The SaaS internet is so boring! These are like carbon copies of each other.
Not being boring doesn’t translate to $$, however.
Readit Newsbiker142541 commented on Pricing Pages – A Curated Gallery of Pricing Page Designs pricingpages.design/... · Posted by u/finniansturdy
biker142541 commented on OpenFreeMap survived 100k requests per second blog.hyperknot.com/p/open... · Posted by u/hyperknot
Interesting, I should benchmark this. I have only used Bunnycdn so far and latency seemed similar to most tile providers like Maptiler and others (but a very limited test). This was using the full planet pmtiles file.
Bunnycdn also makes it easy to prevent downloading the entire file, either in case you care about anyone using it or just want to prevent surprise downloads for those exploring network tab.
Quick benchmark of pmtiles directly in maplibre vs served tiles, both via Bunnycdn and 5 areas sampled using same style.
Total impact on page end to end load time: 39ms longer with cached range requests from pmtiles than cached tiles.
Individual requests are comparable in the 20-35ms range, so the slight extra time seems to be from the additional round trip for range headers (makes sense).
biker142541 commented on OpenFreeMap survived 100k requests per second blog.hyperknot.com/p/open... · Posted by u/hyperknot
Interesting, I should benchmark this. I have only used Bunnycdn so far and latency seemed similar to most tile providers like Maptiler and others (but a very limited test). This was using the full planet pmtiles file.
Bunnycdn also makes it easy to prevent downloading the entire file, either in case you care about anyone using it or just want to prevent surprise downloads for those exploring network tab.
biker142541 commented on OpenFreeMap survived 100k requests per second blog.hyperknot.com/p/open... · Posted by u/hyperknot
Curious how this would have compared to a static pmtiles file being read directly by maplibre. I’ve had good luck with virtually equal latency to served tiles when consuming pmtiles via range requests on Bunnycdn.
biker142541 commented on I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone (2022) smallandroidphone.com/... · Posted by u/asimops
The 12 mini and 13 mini had very substandard batteries compared to the mainline version or the SE.
There are a lot of people who probably would've bought the mini but instead of opted for the SE because battery life degraded so quickly.
As a 12 mini user daily since it came out in 2020, I've only just now started to hit any noticeable battery dip (~85% after almost 5 years usage). It's still pretty solid on a daily basis. On very rare occasions, the smaller battery has required charging before evening due to excessive photos taken and/or nav without a plug.
FWIW, I will probably replace the battery by end of year, or next, and keep it going as long as I can... I refuse the massive "normal" phone size.
biker142541 commented on ChatGPT agent: bridging research and action openai.com/index/introduc... · Posted by u/Topfi
For me the most interesting example on this page is the sticker gif halfway down the page.
Up until now, chatbots haven't really affected the real world for me†. This feels like one of the first moments where LLMs will start affecting the physical world. I type a prompt and something shows up at my doorstep. I wonder how much of the world economy will be driven by LLM-based orders in the next 10 years.
† yes I'm aware self driving cars and other ML related things are everywhere around us and that much of the architecture is shared, but I don't perceive these as LLMs.
I just want to know what the insurance looks like behind this, lol. An agent mistakenly places an order for 500k instead of 500 stickers at some premium pricing tier above intended one. Sorry, read the fine print, and you're using at your own risk?
biker142541 commented on Google Maps Come to Rivian Vehicles techcrunch.com/2025/07/15... · Posted by u/Zhenya
I really don't get why automakers put so much emphasis on their infotainment systems. After you get used to things like Google Drive or Apple CarPlay, there is no going back to on-board software.
It's hard to beat the convenience of continuing to hear your music seamlessly from home to car, or the car knowing where your next calendar appointment is and having the map ready to navigate you there. That, and the fact you upgrade your phone a couple times faster than you change cars, and on every phone iteration, the in-car systems will appear increasingly sluggish in comparison.
This is also why modular radios/8-track/cassette/CD players were popular - you could upgrade your sound system without upgrading the car.
Have you driven a Rivian? Their range estimation and deep integration into the nav experience is critical. CarPlay, etc, are worthless for an EV. This implementation deeply integrates Google APIs in the software Rivian has created, thus adding real value over the app from your phone.
biker142541 commented on The death of partying in the USA derekthompson.org/p/the-d... · Posted by u/tysone
>People these days don’t own real estate.
The home ownership rate has been 64%, plus or minus about 1%, for the last 45 years.
Perhaps, but what about the median age of buyers? That tells a more complete story here https://www.axios.com/2024/11/04/home-buyer-age-older
biker142541 commented on AI is turning Apple into a "loser" axios.com/2025/07/10/ai-a... · Posted by u/elsewhen
So did everyone and their grandma also have blackberries.
No, not really. Peak Blackberry was both tiny compared to iPhone usage today and in a very different context, with very little of the economy or daily lives invested directly into a rich ecosystem dependent on the phones.
biker142541 commented on The War on the Walkman newsletter.pessimistsarch... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
The early criticism was overblown, but I think there is a slow, gradual degradation of social values when ubiquitous technology allows people to disengage easily.
I remember being annoyed when a coworker had AirPods on constantly, even when conversing with other people. Obviously we could have a conversation, but it felt like they didn't value it enough to give it their full attention (I don't doubt the music was turned off, though).
In the early days when everyone was starting to get smartphones, there were lots of memes about people staring at their phones constantly and maybe walking into traffic or bumping into people. Constant smartphone use has been normalized now (for better or worse). In the early days, people felt bad when they pulled out their phone to look something up during a conversation, but that behavior is no longer looked down on. It doesn't feel rude if somebody breaks out their phone mid-conversation and starts scrolling for a little bit.
>It doesn't feel rude if somebody breaks out their phone mid-conversation and starts scrolling for a little bit.
This feels incredibly rude, and I honestly don’t know anyone who would not consider this rude.