedawiki.com/ is a great front end for a quick and easy wiki
makethetick··on Hosting your entire web application using S3 and CloudFront
It is but you've already stepped down this path the moment you moved away from shared or self hosting.
makethetick··on Hosting your entire web application using S3 and CloudFront
You should take a look at Amplify (https://aws.amazon.com/amplify/), it will make the whole process considerably less painful, allow you to easily access AppSync (graphql) and Lambda with your code all in one place, then also trigger rebuilds on git commits.
makethetick··on Incremental Builds in Gatsby Cloud
Hi, have you thought about hosting for this yet? I've got a similar site which I originally tried on AWS Amplify but it got too big for the artifact size limit so I opted for S3/Cloudflare instead however build times are slow and more of a manual process currently.
makethetick··on Mate Desktop 1.24
Thanks, I used your article with MATE 19.10 and it worked nicely. I didn't try your applet but instead heavily customised the i3wm and i3bar configs to my liking, wouldn't go back to a non tiling window manager now.
makethetick··on Building a Passive IMSI Catcher
All it could take is an API call to turn it into an associated phone number.
makethetick··on China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ and it seems to be working
More readable non-mobile link: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128355/china...
makethetick··on It's been 191 days since Google Drive worked for me
+1 for Insync, it just works, also allows multiple accounts and works on Linux, something I'm surprised still isn't offered officially by Google.
makethetick··on Stratus: Servers that won’t quit – The 24 year running computer
They still do both, here's their hardware offering which is hardware and software based: http://www.stratus.com/solutions/platforms/ftserver/

And this is there software based solution which runs on commodity hardware: http://www.stratus.com/solutions/software/everrun-enterprise...

I only work with the latter but have heard the hardware offering is bulletproof.

makethetick··on Stratus: Servers that won’t quit – The 24 year running computer
Stratus are still going (I'm assuming it's the same company, same product, same name) and making fault tolerant hardware like this.

They also offer a lower end product based on two standard servers where all the redundancy is software based with virtual machines.

It's clever kit and looks after a lot of critical infrastructure where downtime isn't an option.

makethetick··on BeeFree email editor
Definitely agree. I'd love to see this integrated into Sendy, it would completely idiot proof the process.
makethetick··on Show HN: Please Break In – Don't put your house keys online
Yeah I did start it but due to the twitter account being brand new it got suspended. Need to warm it up when I get it back.
makethetick··on Show HN: Please Break In – Don't put your house keys online
I made this as a quick and dirty weekend project after spotting a friend post a picture of their house keys online.

I thought I'd try and raise awareness of how easily keys can be copied from photos. That combined with geocoded tweets is just asking for trouble.

It's not mobile friendly unfortunately.

makethetick··on Virgin Media - Your plain text passwords are safe with us
I realised this not long after signing up with them. They don't even have a separate 'phone password', the one they ask for (and sometimes read back) is used for DPA as well as email (gmail based) login.
makethetick··on List of Hacker Spaces
http://rlab.org.uk/
makethetick··on List of Hacker Spaces
rlab (Reading Hackspace) have also recently upgraded their premises and are looking for new members.
makethetick··on So I hit "TAB" and Google mail sends the partially composed message?
When buttons are focused, enter and space both submit the button.
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