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weejewel··on The web's clipboard, and how it stores data of different types
Years ago when I was a student, and JavaScript could get a user’s clipboard without their consent, I made a website ‘getpasted’ that automatically pasted and posted your clipboard to a public database.

Needless to say, some people weren’t happy about it. But it was a nice project to create awareness that it was possible to read the clipboard at any time.

weejewel··on Command-Line Utility to Backup Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts to Files
That’s now fixed!
weejewel··on Command-Line Utility to Backup Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts to Files
I didn’t know about that. However, I explicitly wanted to avoid having users to create an OAuth project because it’s a hassle. Also these tokens can expire if they’re not refreshed after a while.
weejewel··on Show HN: Openpanel – An open-source alternative to Mixpanel
Looks really good!

How do you create funnels without cookies? In other words, how do you track sessions?

weejewel··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2024)
This is brilliant!
weejewel··on DaedalOS – Desktop environment in the browser
People like this are an instant hire for me at my company.

It’s quite sad that Microsoft apparently doesn’t think he’s worthy of the ‘senior’ title yet whilst his work is heaps better than most seniors I know. Kinda explains their poor software quality lately.

weejewel··on Show HN: WireHole combines WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound with an easy UI
Hey, I’m the author of wg-easy, nice to see my project in here!

As for all the license discussions, I just don’t want a company to pack my work and sell it as a commercial device or service. I’m open for a better license which covers that.

weejewel··on The Reddit blackout will continue
Why don’t they just introduce Reddit Premium, for say $5/mo, which is ad-free and allows 3rd party clients.
weejewel··on Firecracker internals: Inside the technology powering AWS Lambda (2021)
Thanks for your reply! Do you have a guide or more information somewhere? I found that while Firecracker seems popular, it's sparsely documented.
weejewel··on Firecracker internals: Inside the technology powering AWS Lambda (2021)
Super interesting read!

I’ve been playing with Firecracker on a Raspberry Pi 4, but never could get Docker inside a Firecracker uVM to work. Should this be supported at all?

weejewel··on Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?
Build by Tony Fadell (iPod, Nest).
weejewel··on Vite – Next Generation Front End Tooling
Writing an objective, clear landing page seems to be a superpower as well.
weejewel··on GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
Or: show ‘x users’ behind the @group in a greyish label.
weejewel··on Calculating Pi on the 4004
Next: calculating 4004 on the Pi
weejewel··on Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron
I meant to say — Because Microsoft doesn't lead by example and doesn't offer the correct documentation & tooling.
weejewel··on Why Remotion is a native macOS app, not Electron
Sometimes I feel teams choose Electron/webapps because nobody knows how to design a great Windows-native application.

If Windows truly had a great UI+UX equal to macOS, the investment of native apps would be much more worth. Now creating a web app for windows is almost the de facto choice because there’s nothing better!

weejewel··on Wg-access-server: WireGuard VPN server and web UI for device management
Also check out wg-easy: https://github.com/weejewel/wg-easy.

Much more beautiful imo.

weejewel··on Show HN: Firezone, an open-source WireGuard-based alternative to OpenVPN AS
Alternatively, check out wg-easy, which comes with a beautiful management interface.

https://github.com/weejewel/wg-easy

weejewel··on Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
But now you’re paying for keeping a server online, whereas a GitHub page could’ve hosted this static website for free.
weejewel··on Brickit – scans your Lego bricks and helps you build new creations
Kids don’t need an app like this, they still have imagination we’ve long left behind. :’)
weejewel··on Ask HN: Which tools/services have your favorite UI/UX?
Step Two (https://steptwo.app) brings a smile on my face every time I copy a 2FA token from it.

Especially when coming from Authy, which has by far the most horrible UI ever created.

weejewel··on Show HN: Wg-easy] Easy to setup, all-in-one WireGuard and Management Web UI
Setting up WireGuard isn’t hard, but managing clients without a CLI is just not really 2021.
weejewel··on Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore
If you think this is bad, try the first iPhone SE.
weejewel··on Stadia uses a web app to bypass Apple's policy on cloud gaming apps
On iOS that will mean not being able to use Cast for example. And of course, stadia customers (pc gamers) are more eager to jump through a hoop than Netflix customers.
weejewel··on Stadia uses a web app to bypass Apple's policy on cloud gaming apps
Nvidia did this before stadia launched it. As always, Google just copies ;)
weejewel··on Show HN: StumblingOn – Randomly find indie websites – recreating StumbleUpon
Would anyone be interested in a homescreen shortcut that opens a random website?
weejewel··on Why are new devices dependent on the Internet but made with little forethought?
Because it’s easier to control them outside of your home WiFi, which is what customers expect nowadays.

Also because Google Assistant and Alexa require cloud to cloud communication. Which customers also want.

And cheap WiFi devices such as the esp8266 are very optimized for a single tcp socket.

weejewel··on Diskitude: Disk usage visualization tool in 10 KB
Disk Inventory X. Don’t let their outdated website fool you, the app works great, even on Big Sur.
weejewel··on Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program
While this is smart and somewhat good news for smaller developers, what happens when you surpass 1 million with subscriptions? Will the next month’s payout be less than before?
weejewel··on Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program
I guess they can just create a new account for each customer?
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