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by drchiu 1mo ago
Working on Broadcast: https://sendbroadcast.net What it is: Self-hosted email marketing software Been doing so since 2024 (pre AI coding era).
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by drchiu 2mo ago
Just read the post and it didn’t sound AI to me. Would be kind of funny if someone from the team came out and said it was written by a human.
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by drchiu 3mo ago
My prediction is that the semiconductor price increases is going to cause a lot of demand destruction. The semiconductor companies revenues is not based on new products but rather on the fact that there is scarcity. Once that scarcity is re
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Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring(algorithmichiring.github.io)
154 points by drchiu 3mo ago|85 comments
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by drchiu 4mo ago
I’ve been working on Broadcast since Sept 2024: https://sendbroadcast.net It’s a self-hosted email marketing/newsletter app. The basic idea is: own your subscriber database, run the app on your own server, and send through
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by drchiu 5mo ago
My wife cited ChatGPT as her primary source the other day when she wanted to debate with me on something. "AI told me that..." In the old days, it would have been "I read on Google..."
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by drchiu 7mo ago
It was never easy after ~2010.
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by drchiu 7mo ago
Also working on App Shot Editor [1], a free iOS/Google App store screenshot generator. Basically my kids were getting into mobile app development, and I wanted an easy way for them to create the screenshots needed for the app store lis
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by drchiu 7mo ago
I'm working on Checkend [1], which is a self hosted error monitoring app. I needed something lightweight and easy to deploy. [1] https://checkend.com
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Show HN: Free app store screenshot editor(appshoteditor.com)
1 points by drchiu 8mo ago|1 comments
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by drchiu 8mo ago
A lot of folks building iOS apps these days (I wonder why). Heck, my kids decided to build some themselves the past couple of weeks. When it came time to submitting to the app store, we needed app store screenshots. I didn't want to bu
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by drchiu 8mo ago
https://sendbroadcast.net - I've been working on it since October 2024, and it's still going strong. Currently on v1, but working on v2 release in the next month.
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by drchiu 8mo ago
Having used Opus 4.5 for the past 5 weeks, I estimate it codes better than 95% of the people I've ever worked with. And it writes with more clarity too. The only people who are complaining about "AI slop" are those whose jobs
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by drchiu 9mo ago
Working on https://stepsies.com Tagline: Turn your knowledge into interactive guides Had the domain for 2 years, and finally putting it to use.
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by drchiu 10mo ago
All my European servers proxied through Cloudflare's CDN are down.
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by drchiu 10mo ago
Just when the eastern cities are waking up too.
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by drchiu 1y ago
Better printers came along, were not "open", but they were easier to use and maintain especially for first-time hobbyists and even for print farms.
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by drchiu 1y ago
Friends, we might very well be the last generation of developers who learned how to code.
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Apple Considers Using Generative AI for Faster Apple Silicon Design(macrumors.com)
3 points by drchiu 1y ago|0 comments
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by drchiu 1y ago
I have been working on Broadcast ( https://sendbroadcast.net ). It’s an email marketing tool, self-hosted, for use with existing ESPs like Postmark, Mailgun, Amazon SES, etc. Been working on this since September 2024, and have bee
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by drchiu 2y ago
Another way to look at it is that tracking what you eat is very difficult. Currently trying to lose a few pounds and doing calorie tracking. Practically carry a scale and a calorie tracking app with me. About once a day there's still s
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by drchiu 2y ago
I enjoy using Kamal as well. It's simple enough for small teams to understand quickly and flexible enough to tinker down at the server level.
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Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'(cnbc.com)
220 points by drchiu 2y ago|404 comments
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by drchiu 2y ago
Built https://sendbroadcast.net for myself and started selling it too. Made about $1500 usd so far over the past 2 months and a bit.
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Show HN: Self hosted email marketing and automation software(sendbroadcast.net)
2 points by drchiu 2y ago|0 comments
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by drchiu 2y ago
To play in SV, you have to study Game of Thrones, Art of War, etc.
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Show HN: Create a refund request page to avoid chargebacks(transactful.com)
2 points by drchiu 2y ago|1 comments
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by drchiu 2y ago
Dev for proggy.io here. Why I built this: I occasionally find the need to build CLI scripts. Whether it be for resetting variables, performing some mundane task, it seemed to involve the same process of trial and error. I wondered if it wou
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Show HN: No-code CLI script builder(proggy.io)
3 points by drchiu 2y ago|2 comments
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Finding profitable software business ideas as an indie developer(geetfun.com)
1 points by drchiu 2y ago|0 comments

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