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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 26/09/2026

When I discuss video editing with Claude, it always recommends CapCut. So, I asked my LLM friend to check the tool as of 2026. Claude came back with smth interesting from CapCut ToS: they get a license to your content. Even if you pay them. When did this become a norm?

A screenshot from CapCut ToS showing that they get a license to the user content submitted via the services

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 06/09/2026

I launched retrek.me on the App Store a few days ago. Since then, I have received 39 (!) spam emails to the reTrek support inbox with irrelevant cold outreach offers. Have you experienced the same? Whoever does that, it's not cool. Support email exists for the users' support cases.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 05/09/2026

Am I the only one with aesthetic pain when seeing things like that? It's not an indie site, btw, but Bing Webmaster Tool...

Bing Webmaster Tool screenshot where two labels touch each other without a proper gap in between - a clearly broken markup

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 04/09/2026

"Only" 3 weeks of Apple review, and retrek.me is on the App Store! Mobile development is indeed a mindset shift after years doing web. Slow but steady, as they say 🐢

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 13/05/2026

Opus 4.7 has a unique combo of being quite smart but lazy AF at the same time. Given enough context, it can do wonders. But if smth is missing, I get a lot of "good old" ChatGPT 3 vibes with the hallucinations and false claims/assumptions. Opus won't try to find info on its own.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 10/05/2026

I've been traveling this week, and ended up in a rental apartment with unsecure WiFi (no password). So I used my phone as a hotspot. On Friday evening, the mobile network started to struggle and went down to 3G, so I had a unique opportunity to test the web of 2026 with 3G internet.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 09/05/2026

I've never experienced a UUID v4 collision myself, but folks in this HN thread shared their stories. A great reminder that "statistically almost impossible" means "might happen still" news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4806...

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 04/05/2026

In case somebody missed this with all the AI thingy and world news. The 2nd edition of the best (imo) software engineering book has been recently released. Thanks for the gem, @martin.kleppmann.com

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 02/05/2026

I really love Apple products as a user: iPhone, MacBook, iPad, OS, etc. But I really hate Apple products as a developer: XCode, Dev Account registration & app submission process, etc. How come these 2 things coexist?

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 17/10/2025

I've started working on a new product and decided to pick up a good old Java & Spring stack instead of fancy things. And you know what? It feels great to be back! ☕

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 15/10/2025

It's a bummer that the session limit can be reached in the middle of the answer. Understandable from the cost perspective, but a bad UX nevertheless. A great example of a hard engineering task to solve

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 12/10/2025

Bought a used Lenovo laptop and installed Fedora on it to test forq.sh, as it’s a Linux-first tool. It’s been a while since I touched non-server Linux. Surprised how fresh Fedora looks! Great to see that Linux is becoming more user-friendly for non-tech folks.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 23/09/2025

Software engineering is full of trade-offs. Take SQLite for example: only 1 writer can modify the DB at the same time. Coming from the Postgres world, this sounded like a no-go. But, hey, it was a walk in the park to implement the FIFO ordering in forq.sh due to that nature.

forq.sh

Forq - SQLite Queue Service

Forq - SQLite Queue Service. The missing middle between embedded libraries and enterprise solutions.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 22/09/2025

If your workflow contains builds for ARM architecture, prepare your patience 🧘

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 11/09/2025

Claude strikes back 🤖

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 05/09/2025

I ran out of monthly credits in Cursor and decided to give the "grok-code-fast-1" model a try, as it is free for now. As you can see, it didn't go well. Not sure about developers, but it can already replace the Lorem Ipsum thingy for sure 🙂

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 04/09/2025

DHH has just announced that Campfire is open-source from now on. Pretty cool! See here: github.com/basecamp/onc...

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 04/09/2025

When Claude convinces you to use a particular product despite the initial idea to go with the competitor, it's a good sign of nice docs and credibility. DaisyUI it is, then. Great job, @saadeghi.bsky.social and @daisyui.bsky.social contributors!

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 03/09/2025

So, I've finally tried HTMX. Funnily enough, here is what excited me the most: If you leave your browser tab open for 42 years, it will stay the same. No refreshes, no crashes. The page is just stoically waiting for you to be back. Long-forgotten joy after a decade of SPAs!

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 02/09/2025

I manually submitted talktolocals.ai to 31 directories, and here are the stats 2 months later 👇 We have a clear winner, so far: TAAFT. But 2 launches are still pending: BetaList and ProductHunt. Let's see who will win 🙃 I'll post new stats in a month, so stay tuned and don't miss out.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 01/09/2025

Reached my very first milestone with talktolocals.ai The next screenshot will be from the Polar dashboard. I hope 😄

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 01/09/2025

The number of bots parsing GitHub is insane. Here is a screenshot from my newly created repo with 0 stars and followers. Do you see the similar stats for your repos?

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 31/08/2025

Just noticed that my most used LLM instruction in the agent mode is "Let's only discuss this, do not modify the code" Helps with LLMs' eagerness.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 21/05/2025

Came across this post on Hacker News today. It's quite ironic to see how professional devs in Microsoft are forced to use the tool that is not good enough yet. But somebody up the ladder can report that AI creates 80% of PRs now. Check for yourself: www.reddit.com/r/Experience...

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 14/04/2025

Digging through a box of forgotten relics, I stumbled upon a pre-Spotify era gem. Punk rock is today's soundtrack 🤘

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 03/04/2025

When you vibecoded your tariffs

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 21/03/2025

Have you ever heard of Brooks's law? "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." From 1975, but hasn't aged a day. From 1975, but hasn't been understood yet.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 13/03/2025

Check out the coolest dark theme on the web! 🔥 What are your top picks?

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 12/03/2025

Google explains recursion with a hidden Easter egg

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 11/03/2025

"Keep it simple" in a nutshell: instead of worrying about the complexity of scaling, they "outsourced" this challenge to Google for free. Ingenious! www.levels.fyi/blog/scalin...

levels.fyi

How Levels.fyi scaled to millions of users with Google Sheets as a backend

Our philosophy to scaling is simple, avoid premature optimization

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 10/03/2025

I started my journey in tech with a role that was a hybrid of PM and QA: - figure out what needs to be done for the product - compile a list of requirements - send it to devs - test the feature they built With LLMs and Cursor, it feels like being back to where it started 🙂

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 05/03/2025

In 2025, choosing a programming language for the project has a new dimension: AI awareness of it. And since LLM quality relies on the amount of data it was trained on, it leads to surprising results: Java > Kotlin JS/TS > Swift C > Zig Python > Rust Interesting, isn’t it?

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 04/03/2025

Coming from (relatively) big tech, I always think about scalability when building something. Would it be able to handle a million users? The truth is that most indie apps end up having 0 users. And tech is not the reason for that. A reminder to myself: think, but not overthink.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 03/03/2025

After numerous tech discussions, I came up with a simple trick to quickly spot experts. Explain them a problem and observe: experts will ask questions to clarify things before offering solutions. The trick expands well outside tech: try it with a doctor, plumber or bank advisor

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 01/03/2025

Since software engineers were the main users of Firefox due to privacy reasons, what is your new browser? Seeking privacy alternatives without the UX sacrifice.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 25/02/2025

Finally, a useful study out there: www.jmspae.se/write-ups/k...

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 24/02/2025

Whenever I'm picking a database for my indie projects, I hesitate with SQLite, questioning its ability to scale. “It's just a file!” my decade+ of the industry experience screams to me, “you need Postgres!” Ben E. C. Boyter shares another opinion in the latest post: 🧵

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 23/02/2025

Previously, when I used @v0 to build the app from scratch, I invested hours crafting a detailed spec for the initial prompt. Now, this article elevates the game, integrating LLM interaction right from the start: 🧵 harper.blog/2025/02/16/...

harper.blog

My LLM codegen workflow atm

A detailed walkthrough of my current workflow for using LLms to build software, from brainstorming through planning and execution.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 23/02/2025

"For never was a story of more woe than this of Karen and her Jason" (c) William Shakespeare

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 22/02/2025

What are the must-follow accounts for in-depth insights and engaging discussions in software engineering and computer science?

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 22/02/2025

I somehow missed that Go 1.24 had been released. If you are like me, here is the official announcement with a changelog summary. go.dev/blog/go1.24

go.dev

Go 1.24 is released! - The Go Programming Language

Go 1.24 brings generic type aliases, map performance improvements, FIPS 140 compliance and more.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 22/02/2025

Look what I’ve found: Anthropic made a dedicated llms.txt file to navigate LLMs over their docs. Will this become a new standard? docs.anthropic.com/llms.txt

docs.anthropic.com

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 21/02/2025

Came across this piece while reading Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One” book. Internet proved to be useful, but overvalued internet companies without real use cases or profit streams collapsed the entire industry. Is it only me, or does this look similar to nowadays AI gold rush? 🤔

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 20/02/2025

In 1990, @microsoft.com already knew how to create cool ads. Give this one a go, it's pretty cute 🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOO3...

youtube.com

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 1990

YouTube video by Jan Brehm

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 20/02/2025

Show this post to those who enforce the returning to the office policies: My wife has been down with fever, and it appeared to be smth contagious, so I also got it. Not my colleagues, though. Why? I work from home.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 19/02/2025

I’ve discovered lately that the 2nd edition of the Design Data Intensive Applications book by @martin.kleppmann.com is coming this December! Exciting, as it’s one of the best software engineering books out there www.oreilly.com/library/view...

oreilly.com

Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd Edition

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there...

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 08/02/2025

If somebody needs a good reason to start blogging, here might be a good one: 2 weeks ago, I published a longread post where I challenged the established Bcrypt API design of truncating the input if it exceeds the max allowed length. The most exciting part is what happened next:

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 07/02/2025

This Wired article is another example of how far someone can get their public image if they just keep claiming something. Telegram managed to create a reputation of being secure and private, despite the fact that default chats are not E2E, on top of other things. www.wired.com/story/pavel-...

wired.com

Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov—and Upended Telegram

The Russian-born CEO styles himself as a free-speech crusader and a scourge of the surveillance state. Here’s the real story behind Pavel Durov’s arrest and what happened next.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 07/02/2025

As Donald Knuth’s books have been around since forever (1968 according to Wikipedia), in my head I always imagined him to be a 150-year-old Gandalf-like figure 🧙‍♂️ So that was a great surprise to see that he is still in business, and gave a Xmas 2024 lecture in Stanford youtu.be/Hi8r_63LGyg?...

youtu.be

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