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by asim 9mo ago
I wrote https://go-micro.dev - A go framework for microservices. I've written a few other things in my time ( https://github.com/asim ) and tried my hand at hosted paid APIs which was moderately successful bu
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Ask HN: In the real world we pay for everything so why not software?
23 points by asim 9mo ago|64 comments
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by asim 10mo ago
Embedded JS micro app platform.
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Ask HN: Did any projects succeed with crowdfunding?
4 points by asim 10mo ago|1 comments
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by asim 10mo ago
I never heard the term mini framework before but I like it. Applied within that context it makes sense. I was at Google 2011-2013 through an acquisition and witnessed some of what the author is describing. Actually something very specific c
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by asim 10mo ago
Totally agree! Can't tell if I'm the go-go-go person anymore. So much stress...
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by asim 10mo ago
Teach me oh Obi Wan. lol. I never made my bootstrapped efforts work. Neither did my VC funded efforts. Now with the next attempt, I think there's a lot of clarity in what bootstrapping gets you versus VC funding. Also solo vs team. Tim
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by asim 10mo ago
It's quite interesting because it makes me wonder how we make it efficient and predictable. The human language is just too verbose. There must be some DSL, some more refined way to get to the output we need. I don't know whether i
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by asim 10mo ago
I don't do any of that. I find with GitHub copilot and Claude sonnet 4.5 if I'm clear enough about the what and where it'll sort things out pretty well, and then there's only reiteration of code styling or reuse of funct
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by asim 10mo ago
Based on the responses it's a lot of people who manage their own email domain or servers. Not the norm. I think most people would not have aliases and things like this but would probably benefit from it.
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by asim 10mo ago
Agree with Go being basically C with string support and garbage collection. Which makes it a good language. I think rust feels more like a c++ replacement. Especially syntactically. But each person will say something different. If people ca
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Ask HN: How many email accounts do you have?
9 points by asim 10mo ago|11 comments
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by asim 10mo ago
Well I guess part of the problem is I feel like I'm looking at the website with a magnifying glass...
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by asim 10mo ago
Well listen, we have two modes of operation. It's either html/js/css in the classic sense, or Go templating with some tailwind and JQuery (or whatever the kids are calling it these days). In the case of react, something total
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by asim 10mo ago
Thanks I'll look into it, but on first glance I feel like I just got space blasted by the website! What happened to simple websites eh
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by asim 10mo ago
Man I did try htmx, and I was hopeful, right until I saw how it polluted my codebase. I can't say I have the answers, but writing a pure Go app, I'm currently using one giant css file, custom styling and inline html. And now I&#x2
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by asim 10mo ago
Yea its a mixed bag. I think some people like https://lobste.rs and there's always https://dev.to . But if that doesn't work there's also infinite sub-reddits on Reddit or classically tailoring your own
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by asim 10mo ago
To echo what dang said in the thread. It's a place to hang out and learn about new things. Or sometimes old things. It's news, it's history. All with a tech skew. I've had this account since 2008. In that time I've
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by asim 10mo ago
Kept trying to build it in a variety of ways. Ultimately its a Dev niche thing which maybe in the hands of tailscale will gain adoption but really struggled otherwise. There's definitely room for private ephemeral conversations but I t
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by asim 10mo ago
So difficult but look somebody has to try. For us to make any progress we need attempts at this. Package the hardware and software, find a target demographic and go after it. I don't know if there's a mistake in going too broad or
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by asim 10mo ago
Mu - a personal app platform that includes chat with AI, news, video, posts and now mail. Solving a personal problem with ads, algorithms, tracking. Tech is too addictive now. We need to get back to utility value. I'm trying to build a
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by asim 10mo ago
Yes, personally I think this idea that our identities are defined by careers, job titles or being a founder is inherently very dangerous. So when it all falls apart, who are you? It is very dangerous. We need to stop evangelising this way o
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by asim 10mo ago
Sometimes we need a reset. I think after some time away you start to gain clarity and then you understand what went wrong or what didn't work. And then if you want to decide to do it again, you can with a better perspective, but you ca
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by asim 10mo ago
I never thought I would fail. For 7+ years I think that's what drove me. Then things changed. Life changed. They attribute it to burnout and often that is the case, but you have to also factor in life and motivation changes. If the suc
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Ask HN: Can I get feedback on this product(mu.xyz)
2 points by asim 10mo ago|1 comments
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by asim 10mo ago
A little while ago I posted Mu on here asking for feedback. It was really useful. I was hoping I could get a bit more feedback as I iterate on the product. Mu is a personal app platform that provides services without ads, algorithms, or tra
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by asim 10mo ago
Two reasons. 1 - they print cash through Ads which means there's opportunity or desire to do more things, or even a feeling like you should or can. So new products emerge but also to try diversify the revenue stream. 2 - the continuous
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by asim 10mo ago
Unfortunately Google's problem is the product is dictated by the architecture of the APIs and this is an issue for anything they do. At one point long ago every Google product was disjointed and Larry Page told everyone they needed to
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by asim 10mo ago
As a sysadmin in the 2007-2011 timeframe I literally used openssl to generate csrs, went to godaddy to purchase SSL certificates and then manually deployed them to servers. Man what a world of change. Let's encrypt is one the best serv
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by asim 10mo ago
It was not always like this. Google was very secretive in the early days. We did not start to see things until the GFS, BigTable and Borg (or Chubby) papers in 2006 timeframe.

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