mcapodici

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by mcapodici 3y ago
The hoverboard. Finally!
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by mcapodici 3y ago
Does 50hz work? If so, just use an incandescent light bulb?
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by mcapodici 3y ago
This might be annoying for iOS developers
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by mcapodici 3y ago
Working on something similar. Closed source at least for now. See bio for details!
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by mcapodici 3y ago
I would be tempted to pivot to that! I am working on similar for CSS (see bio) but if that doesn’t work out my plan was to pivot to other languages.
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by mcapodici 3y ago
S3 is more than storage. It is a standard. I like how you can get S3 compatible (usually with some small caveats) storage from a few places. I am not sure how open the standards is, and if you have to pay Amazon to say you are "S3 comp
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Running local Python code on a remote GPU (using modal and lob.py)(martincapodici.com)
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After 4 years at vercel, I’m stepping down as COO(twitter.com)
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by mcapodici 3y ago
Shaaaaameless plug: I did a writeup like this. (Not as nicely as Simon though) where I modal.com (cloud GPU, containers, quick starts, free $30/m spend) to use their GPUs (e.g. T4, A100). https://martincapodici.com/2023
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No Local GPU? No Problem Running Andrej Karpathy’s NanoGPT on Modal.com(martincapodici.com)
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by mcapodici 3y ago
Dumping batteries might be a thing? After all it is an emergency!
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by mcapodici 3y ago
Same with jet fuel on a plane. They calculate the amount to fuel carefully to be efficient but safe. Too much and the plane is heavier and uses more fuel. Too little and you might run out if put into a holding then diverted. Obviously jet f
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by mcapodici 3y ago
This is great. Without much shame, I will plug my free/open source stretch timer. https://stretchtimer.netlify.app/ This is not as visually appealing but might be nice for people who wish to customise their stretches o
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by mcapodici 3y ago
This field is so interesting, sad I didn’t get into it sooner
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by mcapodici 3y ago
Building a SaaS and web app starter kit https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter using NextJS, Firebase and Tailwind Working on a ChatGPT tutorial now for it: https://docs.firestarterapp.com/tutorials&
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by mcapodici 4y ago
I assume there is some game theory and psychology going on here. You have to remain competitive and people notice a price hike, but if there is inflation maybe companies can collectively sneak more margin in.
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by mcapodici 4y ago
Firebase is good for getting started quickly as it provides the hosting, scaling and web and mobile apis in one place. It is proprietary though - but not too hard to move a codebase to Parse later if you needed to. I have built an open sour
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by mcapodici 4y ago
Redis? https://build-your-own.org/
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by mcapodici 4y ago
I agree. I accidentally ended up using the very basic todolist in my starter kit https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter for all my todos! And noticed the ui and ux issues as a result.
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by mcapodici 4y ago
I have done barely any multithreaded coding, but if I had to I would look at akka etc. first; i.e. use a framework!
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by mcapodici 4y ago
The BBC computers unfortunately had only 8 colours. With 16 colour choices, 8 of them were slow “flashing” versions of the first 8.
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by mcapodici 4y ago
My open source project is mostly aimed at this. Happy to help out early adopters (find me on twitter @mcapodici) https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter 1. Check 2. Check: I started using github spaces developing this
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by mcapodici 4y ago
Yeah I have settled on NextJS and Firebase as a nice place for rapid app development. I have based a free open source starter kit on this: https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter
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by mcapodici 4y ago
Human factors
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by mcapodici 4y ago
One for the Indiehackers/Startup, or even company internal tools people. Firestarter https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter , is perhaps a more humble project than most here, but happy if anyone is interested to
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by mcapodici 4y ago
This is something I have been considering as I work on firestarter [0] which is a going to be an open source starting point for building a SaaS. I decided tests are a good thing to have, and especially when already set up and you can easily