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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 2h

I actually develop on macOS, but no matter your OS, localhost is not a good replica. The blogpost describes what kind of differences you can expect though. One example would be how browsers handle cookies differently for localhost

Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 3h

If you're interested in a all in one solution, the tool I'm building will help with this. You can always subscribe on the landing page I'm building. (it's not finished, but subscribing works...)

Check it out at getlode.app

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 3h

By promoting on certain reddit communities, by writing blog posts and trying to get those in the right spots, and also by trying to get my SEO in good order (will be more longterm though)

Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 5h

I use it through a locally resolved .test TLD 😉 That's why I can test locally as if it is in production

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 6h

For just the website (as long as it doesn't have any functionality besides marketing) I simply run it locally during development, and go straight to production (hosted on Cloudflare).

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 11h

Today I'm working on a landing page for an idea I have for a new tool: Lode. The design is quite standard, but just for checking demand it should suffice I think #buildinpublic #devtools

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 1d

I was writing a blogpost about why you shouldn't use localhost during development directly.

My current title is "Stop using localhost: bugs it creates and how to prevent them"

I actually just submitted it in the hopes of getting it published on 'Level Up Coding' on Medium

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 1d

A slow Saturday morning, the perfect time to continue writing my first blog post. #blogging #buildinpublic

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 1d

I think buildinpublic is more about sharing what you do, or where you're going, and not about sharing details about the how. You shouldn't show how your secret sauce works, just show what results that sauce delivers.

User data wise; just don't share those. Only global stats.

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 4d

I found plenty people complaining about the problem I want to solve. I'm always afraid that specifically looking for this leads to tunnelvision though.

I'm not the best at networking so I guess I'm trying to find ways to connect with my ICP.
Getting a blogpost published on medium might be a way

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 4d

I'm thinking on how I could validate demand for a developer tool before even building something like a landing page. I'm considering writing a blog about a problem and see how people react on this. #buildinpublic #blogging

👇🏻 Let me know in the comments what you think about this idea!

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 5d

Building random tools that I thought were solving a lot of issues, without validating whether other people also encountered these issues.

Lesson learned: validate ideas before building it

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 5d

So, I'm always full of ideas for little tools and projects, and always start building them too quickly. Maybe it's time to try marketing a solution for a problem before building it. How do you guys validate your ideas before building? #buildinpublic

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · 6d

After a long break on social media I'm going to try and start posting regularly again

Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Feb 24

The difference is that lemon squeezy is a merchant of record, meaning they take care of taxes/licenses and take a small cut.

Another alternative MoR is Polar

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Feb 24

I'm wondering on whether it's too soon to start promoting this more widely. Part of me wants to sit on it until it's done, but to get feedback I do need some exposure.

Do you have some pointers to the best places to market this?

#buildinpublic #opensource #developer #tools

Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Feb 23

Added more commands and improved the command selector

Snip is starting to feel really useful, even though it's still a WIP! 🚀 I've already been using it in my day-to-day programming, and it's making things so much easier.

Give it a try and let me know what you think! 👇
🔗 github.com/SnipEditor/s...

Screenshot of Snip Editor, showing how one can run scripts on text content

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Feb 23

Added more commands and improved the command selector

Snip is starting to feel really useful, even though it's still a WIP! 🚀 I've already been using it in my day-to-day programming, and it's making things so much easier.

Give it a try and let me know what you think! 👇
🔗 github.com/SnipEditor/s...

Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Feb 20

I think it's similar to those obviously wrong 'math problems' posted on socials. Discussions drive engagement, creating more profit for the platform

Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Jan 31

Hmmz, I was considering doing the same. I'll have a look in yours instead🙃

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Jan 30

Oh damn, I never linked it to the US waking up.

I was wondering if something was wrong with my side projects. During the day, I always get nice suggestions from copilot, but in the evening they often make no sense at all

Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Jan 29

What's the advantage of running rust compiled to wasm?

Personally I see more value in the other way around, embedding a deno runtime in rust applications.

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Jan 29

I have 6, most of which are personal non-project related.
I heard of people having tens to hundreds, almost all unused.

I guess it's addicting🤷‍♂️

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Jan 29

After having experimented a bit with Tauri, I was still longing to some 'native' ui handling.

After many libraries, today I ran into freyaui.dev and wow, I wish I found this earlier.

It really feels like react, but then native
#rustlang #gui #programming

Freya GUI Library for Rust

Freya is a Rust library to build Native GUI apps.

freyaui.dev

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Jan 28

A sloth 🦥

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Rob Bogie @robbogie.nl · Jan 28

When I'm working on projects, I always have new ideas for potential projects/products.

What do you use to keep track of these ideas? Ideally, I would like a tool that keeps track of these ideas, and possible help with market research later on

#buildinpublic #indiehackers

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