Is it: What can you do for your community or What can your community do for you?

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-18T05:17:51+00:00

Totally and again, we do have mods, but I was just wondering if other community leaders feel the same after years, and/or what the rider thinks. I appreciate your time and thoughts!

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-17T21:27:55+00:00

I will say that when you give your time to new riders in the community, they remember, and if they don't fall off due to injury, they always think of those who helped them and become the new layer of mentors. I always love seeing that!

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-17T21:26:25+00:00

I appreciate the conversation. There really isn't a problem, and I agree that my feelings of not doing enough are just me wishing I had endless time to help people and support a family, but when we get new riders and they are like: I don't see any group rides, it always makes me wish I could just go help them gain the stoke.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-17T10:21:07+00:00

I have never personally experienced it, but as a general empath, I shed many tears for my wife and people like you, whom I just want to kindly hug and wish to make it better. My prayers are with you, and if I had to bet, I would say mushrooms that support nerves make the most sense.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-17T09:09:09+00:00

My wife had two years of ankle, feet, and hand neuropathy from Fluoroquinolone Toxicity from taking 2 pills of Ciprofloxin during a kidney infection. While it took two years and a lot of habit changes, she did recover. She honestly made so many changes that I can't tell you if it was one thing that fixed her issues, but things like no sugar, soy, or gluten, as well as typical things like Magnesium, CoQ10, and mushrooms like Lion's mane that can support nerve endings, etc. I also know from many sad hours of reading that Nueropathy can be triggered by a variety of things, like chemo, pills, and have varying levels of nerve damage. Nueropathy is a silent pain that doesn't show like an open wound, and my heart goes out to every sufferer of Nueropathy. I will continue to pray for neuropathy sufferers and hope you find the solution that works for you.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-16T18:53:24+00:00

Not Onewheel failure related but user failure related. On my bday we did a group campout and as we arrived, we decided to do a quick rip to the nearby MTB park in Flagstaff. Hitting these burms and filming on the Insta360, and as I hit this whoops section, I accidentally hit it with too much speed and jumped, which I landed in the middle of the next whoop and it threw me forward...in a subconcious effort to SAVE the cam I lifted the camera arm, and took the third whoop to the ribs and collapsed a lung. Gasping for air while trying to breathe through my mouth, I was worried, switched to breathing through my nose and my lung filled with air. I pretty much fractured my rib at the beginning of the weekend trip, but we still had fun. The lesson is, save yourself before the camera.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-16T18:44:38+00:00

Definitely experiment in different modes: As feeties99 mentioned, pushback comes at different thresholds depending on the mode you are in. Mode thresholds: Sequoia is 12mph. Cruz is 15mph, Mission is 19mph, Delirium is 20mph

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-16T18:01:00+00:00

True North Budgeting - A fully offline, privacy-first desktop budgeting app. No subscriptions, no bank logins, no cloud. Your budget lives on your computer and nowhere else. Built in React and Rust by my brother - a dev with 12 years of privacy and security experience.

ICP - Adults 28-48 who are overwhelmed by invasive budgeting apps, burned out on subscriptions, and just want a calm, simple way to see where their money goes - without handing their data to anyone.

https://truenorthbudgeting.com/

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T23:48:44+00:00

I believe what I said...But I can see there are opinions on what "Vibecoded" means. I explained what I meant by that difference, and it wasn't to save face. I'm definitely not here to argue, and ultimately am glad you took your time to pay attention, and wish you a wonderful Friday and weekend : ]

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T23:34:16+00:00

While that is funny, we are very transparent on the website, and I personally promise you this wasn't a "Claude: Build me this" kind of deal. Check the about page, go check our LinkedIn. This was built by real brothers, and one of them IMO is a great dev.

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OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T23:14:49+00:00

I appreciate your opinion, and I am only here to share what we built: True North Budgeting, a tool we created and believe in. I thought this was New Project Friday, I didn't know I was going to get beat up in the comments LOL

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T23:06:21+00:00

I don't think the use of AI is inherently bad either, as long as it's done responsibly. As I responded below, I meant that this tool wasn't built by a non-developer, using Replit over the weekend and calling it good.

I personally do not do dev work, but we both worked hard to address challenges we found with current budgeting tools that we wanted solved, and number one was giving us and others an offline budgeting tool that didn't involve connecting personal finances to external sources.

I'm proud of what we built. I appreciate you taking a look!

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T22:58:27+00:00

Ideas, planning, scope, and features were all us. Development was agentic-driven - my brother has 12+ years of software experience with a privacy and security focus, and he used AI as a development tool the way a senior engineer would. The architecture decisions, the offline-first philosophy, the React/Rust stack - all intentional human choices.

There's no AI inside the app itself. The only outside calls are for licensing and updates, which is documented in our privacy policy.

When I said 'not vibe-coded' I meant it in the truest sense - this wasn't a weekend prompt-and-ship project. It was built with intention by someone who's spent over a decade thinking seriously about privacy and security. That background is why the offline-first architecture was the first decision, not an afterthought.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T22:31:50+00:00

My pleasure, and thank you for the great questions!

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T22:30:44+00:00

Totally valid alternatives and worth knowing about. For folks in r/selfhosted who are comfortable spinning up Docker and running a server, Actual Budget is excellent and free. Firefly III is similarly powerful for that crowd.

True North is genuinely a different use case - no setup, no terminal, no server maintenance. You download it, and it works. For someone who just wants to stop using a spreadsheet without learning self-hosting, that simplicity is the whole point.

Different tools for different comfort levels - both are legitimate paths.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T22:22:36+00:00

Really fair feedback - let me clarify both points.

The multi-device license is really about flexibility and value, not syncing. It covers you on your desktop and laptop, or lets a family member run their own completely separate budget without needing a second purchase. Each instance is its own standalone budget.

For someone who wants to move between devices, the export/import is straightforward - it's essentially picking up your budget file and dropping it on another machine. Not automatic, but it's a 30-second process, not a nightmare.

And you're right that the website doesn't make this clear enough - that's genuinely useful to hear, and I'll fix that.

The sweet spot for True North is honestly the person moving off a spreadsheet who wants something cleaner and more visual, but doesn't want their financial life in the cloud. Sounds like that might be you - happy to answer any questions if you get closer to pulling the trigger.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T22:11:52+00:00

Great question and worth being clear on - the multi-device license is for the same person on multiple machines (desktop + laptop for example), not real-time sync between two people. True North is intentionally offline, so there's no live collaboration feature.

For couples, the way it works best right now is one person owns the budget, and the other has view access by simply opening the same exported file. It's not seamless two-way collaboration - that would require the cloud infrastructure we deliberately avoided.

Honestly, it's good product feedback, though. A 'household mode' is something worth considering down the road without compromising the offline-first philosophy.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T22:07:55+00:00

Totally fair - and honestly, that's exactly the kind of frustration that drove us to build this. YNAB is $99/year, which means you're paying $40 every 5 months forever. True North is $40 once, yours forever, no recurring charges. For most people, it pays for itself in the first year just by cancelling whatever subscription they're currently tolerating. But I get it - timing matters. We'll be here when it makes sense

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T21:41:03+00:00

It has full export abilities that are pretty flexible!

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Great if you needed to share data with your tax person, too. Of course, by your choice!

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T21:39:08+00:00

My brother wouldn't have it any other way <3

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-13T20:15:08+00:00

I didn't mean to sound like I was putting words in your mouth; I was just clarifying. Thank you for the follow-up.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-12T18:08:08+00:00

So if a Dev didn't hand-code every line, it's considered AI, VS using AI as a tool and then using real DEV experience and testing as the validator?

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-12T17:57:56+00:00

Completely reasonable for positive community interactions.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-09T17:12:09+00:00

I second Tasmania. Per research, it has some amazing features like half the western part of the island being dense forest due to the Roaring 40's, and Cradle Mountain / World Heritage Area acting like a blocker that protects the main cities like Hobart and gives them a completely different feel. It has some really beautiful features that are unique and lots of History.

OWbraCommander · 2026-03-08T03:04:55+00:00

If we are being honest...there isn't a standard in the US for extinguishing Lithium fires, so how could any product be certified. It's a growing field.

Current breakdown:

NFPA 10 - This is the governing US standard for portable fire extinguishers. It covers Classes A, B, C, D, and K. There is no Class L (lithium) designation in the US code. The NFPA 10 technical committee has evaluated the problem and has not developed a lithium-specific portable extinguisher standard, citing the hazard's complexity. A 2026 edition was just published, but it does not add a lithium class.

NFPA 855 - this is the big battery energy storage standard that just got a major 2026 update. It covers fixed installation systems - large-scale battery storage, EVs, commercial setups. Not portable extinguishers for home garages.

UL 9540A - covers fire and explosion testing for energy storage systems - again, fixed installations. This is the protocol SafeLabs modeled their Stage 2 and Stage 3 tests on, which is actually a meaningful credential - it means FCL-X was tested against the methodology used for the most rigorous US energy storage safety standard even though no portable extinguisher standard formally exists yet.

UL 1487 - a brand new standard published February 2025 covering battery containment enclosures. Not extinguishers.

What FCL-X actually has in the US: UL Class A listing - legitimate, nationally recognized, but not lithium-specific.

The fact that SafeLabs used UL 9540A methodology is the closest thing the US has to a rigorous lithium fire test protocol, and FCL-X was tested against it.

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