ctrlaltdylan | 1 year ago | on: Show HN: Using Google Sheets as the back end/APIs of your app
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ctrlaltdylan | 1 year ago | on: Transformers.js – Run Transformers directly in the browser
That certainly also has to open up possibilities for on-demand predictions?
ctrlaltdylan | 2 years ago | on: Damn Small Linux 2024
This was the only distro that I could fit on a memory stick, which were novel at the time (and memory was $$$ if you can believe that).
I stuck this into a machine I made from parts I found at our recycling center, and threw them in a shoebox.
Good times.
ctrlaltdylan | 2 years ago | on: Canadian man stuck in triangle of e-commerce fraud
This is the first where I've heard of using IDv for preventing triangle fraud on the fulfillment side.
Just curious - how does this fraud harm you the delivery service? The chargeback hits the merchant only no? Or are you the merchant in this transaction as well?
ctrlaltdylan | 2 years ago | on: Cognitive distortions that undermine clear thinking
I've seen them recycled targeting different audiences but the same core principles are used. I just recommend "Feeling Good" because it's on Libby / Amazon < $5.
I started keeping a weekly spreadsheet tracking my BURNS score and made an effort to regularly write down when I have a bad thought and put it on trial to see if it fits any of these distortions.
That paired with exercise alone has made a big difference in my mood.
But that's just all anecdotal.
ctrlaltdylan | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Beak.js – Custom conversational assistants for your React app
Here's a proof of concept you can copy: https://pipedream.com/new?h=tch_OknfQd
The link makes a new unique API endpoint that proxies your OpenAI API credentials.
It just accepts a "prompt" argument in the HTTP request, but you can modify as needed.
If it does start to be abused, you can add frontend JWTs to check on this backend.
ctrlaltdylan | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Webhooks for platforms that do not natively support them
https://pipedream.com/apps/notion
You can write your own "Sources" that can poll any API, it even includes deduping for free: https://pipedream.com/docs/components.
I build custom sources all of the time for scraping RSS feeds, WooCommerce stores, and then triggering low code workflows as if they are webhooks.
ctrlaltdylan | 2 years ago | on: Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee Pass Comprehensive Privacy Laws
Is there some kind of monitoring database or notification that you can subscribe to?
It seems very expensive for every single business to have a compliance lawyer specifically for this task of complying with each state's mandates to a tee.
ctrlaltdylan | 3 years ago | on: EPA orders Norfolk Southern to conduct all cleanup actions related to derailment
This rhymes with Flink Michigan's water crisis, and Obama "drinking" the water in a publicity stunt: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/posts-distort-facts-on-oba...
Vote democrat and only see the elite placate the working class. Vote republican and see unions and the facade of environmental protections decimated even further.
The fact this isn't covered in NYT or headlines on cable TV is insane. How is this unprecedented disaster affecting a major watershed not higher urgency than fucking balloons.
ctrlaltdylan | 3 years ago | on: Health concerns mounting as animals become sick after train derailment
So sad to see another struggling Midwest town dealt a death blow.
It’s beautiful country even though it’s considered fly over and “blue collar” which is politically correct terminology for post-industrial poor.
The EPA has roots from the Cuyahoga River fires. There was great progress made cleaning up the river and even turning portions of Northeast Ohio into a national park.
Proud to be a Northeast Ohioan. There has been great steps forward since the industrial hay day.
This whole event makes me so sad. This community will most likely never recover and I’m hoping against hope there aren’t serious health consequences or birth defects from this. Though I highly doubt it.
ctrlaltdylan | 3 years ago | on: Using Notion as a headless CMS for our blog
Notion is really the best writing experience out there. You can easily make rich pages of content with video and images, but to add those things in a flat markdown file is a pain!
So I made a workflow that will convert your Notion subpages in a specific page to open a pull request on Github to your blog.
Copy it to your own Pipedream account to use it for free: https://pipedream.com/new?h=tch_OQlfe5
I also put together a quick video to walk through how to set it up: https://youtu.be/HgOWnJSGo6w
Long story short, you just need to connect your Notion & Github accounts to the workflow, and define which Notion page you'd like to sync with Github.
Hope this helps writing a bit more fun!
ctrlaltdylan | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: Pipedream 2.0 – AWS Lambda + Zapier alternative
ctrlaltdylan | 4 years ago | on: Ngrok Alternatives
Question for you - do you have a plan in mind for handling teams?
Right now it seems like the only way to handle it is with a manual naming convention:
https://{my-team-name}-{my-name}-api.ngrok.io
And then every single team member has to copy this convention by hand and you have to register webhooks, etc with these new routes.
It gets tedious fast.
Do you have ideas to work around this or register team members behind the scenes and still route traffic appropriately?
ctrlaltdylan | 4 years ago | on: An example of why RSS is useful and important
You can chain together low code steps. An email address can be a trigger, or just a simple timer.
Then you can post results to Slack/Discord with pre built actions, it's a lot less work. No hosting to worry about either. You just build in the dashboard and the steps are hosted by Pipedream.
ctrlaltdylan | 4 years ago | on: 101 AWS Lambda tutorial for Go developers
Pipedream also just launched Go support for workflow serverless steps, so you can write and execute Go serverless functions without managing deployments to Lambda. It's all through a Web UI.
ctrlaltdylan | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
ctrlaltdylan | 4 years ago | on: Favor real dependencies for unit testing
ctrlaltdylan | 4 years ago | on: Why Pipedream?
Here's the issue if you'd like to follow: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/issues/193
It is possible to make a custom source for ForwardEmail, and then emit 1 action per row, but that requires writing code outside of the GUI.
Definitely hear you on this pain and we're working on it.
ctrlaltdylan | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Nhost – Open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL
Is there a more flexible pricing plan in the works? A hobbyist app could still be storing a large amount of data but not charging much to justify a $300/m db bill.
ctrlaltdylan | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: SocialPlanner – Find, plan and post content, all in one place
I thought it was pretty restrictive, no more than 60 writes per minute, but I'm not sure about the reads restrictions.