I'd like a RSS feed of this blog..
It's available, https://buttondown.com/chrisloy/rss but it's not in sync with the blog, just a single 2024 entry found. :shrug:
Readit Newsvladsanchez commented on Context engineering chrisloy.dev/post/2025/08... · Posted by u/chrisloy
vladsanchez commented on Ask HN: Best way to create a searchable knowledge base? · Posted by u/aljgz
I think you need a Zettelkasten, but its data collection from all your sources may be challenging if not an overkill... However, a Zettelkasten stores metadata, which can include tags, subject headings, and unique identifiers that help link and organize notes. This metadata enhances the ability to retrieve and connect related information within the system; not sure how to do so externally.
The key is to store both data and metadata... OpenMetadata may be what you need: https://open-metadata.org/ but I couldn't spot wiki, chat, github nor JIRA connectors :shrug:
Good luck, keep us posted.
vladsanchez commented on Hyperflask – Full stack Flask and Htmx framework hyperflask.dev/... · Posted by u/emixam
I've built SQLify with it: https://sqlify.me
Lovely!
vladsanchez commented on Hyperflask – Full stack Flask and Htmx framework hyperflask.dev/... · Posted by u/emixam
Love your work. I wanted what it does in like 2007... always felt like extending HTML more was the way it should have gone, instead of the JS hell we spent over a decade in instead. Your work makes me feel like I'm not an idiot, and that my ideas were somewhat valid!
I feel you. Same here... :care:
vladsanchez commented on New coding models and integrations ollama.com/blog/coding-mo... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
Been disappointed to see Ollama list models that are supported by the cloud product but not the Ollama app. It's becoming increasingly hard to deny that they're only interested in model inference just to turn a quick buck.
Ok, so that glm-4.6 doesn't/can't run locally? That's quite a disappointment
vladsanchez commented on Show HN: Scriber Pro – Offline AI transcription for macOS scriberpro.cc/hn/... · Posted by u/rezivor
FYI it works now because I just brought it up. The website mentions there were HN promo/discount codes, so I honestly expected the app to be like $20+, so color me shocked when it's $3.99.
FYI: Still doesn't redirect... Had to remove the url query params. Only https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scriber-pro/id6751968220 worked as expected.
Thanks for sharing.
Looking forward to the "Speaker Detection" feature release. ;)
vladsanchez commented on Show HN: Scriber Pro – Offline AI transcription for macOS scriberpro.cc/hn/... · Posted by u/rezivor
App Store link no longer works. Willing to try/purchase but it's nowhere available. AppStore search doesn't return "Scriber Pro" either.
Thanks.
vladsanchez commented on Ask HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be · Posted by u/paulwilsonn
Let me give you a rather angry story.
My network team asked me to deploy an open-source project on the security VM host. I thought it was a good idea. Small project, no wiki page, poor documentation. Still, I got it up and running. From my side, it looked configured correctly. Their plate was full with bigger priorities, so I didn’t push. My job as the security guy was just: install the app, give them creds, let them configure. Mission accomplished. But of course, I’m always around to help friends.
Months go by and the project sits untouched. Then, one Friday, in a meeting, they accuse me of failing to configure the app. Threw it right in my face. I had no use for the project. It’s a network tool, no security features, written in a language I don’t even know. I only installed it because they asked. If it were for me; I’d never have bothered. I thought I was being helpful. Apparently, not helpful enough.
So I decided: fine, I’ll code my own. No equivalent project exists in Python, so I started from scratch. That way, I could even extend it to do something useful for security as well. I quietly took the nonfunctional project offline. Hindsight is 20/20: the problem wasn’t with the software, it was with their missed network config. Nobody noticed it was gone for weeks anyway.
Over the next couple of weeks, I built a replacement. From scratch. Based on the demo of the original project, I matched and exceeded what it could do. And it worked.
I shared it with the team. Crickets. No feedback. No “nice job.” Just one question: what happened to the old project? I told them the VM was offline and could be spun back up easily. They didn’t ask me to bring it back online. They were still buried in more important work.
Meanwhile, I kept polishing my tool. Now that I had a good minimally viable product, I sought out feedback, I implemented 100% of their ideas, all good ideas. I added security extensions. Performance upgrades, WOOT NumPy and pandas dataframes.
Then last Friday, my boss corners me. The network team says my tool “isn’t functional.” News to me. I’d never been told of any problems. It was running fine from where I sat. Now suddenly, they “urgently” need the original back up.
So yesterday, I drag the old project back online. Tons of work on my part. During setup, the blame game starts. Firewall, config, etc. They even ask me to reinstall the OS because apparently when I installed the “documentation was not followed.” After a full reinstall of os, I hand over the vm, the same problem is still there. Finally, they discover it was a router config issue on their side.
Now the old project is alive, working, and I’m left staring at it, wondering: why isn’t my project good enough? why the bad mouthing me to my boss? when im just trying to be helpful.
Why!?: Pure Envy for Getting Shit Done!
Stay thirsty and humble while you change jobs... ;)
It's incredible how quickly TBC lost the interest of a _lot_ of (mentally) invested users. From a tool that a lot of people swore by and absolutely loved, to a new product that I honestly feel a little embarrassed about.
100% agreed! All my sponsorships and reputation goes to trash by association: Atlassian. Everything they touch, goes to crap. Right Trello!?