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prxtl

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About prxtl

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    +1 to Linear being fantastic. At this point, my biggest gripe with it (in comparison to Pivotal Tracker) is that I cannot put a limit on how many issues can exist in a certain stat…

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    Comment #47361402

    I love NextDNS ( https://nextdns.io ) and I've been paying for it for many years. My only complaint is that on macOS, I cannot automatically turn the service off on certain wifi ne…

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    Comment #45844679

    You can read a lot if you read things you enjoy, instead of things you feel you ought to read as a goal/achievement. I used to read a lot in high school and then lost the habit as …

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    Comment #45641099

    The two most popular options are Docusaurus and Material MkDocs: - https://docusaurus.io - https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ They're both used by hundreds of open source…

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    Comment #45604804

    The trilogy of design-related documentaries by Gary Hustwit! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Trilogy 1. Objectified (on the design of objects) 2. Helvetica (on the design of t…

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    Comment #45221392

    It doesn't completely fit your needs (does anything?), but I really like Outline ( https://www.getoutline.com/ ) especially because stuff like Notion and Confluence feels so slow a…

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    Comment #45099391

    This is a fine example of "chit bhi meri, pat bhi meri" which in Hindi translates to "heads I win, tails I win".

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    Comment #45067408

    It is a mess and it is a pain, so most people just keep resubmitting their apps for review. The idea is to get your app in front of multiple reviewers and hope that at least one of…

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    Comment #44873276

    I don't know if an LLM could make such a judgement "a lot better" in comparison to an intern, but maybe it can be used in a more useful manner? For e.g. maybe it is valuable for an…

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    Comment #44165100

    Customizing off the shelf designs for Webflow and Framer is quite common.

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    Comment #43261391

    Immediately got reminded of the creatures in Perdido Street Station -- Terrifying!

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    Comment #42243364

    Also FastSpring.com

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    Comment #42170565

    Mataroa ( https://mataroa.blog ) is simple, to the point, blazing fast, open source, and just US$ 9 per year . It's quite barebones, but IMHO the platform's philosophy lends itself…

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    Comment #41956585

    Apart from the resources in the other comments, I also benefited greatly by understanding the theory and principles behind CI and CD. The Continuous Delivery (2010) book is a good …

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    Comment #41775148

    > But in 2015 with the introduction of the iPad Pro, Apple decided that the iPad was going to replace the Macintosh. Although that is an intriguing (and controversial) possibility,…

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    Comment #41215503

    What do you mean by “user experience challenges”?

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    Comment #37085588

    This is quite neat! But is it just me or does scrolling in the app feel... unnatural? Specifically in comparison to the rest of macOS?

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    Comment #36252237

    A few years ago, H. Moser & Cie made a mechanical watch with their superb levels of craftsmanship that kinda/sorta parodied the Apple Watch: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/moser…

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    I love listening to https://radioparadise.com especially when I don't want to choose what to listen to. Apart from their main stream, they have special streams for mellow, rock, an…