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> The era of sharing some small programs that you made with others to benefit from is over imo. > You can just vibe code it yourself. +1. The password manager

> The era of sharing some small programs that you made with others to benefit from is over imo. > You can just vibe code it yourself. +1. The password manager I use full time now is “Kenpass”, which has exactly one user: me. I have it on iOS/macOS/Linux, browser extensions, CLI and (native, no electron) UI for each, syncs with my homelab server over my wireguard tunnel, and it covers all my use cases. Took me maybe a week (a few hours total, spread around.) I feel no reason to share it with anyone, it does exactly what I need and I only need to fix the bugs I find, for myself. We’re really living in crazy times. > If you pay attention to what the LLM is doing it will also be easier to maintain or extend further That's another nice part: I actually really enjoy feng-shui refactoring code to fit my tastes, and I've given the LLM's code a bunch of refactoring passes essentially "just for fun". I understand the codebase enough that sometimes I implement features myself instead of having the LLM do it, if I'm in the mood to. But I'd probably never have the time or energy to start such a project from scratch... having the initial MVP done in essentially one shot was a huge boost.

alasano 6mo ago
> kenpass > username "ninkendo" Absolutely checks out. Please share more ken related software names you use lol
- flir 6mo ago
  Everyone needs a to-do list: kendo.
  - KronisLV 6mo ago
    If you want to organize more work items, you might benefit from a Kenboard.
- hk__2 6mo ago
  Fun fact: this wouldn’t work in France where "ken" is slang for "f*ck".
deaux 6mo ago
> I have it on iOS/macOS/Linux, browser extensions, CLI and (native, no electron) UI for each, syncs with my homelab server over my wireguard tunnel, and it covers all my use cases. Took me maybe a week (a few hours total, spread around.) A few hours including iOS? Don't you need to go through lots of hoops even if it's only for personal use? Isn't it time-limited or something?
- ninkendo 6mo ago
  It does require a developer account at $100 a year, yes. But that's it: Once you have that, the app is not time-limited or anything. I can just install it to my device (wirelessly) via Xcode and I'm done. It's probably only worth the $100/year if there are other apps you want to make for yourself though. I have other ideas for apps for my family, so I figured it's worth the cost. It sucks that I have to pay at all though, I admit.
  - deaux 6mo ago
    That's interesting - I thought apps that didn't go through the App Store but were in "developer mode" were time-limited, but maybe I confused it with "share with family" rather than pure personal solo use. Sounds like you wrote it in Swift(?), did it also do a good job at the autofill code? That's what I'd expect it to potentially struggle at, as it could be a rare and particularly native feature. But then the APIs should be well standardized for iOS. Very cool and inspiring stuff!
    - ninkendo 6mo ago
      The autofill code is actually Safari's, not the password manager. The password manager basically just needs to impmlement ASCredentialProviderViewController (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/authenticationservices/ascredentialproviderviewcontroller https://developer.apple.com/documentation/authenticationserv...) and include the "AutoFill Credential Provider" entitlement and safari will ask if you want to sign in with Kenpass for websites and apps. For firefox (desktop) it's a bit harder, you have to actually implement login box detection. It works like half the time, but I don't really mind much, because it's not a huge deal to just use the clipboard. Even when using 1Password I would so often find that the password autofill was so broken (or would constantly offer me to save passwords I don't want to, or for things that aren't even login boxes) that I actually actively hated it. When creating logins, I much prefer taking an explicit step to activate my password manager to do so, and when prompting for logging in, it's not a huge deal to simply copy/paste when the simple detection doesn't work.

alasano 6mo ago

> kenpass > username "ninkendo" Absolutely checks out. Please share more ken related software names you use lol

flir 6mo ago
Everyone needs a to-do list: kendo.
- KronisLV 6mo ago
  If you want to organize more work items, you might benefit from a Kenboard.
hk__2 6mo ago
Fun fact: this wouldn’t work in France where "ken" is slang for "f*ck".

deaux 6mo ago

> I have it on iOS/macOS/Linux, browser extensions, CLI and (native, no electron) UI for each, syncs with my homelab server over my wireguard tunnel, and it covers all my use cases. Took me maybe a week (a few hours total, spread around.) A few hours including iOS? Don't you need to go through lots of hoops even if it's only for personal use? Isn't it time-limited or something?

ninkendo 6mo ago
It does require a developer account at $100 a year, yes. But that's it: Once you have that, the app is not time-limited or anything. I can just install it to my device (wirelessly) via Xcode and I'm done. It's probably only worth the $100/year if there are other apps you want to make for yourself though. I have other ideas for apps for my family, so I figured it's worth the cost. It sucks that I have to pay at all though, I admit.
- deaux 6mo ago
  That's interesting - I thought apps that didn't go through the App Store but were in "developer mode" were time-limited, but maybe I confused it with "share with family" rather than pure personal solo use. Sounds like you wrote it in Swift(?), did it also do a good job at the autofill code? That's what I'd expect it to potentially struggle at, as it could be a rare and particularly native feature. But then the APIs should be well standardized for iOS. Very cool and inspiring stuff!
  - ninkendo 6mo ago
    The autofill code is actually Safari's, not the password manager. The password manager basically just needs to impmlement ASCredentialProviderViewController (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/authenticationservices/ascredentialproviderviewcontroller https://developer.apple.com/documentation/authenticationserv...) and include the "AutoFill Credential Provider" entitlement and safari will ask if you want to sign in with Kenpass for websites and apps. For firefox (desktop) it's a bit harder, you have to actually implement login box detection. It works like half the time, but I don't really mind much, because it's not a huge deal to just use the clipboard. Even when using 1Password I would so often find that the password autofill was so broken (or would constantly offer me to save passwords I don't want to, or for things that aren't even login boxes) that I actually actively hated it. When creating logins, I much prefer taking an explicit step to activate my password manager to do so, and when prompting for logging in, it's not a huge deal to simply copy/paste when the simple detection doesn't work.