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papaplittyon Show HN: MarkdownConverters – Convert any file format to clean Markdown

No shade, but it that essentially (or literally) a monetized UI for https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown - if yes respect . If no then also respect for making something

papaplittyon Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?

Is there a good reason not to use GA for client side analytics? Is the juice worth the squeeze for a self-hosted/ FOSS solution?

Obvy client side isn't as 100% as looking at the logs, but I've worked with Adobe Analytics and GA (on the free plan) for a few years. UI in GA is much more intuitive to me than Adobe, and I use the tight integration with Google Datastudio pretty often to make reports or slide decks.

Personally I like the well documented GA API to run reports against + python and R API wrappers. For me the only downside is the level of sampling they use. With Adobe Analytics, the API is not as well documented, but they don't sample like GA, but also I wouldn't want to front the Adobe Analytics bill every month for my side projects.

papaplittyon Why Restaurants Are So Fucked

live about 3 blocks from the Ottawa Wolfdown, defs a tasty meal. Too bad Ontario is back in lockdown. Maybe I'll swing by and grab one for a takeout lunch tmrw..

papaplittyon Housing is both a human right and a profitable asset, and that’s the problem

People love to say everything is a "human right" - IMO human rights should delineate what you can't be deprived of - not what you have the "right" to force others to provide to you if you do not have the capacity to be self sufficient