https://sendbroadcast.net - I've been working on it since October 2024, and it's still going strong.

Currently on v1, but working on v2 release in the next month.

Having used Opus 4.5 for the past 5 weeks, I estimate it codes better than 95% of the people I've ever worked with.

And it writes with more clarity too.

The only people who are complaining about "AI slop" are those whose jobs depend on AI to go away (which it won't).

Working on https://stepsies.com

Tagline: Turn your knowledge into interactive guides

Had the domain for 2 years, and finally putting it to use.

All my European servers proxied through Cloudflare's CDN are down.

Just when the eastern cities are waking up too.

Better printers came along, were not "open", but they were easier to use and maintain especially for first-time hobbyists and even for print farms.

Friends, we might very well be the last generation of developers who learned how to code.

I want to believe there will be a small contingent of old schoolers basically forver, even if it only shrinks over time. maybe newcomers or experienced devs who want to learn to more, or how to do what the machine is doing for them

I think it'll be like driving: the automatic transmission, power brakes, and other tech made it more accessible but in the process we forgot how to drive. that doesn't mean nobody owns a manual anymore, but it's not a growing % of all drivers

I’ve found from trial and error that when I have to manually type out the code it gives me (like BIOS or troubleshooting devices I can’t directly paste to lol) I ask more questions.

That combined with having to manually do it has helped me be able to learn how to do things on my own, compared to when I just copy paste or use agents.

And the more concepts you can break things in to, the better. From now on, I’ve started projects working with AI to make “phases” for projects for testability, traceability, and over understanding

My defacto has become using AI on my phone with pictures of screens and voicing questions, to try to force myself to use it right. When you can’t mindlessly copy paste, even though it might feel annoying in the moment, the learning that happens from that process saves so much time later from hallucination-holes!

I have been working on Broadcast (https://sendbroadcast.net).

It’s an email marketing tool, self-hosted, for use with existing ESPs like Postmark, Mailgun, Amazon SES, etc.

Been working on this since September 2024, and have been consistently hacking away at it weekly: https://sendbroadcast.net/changelog.

Another way to look at it is that tracking what you eat is very difficult. Currently trying to lose a few pounds and doing calorie tracking. Practically carry a scale and a calorie tracking app with me. About once a day there's still some "estimation" involved due to the fact that all the ingredients are mixed together.

Indeed. I also tracked everything I ate for a long time, many years ago. As soon as you eat something made by someone else you're basically guessing.

Then write it down as x2-x2.5 of what you'd expect. Better to eat less the following day than overeat.

Statistics work in your favor here though: at 2,000 kcal a day over a month, you'll consume 56,000 kcal total. So the question isn't whether any given thing was or wasn't some value - it's how much of a buffer is in your "unknown" chunk of that month that you're not winding up way out.

Like if you just tracked the things you can track, and noted the number of occurrences you didn't, then your end of the month weight will tell you whether you're overshooting or not, and you can estimate what proportion the "unknowns" might represent (and whether you should put a conscious effort into reducing them.

The estimating is often enough to make better choices.

I know I’m not going to be able to eat my main, a couple slices of pizza, one or two entrees and a dessert with only 800 calories left in my budget.

Sure, I might be somewhat off in my estimate, but in practice, I might forgo the entrees and dessert (or share a bite from someone else), set some of my main aside to take home, and have a slice of pizza.

I enjoy using Kamal as well. It's simple enough for small teams to understand quickly and flexible enough to tinker down at the server level.