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twapion MCP is dead; long live MCP

> Influencer Driven Hype Cycle

twapion Never buy a .online domain

OP shouldn't blame .online registry operator Radix.

twapion Predicting OpenAI's ad strategy

When search (content discovery) becomes AI-led, we will look back and realize that Google Ads were far less personalized and targeted than we thought.

twapion Predicting OpenAI's ad strategy

AGI = Ads Generated Income

twapion The Life Calendar

Any goal

twapion Calendar

Thanks for sharing!

twapion My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)

I use Google Calendar as my todo list. Syncs across devices. Notifications. Share with Family & Work. Repeating tasks. Supports notes and attachments. Multiple Lists (calendars). Free.

twapion The JavaScript Handbook (2025 edition)

Link: https://flaviocopes.pages.dev/books/js-handbook.pdf

twapion Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN?

You may try this extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hacker-news-tools/f...

twapion Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH

Kiwi is no longer maintained

twapion Fuck up my site – Turn any website into beautiful chaos

Chrome blocking this site, marked as "Dangerous site".

twapion OpenAI Rolls Out Cheaper 'ChatGPT Go Plan' for India

Comparing features: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GyrgpDiWoAEeZ37?format=jpg&name=...

twapion Cursor CLI

Claude Code finally has a serious competitor.

twapion How I keep up with AI progress

Simon Willison's weblog is almost enough, highest S/N

twapion Chrome's hidden X-Browser-Validation header reverse engineered

Seems like they are using these headers only for google.com requests.

twapion Show HN: Chat with 19 years of HN

very impressive

twapion Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

What an incredible achievement! Congratulations @paraschopra

twapion Escape the walled garden and algorithm black boxes with RSS feeds

Thank you for reminding me about planets! I had forgotten about them, and your post has inspired me to explore them again. I appreciate your insights.

twapion Ask HN: Where After WordPress?

If you don't want a simple commenting system, go for Hugo.

twapion Ask HN: Cheap way to run a small newsletter?

You may consider MailerLite. Cheap and reliable.

SES + Sendy is pretty cheap but SES production approval is not very easy to get these day, specially for new projects

twapion Show HN: I’ve made a cheaper SEO research tool

- No option to download as excel sheet

- No option to sort by columns

twapion WebSage: AI Powered Summary, Explanation and More

Supports OpenAI's gpt-4o and gpt-3.5-turbo, Gemini Pro and Flash. Also supports Chrome’s experimental built-in Gemini Nano model.

twapion Chrome Is Dying Because It'll Kill You

LOL

twapion I don't read web articles anymore, but I read books

> I stopped reading non-fiction books. Most of them have about a blog post worth of ideas

Totally agree with you on this. Best example of this is much hyped "Atomic Habits". I appreciate this book's ideas, and have huge respect for the author.

twapion [dead]

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ is opening on Airtel and Jio, without any issue. No VPN or DoH set.

twapion Ask HN: Advice that changed your life?

"Connect the dots".

twapion Ask HN: Offline resources during internet outages?

Save webpages offline in MHTML format: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-webpages-offl...

twapion Buttondown is a small, elegant tool for producing newsletters

https://buttondown.email/comparisons/tinyletter

twapion SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file

I use this Chrome extension to save web pages as MHTML: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-webpages-offl...

twapion Mozilla's Firefox Relay to be added to disposable-email-domains blacklist

DuckDuckGo's duck.com is still not added to this list. Phew!