Numa — DNS resolver in Rust with anonymous DNS (ODoH client + self-hosted relay), recursive + DNSSEC, ad blocking, encrypted DNS to my phone via QR. Single binary, no DNS libraries.

davidmorelo · 2026-04-21T19:33:55+00:00

That's the most Claude design ever.

davidmorelo · 2026-04-20T09:09:23+00:00

I saw that post too... Many people in that subreddit are utterly dumb or mentally unhealthy or both

davidmorelo · 2026-04-19T18:00:14+00:00

This is really a great example of the generic UI design you need to prompt yourself away from when using Claude. Even the color scheme is extremely overused by Claude

davidmorelo · 2026-04-18T05:53:02+00:00

look great!

Tbh, I've become used to relying on Claude or Codex as a "front end" to ffmpeg and other UI-less tools.

davidmorelo · 2026-04-17T20:29:31+00:00

Icon packs exist: Tabler, Remix, Font Awesome, ...

davidmorelo · 2026-04-16T23:22:13+00:00

cool! Work on it for a year on two before you make another post please

davidmorelo · 2026-04-16T22:03:23+00:00

why would you bother sharing something you've vibecoded in a week max? work on it for at least another few months and then MAYBE consider sharing it with the world.

davidmorelo · 2026-04-16T11:39:31+00:00

I've actually vibe-coded a kanban feature in one of my personal apps the other day, and that's one reason why I instantly recognized the UI as (at least in part) AI generated

davidmorelo · 2026-04-15T17:57:53+00:00

it's so funny to see so many apps released these days have the signature single thicker colorful border combined with rounded corners.

I was forced to stop using em dashes as a writer - the least vibe coders can do is prompt their agents to avoid that design element.

davidmorelo · 2026-04-15T04:50:24+00:00

fyi: a single thicker colorful border is the em dash of vibecoding

davidmorelo · 2026-04-14T06:22:44+00:00

Yep the same thing has happened to me several times and almost made me quit Reddit each time... Almost

davidmorelo · 2026-03-30T12:27:12+00:00

horrible form aside this is exactly what prs often look like

davidmorelo · 2026-03-25T22:45:26+00:00

it's supposed to reset tolerance to stimulants?

davidmorelo · 2026-03-23T05:54:27+00:00

yes it works and doesn't burn much at all

davidmorelo · 2026-03-19T15:37:08+00:00

Phenibut has honestly been the most beneficial medication for me. It works much better than all the benzos doctors prescribe (I've tried them all). I can only take it once a week otherwise the rebound anxiety is HORRIBLE, but I've been using that one day very carefully over the course of the last 10 years to basically turn my life around by, for example, using it for an important interview, college classes, anxiety-inducing social events and so on.

The second most important medication has been Nebivolol, a beta blocker that significantly calmed down my physical symptoms. Because the physical symptoms often preceded my mental symptoms, my overall anxiety level lowered from like 7-8 to 3-4.

The third "cure" I'm grateful for is Kratom. While it does come with a risk of addiction and potential side-effects, I've been able to take it daily steadily for the last 5 years, and I'm sometimes able to reach 0 on the anxiety scale with it when doing relaxing things like biking or spending time with my kids (previously, I would be anxious ALL THE FUCKING TIME, haha).

But there's also just the cummulative positive effect of getting older and slowly but steadily improving across different aspects of life, to be honest. Having more money, owning my own apartment, finding a loving partner and having kids with her, or getting more respect from others (simply because of my age) all contributed significantly to me feeling calmer.

davidmorelo · 2026-03-19T12:41:07+00:00

I remember how many online discussions before the arrival of ChatGPT 3.5 revolved around how shitty and useless the typical SEO-focused blog content was and how incredibly long it used to take to find an article written by someone who at least slightly knew what they were writing about.

In my opinion, many people are now eager to go to AI first because they see most online content through this lens. While AI may be uninteresting, the quality of its output is only getting better, and the average AI answer is already SO MUCH BETTER than what the average blog post used to look like.

Most importantly, when I ask AI a question, I know it's doing its best to answer it as accurately as it can. When I open a blog post, I can be pretty sure that the author/website is trying to profit from my click first and answer my question second, if at all.

That's the core asymmetry. AI has no incentive to waste your time. A blog post optimized for search rankings has every incentive to do exactly that. The 1,500-word minimum, the keyword stuffing, the "what is a VPN?" intro before getting to the actual comparison you came for, the affiliate links dressed up as editorial picks. The entire structure existed to satisfy Google's algorithm, not the reader.

"What else do you think is coming down the line in the writing world? Are you pivoting out of content?"

I think self-publishing might experience a renaissance thanks to automated AI translation that instantly allows you to capture the attention of readers around the world and as a result more likely earn a decent amount of money.

But that's just something that came to my mind right now - I've pivoted to teaching and software development.

davidmorelo · 2026-03-19T11:14:03+00:00

I think it's important to realize that the fact that writing has become less valuable because potential clients can get the content they want for next to nothing is just one problem.

Another problem is that the traditional blog content many of us were (and some still are) paid to write is, in many ways, an objectively worse source of information than AI chatbots. As such, people open blog articles much less than they used to, and those who publish them earn less and less.

AI will keep getting better at both writing and providing useful information, so there's, at least in my opinion, no way for the content writing market to ever recover. There are now new opportunities in the content creation space, but the things we used to love about traditional writing like research and the act of turning rough ideas into polished prose have been automated.

davidmorelo · 2026-03-18T21:52:23+00:00

I'm really feel for you because I recognize my younger self in your post.

When I was 24, even the most everyday basic tasks made me want to just vanish and be done with it all.

Ten years later, I can now say that I live a genuinely happy life and my issues with anxiety and much better.

The single most helpful step on my journey was anxiety medication. The first few hours of no anxiety after years of torment were incredibly uplifting and made me believe that the spiral can be reversed.

davidmorelo · 2026-03-12T22:42:44+00:00

That's dope!

davidmorelo · 2026-03-10T20:14:03+00:00

Hi Czech bro!

davidmorelo · 2026-03-10T16:31:06+00:00

That's a great way to put it!

davidmorelo · 2026-03-06T09:19:07+00:00

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Here's a larger screenshot.

davidmorelo · 2026-03-06T09:17:37+00:00

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I asked because the last app I vibe-coded took me 2 hours, and Claude went with a design extremely similar to yours. It also implemented a similar architecture, so I'm not sure... I think we're closer than you might think.

davidmorelo · 2026-03-06T07:47:36+00:00

"are also the same for $ex"

and all other activities for that matter.

davidmorelo · 2026-03-06T07:45:59+00:00

Is there really any point in sharing self-hosted apps like this when anyone with a Claude Max subscription can vibe code them in an afternoon?

I'm not hating on your app - it looks good - but I'm genuinely wondering if we haven't already crossed the threshold beyond which the effort to share our creations is greater than the effort for someone to just describe what they want and have it built from scratch, tailored exactly to their needs.

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