iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 29/09/2026

hehe, I got it, that's why my ideas are half serious =) Well done anyway!

Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 29/09/2026

There was a dude that ran a half-marathon on his balcony during the Covid lockdown: youtu.be/rqb46NzBIts?... So, that’s one idea to start with 🙂 Alternatively, embracing the Nordic philosophy of “there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing” can help - I tested myself 🙂

youtu.be

Man runs marathon on 7-metre balcony during coronavirus lockdown in France

YouTube video by Guardian Sport

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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 · 24/09/2026

Got it, thanks. I see a pattern there - as you highlighted about the priorities.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 24/09/2026

Out of curiosity, are they not using AI at all because of the security policies / sensitive matter of work they do, or because of personal reasons?

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 23/09/2026

Exactly! That's why I avoid games like this: tried Elden Ring, not fun to lose everything. Especially, if my goal is to have fun, not to grind =)

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 23/09/2026

Streaks are addictive and make you forget why you started doing the thing in the first place. As the focus shifts to keeping the streak alive, not to learn, become healthier, etc. I bet 9940 puts you in the top 5% of the whole planet yesterday. It is something to celebrate, not to be sad about =)

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 23/09/2026

I feel your frustration, I truly do. Once, I lost my Duolingo streak of over 600 days. But you know what? It made me free somehow. There is research that shows how harmful streaks are: www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/ulte...

psychologytoday.com

How Broken Streaks Sap Motivation

Streaks are a part of the gamification toolkit. While the prospect of maintaining a streak can help someone keep going, breaking it can sap their motivation and drive.

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 06/09/2026

I wonder if they know that spamming the new products right away is the best way to mess up their delivery rankings in the long run. I'm more than happy to click "Spam" and block the sender, so my email provider bans the abusive domain for everyone 🫡

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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

"Do not be lazy" became a mandatory prompt with this model. A noticeable regression from 4.6 and 4.5 when it comes to this. Do you have a similar experience?

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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

No conclusions here, just an interesting observation worth sharing...

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Myko Nordy @n0rdy.foo · 10/05/2026

TLDR: it sucks! 99.99% of websites are way too heavy to load, even the ones I expected to be more or less static, like the GitHub repos, news, and even some landings! I still remember the time when 3G came to the country as fast mobile internet, and, damn, it felt fast back then! Well, not anymore.

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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 · 13/09/2025

I was today years old when I learned about this sport. Thanks for sharing, Simon!

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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

At first, I was like: “wow, that’s quite a difference in styles after Claude models” 😁 But I guess it’s just a boringbug, nothing spectacular…

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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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