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ariejan··on Show HN: Atomic – Local-first, AI-augmented personal knowledge base
Killer feature: add audio transcription. Record that meeting; just tell the app what you want to remember. It gets transcribed and then processed like any other note.
ariejan··on Migrating from Fathom Lite to Umami
Take your data with you.
ariejan··on Using GitHub Actions in Self-Hosted Forgejo
Needed to figure out why my actions weren't working as I expected, so I decided to write-up my findings. Hope it helps out someone.
ariejan··on Vibe coding is not the same as AI-Assisted engineering
Coding is also not the same as engineering.
ariejan··on Open-Source n8n Alternative for Workflow Building (GUI and Docker Included)
This repo and accompanying website have a pretty high vibe-coding look & feel.

How is this at version 3.0 in just two months?

ariejan··on CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution
Tried installing Cachyos yesterday, was playing Arc Raider like 15m later (mainly because I had to wait on the 30GB download). Zero issues so far. Next up is to see if Rocksmith 2014 wants to play ball.
ariejan··on Notes on Managing ADHD
I will forget.
ariejan··on An update to our pricing
With Windsurf I'm able to pick any of the premium language models. I.e. Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs 1 credit / prompt, whereas the thinking model costs 1.25 credits, and o3 costs a whopping 7.5 credits.

It's simply passing on the cost of respective model's costs, I think. I can image it's hard to come up with an affordable / interesting flat rate _and_ support all those differently priced models.

ariejan··on Why do plastic containers always come out wet from the dishwasher?
My theory is this: the washing machine uses residual heat in the washed items to get them to dry. Plastic cools down too quickly to dry them completely. Mugs, plates or metal items stay hot longer.
ariejan··on Ask HN: Replacement for Rackspace SMTP Hosting?
I've been running mailcow for a long time to _receive_ mail. Sending was hit and miss. For a long time I could relay through my ISP, but that got me into delivery problems as well.

Now I've been relaying through Mail.baby/Interserver for 18 months or so and it works great. $1/mo base fee + usage. With the <100 mails me and my family send that adds up to $1.01/mo.

https://mailcow.email/ https://www.interserver.net/ https://www.interserver.net/r/926156 (affiliate link)

ariejan··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)
Not sure where you are, but 30kmh sounds Dutch. Filming the public road from your private residence is illegal.

In practice, no one cares. Cops will even ask you nicely for footage if something went down in your street.

Anyway, best of luck with your project.

ariejan··on US will ban cancer-linked Red Dye No. 3 in cereal and other foods
And we have always been at war with Eurasia.
ariejan··on The Password Handbook: Secure, Organize, and Simplify Your Digital Life
Not sure if this is a parody or serious...
ariejan··on Immich Joins FUTO
From the article it appears that there will be an optional "pay-whatever" feature soon.
ariejan··on Akaunting is free, open-source online accounting software for small businesses
Meh, this feels more like marketing than open source. The "free" on premise hosted version is limited. Also, no mention of "apps", like inventory, stripe, PoS, etc. for the self hosted version.

Edit: it seems the on-premise version supports apps: There is no app included in any plan. All apps must be purchased separately from the App Store.

ariejan··on I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
It's not uncommon for solder joints to get damaged due to heat stress. It happens to BGA compontents too when not properly cooled. The hair dryer may or may not have provided enough heat to fix a small crack (I didn't look up the temperature a hair dryer provides).

Did kind-of the same with my Philips TV a while back. Still going strong.

https://www.devroom.io/projects/repair-philips-42pfl6057h-12...

ariejan··on Ever wondered how much data web giants generate? Grab says 1.7MB/user/day
Now, imagine storing that on 3.5" floppy disks...
ariejan··on Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on the surgeon’s birthday
Well, I do. So there's at least one of us.

Then again, I grew up having my birthday in the "herfstvakantie" and the habit kind of stuck :-)

ariejan··on De-Googling: My Progress
Mail in a box comes with Nextcloud for contacts/calendaring, well, out of the box.
ariejan··on De-Googling: My Progress
Google Takeout works fine for that. It zips and splits everything in chunks. Didn't have any issue extracting 57GB worth of photos a gew months back.
ariejan··on Is it ok to be a jerk to jerks at office?
Or talk to him in private afterwards? Like adults? Explain how his _behaviour_ affected you and possibly the candidate as well.

There's lots of reasons people act the way they do. Don't assume you know what his reasons are - talk to the guy and be open to have your mind changed by what he has to say.

ariejan··on Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?
Are you Elon Musk?
ariejan··on What was your best passive income in 2017?
What kind of software/tools are you using? I'm curious to get into this as well.
ariejan··on Mail-in-a-Box – one-click, easy-to-deploy email server
I've been running MiaB for about 6-7 months now. It's one of those things that 'just works', and with 'just works' I mean:

* Well configured, secure email server * Ease of adding/removing domains, aliases, catch-alls and user accounts * Ease of using email, either with the ready-to-go Roundcube webmail or any IMAP/POP client * Batteries included: DNS is included, DKIM, SPF, you name it. DNSSec * Want to host a static HTML site? MiaB's got you covered. * Yes, that included Let's Encrypt SSL certs * Awesome status page to check: version updates, misconfiguration, system health, and for each domain: DNSSEC, nameservers, DNS, TLS/SSL, blacklisting, etc. * Open source! Huzzah!

If you're serious about moving away from Google or any other corporate mailprovider is feasible, take a look at Mail in a Box.

ariejan··on Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for personal use?
Try Mail-in-a-Box. It works very, very well :-)
ariejan··on Ask HN: Does a brilliant engineer like Tony Stark exist in real life?
Woz.

Not the flamboyant playboy, like Stark. But silent, smart, determined and hard working.

ariejan··on RocketConf 2015: the web in outer space
For your convenience: http://www.rocketconf.eu
ariejan··on Call for Proposals: RocketConf 2015, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
RocketConf is a three day conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The 2015 edition takes place on 11-13 November.

The target audience are modern web developers (front and back end) and dev ops. Topics range from Ruby on Rails to Elixir to Ember.js to Docker.

The call for proposals is now open.

Also, there are some early bird-priced tickets left. If you're thinking about attending - be quick to grab an early bird ticket!

Edit: link: http://www.rocketconf.eu

ariejan··on Ask HN: How did you overcome depression caused by work/career?
There's plenty of good advice here.

But IMHO the meds are a short-term relieve to take you out of the negative spiral you're in. Why on those meds it's much "easier" to talk to a psychiatrist and work out a long-term solution.

ariejan··on Ask HN: How did you overcome depression caused by work/career?
What's your next endeavor? I'm not looking to move away, but I'd have no clue of what to do besides "computers".
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