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@makeusabrew.bsky.social

๐Ÿšง Independently building SaaS & apps: stronglytyped.uk/work ๐Ÿ“ฅ New: blueskyinbox.com ๐Ÿ™ƒ Fun: bskyfeels.com ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Handy(?): playground.bsky.guide ๐Ÿฆ€ Aspiring Rustacean ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ Cyclist ๐Ÿค“ Nerd ๐Ÿ‘ถ Dad

970 Followers  |  543 Following  |  1,167 Posts  |  Joined: 21.11.2024  |  1.7971

Latest posts by makeusabrew.bsky.social on Bluesky

Yes! Kinda. My favourite is when I see any kind of palindromic number within the code. That makes for a *good* day

02.11.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Recording system audio in Electron on macOS Exploring two approaches for capturing system audio in Electron apps on macOSโ€”built-in Chromium capabilities and AudioTee.js

One for the techies: I wrote a new article comparing different ways of recording system audio output (the sound coming through your speakers) on macOS using Electron:

stronglytyped.uk/articles/rec...

24.10.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DeskVault | All your Stripe data in one desktop app. Local, private and secure Stripe account management | DeskVault

DeskVault 0.3.0 for macOS now tracks MRR / ARR across each and *all* of your Stripe accounts. Still only $29 one-off, still fast, still private. Ridiculous value.

Get it at deskvault.app

22.10.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Claude Code, running on the web

Claude Code, running on the web

Claude code for web:

- connects directly to your GitHub repositories
- creates a sandboxed environment in which to conduct its work
- lets you open a PR once it has finished

Working totally "blind" isn't going to fit a lot of the time, but for some smaller tasks, this could be awesome.

21.10.2025 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Third is awesome - well done!

And yeah, that was a FUN day ๐Ÿค—

16.10.2025 05:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
an image showing two AI generated docs, one suffixed INITIAL, the other FINAL

an image showing two AI generated docs, one suffixed INITIAL, the other FINAL

Oh Claude, what have you learned from us...

16.10.2025 05:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh nooooooo! I missed this. How did you do?

15.10.2025 07:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Common workflows - Claude Docs Learn about common workflows with Claude Code.

TIL you can pipe data through Claude Code: docs.claude.com/en/docs/clau...

15.10.2025 05:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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fitIQ - Supercharge your WHOOP Analytics fitIQ is an advanced analytics platform that enhances your WHOOPยฎ experience, providing individuals and teams clear insights into health, fitness, sleep, and recovery trends.

Fun (?) fact. `p2` is the codename I gave to fitIQ.io back in 2023 before it had a name. It was the second (2) project (p) I tackled as an indie dev that year.

I retired that naming convention after p15. It became - and it remains - utterly baffling ๐Ÿ˜‚

01.10.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

awesome work Dominik, keep at it my man ๐Ÿ‘

01.10.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Claude Code prompt

A Claude Code prompt

What a nice day to start my Wednesday

01.10.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a password input erroring due to "unacceptable characters"

a password input erroring due to "unacceptable characters"

Apple Developer, 2025

14.09.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Share localhost in seconds Test local websites across multiple devices, share them with your team and get feedback from clients through a secure, public URL

oh amazing, congratulations mate!

Fun-ish fact: I ran an ngrok competitor from 2014-2017. I built it solve my own problems at work while contracting. During all my market research I never actually found ngrok and I'm glad, otherwise I'd never have built it:

web.archive.org/web/20161203...

06.09.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a picture of a book I'll probably never read

a picture of a book I'll probably never read

Ah, tsundoku, my old friend

06.09.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot from a BBC news articles citing Sinner as being as good as artificial intelligence, when it comes to tennis...

a screenshot from a BBC news articles citing Sinner as being as good as artificial intelligence, when it comes to tennis...

Not sure AI would be that good at tennis yet

02.09.2025 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AI Gateway now gives you access to your favorite AI models, dynamic routing and more โ€” through just one endpoint AI Gateway simplifies AI app development with unified billing, secure key storage, and dynamic routing. Gain observability and control over costs, API keys, and traffic, connecting to major AI provide...

Cloudflare's AI gateway now lets you connect to all major providers directly through your Cloudflare account: no need for separate API keys, no separate billing. One pot of credit, one pane of glass. Very nice: blog.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway-a...

28.08.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cerebras Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training. Learn more at cerebras.ai.

I took cerebras.ai for a spin this weekend. 3,000 tokens/sec inference using gpt-oss-120b. Absolutely insane.

26.08.2025 09:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Upvoted ๐Ÿš€

26.08.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Big O A visual introduction to big O notation.

He's done it again look. @samwho.dev dropping a lovely article on Big O notation: samwho.dev/big-o/

26.08.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
a user has starred an old GitHub repository

a user has starred an old GitHub repository

Thanks, px307 ๐Ÿซก

(Context: Decking is a repo I haven't worked on in around 10 years. It was like docker-compose, before docker-compose existed, and I and many other users loved it)

15.08.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Redreach: AI-Powered Reddit Lead Generation Tool Find high-impact Reddit posts to promote your product. Monitor brand mentions, and turn Reddit traffic into customers. Boost SEO and drive organic growth without costly ads.

I learned today that my Cofounder is using redreach.ai for our business, and he absolutely loves it.

@dominiksobe.com take this as high praise indeed - he tries a LOT of things and drops most of them immediately. But he's upgrading his three day pass to a monthly sub imminently ๐Ÿ˜Ž

08.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am aghast. Lets*, not let's

08.08.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Liquid Drum & Bass DJ Mix, July'25
YouTube video by OffbeatDooter Liquid Drum & Bass DJ Mix, July'25

This guy knocks out some of the slickest D&B mixes on YouTube. Impeccable selection, simple mixing, let's the tunes speak for themselves.

Give this a listen, and give him a follow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ThI...

08.08.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't give up Razvan. Don't obsess over build in public either - it takes a LOT of consistent effort and upkeep and still doesn't always work.

It's easier said than done, but pick something to focus on, build, launch, market, iterate, and above all else, be patient. You've got this ๐Ÿš€

08.08.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OOOOOOOOOOOOOF. I felt that from here ๐Ÿ™ˆ

08.08.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot of cloudflare's worker pricing

a screenshot of cloudflare's worker pricing

Does anyone know precisely how Cloudflare applies CPU limits to long-lived WebSocket connections? I had a socket closed recently on ~2000ms CPU usage - way below the 30 second default.

Bumping the limit works, but I want to understand the methodology @cloudflare.social @cloudflare-dev.bsky.social

08.08.2025 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DeskVault | All your Stripe data in one desktop app. Local, private and secure Stripe account management | DeskVault

Do I know anyone on here who is:

1) an indie maker
2) using Stripe as their payment gateway (directly, not through another service)
3) processing at least $300/month through Stripe
4) willing to try out the latest version of DeskVault.app for free and provide honest feedback?

Thanks in advance ๐Ÿ™

07.08.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot ofapple's core audio taps documentation

a screenshot ofapple's core audio taps documentation

Weird bait & switch from Apple. Core Audio Taps was previously listed as stable from macOS 14.2. Now they're trying to claim it's in beta and only available from macOS 26.0 onwards?

developer.apple.com/documentatio...

01.08.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good to hear! Anything new I need to catch up on?

I've been sat at my same old desk (give or take some on-site client days here and there), just mega busy. Once bsky slipped out of my very limited brain RAM, I found it increasingly hard to come back. But I'm back to give it another go :)

29.07.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey Mira! Glad to hear it. I'm really well, just busy and forgetful. If a URL isn't burned into my everyday muscle memory, it's too easy to forget it. What's new with you?

29.07.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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