James Potter
@jamespotter.dev
Building rephonic.com (podcast database). Distracted by ratethispodcast.com (get reviews), reletter.com (newsletter database), hacka.network (maker meetups)
End of an era after 14 years. But I will happily never touch the App Store again. Horrible quagmire of a platform.
Pictured: my first janky app written with Objective-C in 2011 when you still had to do manual garbage collection π
Pictured: my first janky app written with Objective-C in 2011 when you still had to do manual garbage collection π
February 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
End of an era after 14 years. But I will happily never touch the App Store again. Horrible quagmire of a platform.
Pictured: my first janky app written with Objective-C in 2011 when you still had to do manual garbage collection π
Pictured: my first janky app written with Objective-C in 2011 when you still had to do manual garbage collection π
I recommend choosing an easy to spell (and transcribe) name for your company. Unless you like owning 5 different misspelled domains π
February 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I recommend choosing an easy to spell (and transcribe) name for your company. Unless you like owning 5 different misspelled domains π
Random thought:
Do flustered/neurotic parents cause misbehaving children? Or is it the other way around?
Do flustered/neurotic parents cause misbehaving children? Or is it the other way around?
January 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Random thought:
Do flustered/neurotic parents cause misbehaving children? Or is it the other way around?
Do flustered/neurotic parents cause misbehaving children? Or is it the other way around?
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Added sponsors and cross-promos to Rephonic.
- What are they selling?
- The text transcript of the ad
- Did the host read it?
- Call to action
Happy shipuary
- What are they selling?
- The text transcript of the ad
- Did the host read it?
- Call to action
Happy shipuary
January 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Added sponsors and cross-promos to Rephonic.
- What are they selling?
- The text transcript of the ad
- Did the host read it?
- Call to action
Happy shipuary
- What are they selling?
- The text transcript of the ad
- Did the host read it?
- Call to action
Happy shipuary
If your friend leaves their MacBook unattended, run this:
> echo "0 * * * * say 'I am watching you'" | crontab -
They'll love it.
> echo "0 * * * * say 'I am watching you'" | crontab -
They'll love it.
January 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If your friend leaves their MacBook unattended, run this:
> echo "0 * * * * say 'I am watching you'" | crontab -
They'll love it.
> echo "0 * * * * say 'I am watching you'" | crontab -
They'll love it.
Over xmas I've been showing my family ChatGPT advanced voice with vision. I would categorise them as 40% amazed and 60% creeped out.
December 26, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Over xmas I've been showing my family ChatGPT advanced voice with vision. I would categorise them as 40% amazed and 60% creeped out.
Normalise public flogging for anyone who posts the first 'happy birthday dave!' in a group chat with more than 30 people in it
December 19, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Normalise public flogging for anyone who posts the first 'happy birthday dave!' in a group chat with more than 30 people in it
This list had quite a big impact on me.
These are called styles of distorted thinking and it's likely that you can relate to at least a few of them. Personally I'm big on "mind reading".
I'm trying to re-read it every couple of weeks and train myself to notice the thoughts as they come up.
These are called styles of distorted thinking and it's likely that you can relate to at least a few of them. Personally I'm big on "mind reading".
I'm trying to re-read it every couple of weeks and train myself to notice the thoughts as they come up.
December 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM
This list had quite a big impact on me.
These are called styles of distorted thinking and it's likely that you can relate to at least a few of them. Personally I'm big on "mind reading".
I'm trying to re-read it every couple of weeks and train myself to notice the thoughts as they come up.
These are called styles of distorted thinking and it's likely that you can relate to at least a few of them. Personally I'm big on "mind reading".
I'm trying to re-read it every couple of weeks and train myself to notice the thoughts as they come up.
I've wrestled with SVG world maps, chart libraries and various grid layouts. I've committed an ungodly number of changes to git with the message "tweak". But overall I'm pretty happy with this new screen.
December 17, 2024 at 11:35 AM
I've wrestled with SVG world maps, chart libraries and various grid layouts. I've committed an ungodly number of changes to git with the message "tweak". But overall I'm pretty happy with this new screen.
After a couple of minutes you get the report. The content isn't bad. It included a weird incomplete table but overall this tool is quite polished.
Makes sense for Google to lean into this stuff after the success of NotebookLM.
Here's the whole thing: docs.google.com/document/d/...
Makes sense for Google to lean into this stuff after the success of NotebookLM.
Here's the whole thing: docs.google.com/document/d/...
December 12, 2024 at 4:16 AM
After a couple of minutes you get the report. The content isn't bad. It included a weird incomplete table but overall this tool is quite polished.
Makes sense for Google to lean into this stuff after the success of NotebookLM.
Here's the whole thing: docs.google.com/document/d/...
Makes sense for Google to lean into this stuff after the success of NotebookLM.
Here's the whole thing: docs.google.com/document/d/...
It's reassuringly slow. You get this nice scrollable list of the sources it's using to generate the report.
December 12, 2024 at 4:16 AM
It's reassuringly slow. You get this nice scrollable list of the sources it's using to generate the report.
Trying out Google's new Deep Research agent with the question:
"Why do indie hackers struggle so much with marketing?"
"Why do indie hackers struggle so much with marketing?"
December 12, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Trying out Google's new Deep Research agent with the question:
"Why do indie hackers struggle so much with marketing?"
"Why do indie hackers struggle so much with marketing?"
The main issue for me is recreating my network on here. Maybe there's a tool that helps you find all of the X accounts you follow on here?
December 11, 2024 at 1:12 AM
The main issue for me is recreating my network on here. Maybe there's a tool that helps you find all of the X accounts you follow on here?
Of all the apps I use I'll be most upset when this one goes away. I use it constantly. It hasn't been updated since 2015 and I can't even find it on the Mac App Store now.
The main thing is the draggable slider that lets you go forward/back in time.
If anyone knows an alternative let me know!
The main thing is the draggable slider that lets you go forward/back in time.
If anyone knows an alternative let me know!
December 11, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Of all the apps I use I'll be most upset when this one goes away. I use it constantly. It hasn't been updated since 2015 and I can't even find it on the Mac App Store now.
The main thing is the draggable slider that lets you go forward/back in time.
If anyone knows an alternative let me know!
The main thing is the draggable slider that lets you go forward/back in time.
If anyone knows an alternative let me know!
I did a quick poll in a Telegram group full of tech-savvy (mostly indie) startup founders.
December 9, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I did a quick poll in a Telegram group full of tech-savvy (mostly indie) startup founders.
My betting prowess is unrivalled. Superforecasters travel from all corners of the earth to study my methods.
December 6, 2024 at 8:30 AM
My betting prowess is unrivalled. Superforecasters travel from all corners of the earth to study my methods.
π²πΎ KL added! https://hacka.network
December 4, 2024 at 3:18 AM
π²πΎ KL added! https://hacka.network
November 30, 2024 at 5:09 AM
I've been cross-posting on here and the other places (π¦π¦π§΅) and wanting to share the links with friends in the group chat for the updoots.
It's a bit annoying so I scratched my own itch and made this quick tool to paste the links and get a shareable page with embeds.
It's a bit annoying so I scratched my own itch and made this quick tool to paste the links and get a shareable page with embeds.
November 30, 2024 at 5:06 AM
I've been cross-posting on here and the other places (π¦π¦π§΅) and wanting to share the links with friends in the group chat for the updoots.
It's a bit annoying so I scratched my own itch and made this quick tool to paste the links and get a shareable page with embeds.
It's a bit annoying so I scratched my own itch and made this quick tool to paste the links and get a shareable page with embeds.
So now you can slice-and-dice in all kinds of ways. Maybe you're looking for podcasts that:
- Have 5000+ listeners
- Accept guests
- Lean to the right politically
- With an audience likely made up nuclear scientists
- Who have an estimated $100k+ annual household income
Tons of possibilities.
- Have 5000+ listeners
- Accept guests
- Lean to the right politically
- With an audience likely made up nuclear scientists
- Who have an estimated $100k+ annual household income
Tons of possibilities.
November 30, 2024 at 3:17 AM
So now you can slice-and-dice in all kinds of ways. Maybe you're looking for podcasts that:
- Have 5000+ listeners
- Accept guests
- Lean to the right politically
- With an audience likely made up nuclear scientists
- Who have an estimated $100k+ annual household income
Tons of possibilities.
- Have 5000+ listeners
- Accept guests
- Lean to the right politically
- With an audience likely made up nuclear scientists
- Who have an estimated $100k+ annual household income
Tons of possibilities.
I started rolling out a ton of new search filters in Rephonic that use the new structured data I've been extracting from episode transcripts using GPT-4o-mini.
November 30, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I started rolling out a ton of new search filters in Rephonic that use the new structured data I've been extracting from episode transcripts using GPT-4o-mini.
Yeah I'm seeing some bananas content on my feed
November 30, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Yeah I'm seeing some bananas content on my feed