Rook1e

Hi, folks. How would you define the "Golden Age" of the internet? In my opinion, it’s when people ran personal websites, blogs, or portfolios to share thoughts and stories. These websites could be unstable, slow, or "ugly", but they were the true digital gardens of individuals, making the internet colorful. It's such a pity that most of the content from independent websites is hidden in the...

Hi, folks! As an AI chatbot user, I really enjoy using it to assist me with writing, coding, research, etc. I've been using GPT-3.5 Turbo since its release and occasionally use GPT-4. I'm not an AI "fanatic" nor interested in the academic papers and benchmarks. In the community, some people say X is better than Y, while some people say the opposite, which makes me confused. Finally, I...

Hi, folks. As an RSS user, I tried Inoreader and Feedly, then ended up self-hosting a Miniflux instance on my homelab. A few months ago, I moved to another city and had to shut down my homelab for a long time, so I couldn't access my local miniflux. It was quite inconvenient. I decided to self-host my RSS aggregator on a tiny VPS or PaaS such as fly.io. However, Miniflux requires a PostgreSQL...

Hi, folks. I learned that it's effective to validate ideas using a waitlist. However, I don't want to spend hours on building and deploying the waitlist every time. So I built WaitlistEasy, a ready-to-deploy boilerplate for building and managing waitlists. It includes pre-built pages, page preview, project management, submission metrics, data export, etc. Feel free to let me know your...