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ufarooqi

35 karma · joined February 12, 2013

Programmer & Engineer. Ex-Google.
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ufarooqi··on Show HN: Superwiser -- A plugin that remembers how you steer Claude Code
I kept correcting Claude Code the same way across sessions:

"Don't catch that error here—let it bubble up so the global handler logs it with the request context." "We don't use feature flags for this repo. The deploy pipeline handles rollouts." "Stop creating new API endpoints. Extend the base resource controller—that's why it exists." "Auth tokens go in httpOnly cookies, not localStorage. We had this discussion." "Don't mock the database in tests. We use a real Postgres container—it's already in the docker-compose."

These corrections contain useful context—why I want something done a certain way. But they disappear when the session ends.

Superwiser watches your prompts (not Claude's responses, not tool calls, not file operations—just your prompts) and extracts preferences and corrections. Stores them locally. Claude can search them in future sessions.

How it's different from memory plugins: those capture everything Claude does and compress it into summaries. Works, but burns tokens and duplicates what Claude already handles. Superwiser only tracks human steering. Uses Sonnet in the background to extract rules, so it's cheap and fast.

Also has conflict detection. If you said "use Redux" three months ago but now say "just useState," it asks which one applies.

Simple rules still belong in CLAUDE.md. "Use TypeScript" doesn't need a plugin. Superwiser is for the contextual stuff that emerges during sessions—harder to anticipate upfront.

Install: /plugin marketplace add mu4farooqi/superwiser /plugin install superwiser

Just mention "use Superwiser" in your prompt to load relevant context. We don't pre-load silently in the background.

Experimental. I'm using it daily but expect rough edges. Contributions welcome.

ufarooqi··on Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers
We are not running on top of Twilio. We use multiple tier-1 aggregators for redundancy and Twilio is not one of them. In-fact Twilio also uses some of them.

Numbers are sourced from DID wholesalers.

ufarooqi··on Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers
I'll add a tooltip.
ufarooqi··on Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers
Compliance pages are still WIP. Just fixed other links. Thanks for help.
ufarooqi··on Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers
On Twilio: It took me a staggering three weeks just to get my business profile reviewed and approved, followed by another 2-3 weeks of back-and-forth communication to get my campaign off the ground. It was a real test of patience.
ufarooqi··on Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers
Absolutely, I get the concern about the docs looking like a placeholder. We're putting a lot of effort into crafting the best SDKs for major languages, so for now, the most comprehensive guide is at https://docs.postack.dev/api-reference/introduction.

Regarding A2P messaging, it's pretty standard: create your brand and campaigns, typically with a 72-hour turnaround. We're streamlining compliance by auto-generating legal documents, webform screenshots using templates, and leveraging ChatGPT to preemptively fix any issues before they reach upstream carriers. It's all about making the process as smooth as possible for you.

ufarooqi··on Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers
Twilio also charges per segment, they are probably not transparent. So a segment means 160 characters (It’s a bit more complicated than that).

So if you want to send an 320 characters long SMS. You are sending two segments.

Let me know if it makes sense?

ufarooqi··on Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers
It was already there. I should have added it in Navbar too which I just did. Thanks for correction.

https://postack.dev/pricing

ufarooqi··on Speaker diarization (labels) for OpenAI Whisper generated transcripts
I'm gonna give it a try with your video. If I may ask how many speakers are there in this video. (I have to go through all of it otherwise). From what I can see, we have a teacher who is speaking most of the times and then few laughs from students in the background.
ufarooqi··on Speaker diarization (labels) for OpenAI Whisper generated transcripts
I have attached a link to Google colab with the article.

https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1X5XTiob6irFq8NJM831...

ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Software/Technical Design Documents
Why did you guys move away from discourse?
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Pain Points of Serverless Architecture
Well there are definitely some advantages of serverless i.e.

- you don't have to create docker images and complex CI/CD pipelines. - You don't need to worry about deployments (using Heroku, AWS ECS or Kubernetes) and scaling. - you don't need to write a lot of unnecessary boilerplate code which you do in the case of micro-services. - You pay per invocation and resources used for that invocation.

But then serverless comes with all the issues which I have described in original post. I think serverless is good for quick prototyping but for production use, we should still be using micro-services. It'd be idea if we can create a new layer of abstraction which has good things of both micro-services and serverless architectures.

ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Payroll, HR and Benefits Software/Service for Startup?
Gusto
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Best way to create a landing page?
You can use Webflow or if you want something quickly then try Product Hunt’s Ship.
ufarooqi··on How do online IDEs like Repl.it work?
Yeah just confirmed. Thanks.
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Which platforms do founders mostly use to launch products?
Yeah totally agree.
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: What has made you a better problem solver in software engineering?
I usually read other's code a lot. I personally believe, reading other's code (at your workplace, open-source, etc.) is better than practicing. I am not sure if it's true but it worked for me.
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Have you ever left tech to do something completely unrelated?
Not yet but have plans to leave tech and do fish farming someday.
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Buffer/Hootsuite for a Product Launch?
Yeah getting more and more sign ups is another issue for founders.
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Buffer/Hootsuite for a Product Launch?
Thanks, Have you launched anything in past on given mediums?
ufarooqi··on The coding languages that will get you a job at Google
Well yes these 4 are mostly used but unless you code in some completely unknown language, choice of language won’t affect your candidacy.
ufarooqi··on Ask HN: Which platforms do founders mostly use to launch products?
Yeah that list is pretty comprehensive. I'm gonna add `Indie hackers` and `Beta list` in my list. I think launching at these platforms should be sufficient for most of the founders.