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Nobody clicks share buttons to "just share links" But ... make it share something more useful and they might use it more. I author a Caltrain app, and if you are viewing the time s…

I wrote a client & server to monitor all of my computers.. ec2 instances, raspberry pis, etc. Similar to Monit & M/Monit https://github.com/klinquist/machinemon

I wrote a note taking app that synchronizes across iOS/iPad/MacOS and stores my notes in markdown files so that my agents can summarize them each morning, delivering me to-dos, etc…

CloudKit makes it easy - and you can send push notifications (all part of CloudKit, no push tokens or subscriptions to manage) to inform the "other" clients when there is new data …

I just did this for a MacOS+iOS universal app that lets you take quick notes - and keeps them in Markdown files on your Mac's filesystem (so agents can parse them) https://www.gith…

I created a quick iOS + MacOS note taking app to allow me to add quick entries to notes throughout the day. These notes sync to Markdown files on my Mac, and I have Claude deliver …

Yeah, I also find this annoying. I created a site that lets Ham Radio Parks on the Air operators share photos of their setups in parks ( https://www.potaparkpics.com ). I do it wit…

Verkada | Frontend Engineer | ONSITE Full-Time San Mateo CA I'm Kris, a manager on Access Control at Verkada. Access Control is a core product at Verkada. We build the systems that…

It has also led me to a career in software development. I find myself chatting through architectural problems with ChatGPT as I drive (using voice mode). I've continued to learn th…

I agree with this. I recently wanted to monitor my vehicle batteries with a cheap BLE battery monitor from AliExpress (by getting the data into HomeAssistant). I could have spent d…

this made my day.

There were rumors that this version makes the speaker harder to remove (I remove the speaker from the previous version when I put them in my own cars & motorcycles to make them har…

Yes

I have a dedicated travel AppleTV for this. AppleTV is great at hotel captive portals (forwarding the web page to your phone). I am already logged into all my streaming apps, inclu…

because it would be ridiculous for police to be able to track every car everywhere it goes! (10 years ago) Judges require warrants to put a GPS tracker on your car. Now that Flock …

1. Government having the data is different than private companies having the data 2. Consent 3. Accountability (e.g. A government agency needs a warrant to use your cell phone loca…

Verkada | Senior/Staff Frontend (React) Software Engineer | ONSITE San Mateo, CA | Full-Time I am the hiring manager. Job posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verkada/jobs/495…

A project I copied from a previous HN submitter: https://aschmelyun.com/blog/i-invited-strangers-to-message-m... I chose a different architecture + a YouTube livestream. Available …

If you can't do four 9s, then you should do the next best thing: Four 8s!

OWM constantly shows the high temp 10 degrees higher than actual on warm days. I emailed them.. 2 years ago? to notify them of this, they said they know... It's still a problem. Sa…

https://caltrain.live is pretty nice (I developed it, along with the Caltrain Companion iOS app)

Perfect for dragging into my context window :). Thanks!

Reminds me of when I hacked my (and your?) water heater! https://www.linquist.com/tech/waterheater