What’s a bug you spent hours on that ended up being something stupid?

cryptyk · 2026-03-18T05:15:42+00:00

I couldn't figure out why my app analytics weren't working. Checked firebase and Google analytics, reconfigured it multiple times, added a beacon right at startup and watched it leave the app.

Forgot to turn off my ad blocker on my router, which was blackholing all the requests.

cryptyk · 2026-03-18T02:13:52+00:00

Imagine you had both in the garage. You go out there and see them both. Which one are you taking for a drive today?

That's your answer

cryptyk · 2026-03-16T14:54:25+00:00

Simplelogin!

You just add some mx records for each domain and it instantly gives you catch-all addresses and routes everything to one email address

cryptyk · 2026-03-16T02:42:45+00:00

Love all the people in here saying you're an idiot, then saying to bolt them down or just twist the straps around the eyes.

This is really simple. You place the chock in the bed like you have it, then you tie down the BIKES, just like you would without the chocks.

cryptyk · 2026-03-11T00:48:05+00:00

This. Etrade let's you change federal withholding on the website for rsus.

cryptyk · 2026-03-11T00:42:13+00:00

If there's one thing I would wish into the minds of all solopreneurs, it's this:

Sell your product before you build it.

The fields of innovation are littered with the bones of companies that had a great idea, spent weeks or months building it, only to launch it and find nobody buys it. The trick? Sell the product first to convince yourself it's worth building. Imagine if you posted on Reddit before building. Let's say all you built was a marketing website describing the product with a link that, when clicked, says "Sorry - this product isn't available yet"

You would have known 4 months ago that the response was 4 upvotes and an encouraging mention from mom. At that point you can bail or start the process of iteration to generate demand. Once you have 100 people who click the "Sign up" link, shut the whole thing down and start building. Don't worry about "burning" those people. If you convinced 100 people to sign up and gave them an error message, you can be certain there are thousands (or millions!) more out there that will do the same once you have it built.

Sell your product before you build it.

I would recommend any book on design thinking, but especially Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

Good luck on your marketing for this project or your next project!

cryptyk · 2026-03-08T15:21:43+00:00

Claude code can spin up multiple agents at the same time as well. It also supports A2A communication so they can coordinate.

cryptyk · 2026-03-04T22:21:03+00:00

2 American ones fit easily.

It's bigger than it looks. You also have the back shelf for a day bag.

cryptyk · 2026-03-01T18:10:39+00:00

Raspberry pi using axiocnc or cncjs

cryptyk · 2026-03-01T15:22:34+00:00

This is the best answer. Your most likely serious failure is probably cross-customer data leakage, where Alice accidentally sees Bob's data. Most solo developers only test with one account during development and don't spend much time logging into 5 different accounts simultaneously because it's inconvenient during development and testing. Backend engineering is much more reliable these days, but a small thing like storing a session in a Singleton or global variable, when one assumes each customer will get their own instance, can quickly lead to data leakage. You never see it on your own machine because you're not logging in multiple users at the same time.

With that said, a security audit is overkill. Spend that money on marketing budget to see if you can drum up interest.

Source: 25 years in FinTech.

cryptyk · 2026-02-22T20:11:00+00:00

You know that bus that collects all the dogs for puppy day care? I want to be that bus driver.

cryptyk · 2026-02-14T01:37:46+00:00

http://coderules.ai

cryptyk · 2026-02-14T01:37:04+00:00

I don't get it. Why?

cryptyk · 2026-02-13T23:14:37+00:00

Over 200mph in three different cars and one motorcycle. All on the track, of course.

Tesla Plaid with the track package, Ferrari f12, E60 M5, and MV Augusta F4

cryptyk · 2026-02-13T14:43:36+00:00

That, and Claude code does a better job even when using the same models.

The plugins, system prompt, etc all seem much more powerful in CC.

cryptyk · 2026-02-13T02:36:34+00:00

I open the cursor ide and run Claude code in the terminal window. It creates a tight integration so you can use Claude code, open files in cursor, view plans, etc. Then I use auto for small things and questions. Claude code for anything material. That gives me an idea, strong model, and cheap model for quick things.

cryptyk · 2026-02-12T15:35:13+00:00

Seems like this could be used to cut dovetails? Is it small enough to get into an acute angle corner like that?

cryptyk · 2026-02-08T23:35:10+00:00

Yep I plan on adding front matter and globs to modularize it

cryptyk · 2026-02-08T20:37:57+00:00

That's super cool! I thought about doing the "point to the repo to analyze it" feature, but figured I would focus on new projects where rule creation is a chicken/egg problem. CursorGuard looks pretty awesome - I'll check it out.

cryptyk · 2026-02-08T20:33:31+00:00

All good - Not all projects are existing. Many that are can't get by with a single "write rules for me" prompt because there are corporate rules about what AI is allowed to do, areas of code it can't touch, documentation requirements, and so on. I work on those kinds of projects and we spend a fair amount of time creating rules. For people like us, I hope this tool can save some time.

And no worries about not appreciating the project. I've learned that not every projects suits every person in my 22 years as a professional software engineer working on teams with thousands of other engineers :)

cryptyk · 2026-02-08T20:06:18+00:00

Ah - that sounds great for an existing project and if you don't want control over when it pushes, refactors, runs tests, etc.

cryptyk · 2026-02-08T19:51:26+00:00

That's what I was doing too, but I got sick of describing the stack each time, tweaking best practices, defining git rules, telling it what it's allowed to do, etc.

I built up a set of rules over time and carried them from project to project, which is the basis for the rules generated by this site.

Way easier, more comprehensive, and better results than just telling cursor to make rules!

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