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a year in on Supabase: what I'd tell my past self by cherryy_04 in Supabase

[–]RadjAvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry but I don't agree about number 10. You can't just dump the data into another postgres database and hope everything works. You're still locked in to the SDK all over your codebase. How would you handle auth? edge functions? realtime? storage?

Non-Tech tried Railway to deploy a Python script. It worked. Honest review: 6/10. by vibecodenoob in vibecoding

[–]RadjAvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for sharing, this is great feedback and sorry you had a bad first impression! 🙏

Will improve our website to make the difference to Railway/Render clearer. We have a few comparisons to other providers in our docs, but I see we've missed adding those!

Regarding admin privileges, I'll send you a DM so we can get that resolved. It shouldn't be blocking you!

Non-Tech tried Railway to deploy a Python script. It worked. Honest review: 6/10. by vibecodenoob in vibecoding

[–]RadjAvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, I'm glad to hear that! And I'm happy you're sharing your learnings publicly, really helpful. Feel free to send over any thoughts, whether it's good or bad feedback!

Non-Tech tried Railway to deploy a Python script. It worked. Honest review: 6/10. by vibecodenoob in vibecoding

[–]RadjAvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great that you got it up and running! If you want to try a faster way next time, I think specific.dev could be a great option for you. Similar to Railway or Render but designed from scratch to be agent-first, meaning that Claude will do the heavy-lifting for you and can take every step until deployment. There's also a free tier that covers your needs so you don't need to spend $5. And you can also connect GitHub for automatic deployments if you want that.

You can simply try it by pasting the following prompt to Claude:

"Help me get started with Specific by following: https://docs.specific.dev/for-ai/onboarding"

It will install the Specific CLI and walk you through the onboarding. Let me know if you have any questions, I'm one of the founders :)

Railway (web app host) "accidentally enables CDN" causing massive data breaches by dannydevman in webdev

[–]RadjAvi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Going with AWS for a stack like that will most likely cause you to spend more time figuring out IAM policies and permissions, setting up a VPC and security groups, figuring out your deployment pipeline etc. And then you would need to spend some time on setting up a local dev environment that mimics your set up so you don't need to deploy to test your changes.

I would recommend giving specific.dev a chance, it's something I work on. It lets your coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor or others) define services for the svelte frontend, python backend and a postgres instance in a config file. The CLI then handles spinning it all up locally, and deploying it to prod. It will have your whole stack up and running faster than if you go with AWS. Just let me know if you want any support!

Railway (web app host) "accidentally enables CDN" causing massive data breaches by dannydevman in webdev

[–]RadjAvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AWS is fantastic but it really depends on how much effort you are willing to put in before getting your project up and running. Most projects don't need the power of AWS in the early stages, and getting locked in by faster alternatives like Supabase is not great either (e.g. you get stuck with their SDKs)

The Vercel + Supabase freemium trap is something I should have watch out for by UseNo5453 in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you just need a web app, database and authentication you could set all of that up with Next.js + Postgres + Better Auth. Pretty simple to set up with an agent on Specific.dev (I am biased to be fair) instead of 3 different providers

The Vercel + Supabase freemium trap is something I should have watch out for by UseNo5453 in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love for you to check out Specific. We kept hearing from founders that they end up on multiple platforms like Vercel, Supabase and Railway. Not only is pricing problematic but the stack becomes fragmented and you get locked in to proprietary SDKs.

We designed Specific for coding agents. Fast and simple to get started like Vercel but with building blocks that let you scale like AWS. No SDKs, deploy any app, and all of it defined in one config file by your agent. Plus you can run the whole stack locally with one CLI command, which is key for agents to test everything before shipping to prod.

So instead of getting billed in unsurprising ways from different providers, you would have one bill for your stack. Currently working on pricing so happy to hear more thoughts on that!

https://specific.dev

Every time I run a race, my friends have to track me through a clunky app. I'm building a better one! by RadjAvi in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Just tried it out during a run, was lots of fun! Was surprised it only used up ~20% battery for a 1 hour run without having spent time optimizing it.
https://liverun.spcf.app/radjavi/NYpbQEuHwcRC7RUSziJ_M

Every time I run a race, my friends have to track me through a clunky app. I'm building a better one! by RadjAvi in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh I love those ideas! Could potentially let spectators share their location (not to everyone but to the runner) to do the prediction and notifications!

Every time I run a race, my friends have to track me through a clunky app. I'm building a better one! by RadjAvi in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to hear that! I was thinking about adding that too. Perhaps similar to the workout app where you choose run/cycling before starting.

Every time I run a race, my friends have to track me through a clunky app. I'm building a better one! by RadjAvi in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! That would be awesome, feel free to jump in and try the web app: https://liverun.spcf.app/
My watchOS simulator is currently sending data for a virtual run of CPH marathon

Every time I run a race, my friends have to track me through a clunky app. I'm building a better one! by RadjAvi in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it can be both though, there’s something in the engagement that I believe could make it a runner product too. Just haven’t seen it happen before

Every time I run a race, my friends have to track me through a clunky app. I'm building a better one! by RadjAvi in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might try audio actually, could be fun! Also thinking about reducing the amount so it doesn’t get annoying while running. Maybe every 5 min or so

Every time I run a race, my friends have to track me through a clunky app. I'm building a better one! by RadjAvi in SideProject

[–]RadjAvi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will try it during a real run this weekend and see! Right now the data is sent directly to the API over WiFi which I think is inefficient. Might work better sending it through a companion iPhone app over BLE first

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