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I wrote a web app that moved paper-based funding submission and grant management online. A second client wanted the same thing, so I wrote it again with newer tech. When the third client asked for the same thing I spent eighteen months creating a customisable framework, which is in use for increasing numbers of clients.
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To each it's own, but 1Password security design looks pretty solid. Here is their white paper: https://1passwordstatic.com/files/security/1password-white-p...
You're right. I'm sure their security design is 100% bulletproof and none of my sensitive data will ever be leaked. And even if it were somehow possible for it to be leaked, I'm also sure the company would be completely forthcoming as quickly as possible.
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No, not to host paperless-ng for me. I also don't mean send them physical documents. I'll be scanning the documents myself of course. I mean a hosted service that I can use from my desktop or phone to upload documents quickly. It should also provide integration with my email with the ability to add rules regarding certain email senders and converting email content to PDF where possible (for the cases where the sender…
Can you list features? This sounds like a good/quick microsaas idea, maybe we can team up on it. Any idea if others would pay for something like this? Am I right thinking the features are: - Ability to upload docs (perhaps w/ multiple integrations, drive, dropbox, etc. - Imap connection to only temporarily read/store email to check the sender or content (possibly using some ai as well?) to then convert specific mails…
The programmable web. A singular gateway to a programmatic way in which you not only consume data but also services. It doesn't exist. We have a very fragmented ecosystem of http based services mixed with html, APIs and everything requires an account or credit card. I'd kill for one way to access everything in a programmatic way through one gateway. Tried to approach this in numerous ways and continually failed. Edit…
A sane build system + package management solution for C++. I have to cobble it together via CMake + Conan every time and I'm praying I get put on a new Rust project someday, but my position and sizeable comp are mainly for being a "legacy janitor".
Have you tried gn or bazel?
Crabs in a bucket.
A sane build system + package management solution for C++. I have to cobble it together via CMake + Conan every time and I'm praying I get put on a new Rust project someday, but my position and sizeable comp are mainly for being a "legacy janitor".
It can't be done for C++ unless you massively constrain the problem. Trivial example: libfftw3 has --enable-threads and --enable-float configure/compile time options. Your project may need/want both, one or neither of these options (it may, in fact, want two different versions of the library). Rust "proposes" to deal with this by essentially compiling its libraries as a part of building your project (ie. "vendoring"…
The programmable web. A singular gateway to a programmatic way in which you not only consume data but also services. It doesn't exist. We have a very fragmented ecosystem of http based services mixed with html, APIs and everything requires an account or credit card. I'd kill for one way to access everything in a programmatic way through one gateway. Tried to approach this in numerous ways and continually failed. Edit…
This is more likely to happen in crypto than any other ecosystem. The permissionless composabiblity is driving an insane amount of innovation.
A local dev environment that works. Doing this again, and again, and again.... ...truly sucks. After not working on a codebase for a year, or two, I usually need to set up everything again -- and often run into very stupid/pointless issues that waste an hour, and often much more, just to get to the point where I can start the actual coding process. This is pretty much why I've stopped coding. I don't have the time to…
Seem like you never got on board the declarative-infra-as-code boat, it's actually rekindling my software flame, with things like docker-compose and NixOS, everything you ever work on can be stored as code, and set up with 0 effort.
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Have you tried gn or bazel?
I have advocated to at least try bazel (or even buck), but the higher-ranking devs all say that it's too much "organizational knowledge risk", i.e. if I force something unfamiliar onto the team and they only shakily know how to work with it with my help and then I leave, they're screwed. Therefore, it usually boils down to trusty old crusty tools. Crabs in a bucket.
Bazel is a tool by and for Google scale companies, which 99% of tech companies aren't. Make and co are good enough for most use cases.
My parent's computers. In the ancient times known as "the 90s" you could find PC technicians who would run anti-malware, dig into the register, and overall tune your computer while leaving everything more-or-less as it was. Those technicians are long gone, replaced by people who make easy money by wiping your computer clean and putting your old files in a folder called "Backup". I'd gladly pay someone to do it right,…