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apitman
13,487karma·3,567submissions·December 11, 2014
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Software architect on the iobio team at the University of Utah Eccles Institute of Human Genetics. I'm passionate about the application of computer science to solving health problems. Hans Rosling is my hero.
Personal site:
apitman.com
Projects:
IndieBits.io - A community for data ownership, self-hosting, and decentralization.
LastLogin.net - A free, privacy-focused login provider
TakingNames.io - Domain names for self-hosters
boringproxy.io - Simple, e2ee tunneling proxy
droplock.apitman.com - Simple secure secret sharing
recent activity (3,567 total)
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For those interested in open source/decentralized alternatives to Slack/Discord/etc, I've had a pretty great experience with both the voice and video integrated into Riot.im[0] (us…
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Would it be a problem to keep a list of DHT peers in the git repo?
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I agree. This is a major barrier to adoption of many exciting technologies, in my estimation. See for example[0] [0] https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent/issues/1492…
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As a few others have mentioned, I highly recommend writing your own static site generator, unless you know the specific reasons you need something more advanced. It's a fun exercise and was a gre…
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I've thought it would be fun to try and sell a device with dual ethernet ports that people can plug in between their router and modem, which would constantly monitor their internet performance an…
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I'd say it's a balance. I try to lean towards staying focused on my goal while keeping an eye out for potentially more important detours.
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When FF 52 first came out scrolling felt considerably laggy on my 4k monitors (Arch, i3 window manager, GTX950). It seems to have improved somewhere in the last year. I'm now using Firefox as my …
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Thanks for the chuckle
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Openage and 0AD both come to mind
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I am a very happy Riot/Matrix user. Commercial software has a place. I think for things like Photoshop it can make sense. It's a complicated and powerful system. I just can't justify cl…
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Is there anything OSM-based like gmaps with the ability to search for ie restaurants in an area, then get voice navigation to the location? Even something that lets you search for "McDonalds near…
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I was wondering if they allow export. I poked around the website for a bit and didn't see anything. That's the primary selling point for me. I want to run my own instance eventually but I&#x…
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It's easier for me to entertain the idea of treating ISPs like utilities, because it doesn't make sense for multiple companies to lay fiber to the same homes. I'm not convinced for thin…
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Riot has inline Markdown, so I'd argue it's actually superior to Slack for serious work.
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Really cool. I wonder how efficiently (and safely) you could operate a small-scale version in your back yard for personal solar panels.
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This is one of the biggest reasons I see people citing for Vue>React. I think it's a very easy argument to defend, but I'm sincerely curious how big of a role this plays. Is it really tha…
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That's great to hear. I'm almost wondering if I'm getting my history mixed up. Maybe it did work when I tried it (~ a year ago) but I just stumbled on old information and gave up. Or ma…
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I love Mithril. I would encourage every React/Vue developer to try it for a small project. Not to convince them to switch (I use all 3), but because I think using tools designed by smart people w…
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Anyone know why they opted not to use Webtorrent for this? Obviously straight Bittorrent is more battle-tested, but the extra friction of having to know how to work a BT client is non-trivial.
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My impression is it's here to stay. I think I've been using it for about 2 years now. The protocol is completely open as well.
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rsync is a great tool, but I'm talking about cases involving NATs and smartphones (although I'm sure there's a reasonable android version of rsync available).
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For those interested in open source alternatives, syncthing, NextCloud (fork of ownCloud), and Seafile are some of the big names in this space, as others have mentioned. Personally I'm on syncthi…
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This, but in reverse. My soundcard was on a Linux host and I used scream from a Windows VM. Worked beautifully.
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That would be awesome, especially if it works similarly to Ada.
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If PeerTube accomplishes nothing but making it easy for a person to host their own videos in a way that can be streamed scalably, in my opinion it will be a very valuable piece of software. I wonder h…
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I think I'm going on 7 years with my x220. It simply refuses to die, and I love it.
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Off topic but I just want to say how happy I've been as a Backblaze customer. B2 is a fantastic product for my backup needs, and their hard drive stats have always been handy when selecting drive…
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I've found the upload speeds to B2 to be fantastic. Especially if running multiple connections.
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Not the same thing, but your comment made me think of AOSA [0] [0] http://aosabook.org/en/index.html …