alwinaugustin

I too have created a set of tools which runs in local. Can use it here https://toolbit.app/ and the repo is at https://github.com/alwin-augustin/toolbit . Working on the desktop apps. The mac silicon app is ready and working.

I use free models only these days. Opencode or Openrouter allows free models time to time.

Can Anthropic introduce a $50 USD Plan ? I dont want to spend 100$ , but $20 plan is not enough for me.

Location: Luxembourg

Remote: Yes — Europe / worldwide, CET-friendly

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right role

Technologies: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, Angular,PHP/Laravel, LangGraph, LangChain, RAG/pgvector

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwinaugustin

GitHub: https://github.com/alwin-augustin

Email: alwinaugustin@gmail.com

Senior/Staff-level software engineer with 16+ years of experience across backend, full-stack and product engineering.

Most recently worked on large-scale video streaming systems at Byborg, and previously as Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead at Citrix. My experience includes high-volume data pipelines, asynchronous services, API integrations, distributed systems, release automation and modernising existing platforms, as well as leading engineers and working closely with product, design and DevOps teams.

I am also using 2.5 and it is giving me solid results. Its available free on Openrouter

This is after Indian government asked Github to remove Bitchat within three hours after notice .

Why it is important ? We have Docker for containers, right ?

interesting.

Real IDEs are built by Jetbrains.

I don't think so. As far as I understand he is talking about human engineers

Read Austria as Australia and thought this as an April fool

There is a limit for 100 pages. Tried to upload the Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures (REST - Roy T. Fielding) but it is 180 pages.

I use gemini if i need to write something in my native language- Malayalam or translation. it works very well in writing in Indian regional languages.

I’ve been iterating on Toolbit (https://toolbit.app), a local developer utility app I initially shared a while back.

It started as a small attempt to stop bouncing between dozens of web tools for things like JSON/JWT, base64, regex testing, cron expressions, and similar “glue work” tasks. Over time it’s grown into something I keep open all day.

Since the last time I mentioned it, I’ve added quite a bit: • ~40+ tools now (regex tester, PDF merge, image conversion, cron builder, etc.) • workspaces for grouping tools around a task • tool chaining instead of constant copy/paste • snippets, history, and recent items • automatic detection (paste data, it routes you to the right tool)

It’s an Electron app and runs fully local. No accounts, no tracking, no sending data out. The goal isn’t novelty, just reducing friction in everyday dev work.

I’m still smoothing rough edges and figuring out where this is most genuinely useful. Curious how others here think about scope creep vs. “daily driver” utility tools, and what’s worked or failed for you in that space.

Let there be something useful.

I have created one for my own usage - https://toolbit.app . There used to be a desktop also available.

Location: Luxembourg (EU)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

Node.js, TypeScript, Python, PHP (Laravel), SQL, React, Vue, Angular, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, microservices, data-heavy backend systems, SaaS platforms, LLM-assisted features in production

Résumé/CV:

https://linkedin.com/in/alwinaugustin

(GitHub: https://github.com/alwin-augustin )

Email:

alwinaugustin@gmail.com

I’m a full-stack engineer with 12+ years of experience in multiple languages and technologies and available immediately. I have very good experience in architecture, design and development of scalable web applications.

I’ve shipped multiple apps that are largely LLM-assisted. One of it is called Toolbit (Repo: https://github.com/alwin-augustin/toolbit), which is a collection of 20+ dev utilities like formatting JSON, generating UUID, JSON validation etc. I have been using JSON formatters all the time, but worried about whether they are sending it to server and so built this one so as it will do the processing on client side only.

Another application I have built is Remotedays (remotedays.app), which is a compliance tool for Luxembourg based companies to track cross border workers. This is recently finished and starting to reach out initial customers. There is a demo for this app is available in public at demo.remotedays.app

I have used Claude Code and Google Antigravity IDE. The Antigravity is used whenever I exceeded the Claude limits (which happens often). If you have an architecture about the product in mind, you can clearly use these tools as force multipliers. In my experience, Claude is the best, especially when you use it with the skills.

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I was getting these messages for sometime and installed it finally. It is the same app that is mentioned in the article. My phone is already in the system then.

It is not working on my Mac Mini

I think this is obvious , otherwise how can we able to breathe once we are born ? Its same for all animals i think

Same for me also. I have Gemini Pro subscription, still it is showing quota exceeded error.

Feels like they’ve reached a plateau and are experimenting with new ways to attract paying users. Maybe the current generation of LLMs has already given all it can for now.

He will start his own prize now and award it for himself every year.

Location: Luxembourg

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, Node.js, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Vue.js, React,Drupal.

Full-stack engineer with over 12 years of experience designing, building, and scaling large web platforms. Skilled in both backend and frontend development, modern architectures (DDD, event-driven systems, microservices), and cloud-native deployments. Experienced in refactoring legacy systems, improving performance, and delivering maintainable, production-grade software for high-traffic environments.

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HKk_efhPqqb6oHhZtGmSg18gJGA...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwinaugustin/

Email: alwinaugustin <at> gmail.com

I’ve been working on Toolbit — a simple developer toolbox

https://toolbit.pages.dev

This privacy-friendly developer toolbox that bundles a bunch of everyday utilities (JSON formatter, JWT decoder, Base64 encoder, Markdown previewer, etc.) into a single, consistent interface.

It works completely on client side and designed for quick, distraction-free workflows.Right now, the app has a clean sidebar with all tools organized by category .Also it offers as PWA.

It started because I kept opening random web tools for tiny tasks and most of them have lots of ads and not sure where the data is shared with the backend.

Would love to get thoughts from other devs here:

1) What small utilities do you find yourself searching for all the time?

2) Would you prefer a desktop version or just use the web app?

3) Any other “must-have” features you’d want in something like this?

For all its advanced capabilities, the LLM remains a glorified natural language interface. It is exceptionally good at conversational communication and synthesizing existing knowledge, making information more accessible and in some cases, easier to interact with. However, many of the more ambitious applications, such as so-called "agents," are not a sign of nascent intelligence. They are simply sophisticated workflows—complex combinations of Python scripts and chained API calls that leverage the LLM as a sub-routine. These systems are clever, but they are not a leap towards true artificial agency. We must be cautious not to confuse a powerful statistical tool with the dawn of genuine machine consciousness.

I use cursor

This has been there forever.

Just asked ChatGPT to summarise it and it gives this. Just published it to share the link, and will delete in a day or two. https://alwinaugustin.medium.com/how-circular-breathwork-boo...