tsp's comments

On: Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS

[tsp]

Would be cool if this could connect to Cloudflare SQLite DBs.

On: More than 1,500 new fonts – including all-time favorites – come to Adobe Fonts

[tsp]

I don’t know a single designer or developer that likes Adobe. There have been so many hostile decisions, so many dark UX patterns. I am happy to live an Adobe-free life!

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I tried to buy Lighthouse and it was a headspinning experience, took me a while to figure out it was a very overpriced subscription version with a confusing sign up experience I didn't trust. I felt like I was going to be scammed if I clicked the wrong button. So I ended up using Luminar Neo, even though I don't like it.

Reminds me of using one of those awful Microsoft maze websites like Azure.

On: Show HN: One – A new React framework unifying web, native and local-first

[tsp]

Crossing my fingers that something like this pops up eventually for modern Signals-based JS frameworks like Vue, Svelte or Solid.

There is no way for me going back to React.

On: PartyServer – build real-time apps with Cloudflare Workers

[tsp]

Libraries / examples / documentation for building real-time apps with Cloudflare Workers. Powered by Durable Objects, Inspired by PartyKit.

- PartyServer: the core library for building real-time applications with Durable Objects on Cloudflare - Y-PartyServer: uses Yjs for CRDTs - PartySub: a library for doing pubsub at scale

On: uMap Project

[tsp]

Looks like a very useful project. Sadly, I cannot tell if the tool creates static images or interactive widgets. The website really misses some examples.

On: Show HN: Brewer X, a native macOS client for Homebrew

[tsp]

Sletch is a complex app that is used by professionals for 8h a day and costs $99. Your app is not comparable to that, just the pricing model. In relation to Sketch, your app is crazy expensive. I would have bought it for $19.

On: Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site

[tsp]

I have been using Netlify for years, for my own projects, but also recommended it to all my freelance clients to host the projects that I was building for them. Going forward I will move all my static pages to other hosting providers.

The Netlify team must think: we waive the fees, because in this instance we noticed the negative press and want to avoid this from blowing up. When this happens to other users, we don’t care, as long as it does not go viral.

Such a pity, Netlify has great UX and I was so happy hosting static pages on their service. But without spending limits, this is not an option for me any more. I could not sleep well when there is a possibility of a $10.000 invoice reaching my inbox.

On: Deno Deploy dropped from 35 regions to just 12

[tsp]

I planned on using them for my next project. Now I am not even sure if they have a server in my country (Germany). Sad.

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https://docs.deno.com/deploy/manual/regions – Frankfurt (GCP : europe-west3) is still there!

On: Lessons from building nine startups in 2023

[tsp]

If you don’t have a full-time job that generates income, you better think of ways to monetize your side-projects. Completely different story when you have stable income.

On: Catalyst – Tailwind CSS Application UI Kit

[tsp]

I’m disappointed they went with React as well. There are definitely more innovative frameworks (my favorites: Vue and Svelte). But I do understand the Tailwind team - it is an economic decision. React (still) dominates.

Going framework-agnostic is (currently) not a good approach imo. The developer experience would suffer too much. I hope in the future agnostic UI kits become a thing, but the tooling around this approach needs to change first.