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by vlucas 7y ago
Mine is: https://vancelucas.com/ I have actively blogged and maintained it for many years.
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by vlucas 7y ago
Great article. I have thought a lot about personal websites and the lack of any built-in "social" aspect. Comments, forums, guestbooks, webrings, topsites, etc. all used to be commonplace, and these have all but disappeared as soc
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Layoffs at Mozilla(sfchronicle.com)
1 points by vlucas 7y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: BudgetSheet: Import Bank Transactions from Plaid into Your Google Sheet(budgetsheet.net)
4 points by vlucas 7y ago|1 comments
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by vlucas 7y ago
If you want to budget things your own way in a spreadsheet, check out BudgetSheet: https://www.budgetsheet.net/ It imports all your transactions into a Google Sheet via Plaid, and it's free to try out with a single acc
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by vlucas 7y ago
I created and ran a website called jscompress.com for a number of years. In its peak time, I made around $350-500 per month on it, with no maintenance. 2013-2015: $350-$500 per month 2016+: ~$125 per month I attribute most of this to the ri
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by vlucas 7y ago
There was a really great podcast where Palmer was interviewed about this company and why he chose to focus on it: The Human Code - Anduril Industries & Oculus VR Founder Palmer Luckey (69 MINS) https://www.stitcher.com/p
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by vlucas 7y ago
Economic issues leading to money issues, yes - maybe. The leading cause of relationship stress is money. The two most frequently cited causes of relationship stress and divorce are money and sex.
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by vlucas 7y ago
I once made a simple counter app, and I actually got some very negative reviews on the Google Play store for NOT having a widget for it. Sent my app ratings in the toilet. Android users _love_ their widgets...
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ReactGate Timeline Document(twitter.com)
6 points by vlucas 7y ago|1 comments
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by vlucas 7y ago
Ugh. You had my interest until the annotations everywhere. They are only Stage 2...
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by vlucas 7y ago
+1 - came here to say this. I love the idea, but the text block at the bottom of the screen and the corresponding code at the top left is a bit of a pain to go back and forth to with your eyes before the time runs out. It would be great if
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by vlucas 7y ago
I have run a similar service for a number of years: https://disposeamail.com/ These services can be quite useful for legitimate things, but they also tend to be a magnet for spam, porn, scams, etc. (which is the point, real
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by vlucas 7y ago
Am I correct in thinking of Amazon EventBridge as a competitor to services like Zapier and IFTTT?
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YouTube is deleting videos on Nazi history as part of its hate speech crackdown(technologyreview.com)
9 points by vlucas 7y ago|1 comments
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by vlucas 7y ago
Always look at your traffic logs before making this kind of decision, but global usage is at 2.3%: https://caniuse.com/usage-table I personally have dropped it for most of the apps I make (especially mobile web apps) so I c
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Show HN: Vlid.js – A browser friendly Joi-like validation library in only 3.6kb(github.com)
2 points by vlucas 7y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 7y ago
Hey - I am the author of BudgetSheet ( https://www.budgetsheet.net/ ). It is a Google Sheets add-on that links to your own Plaid account to auto-import transactions, and all the data is all stored in the spreadsheet itself
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by vlucas 7y ago
Where else would you want this imported? What other products do you use that you would wank your bank transactions in that you trust?
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by vlucas 7y ago
If you have a free Plaid account, you might check out BudgetSheet: https://www.budgetsheet.net It imports live bank transactions into a Google Sheet for you to use however you want.
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The word “dessert” renders as “stressed” in Chrome (bidirectional Unicode)(twitter.com)
8 points by vlucas 7y ago|2 comments
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PayPal TOS Update: Will keep all fees even for full refunds(paypal.com)
4 points by vlucas 7y ago|1 comments
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What to Expect from Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation(wired.com)
3 points by vlucas 8y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 8y ago
Looking at most of these designs, it strikes me that most of them are completely unusable for a simple blog. I just don't have that many photos for my website. It's mostly text and information. I am not sure how many people actual
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by vlucas 8y ago
It's a JS framework that targets server-side (node.js), and is written in a language that is not natively supported - TypeScript, thus requiring transpilation right out the box to use. Does that seem odd to anyone else? On the update:
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by vlucas 8y ago
TL;DR: The tax withholding calculations changed, so less people are overpaying on taxes (withholding from each paycheck is lower), and thus less people are getting refunds, or are getting much lower refunds than last year. The overall tax b
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The AdTech Industry Is Ruining Web Push Notifications for PWAs(vancelucas.com)
7 points by vlucas 8y ago|1 comments
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by vlucas 8y ago
If you are looking for a more "packaged" integration with Google Sheets, check out BudgetSheet: https://www.budgetsheet.net It is a Google Sheets Add-on found in the G Suite Marketplace. Disclaimer: I am the author. It
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by vlucas 8y ago
You cannot assume this to always be true. The company could have a directive from C-levels to cut all contractors plus 10% of staff and retain the rest. You never know. Sometimes there are competing interests that effectively "tie the
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by vlucas 8y ago
So this pattern forces specific technology choices on you (GraphQL), and encourages vendor lock-in by going all-in on "Serverless" cloud functions. No thanks.

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