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marcusestes

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About marcusestes

Product Guy, co-founder at https://vibes.diy/

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    Comment #47942796

    I've been experimenting with an unofficial Ableton MCP ( https://github.com/ahujasid/ableton-mcp ) for a few weeks now. If you mess around with music and have an Ableton license, y…

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    Comment #47754342

    Making a good experience for AI agents also makes a good experience for the humans that are tasked with the management of their agents.

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    Comment #47183460

    This category of complaint is useless until it is unfolded to contain better economic reasoning. In the case of a VC-subsidized service like Uber, the subsidization is utilized by …

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    Comment #46849828

    It affects everyone, because the aggressive revenue cut prevents entire categories of apps and services from being published to the app store. An app store with a 5-10% cut would b…

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    Comment #46849729

    That's too much margin. They're trading net profits for user happiness and it's hurting their brand more than they understand. The app store cartel must fall.

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    Comment #46451150

    Great answer, thanks for following up with your reasoning.

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    Comment #46395383

    “Drop the ‘how.’ It’s cleaner.”

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    Comment #45683987

    Fireproof implements a CRDT and implements E2E. https://use-fireproof.com/docs/welcome/

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    Comment #45608035

    Agreed, but I think it's actually simple. Plugins include: * Commands * MCPs * Subagents * Now, Skills Marketplaces aggregate plugins.

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    Comment #45340520

    Your holy grail is probably Fireproof: https://fireproof.storage/ Open source, uses object storage without a web server dependency, syncs, and has great DX.

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    Comment #44804488

    Never totally discount _deflationary_ scenarios.

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    Comment #44139574

    Appreciate this. But. Do whatever you want. That’s an option too. Make a dumb thing, take your hands off the wheel, have fun. It’s your computer.

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    Comment #43357783

    Cool project. Sad README update: https://git.approximate.life/fadecandy/file/README.md.html

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    Comment #43177752

    Absolutely agree with this observation. And I think it’s a great outcome. The vibe coding Reddit ( http://reddit.com/r/vibecoding ) already contains the full spectrum of “first tim…

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    Comment #43132698

    [IQ distribution chart meme] * Just use Apple Notes * No! You can't just use Apple Notes. You need a full ontological graph structure based on an open standard! * Just use Apple No…

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    Comment #42845265

    lol, that's a nasty combo

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    Comment #42843803

    This is why Satya was posting about Jevan's Paradox at 10pm last night. ( https://x.com/satyanadella/status/1883753899255046301 ) Decreasing resource cost of intelligence should in…

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    Comment #42623732

    Came here to say the same thing. It’s a chilling font choice for a document like this.

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    Comment #42390664

    Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes how AI apps connect to private data sources, making it easier to build agent-like systems. This walkthrough shows how to quick…

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    Comment #42230492

    You did a no-SQL, you did a serverless, you did a micro-services. This makes it abundantly clear you do not understand the nature of your architectural patterns and the multiplicit…

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    Comment #42186369

    Yeah, that seems like an ideal application for Fireproof. I just built a RAG application for cannabis retail data and we could have benefited from some of the realtime support.

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    Comment #42173827

    I promise you don't have to actually care about the financial earnings of the fast food industry to find this podcast dedicated to business case studies of McDonald's totally capti…