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mmarian
1,459karma·1,053submissions·July 28, 2019
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Latest projects:
* AI Copilot for LibreOffice Writer: https://librethinker.com/
* A personal blog about tech and startups: https://developerwithacat.com
* Hacker News alerts for comments and replies: https://hackernewsalerts.com/
I open source my failed projects at: https://github.com/mihailthebuilder
I'm on LinkedIn for anything: https://linkedin.com/in/mihailmarian . Make sure you add a message before you send a connection invite.
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I've written a post on why I don't think it'll succeed: https://developerwithacat.com/blog/202507/cloudflare-pay-per... …
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> count the UA as risky It's trivial to spoof UAs unfortunately.
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> block IP addresses based on rules triggered by specific behavior Problem is, bots can easily can resort to resi proxies, at which point you'll end up blocking legitimate traffic.
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I tend to open source my projects when they fail.
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You bring up your product in the place your users are. Might be reddit, might be LinkedIn, might be Google Search results, it all depends on who your customer is and what their habits are.
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After I read your comment, I remembered I posted about it too, and came to the same conclusion ^_^
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Confluence pages, ADRs in github. Not perfect though.
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Home camera. Probably does, but not easy to set up.
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I think you should start reaching out to devs and ask why wouldn't they use it.
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My personal experience is that it's not AI wiping out jobs, it's offshoring.
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I did some journalling in the past, but it didn't really help much.
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How come you picked groq? Just out of curiosity, I built an AI copilot of my own and decided to go with OpenAI for the BYOK option.
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I built an extension for LibreOffice Writer that might help with that: https://librethinker.com Just set in the prompt what you want feedback on. There's a free (lower-quality) LLM, o…
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I use Astro, so Markdown; organised by year-month folder.
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It is! My only struggle is with the extension development/documentation. It was a pain to get my sidebar appearing in the toolbar, and I'm afraid to touch any of that code I wrote. How are y…
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Fair enough. Had similar apprehensions after trying Next.js, but I've genuinely been pleased with the Astro experience.
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I'm curious if you've considered using Astro? It's my go-to for that use case, been using it for all my side project sites.
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AI Copilot for LibreOffice Writer: https://librethinker.com/
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An AI copilot for LibreOffice Writer. My extension just got published in the LibreOffice marketplace 43 mins ago https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/99…
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https://archive.is/UwqzL
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Thanks for writing this, I'm in a similar position and feel the same way.
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Just tried it. Honestly, I prefer the old LibreOffice experience. Dark mode auto-adapted from my machine's preferences, top bar fits within laptop width, don't have to click a button to star…
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I built https://hackernewsalerts.com just for that
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https://archive.ph/ERVui#selection-2039.25-2039.28