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Hector @hctr.dev · 28/05/2025

When you schedule messages on Slack, do you mention it was scheduled? 🤔 I usually don't, but I often wonder if I should. Just in case something changes between the time I wrote the message and the time it gets received. Is there any "scheduled message etiquette" I should know about?

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Hector @hctr.dev · 24/05/2025

Why is it that banks have such bad security practices when compared to pretty much anything else? One I came across: - User IDs are sequential - Passwords are 7 characters (only numbers) - 2FA only with SMS - Login asks for only 3 digits of your 7 number code 🤯

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Hector @hctr.dev · 18/05/2025

Random app idea I had yesterday: A dating/meeting app where you find people you are interested in based on each others code. It would connect to your Github and pull random pieces of code to show other people (nothing else about you). If you both like each other's code you could connect 🫶

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Hector @hctr.dev · 17/05/2025

This morning I finally took the time to clean out my phone's USB-C port. Now the cable actually goes in all the way and doesn't fall out all the time! So satisfying 😌

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Hector @hctr.dev · 06/05/2025

TIL: Minifying the output HTML of a Svelte build is a bad idea 🤔 I noticed HEAD elements were getting duplicated and I couldn't figure out why. Turns out Svelte actually uses comments in the markup to handle updates without duplication! So I broke it by removing them 😅 github.com/sveltejs/sve...

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Duplicate `head` elements occur when html comments are stripped · Issue #8112 · sveltejs/svelte

Describe the bug The solution to the duplicate content svelte:head element bug (and also this one) requires HTML comments to be present in order to function correctly. Many minification tools strip...

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Hector @hctr.dev · 06/05/2025

Yesterday I published a complete rewrite of my website! 🙌 It's now completely written in Svelte hctr.dev/post/rewriti...

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Hector @hctr.dev · 01/05/2025

I'm rebuilding my website (again) and I'm almost at a point where I'm happy with the new design. But then I go back to the live version and I think "hmm, this looks better than I remembered. Is the new version actually better? Or just different?" 🙃

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Hector @hctr.dev · 30/04/2025

Yesterday I finally upgraded my laptop from Linux Mint 21.3 to 22.1! My favourite "feature" so far is that the fans no longer spin up as soon as I plug in the power 🤯

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Hector @hctr.dev · 31/03/2025

Came back to an old project I worked on a few years ago. Just wanted to make a few tweaks, nothing major. Now I'm trying really hard to resist the urge to rewrite it all 🙃

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Vlad @handle.invalid · 21/11/2024

If you're an indie maker or interested in dev, I'm putting together a starter pack. Drop your @ here, and I'll make sure to include you. Power to the people! 🚀 go.bsky.app/AFG1Sgc

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Andrei @hudovich.com · 21/11/2024

If you're an indie hacker and wondering whom to follow... Here are two starter packs featuring 210+ Indie Hackers: Part 1 - go.bsky.app/7PVRQFX Part 2 - go.bsky.app/GHWuWr6 Let me know if you want to be added 👇 P.S. Guys, please, repost this 🙌

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Hector @hctr.dev · 20/11/2024

Spent an hour banging my head against Nginx to get a reverse proxy working. Turns out the only problem was the port being closed on the firewall 🙃

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Hector @hctr.dev · 20/11/2024

You can now click on stars to open the corresponding post! ⭐ On desktop you need to be *very* fast though! nightsky.hctr.dev

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Hector @hctr.dev · 20/11/2024

This is very cool! Yet another visualisation of all the activity happening on Bluesky 💙

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Hector @hctr.dev · 20/11/2024

I added a little feature on nightsky.hctr.dev 👀 You can add a bsky handle to the URL to highlight new posts from that user! Just add "?u=<handle>" to the end of the URL. For example: nightsky.hctr.dev?u=hctr.dev These stars will have a different colour and won't disappear until you refresh ⭐

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Nightsky | hctr.dev

See live conversations from all over Bluesky as a dynamic night sky

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Hector @hctr.dev · 18/11/2024

The response to this has been staggering. I expected that maybe a couple of people would think it was neat. I never thought thousands of people would try it! 💙 For those who may be curious, the source code is now available here: gitlab.com/hctrdev/bsky...

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Luke 🏳️‍🌈✈️ @lukeacl.com · 18/11/2024

I didn’t like the vibe of the last one with the black background. I’ve been toying with the Bluesky api again. I’m addicted. Here’s my most used emojis ever for all time. Generate #emojibubble here: skythings.lukeacl.com/emojis/. Warning if you yap a lot it’ll be slow to generate.

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Hector @hctr.dev · 17/11/2024

OK, this went a bit viral 😅 I never thought so many people would enjoy this! It's been so lovely reading everyone's comments this morning. Thank you 💙

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Hector @hctr.dev · 16/11/2024

I made a thing! I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃 Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something

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Nightsky | hctr.dev

See live conversations from all over Bluesky as a dynamic night sky

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 15/11/2024

Just be you. Be your authentic self. Joke, talk about stuff that fascinates you, the things you love, that you hope for & your passions. Connect with ppl honestly. Be brave enough to be authentic and open to others doing the same.

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Hector @hctr.dev · 15/11/2024

Hi! I'm Hector 👋 Time for a quick #introduction I think: - Software developer (10+ years) - Backend & a little frontend - Go - Kotlin - Svelte 🧡 - Exploring gamedev with Godot 🕹️ - Hosting my own stuff for fun 🏡 - Hiking, nature & traveling - Learning digital art - Plant-based 🌱 #promosky

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Jaz @jaz.sh · 15/11/2024

Bluesky by the Numbers today: 1.3M people Posted 6.5M posts 2.3M people Liked 37.5M posts 2.9M people Followed 41.5M people (!!!!!) Over 1,000,000 people joined the network!!!!!! We broke all-time traffic records by over 30% today across the board. Follows are up 20x from 2 weeks ago! Holy Moly

Graph of posts and likes per day over the past 11 days showing growth from 2.2M posts per day to 6.5M posts per day and 11.7M likes per day to 37.5M likes per day.

Graph of follows per day and unique users following someone per day over the past 11 days showing growth from 2.1M follows per day and 417k people following someone to 41.5M follows per day and 2.9M people following someone. The growth is clearly exponential.

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Hector @hctr.dev · 15/11/2024

I'm a bit new to this frontend development business, and I am genuinely enjoying it, but does it always turn into a kind of art project? 🤔 In terms of UI I'm usually only worried about what to write in log messages.

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Hector @hctr.dev · 14/11/2024

The screenshot is from my self-hosted Grafana instance, which is pulling system metrics from my laptop using Prometheus. All over my @tailscale.com network. I think it's clever. Useless 99% of the time, but who cares? Graphs are cool 😎

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hailey @hailey.at · 14/11/2024

okay well we're gonna add over 1 million users in a single 24 hour period today, so please bear with us.

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Hector @hctr.dev · 14/11/2024

I think my laptop is looking for a new battery 🙃

Screenshot of my laptop's battery level suddenly dropping from 26% to 6%.

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Will King @wking.dev · 14/11/2024

Are you new to generative art or have ever been interesting in trying it? I wrote something for you. www.wking.dev/guides/the-g...

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Simon Holmes @srsholmes.com · 13/11/2024

I love a good unit test. ❤️

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Hector @hctr.dev · 13/11/2024

Love this! So easy to start playing around with the protocol. Now, what to build? 🤔

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Also - and I cannot emphasise this enough - twitter actively suppresses links. This is terrible for journalism - of any ideological stripe. Bluesky doesn't so it's a far better platform for writers.

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luna @imlunahey.com · 09/11/2024

remember to setup labels pronouns: @pronouns.adorable.mom timezone: @khronos.world

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

if u are wondering about that red pin emoji here 📌 if u find a post u want to return to u can stick a pin in it by replying with the red pin emoji then use @jaz.bsky.social's red pin feed which keeps track of your red pins

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Jaz @jaz.sh · 12/11/2024

So I guess we're just doin bigger numbers every day now. This is pretty damn exciting and I'm glad y'all are here and justifying the time we spent investing in scaling. Really feels special to see this 20% day over day growth in activity and the "fresh of breath air" new users are experiencing. 💜

Graph of users over time and new users over time over the past 14 days from October 30th until the start of November 12th.
We start with 13.5M users and end at 14.5M users.
Each day shows a bar of new users per day and it keeps increasing, now adding over 200k new users per day.

Graph of firehose traffic over the past 6 hours overlaid with lines from yesterday, a week ago, and 4 weeks ago.

Average event rate increased from 150/sec 4 weeks ago to 292/sec a week ago to 543/sec yesterday to 677/sec today.

Event rate has increased by 15-20% daily over the past 6 days.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/11/2024

If you have a website, it's super easy to make that domain your handle on here. It prevents impersonation and bolsters your credentials. You just need to follow the instructions here and input your unique identifier into your sites dns settings then verify it on bluesky. bsky.social/about/blog/4...

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How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky

Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 12/11/2024

POLL for Bluesky veterans: What is YOUR advice for newcomers looking for more engagement, who say they're not getting much traction, who feel like no one's reading their posts? Pls reply with your top tips below, or reply with a post a link to your advice thread or post. #BlueSkyTips

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JYC @jyc.dev · 12/11/2024

I think I can stay hours just watching firehose (firesky.tv)

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Firesky

Watch every Bluesky post in real-time – filter the firehose

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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I hate to bitch about engagement again because I know everyone is tired of it, but please remember to retweet things you enjoy. There's no punishment for it on bluesky, and no algorithm aside of the discover feed to push the artists you like.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Speaking of the utterly broken Twitter search (RIP), here are instructions for searching on Bluesky. It requires a little more from you, but once you know the prefixes, I've found the search works just fine. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

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Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky

Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 11/11/2024

Bluesky is now the #2 social app in the US, Canada, and #3 in the UK 🦋 On bsky, ~30% of y'all are posters compared to the 1% main characters on other platforms. Turns out there's more chattiness & connection when you have algorithmic choice 🤭

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 10/11/2024

For anyone looking to adjust their media diet, now’s a great time to consider escaping The Algorithms with RSS. Here are some of the blogs, newsletters, and independent news sites I follow: www.mollywhite.net/blogroll/ For feed readers, I use Inoreader, but there are many other good options.

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