One thing that keeps coming up is that SQL equals low productivity. I don't think this is true. I think the culprit is that most developers are using to heavily abstracting SQL using ORMs like Prisma that hides the database and SQL logic. Since building a SQL generator (https://aihelperbot.com) as a side project, I have become much more proficient in SQL and even though I am also locked into Prisma, I use the... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

A few things I have learned over the years and in particular launching and growing my latest project[1]: 1) Track everything including errors. Know what users are using and what they aren't. Remove or rebuild less used features. 2) Find out who your users are and what they value. Ignore non-payers. 3) Economize, market, and document features. You not only need to develop and deploy features, but also to price them... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

It started with me working on a hobby project, aihelperbot.com which enables users to generate SQL using AI. It was build using the comprehensive Prisma ORM. I always found Prisma bloated and it requires almost constantly that you lookup their API for even trivial usage. Source: almost 2 years ago

Sounds like a combination of an unpolished product with insufficient demand and wrong business model. Users today don't want to pay XXX up front for a complicated product, they want a free tier where they incrementally learn about features. I just looked up what I spend on Google Ads for a small campaign on SQL/AI related keywords for https://aihelperbot.com: - $699.95 (part of a spend $400 to get $400 deal) -... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

Neat setup. Regarding the deploy script. I have just setup a separate VPS for proxying database queries using various Node database drivers for my own project[1] and only used Github Actions managing it[2]: - add build script using Github Action that fails the entire build pipeline if code doesn't build - add deploy script (essentially a few commands ssh into your VPS and pulling, install, building and restarting)... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

Windows 95 can be run inside of an app. Source: almost 2 years ago

I use a program called Revo Uninstaller found here. There is a paid and free version, I use the free version and it works fine. When you select a program to uninstall through Revo, it will launch the program's uninstaller first, then it will find leftover files/registry data and give you the choice to delete them. Make sure you look at what it wants to delete, one time I installed a self-contained Windows 95... Source: over 2 years ago

If the problem to solve is piping an emacs buffer to a Windows 95 text mode binary and replace the buffer with the text output, the solution could be 1. Run Windows 95 in an emulator, maybe a webassembly one. 2. Generate the mouse clicks and keyboard events to run that program, probably in a full screen DOS window. It must be in the %PATH% 3. In the same way type in the buffer in the input of the program. 4. OCR... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

You get bonus points if you have this installed. Source: almost 4 years ago

If it's a game developed for Windows 95, you might be able to run it in a Windows 95 Emulator. Source: about 4 years ago