Rob Bogie
@robbogie.nl
Tech Lead (EdTech) & Builder. Skilled in Kotlin, Java, JS/TS. Passionate about electronics & home automation. Currently building Lode, a tool to fix local HTTPS and host files. 🚀 Join the beta: getlode.app
Just updated my landing page (getlode.app) to be a bit more catchy. Also swapped out the mockup for an actual screenshot. Added pricing info with a beta offer.
And for the long term SEO I now added a blog section to it, which I will start adding posts to regularly
#buildinpublic #devtool #blogging
And for the long term SEO I now added a blog section to it, which I will start adding posts to regularly
#buildinpublic #devtool #blogging
Lode | Orchestrate Your Local Dev
Stop fighting with SSL and host files. Lode is a zero-config app that puts all your local services on secure .test domains.
getlode.app
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just updated my landing page (getlode.app) to be a bit more catchy. Also swapped out the mockup for an actual screenshot. Added pricing info with a beta offer.
And for the long term SEO I now added a blog section to it, which I will start adding posts to regularly
#buildinpublic #devtool #blogging
And for the long term SEO I now added a blog section to it, which I will start adding posts to regularly
#buildinpublic #devtool #blogging
Another productive day🎉 Finished the Windows version of getlode.app. It contains a major UI revision to support crossplatform, and also resulted in both dark/light themes. It's also an update for macOS, since it now can run in the background.
Next focus: Marketing
#buildinpublic #solodev #devtool
Next focus: Marketing
#buildinpublic #solodev #devtool
Lode | Orchestrate Your Local Dev
Stop fighting with SSL and host files. Lode is a zero-config app that puts all your local services on secure .test domains.
getlode.app
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Another productive day🎉 Finished the Windows version of getlode.app. It contains a major UI revision to support crossplatform, and also resulted in both dark/light themes. It's also an update for macOS, since it now can run in the background.
Next focus: Marketing
#buildinpublic #solodev #devtool
Next focus: Marketing
#buildinpublic #solodev #devtool
Jeez, I always though Apple was expensive for signing your code...
Now I was looking into codesigning an app for Windows, but the certificates easily cost 200 euros for an individual if you're not willing to commit to multi year contracts. Let alone all requirements on verification... #buildinpublic
Now I was looking into codesigning an app for Windows, but the certificates easily cost 200 euros for an individual if you're not willing to commit to multi year contracts. Let alone all requirements on verification... #buildinpublic
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Jeez, I always though Apple was expensive for signing your code...
Now I was looking into codesigning an app for Windows, but the certificates easily cost 200 euros for an individual if you're not willing to commit to multi year contracts. Let alone all requirements on verification... #buildinpublic
Now I was looking into codesigning an app for Windows, but the certificates easily cost 200 euros for an individual if you're not willing to commit to multi year contracts. Let alone all requirements on verification... #buildinpublic
The disadvantage of building tools besides a regular job, sometimes I don't have to time to continue...
Today, this is not the case, allowing me to continue with Lode, and what a productive day it is... Got a first MVP for mac working 🎉
#buildinpublic #developer #devtools #tools
Today, this is not the case, allowing me to continue with Lode, and what a productive day it is... Got a first MVP for mac working 🎉
#buildinpublic #developer #devtools #tools
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The disadvantage of building tools besides a regular job, sometimes I don't have to time to continue...
Today, this is not the case, allowing me to continue with Lode, and what a productive day it is... Got a first MVP for mac working 🎉
#buildinpublic #developer #devtools #tools
Today, this is not the case, allowing me to continue with Lode, and what a productive day it is... Got a first MVP for mac working 🎉
#buildinpublic #developer #devtools #tools
We give our servers preventative maintenance so they don't crash. Our brains deserve the same.
Taking a wellness day today to keep the 'main system' (me) running smoothly.
When's your next 'maintenance' day?
#buildinpublic #indiedev #founderlife #selfcare
Taking a wellness day today to keep the 'main system' (me) running smoothly.
When's your next 'maintenance' day?
#buildinpublic #indiedev #founderlife #selfcare
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
We give our servers preventative maintenance so they don't crash. Our brains deserve the same.
Taking a wellness day today to keep the 'main system' (me) running smoothly.
When's your next 'maintenance' day?
#buildinpublic #indiedev #founderlife #selfcare
Taking a wellness day today to keep the 'main system' (me) running smoothly.
When's your next 'maintenance' day?
#buildinpublic #indiedev #founderlife #selfcare
After some disappointing debug sessions yesterday, today is working better. Sometimes you just need some good sleep (The extra hour was a nice extra 👌🏻).
Finally got my wails (Golang) app working with a macos privileged helper 🎉
#buildinpublic #indiehacker
Finally got my wails (Golang) app working with a macos privileged helper 🎉
#buildinpublic #indiehacker
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
After some disappointing debug sessions yesterday, today is working better. Sometimes you just need some good sleep (The extra hour was a nice extra 👌🏻).
Finally got my wails (Golang) app working with a macos privileged helper 🎉
#buildinpublic #indiehacker
Finally got my wails (Golang) app working with a macos privileged helper 🎉
#buildinpublic #indiehacker
Spent the whole morning debugging why my Helper tool in a mac app cannot be registered. Not the best of debugging sessions...
On a positive note, I already have way more waitlist signups for getlode.app than I had users on previous tools🎉
#buildinpublic #development
On a positive note, I already have way more waitlist signups for getlode.app than I had users on previous tools🎉
#buildinpublic #development
Lode | Orchestrate Your Local Dev
Stop fighting with SSL and host files. Lode is a zero-config app that puts all your local services on secure .test domains.
getlode.app
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Spent the whole morning debugging why my Helper tool in a mac app cannot be registered. Not the best of debugging sessions...
On a positive note, I already have way more waitlist signups for getlode.app than I had users on previous tools🎉
#buildinpublic #development
On a positive note, I already have way more waitlist signups for getlode.app than I had users on previous tools🎉
#buildinpublic #development
Just received mail that my first medium article is published 🎉
Let me know what you think: medium.com/p/8aa41f279e6f #buildinpublic #blogging #development #devtools
Let me know what you think: medium.com/p/8aa41f279e6f #buildinpublic #blogging #development #devtools
Stop using localhost: bugs it creates and how to prevent them
How switching to realistic domains with SSL enabled can eliminate an entire class of production and integration bugs
medium.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Just received mail that my first medium article is published 🎉
Let me know what you think: medium.com/p/8aa41f279e6f #buildinpublic #blogging #development #devtools
Let me know what you think: medium.com/p/8aa41f279e6f #buildinpublic #blogging #development #devtools
Not all days are as productive as you hope. After some failures in designin an opengraph image for my landing page, I paused and instead updated my reddit, medium and bsky bio texts.
Still progress I guess... #buildinpublic #devtools
Still progress I guess... #buildinpublic #devtools
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Not all days are as productive as you hope. After some failures in designin an opengraph image for my landing page, I paused and instead updated my reddit, medium and bsky bio texts.
Still progress I guess... #buildinpublic #devtools
Still progress I guess... #buildinpublic #devtools
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
October 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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
A slow Saturday morning, the perfect time to continue writing my first blog post. #blogging #buildinpublic
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A slow Saturday morning, the perfect time to continue writing my first blog post. #blogging #buildinpublic
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!
👇🏻 Let me know in the comments what you think about this idea!
October 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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!
👇🏻 Let me know in the comments what you think about this idea!
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
October 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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
After a long break on social media I'm going to try and start posting regularly again
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
After a long break on social media I'm going to try and start posting regularly again
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
Do you have some pointers to the best places to market this?
#buildinpublic #opensource #developer #tools
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...
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...
February 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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
Do you have some pointers to the best places to market this?
#buildinpublic #opensource #developer #tools
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...
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...
February 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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...
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...
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
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
January 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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
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
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
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
January 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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
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
Just watched the latest Severance episode, and it reminded me of this post. Staying stuck in the same spot is definitely not a mood or creativity booster, needed for coding.
It's also a nice reference on how companies not always take the best approach for productivity. e.g. #WFH
It's also a nice reference on how companies not always take the best approach for productivity. e.g. #WFH
Health > Hustle.
Building apps is great, but don’t forget to maintain the developer -> you. Long hours, no sleep, and too much caffeine won’t make your app succeed faster. Take breaks, move around, and prioritize your health. A healthy dev builds better apps!
#indiedev #buildinpublic #indiehackers
Building apps is great, but don’t forget to maintain the developer -> you. Long hours, no sleep, and too much caffeine won’t make your app succeed faster. Take breaks, move around, and prioritize your health. A healthy dev builds better apps!
#indiedev #buildinpublic #indiehackers
January 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just watched the latest Severance episode, and it reminded me of this post. Staying stuck in the same spot is definitely not a mood or creativity booster, needed for coding.
It's also a nice reference on how companies not always take the best approach for productivity. e.g. #WFH
It's also a nice reference on how companies not always take the best approach for productivity. e.g. #WFH
I did a thing! The scripts I run in the editor I'm building can now interact with selections, even with multiple selections at once!
Next up, allowing imports within scripts to allow DRY code
#buildinpublic #tools #programming
Next up, allowing imports within scripts to allow DRY code
#buildinpublic #tools #programming
January 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I did a thing! The scripts I run in the editor I'm building can now interact with selections, even with multiple selections at once!
Next up, allowing imports within scripts to allow DRY code
#buildinpublic #tools #programming
Next up, allowing imports within scripts to allow DRY code
#buildinpublic #tools #programming
#buildinpublic
Which one do you use when possible:
1️⃣ Light mode
2️⃣ Dark mode
Let me know in the comments👇
Which one do you use when possible:
1️⃣ Light mode
2️⃣ Dark mode
Let me know in the comments👇
January 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#buildinpublic
Which one do you use when possible:
1️⃣ Light mode
2️⃣ Dark mode
Let me know in the comments👇
Which one do you use when possible:
1️⃣ Light mode
2️⃣ Dark mode
Let me know in the comments👇
Today I'm implementing the ability to run commands on selections instead of on the full contents of my editor
#buildinpublic #indiehackers #devtools
#buildinpublic #indiehackers #devtools
January 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Today I'm implementing the ability to run commands on selections instead of on the full contents of my editor
#buildinpublic #indiehackers #devtools
#buildinpublic #indiehackers #devtools
I still love the A* algorithm more even though it can't be used in all types of graphs
💡 Today's word of the day is Dijkstra's algorithm!
An algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a graph, which may represent, for example, road networks.
#coding #developers #buildinpublic
An algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a graph, which may represent, for example, road networks.
#coding #developers #buildinpublic
What is Dijkstra's algorithm?
An algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a graph, which may represent, for example, road networks.
devterms.io
January 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I still love the A* algorithm more even though it can't be used in all types of graphs
techcrunch.com/2025/01/23/j...
I can't wait to try it and compare this to copilot and cursor.
#ai #buildinpublic
I can't wait to try it and compare this to copilot and cursor.
#ai #buildinpublic
JetBrains launches Junie, a new AI coding agent for its IDEs | TechCrunch
JetBrains, the company behind coding tools like the IntelliJ IDE for Java and Kotlin (and, indeed, the Kotlin language itself), on Thursday launched
techcrunch.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
techcrunch.com/2025/01/23/j...
I can't wait to try it and compare this to copilot and cursor.
#ai #buildinpublic
I can't wait to try it and compare this to copilot and cursor.
#ai #buildinpublic
The worst feeling of development is spending half a day of debugging on an issue where a text editor would not allow undo actions, only to find out your development tools were steeling focus
#NotABug
#NotABug
January 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The worst feeling of development is spending half a day of debugging on an issue where a text editor would not allow undo actions, only to find out your development tools were steeling focus
#NotABug
#NotABug