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nope, i love patio11 too and i feel the exact same way

Now if only they'd take some sort of action against all the spam text messages I get. I swear I get a dozen texts a week from stringofnumbers@fakeemail.com telling me my amazon acc…

My city has a nonprofit called Code for Good [1] that is specifically focused on getting the tech & design community together to help other local nonprofits. I've volunteered with …

I'm with you on the support being sub-par, but the whole vetting brands (A2P) thing has nothing to do with Twilio at all. It's entirely forced by an industry group called The Campa…

I think the processes are getting better each day, but it was only a couple of years ago that you could share a shortcode. My main point is that even with all of the safeguards it'…

> As you may have guessed from our strange spelling, UnHerd aims to do two things: to push back against the herd mentality with new and bold thinking, and to provide a platform for…

They're not _that_ expensive (usually $500-$1k/mo) and I wouldn't really characterize the vetting as "thorough". Don't get me wrong, carriers have been making strides to lower the …

Lot of good points already, but one that I've learned the hard way is never take on a "family" business as a client. You know the type of company where one brother is the CEO, anot…

I stumbled across a pretty big security vulnerability in a restaurant's online ordering platform the other day, but the company that built the platform doesn't really have much in …

That whole ordeal sounds horrifying. What is it about cable/internet companies that seems to make them awful across the board?

It looks like that's basically what they are ( https://smartproxy.com/blog/what-is-a-residential-proxies-ne... ). A residential proxy is listed as an "IP address provided by an Int…

Reply All has a great episode where they take a deep dive into the super seedy world of locksmith advertising. ( https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2ho87 )

Check to see if your town/region has something like GiveCamp ( https://givecamp.org/ )! I help organize my city's spinoff of GiveCamp, called Code for Good ( https://codeforgoodwm.…

I really wish more people would implement cookie notices like theirs. I really like the one that https://www.bosch.us/ uses too.

I just get redirected back to https://usatoday.com :( Perks of living in the US, I guess.

Totally agree. I run a little side business where I sell digital study guides, and when I initially started I had my prices set in the sub $5 range. A while back I decided to play …