Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 25/06/2026I’ve started building Oriel in public. It’s an early-stage, source-build-only macOS time tracker for people who want accurate project time tracking without sending their activity history to a hosted service. 🧵 130
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 21/06/2026FlowTube v1.1.5 is in review with a couple of QOL fixes from user feedback: > settings now persist after closing the extension > new GitHub repos initialize correctly ℹ️ Unlimited exports stay free for everyone until Aug 1. After that: 3 exports/mo on free, unlimited on Pro. 100
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 11/02/2026Created a "set and forget" system prompt designed to handle any query with max. analytical precision. It acts as an auto-adapter: it analyzes your question, assigns itself the specific expert persona required (e.g. Plumber, Boxing Coach, Therapist) and validates your input before answering. 100
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 28/01/2026📂 6 of my private repos are now public, grab what you need! 1) obsidian-bases-kanban Kanban view for the Bases core plugin. 2) obsidian-smart-columns Columns via callout syntax. 3) obsidian-time-tracker Per-note time tracking with hierarchical rollup. ... 110
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 31/12/2025Obsidian can be as complicated or as simple as you want it to be. I'm keeping it lean this time with help of 3 "vault rules": ONLY enable-or-add features when absolutely needed NEVER pre-optimize, ever WRITE FIRST, format later 120
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 29/12/2025post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains 020
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 20/12/2025"I already got the diff output earlier!" "Let me just proceed" "Let me commit and tag now" Opus actually got fed up with me 💀 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 17/12/2025Tiny Side Project: Muxt View your feeds from X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, and Reddit in a unified layout. Built this yesterday to keep track of curated accounts across platforms. ✴︎ grayscale + color mode ✴︎ focus mode dims peripheral columns ✴︎ smart scroll sync ... 110
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 14/12/2025Quick CSS fix for inline code elements with background colors. 1. Force `display: inline` to allow fragmentation. 2. Apply `box-decoration-break: clone` to ensure consistent padding and border-radius when wrapping. #Webflow 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 14/12/2025Anyone else deleting their entire ChatGPT history from time to time? I do this approx once a year (after backing up) Even if it’s not truly gone, I sleep better seeing an empty sidebar. 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 09/12/2025I published my first blog post (ever) It’s a technical deep dive on building a headless Webflow blog stack using Notion & Cloudflare Workers. 🎨 Design in Webflow 📝 Write in Notion ⚡️ Render on the Edge I’ve open-sourced the code and Notion template (+ db) so you can build it too. Link below ⬇︎ 100
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 01/12/2025☑️ Officially subscribed to Wized (locked in that Cyber Monday deal) I debated using AI to write vanilla JS to save €, but while AI speeds up writing code, I often lose the mental model of how it works. I need control over my logic. Wized gives me the map; AI just gives me the destination. Let's 🛠️ 040
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 01/12/2025Renewed my website www.sil.so to centralize my work in one location. It’s a start ⭐️ and there's definitely more to come. 🧰 Frontend ▪︎ Webflow Framework ▪︎ MAST Colors ▪︎ Radix Masonry ▪︎ Isotope Lightbox ▪︎ GLightbox Host ▪︎ GitHub Deploy ▪︎ Cloudflare Analytics ▪︎ PostHog Activity ▪︎ WhatPulse 030
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 16/11/2025I want to work on a larger external monitor but Apple ruined me. The >M1 MBP displays are just too good. Perfect blacks, high brightness, color accuracy, ProMotion. Even the €5k+ XDR doesn’t give me 120hz. 100
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 11/11/2025Who's buying iPhone Pocket? 🫰 Been hunting Etsy forever for something like this. Might have to find a crafty person to make one custom. 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 09/11/2025FlowTube v1.1.2 is now live with a revamped upload engine to prevent uploads from stalling, along with improved reliability, performance, new custom paths, and detailed status tracking. Make sure to update the extension 🔄 110
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 03/11/2025Moved my workspace to a dedicated room, cozy and quiet, a little while ago. I really enjoyed decorating the space. This week, I kicked off a new client project too. 🌿💻🏺 2140
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 23/10/2025Watch ChatGPT Atlas add a heading to my website in Webflow (5s task) It took 550 seconds. Verdict: stick with MCP 💙 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 15/10/2025Y is there always a shitload of apps waiting to be updated when I have App Updates and Automatic Downloads toggled ON? 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 14/10/2025doubled my 17 Pro's battery after disabling Background App Refresh for 70+ apps 🤡 100
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 12/10/2025imported Gmail (~70k emails) in @fastmail.com + still handles all my domains and a ton of masked email truly a steal for €6/m 000
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 12/10/2025found myself a bookkeeper with Whatsapp service 💬 much easier going back and forth, less overthinking exact phrasing 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 10/10/2025hate to say it, but AirPods > better sounding over-ear Beyerdynamics ...i guess convenience wins 000
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 10/10/2025Love hearing from users of the FlowTube Chrome extension. This way, I was able to improve it and gain some useful findings: It now handles uploads up to 100 MB fluently ✅ Facing issues? > be sure to initialize your repo with README > try incognito mode 100
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 04/10/2025anyone else using Grok Tasks? i use it for weekly monitoring of policy updates (like housing & tax), software releases and current topics I'm interested in 000
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 20/09/2025“All he had was a basic to-do list, and by the end of the day, he had finished everything.” That's fucking beautiful 000
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 20/09/2025Upgrading my phone after almost 7 years. Most excited about the screen and 8x telephoto, which reminds me of my Pentax-M 100mm f/2.8 (sold) 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 17/09/2025loved using @mymind.com in my search for the perfect footstool ❣︎ 000
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 15/09/2025about 18 months ago, I started managing a client's Wordpress site, with the prospect of moving to Webflow - i'm happy to share it's all going through! starting in November not only that she also accepted my highest offer to date ☺︎ 110
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 04/08/2025Using Webflow's GSAP timeline This took forever 😵💫 Tip: Plan your animations in e.g. Excalidraw 010
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 03/08/2025qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 via Fireworks AI api just went completely of the rails i asked to do some math on a personal matter, so won't share the full conversation, but no hidden system prompt or any bs like that wtf?! 😂💀 110
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 01/08/2025🔔 Warp Domains is offline for now There weren't any paying users, and the last user activity was 5 months ago. I'm building a platform on sil(dot)so, where Warp will have its new home. *Also, I'm learning Lumos 🧙♂️ It's hard, but I figured it'll be great for maintainability. 000
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 23/07/2025Does anyone know whether @cloudflare.social account notifications thresholds are daily / weekly / monthly or cumulative totals? UI and docs don't specify this. Trying to avoid surprise bills. 💸 000
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 20/07/2025Export code in Webflow is a powerful feature. You take back control over hosting limits and cost - but it's a tedious manual process. FlowTube Chrome extension 1.1.0 is packed with new features and improvements to supercharge your Webflow to GitHub & Cloudflare workflow. Quick 45-sec tour ▶️ 200
Silvan Soeters @sil.so · 17/07/2025Started using Claude Code (Pro) four days ago and have been rapidly improving my Chrome extension since. CC is the real deal. By far the best AI coding experience I’ve had. 🙇♂️ ~$20 is a steal with limits resetting every 5 hrs 000
