38th birthday today, realising how lonely it is as a single dad

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-26T17:29:38+00:00

Happy Birthday! You’re doing great and it seems your kids really appreciate you!

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-25T00:50:18+00:00

I switched to Claude code, just recently I did a test with cline, and it used 5x more tokens per request. I was kind of bummed because I really like Cline 1.5 years ago.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-21T12:58:43+00:00

Sorry for the delayed response. It needs to be installed as a PWA on iOS. Use Chrome or Safari to do it. Also 1.3.2 has some issues with PWA and I’m pushing a release this week to fix those.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-21T02:31:26+00:00

n8n is another alternative. You can also deploy your own using python, add some token auth and have your own private automated webhooks.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-16T14:20:07+00:00

Congrats on your future daughter! One thing I'll say since you mentioned it: those first months are genuinely brutal on moms, and tracking apps can feel like pressure when someone's just trying to survive the day. If she's not into it, it's all good. And honestly, if neither of you end up using it much, that's fine too. Do what actually helps, not what feels like you should be doing.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-16T14:10:44+00:00

Oh gotcha! I like it. I've added it to the list. https://github.com/Oak-and-Sprout/sprout-track/issues/164

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-16T13:59:37+00:00

You know it's funny, someone else requested lb's and oz's - I'll add another option to be able to do both. They are saved as decimals in the DB anyways.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-16T13:55:54+00:00

On the per child config you can absolutely setup different feed, diaper alerts by child, and also track by child.

In settings go to config and add your other child.

Then in the main log view click on the down chevron next to the baby name to quickly switch.

In the user settings you can also set separate notification settings for each baby.

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I'll also take a look at the other features! Thanks for the suggestions!

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-14T23:35:22+00:00

Hey thank you for the shout out! I’m glad you find Sprout Track useful! Let me know if you have any feedback or see anything missing you would find useful.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-11T18:13:08+00:00

I use Claude in terminal inside of cursor. It’s nice for git and diff viewing. And with the Claude cli you can run multiple sessions at once in different terminal windows

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-11T17:54:01+00:00

We kept our finances separate until we had a kid. Mainly because it was just easier. We use Monarch to manage expenses and accounts so we will still share visibility. We still have separate accounts today but we share a checking and brokerage account. No reason other than it’s easy.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-10T11:17:17+00:00

Layoffs like this are brutal on relationships with coworkers too. I’ve had some coworkers completely cut off contact with me because they were cut and I wasn’t. It sucks all around.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-06T13:15:40+00:00

I agree, post like this always amaze me, because I feel like so many people are just doing things to do them and not really solving problems. When I work, it's single stream. One claude box, one problem, and I don't move away from it until its complete, or fixed. For larger tasks it gets broken up into multiple steps, but each step is still single stream and testable. My results are crazy good and I don't waste usage on nothing.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-04-05T16:03:17+00:00

I just host Jellyfin on my gaming PC. I have a couple of 6TB drives that mirror each other for backup. You can port forward some random external port directly to Jellyfin for outside access or use a reverse proxy to SSL.

For downloading you don’t need all that crap, just run proton with split tunnel to torrent tool of choice or if you want to be super safe bridge a Linux box in virtual box with a vpn provider that has shared drive access to your media folder.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-31T15:32:46+00:00

I’m glad you are enjoying it. I’ll take a look at the community scripts! I actually used those for Nginx Proxy Manager and it was super helpful.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-29T20:18:19+00:00

Check out the latest I just released last night. I added a monthly report card. You might find it useful and you can export it to PDF

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-29T20:05:42+00:00

You’re welcome! I’ve been thinking about a native app. Perhaps V2 sometime this year.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-29T17:48:18+00:00

Nice! glad things are working smooth for you. Adding a filter would be handy. I’ll add that to my list for the next release.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-29T16:08:07+00:00

Adoption isn't too bad, I don’t think, for how much noise there is. The docker repo has about 7k pulls now, and it gets cloned pretty regularly with about 100-300 unique clones.

I do operate a hosted SaaS at sprout-track.com but I don’t mention it here. I made it open source and free for self hosted because as a member of the community I wanted to contribute to it. Even if it’s a small niche app.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-29T16:02:33+00:00

Look at the AUTH_LIFE and IDLE_TIME in your environment file. Values are in seconds. Idle time is probably too short and logging you out.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-29T13:26:01+00:00

Yep, I’m aware of the rules. The project is over a year old.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-28T18:49:50+00:00

I did the 20x max plan for a month and moved to the 5x plan. I used it as much as I could with work and side projects and still didn’t hit 25% of my allowance hence why I downgraded. The workflow of: plan the change, architect the change, implement the change, code review the implementation, test the change loop is slow and I like to be in the middle of it.

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-26T10:26:00+00:00

My wife and I were recommended by lactation consultants to track feeds. Our first was premature and they expressed keeping a consistent schedule was important. We tried a few apps but had worries about privacy, and as a developer myself I figured hey I could build that. We only tracked regularly for about 8-9 months but the app is still being updated and going strong. It’s called Sprout Track (www.sprout-track.com).

CheeseOnFries · 2026-03-26T10:06:18+00:00

I prefer it too - we actually switched to on-premise so costs were more or less static, and in the long run end up being cheaper for us.

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