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cornfieldlabs commented on Ask HN: What are you working on?    · Posted by u/tamnd
kode95 · 2 months ago
Considering an app that lets digital nomads in a city find other digital nomads for exploring the city together or just getting a cup of coffee. Would anybody be interested in such an app?
cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
There's a community run by levels.io which does something like this
cornfieldlabs commented on Ask HN: What are you working on?    · Posted by u/tamnd
cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
Working on an actual social network for close friends.

No clout-chasing ragebait news or doomscrolling. See updates from your friends and that's it.

site link: https://intimost.com/login/

demo creds:

test@example.com

Demo123!

More context: (show HN) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45721134

cornfieldlabs commented on AWS to bare metal two years later: Answering your questions about leaving AWS   oneuptime.com/blog/post/2... · Posted by u/ndhandala
ndhandala · 2 months ago
If you're running k8s cluster. Check out cloudnative pg. That thing is a beast.
cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
We have hosted on everything on a tiny Hetzner. The site barely has any users apart from our friends:) :(

Info noted

cornfieldlabs commented on AWS to bare metal two years later: Answering your questions about leaving AWS   oneuptime.com/blog/post/2... · Posted by u/ndhandala
cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
Managed DB costs a lot.

Is there a simple safe setup that we can run on an Ubuntu server?

We self-host the Postgres db with frequent backups to s3 but just in case the site takes off, we need an affordable reliable solution.

Does anyone here run their own db servers? Any advise?

Backups, security, upgrades etc

cornfieldlabs commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)    · Posted by u/david927
gigatree · 2 months ago
A domain name would be a good start :)

Also maybe a problem statement at the top (eg rampant AI slop, clout pressure, security).

cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
Now it is live at https://intimost.com
cornfieldlabs commented on AWS to bare metal two years later: Answering your questions about leaving AWS   oneuptime.com/blog/post/2... · Posted by u/ndhandala
cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
> Equinix Metal got the closest, but bare metal on-demand still carried a 25-30% premium over our CapEx plan. Their global footprint is tempting; we may still use them for short-lived expansion.

> The Equinix Metal service will be sunset on June 30, 2026.

https://docs.equinix.com/metal/

cornfieldlabs commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)    · Posted by u/david927
gigatree · 2 months ago
Private comments and no likes looks great, something I’ve been wishing more social media had (but won’t for obvious reasons). Best of luck!
cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
Thank you!

-Many say they want to stop doomscrolling and clout-chasing but I don't know how many are actually willing to do so

-Individuals may move here but their friends won't. So the feed will be initially empty by design. Introducing any kind of reward is against our ethos so we are clueless about how to convince existing friend circles to move.

cornfieldlabs commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)    · Posted by u/david927
cornfieldlabs · 2 months ago
We are building a private text-only no-clout social network with chronological feed for close friends.

(It was supposed to be completed months ago but got stuck in other issues)

Here's the waitlist and proposal: https://waitlist-tx.pages.dev

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