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There's a point in every developer's life when they build their own finance app. It's a rite of passage. Mine has arrived. I built Cashzilla for three reasons: I wanted it to be ge…

Every day I'm more glad about EU legislation, that's all I have to say for now

Even today, I'm still astounded that there are people capable of building a gorgeous and interesting site like this in less than 2 days...

I went ahead and did it... XP At the start, I was curious to see if I could. It ended up being a rabbit hole, of course. I can see some use cases for it. The plan is to dogfood it …

I'm curious what the workflow actually looks like for people running Ollama day-to-day. Do you mostly use it through the terminal, a UI like Open WebUI, or via integrations with ot…

I maintain a Chrome extension that adds an AI support to any input field online. One of my favorite reviews is a 2-star review asking for “local model support”. My first reaction w…

Only if the company is headquartered in EU/UK, right? Proton, for example, is headquartered in Switzerland. Even if it wanted, there would be no legal entity in EU to be fined.

This is not an AI problem, it's an "data privacy + lack of consequences problem". It happens everywhere. I mean, have you ever tried making an airline company to stop sending their…

Type /ai + your prompt in any textbox and the ChatGPT will do the job I've made this project so I could learn how to create Chrome extensions. I know there are already a lot of alt…

I find this sensible. Kinda like a bounty system, right?

Imagine you have an open source project that got a major sponsor. What's the best way to fairly distribute this money among the team? Should it be based on contribution levels, tim…

I know SQLite is popular with no-backend native mobile apps BUT I read somewhere it's not safe: if a malicious app is granted the ability to read your phone files, it can access th…

There's no __mifflin__ method. Such a missed opportunity

It's the opposite. Without a license, the default copyright laws apply, meaning that the author retains all rights to their source code and no one may reproduce, distribute, or cre…

Reddit first, now SO. Google is sure getting a lot of data... And probably on the cheap.

Great work! Now do Safari.

Sometimes it's hard to communicate technical problems to non-technical people. They article calls that as going for the neck, but I think of it as effective communication.

Remember back in 2014 when automating with heuristics was the future of making your code better? Codacy is now a somber reminder of what happens when your startup get the short end…

Hey everyone, I work for a data consulting boutique, and we often hire fresh grads who are brilliant at algorithms and coding. However, we noticed they struggle when it comes to te…

"Arrogant" is a term freely thrown around by those who are uncomfortable with the shifting power dynamics. It's easier to label someone than to confront systemic inequities. COVID …

AfD is garbage, but banning it might be counter-productive. A democracy should have institutions that would ensure it's survival even if the biggest idiots take over - because one …