Are there any good videos showcasing a productive Emacs setup like this and how it's used for everyday tasks?
Readit NewsMackser commented on How I am deeply integrating Emacs joshblais.com/blog/how-i-... · Posted by u/signa11
Mackser commented on One-time purchase alternatives to popular subscription tools payoncealternatives.com... · Posted by u/ksec
I love sites like this. I'm always looking for more apps that let me keep using them even if I stop paying for updates. Adding a $10 monthly subscription will stop me from using most products but I'll gladly pay $100+ for some quality software that I can keep
Mackser commented on Dokku: My favorite personal serverless platform hamel.dev/blog/posts/dokk... · Posted by u/tosh
I've been using Dokku for many years. It's remarkably stable and easy to use. I wrote an extensive tutorial on how to deploy various apps and websites with Dokku in 2018 [1] and I'm sure that following the same steps still works 6 years later.
1: https://maxschmitt.me/posts/tutorial-deploy-apps-websites-do...
I haven't heard many developers/designers talk about the overused practice of using toasts for UI feedback.
The post shares a few real-world examples and illustrates some of the problems with how they use toasts.
What do you think? Are toasts overused? In which cases do you use them in your own apps?
Mackser commented on Show HN: I made a free animator. Think Adobe Illustrator but for animation trangram.com... · Posted by u/trangram
This looks really well done! I was able to create a simple animation easily even though I don't know anything about animation software.
By the way, your "Features" page is really well made. I would showcase those features on the homepage. I didn't find the list of features until I clicked the link in one of your comments on HN.
You can also make your project more appealing on the homepage by including a looping demo animation (to see what's possible) and a screenshot of the tool.
Best of luck with the project!
Mackser commented on Show HN: Invoice Dragon – An open source app to create PDF invoices invoicedragon.com/... · Posted by u/lanijuyi
This is really well made! I know from my experience building Cakedesk [1] that the requirements of invoices vary greatly from country to country and from user to user.
Some things you can add to appeal to more people that are useful to most:
* Keep track of clients and personal info so the user doesn't have to type the address / invoice IDs every time
* Allow users to keep track of which items are paid/unpaid
* Allow users to declare sales tax on the invoices
* Allow users to upload their own HTML-based invoice designs
* Allow users to add subitems to items
Good luck with the project, it looks well-made and it will be useful for many people!
[1]: https://cakedesk.app
Mackser commented on Show HN: Invoice Dragon – An open source app to create PDF invoices invoicedragon.com/... · Posted by u/lanijuyi
I thought about using something like this for my invoices, or even doing something on my own, but in reality I made an HTML page with a bunch of "contenteditable" attributes, edit it directly in the browser, sometimes fiddle in devtools to remove some things, and print as pdf. Somehow it feels wrong because my mother couldn't do that, but since I can it's actually the fastest way to get it done for me.
But anyway it's a nice tool for people who want to do something with little fuss. Some nitpicks:
* if I refresh the page, all the data is lost
* custom select boxes are ok, but the list of currencies is huge. in a normal select box I could just type "EUR" and it would select that option. Here I need to scroll for a long time.
* an annoying thing in general is tracking the invoice number. It would be nice if it would remember the last one. Of course there are all sorts of complexities here, like people have different "systems" on how it's called and how to increment
* my company is always the same, so it would be nice if this data was saved. Sorry if it already does, I didn't see it.
But thanks for sharing in any case.
I started similarly. I had built a really simple HTML template for my invoices and I generated them using some CLI scripts and Airtable as a database (to keep track of customer addresses, invoice IDs, etc.).
I didn't want to use a full-on accounting tool where everything is kept in the cloud with expensive monthly subscriptions and using Word or something along those lines also didn't work for me.