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by yashg 5y ago
"Facebook, but owned and governed by its users" Only good in theory, not in practice. A Facebook or Twitter built on blockchain will be too expensive. The PoW requirement will make it expensive to add new posts to the chain. Over
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by yashg 5y ago
Thanks for saying this. I started exploring the technology and the ideology of crypto and blockchain few months back and came to the same conclusion. A public, permissionless, PoW blockchain is inefficient by design and a private blockchain
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by yashg 5y ago
Web 3 is an idealist utopian version of the web where the web is owned by the proletariat and not the evil rent seeking monopolies. I have compiled my thoughts on my blog https://yash.info/blog/what-is-web3/ The m
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by yashg 5y ago
A public, permissionless proof-of-work blockchain is inefficient by design. It's a feature, not a bug. That inefficiency is what makes is secure and solves the double spending problem. It is the inefficiency which requires at least 51%
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by yashg 5y ago
The core tenet of web3 s decentralization. Proof-of-work is expensive and slow but is decentralized and permissionless. Proof-of-stake means the richest nodes get permission to add blocks. That makes it permissioned. In PoW you need to cont
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by yashg 5y ago
Convenience and saving time. I don't need these functionalities on a daily basis because I don't code on a daily basis but I totally see the point of and appeal of this app. Yes there are free online versions available for all of
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Down with centralization. Here comes Web3(yash.info)
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Why do startups need blockchain?
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by yashg 5y ago
I guess it boils down to personal preferences. I have come to detest passwords in general. Especially a new one for each website. (Because you don't know how the site is storing the passwords). I have created a Password Manager (HexaVa
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by yashg 5y ago
Cool. I did not remove enough services it seems.
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by yashg 5y ago
"I tried removing unnecessary services from composer.json. Still 14000+ files."
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by yashg 5y ago
I liked what jQuery UI does. It provides a web based configurator to choose what components you want to use and then you download a custom file with only those components. Really useful Avoid wasteful loading of code you are never going to
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by yashg 5y ago
That does sound like a little too complicated to implement myself.
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by yashg 5y ago
This is what Google suggests To verify that the token is valid, ensure that the following criteria are satisfied: The ID token is properly signed by Google. Use Google's public keys (available in JWK or PEM format) to verify the token&
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by yashg 5y ago
I am using this https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-php-client Recommended by Google https://developers.google.com/identity/gsi/web/guides/verify...
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by yashg 5y ago
I decided not to use Google Sign In eventually. I will implement a password-less Email auth. Basically will mail the user an OTP to sign in every time.
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by yashg 5y ago
Yes that's a risk. Our digital lives depend so much on the mercy on the tech overlords. I use third party signins only for non essential services. Like someone building a Twitter thread maker, or an online design tool. There are many t
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by yashg 5y ago
Of course I am not trying to validate just one user. But all I want to do is authenticate the token that Google has posted back on my auth endpoint and make sure 1) It has come from Google 2) Allows me to fetch a user's data (just emai
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Ask HN: Why does validating a user require 14000 files?
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by yashg 5y ago
How do you keep track of renewals and all? Are they all on auto renew? I once lost a domain because the stupid registrar forgot to send me reminder emails.
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by yashg 5y ago
Wow that’s interesting man. Thanks.
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by yashg 5y ago
GoDaddy is expensive. If you are making money it doesn't matter. If you have them just parked for a future idea, it's a serious money drain if you have many domains.
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Ask HN: How many domains do you own?
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by yashg 5y ago
I guess that's the key. Continue making what you enjoy making.
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Ask HN: How did you decide which product to build?
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Building in public – MagikBanner – AI assisted banner image generator
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by yashg 5y ago
Thanks. Signed up for Pusher and tested the channel. Pretty neat.
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WebSocket – what it is and when and how to use it with minimum code(yash.info)
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Ask HN: WebSockets as a Service?
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Running multiple websites on local development machine(yash.info)
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