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lenvl commented on Show HN: ScreenStudio Alternative with one-time purchase   aftercut.studio/... · Posted by u/lenvl
lenvl · a month ago
I'd like to share a tool I built and explain why I decided to do this in the first place.

I have been using ScreenStudio to record cool demo videos for some time already, buying and cancelling my subscription, forgetting to cancel sometimes for months.

Then I just got enough. I mean, I love it, but my god, why do I need a subscription for something I download once? Even though I'm building tools with monthly subscriptions, and know that it's way better to have MRR numbers, they look somewhat predictable. But do we really need a subscription for a video recorder?

If I don't upload my video to your servers, I cost you $0/mo.

That's why I wanted to build my own alternative for a while now.

Today I have it, it's called AfterCut. https://aftercut.studio/ $29 one time purchase, and it's yours forever. It uses Polar servers to validate the license key, so you should not be afraid that my servers will just go down and break your app.

It has features like dynamic smart zoom, automatic captions generation, manual captions, backgrounds, webcam styling, and many more.

I know that ScreenStudio started with one time purchase pricing model, but then they got greedy and changed that. While I still see some sense in an optional subscription if you want to use some cloud features, the software you buy must be yours.

Feel free to share your thoughts. It's still a bit buggy, but I'm going to drop some fixes and more features soon.

lenvl commented on SQLNet A social network that looks like Twitter but you write SQL to do anything   sqlnet.cc... · Posted by u/colinbartlett
_boffin_ · 2 months ago
Beautiful. Love the weirdness of it.
lenvl · 2 months ago
Thanks!
lenvl commented on SQLNet A social network that looks like Twitter but you write SQL to do anything   sqlnet.cc... · Posted by u/colinbartlett
datancoffee · 2 months ago
Name sounded familiar. Read the post, loved the weirdness of it. Then, flashback. Oracle sqlnet! The original distributed processing framework of the greybeards and Oak Table knights. Anyone remember Oak Table?
lenvl · 2 months ago
Lol, I didn't know about Oracle sqlnet at that moment
lenvl commented on SQLNet A social network that looks like Twitter but you write SQL to do anything   sqlnet.cc... · Posted by u/colinbartlett
lenvl · 2 months ago
Back online. Proudly hosted on Raspberry PI, lol
lenvl commented on SQLNet A social network that looks like Twitter but you write SQL to do anything   sqlnet.cc... · Posted by u/colinbartlett
wolttam · 2 months ago
I suggest updating the login form's "query" to:

  SELECT token, user_id FROM users
  WHERE username = '____'
  AND password = HASH('____')
  -- Or maybe: AND password_verify(password, '____')
  LIMIT 1;
I assume you are already hashing passwords, but the current login form's 'UI query' is enough to raise questions

lenvl · 2 months ago
Sounds good. I'm currently offline, due to migration to a different env. But I'll add this.
lenvl commented on SQLNet A social network that looks like Twitter but you write SQL to do anything   sqlnet.cc... · Posted by u/colinbartlett
lenvl · 2 months ago
Hey, this is the author of SQLnet. Feel free to ask me anything about this project.
lenvl commented on SQLNet A social network that looks like Twitter but you write SQL to do anything   sqlnet.cc... · Posted by u/colinbartlett
insomniacity · 2 months ago
ERROR: timeout exceeded

:(

lenvl · 2 months ago
Sorry, I was asleep. Just realized I got a ton of users overnight. Looking into :)

u/lenvl

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