Recently swapped from using the Gem version of this to the docker version on an older ruby on rails project as part or turning it into a devcontainer utilizing docker. Seemed to work well for local dev.
Readit Newsbrandonaaron commented on MailCatcher runs a super simple SMTP server mailcatcher.me/... · Posted by u/mooreds
brandonaaron commented on Ask HN: Front-end devs, what is your current db and backend of choice? · Posted by u/jc_811
IndexedDB only, creating local-first apps with import/export and webrtc sync options and no backend, real serverless.
Super curious about your experiences with local-first. Would you mind expanding on your tooling choices and maybe how much experience you have doing local-first? Do you use indexeddb and webrtc directly or through a lib/framework? Are you using one of the big ui frameworks? Do you use wasm for any heavy lifting? Do you have any paid apps you’re shipping as local first?
brandonaaron commented on Ask HN: Small business owners on HN. How do you do your accounts? · Posted by u/r_singh
We started off with Quickbooks 10 years ago. Switched to Xero about a few years after that and have been using Xero ever since. I don’t recall the reasons for switching but Xero has been fine for a small dev shop.
I recently rebooted my personal site initially with 11ty and then with Astro. I’m really enjoying the Astro experience. I ended up using swup for transitions instead of what Astro provides due to some odd behaviors around remounting my custom elements.
My site is primarily static generated but I did use the node integration to expose a couple of dynamic endpoints. I put caddy server in front of it and host it on railway.
One thing I found lacking was the eslint experience for the astro components. There is a community eslint plugin but I could not get it working well for my setup. Hoping to find some time in the future to dig more into that.
brandonaaron commented on GPT-4 powers Copilot Chat github.blog/2023-11-08-un... · Posted by u/atgctg
I really want to continue to support Continue as they're one of the few coding assistants that have extensions for both VS Code and Jetbrains IDEs.
It looks like it should be a really nice extension. I did do a little digging to see if I could help debug the issues I was running into but ultimately didn’t have the time to allocate to it. I’ll try again in the near future.
brandonaaron commented on GPT-4 powers Copilot Chat github.blog/2023-11-08-un... · Posted by u/atgctg
Aider looks pretty good, have you tried it on medium to big sized repos?
I have toyed with it on a larger code base but nothing significant. I ran out of tokens fairly quickly on trying out some larger refactoring/tasks. I don’t find myself reaching for it much but I’m usually pretty impressed when I do.
brandonaaron commented on GPT-4 powers Copilot Chat github.blog/2023-11-08-un... · Posted by u/atgctg
I recently cancelled copilot (only used the chat) in favor of aider[0] and chatgpt vscode extension[1]. I really didn’t find myself using it much and paying for usage via openai api seems a bit more reasonable for my use case.
Side note… I also tried continue.dev vscode extension[2] but could not get it to work reliably.
[0]: https://aider.chat/ [1]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=feiskyer... [2]: https://continue.dev/
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