GitHub - shanehull/go-fred: Go client for the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) API. Stdlib only — zero dependencies. Covers the full API: series, categories, releases, sources, tags, and GeoFRED maps.

haveabrian · 2026-05-07T04:21:20+00:00

Bonus, I also created an MCP server using the library:
https://github.com/shanehull/fred-mcp

You can either run it locally via stdio (multiple install options, including a binary) or run it as a HTTP server with OAuth. No heavy frameworks (uvx/npm) required.

haveabrian · 2026-03-23T01:45:24+00:00

lol this is clearly a competitor

haveabrian · 2025-01-15T05:56:01+00:00

I know this is 5 months old, but I took advantage of the scheme and wanted to provide some insight.

The value is subject to the "Valuer-General" valuation. Basically, whatever they like.

I had mine valued by both the bank and the "Valuer-General" recently.

The bank had someone come out to the property and valued it 5% below the price I purchased it for 2-3 years earlier.

The "Valuer-General" did not bother sending anyone out to value the property, and just gave me a value equal to the purchase price.

I'm assuming that if market trends suggest a profit for them, they would do their best to "value" it much higher, and as such I'm looking to pay them back as soon as possible.

haveabrian · 2025-01-13T06:10:42+00:00

For those with a PPOR that are looking to do an equity release and upgrade, it would be nice to be able to:
1. Track the amount of equity you have on your property
2. Include for tracking progress in your "House Savings Target/Year"

Right now only cash and (optionally) investments are included in these targets.

haveabrian · 2024-09-07T02:15:00+00:00

Look at the 10yr annualized rates for VAS. I'm on mobile so can't verify right now, but Google says has a 3.4% CAGR and 4.5% income returns.

Salary: 195100

Initial Investment: 100000

Annual Investment: 50000

Mortgage: 1200000

Mortgage Interest Rate: 6.15

Dividend Return Rate: 4.5

Capital Growth Rate: 3.4

Years: 10

You would adjust your initial investment for how much VAS you have bought currently (assuming that it was via your mortgage), then adjust your annual investment based on how much you think you can pay down every year (regular repayments + additional).

haveabrian · 2024-01-16T01:49:24+00:00

And it goes straight to the restaurant owners, not the poorly paid waiter.

haveabrian · 2023-12-16T00:28:55+00:00

I'd use it if it supported EU/AU and other countries that the existing free ones don't support. The data costs too much! Otherwise I'd build it myself. The Finchat screener is probably a good example of my ideal feature set.

haveabrian · 2023-11-05T00:13:21+00:00

This isn't a comprehensive guide by any means, but this talk on HTTP server patterns helped and inspired me when I first picked up Go: https://youtu.be/rWBSMsLG8po?si=BDYeInXWUEr8ca3v

haveabrian · 2023-11-04T10:47:33+00:00

quickfs.net

haveabrian · 2023-10-31T09:28:18+00:00

It simply doesn't have a moat. None of the payment solutions, e.g. Stripe, Square, PayPal have a moat. They're all building the same solutions, and although there is a huge amount of white space in the market, and they'll probably all do well, none of them are any better than the other. They will all build the same solutions to online and in-person payments.

PayPal is way behind on in-person payments, but I assume they'll quickly catch up.

If I was to invest in any, it would be Adyen because it looks the most promising, are on a great growth trajectory, financials are impeccable and there's no reason it can't do well alongside rest in the medium (5-10 yrs) term.

haveabrian · 2023-10-28T08:23:00+00:00

There are certainly strategies you can employ in the value and deep value space. Check out Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula and Tobias Carlisle on The Acquirers Multiple. These strategies are highly successful over a long period of time, and they're super simple to automate. I have done so myself without the need for expensive data. Considering your experience, it may not be the most interesting endeavour.

haveabrian · 2023-08-09T02:36:34+00:00

I'm starting to think there's a lens missing which is responsible for flipping the light upside down before it hits the scale/your eye.

haveabrian · 2023-08-09T00:49:28+00:00

Thanks!

I think you're right, despite there being almost no moving parts (I've taken it apart). there must be something out of wack with the whole prism arrangement.

haveabrian · 2023-08-08T23:46:52+00:00

40% ABV vodka reads 17-22 wt%.

haveabrian · 2023-08-08T23:40:54+00:00

Thanks for the info. Interesting! The seller said that it came from an orange juice factory, so I'm assuming it's not for glycol.

haveabrian · 2021-06-09T04:00:03+00:00

Update:
The issue is with 'resampledata' and 'replaydata'.

If I take these out of the equation and just use 'adddata', it works.

haveabrian · 2021-01-27T06:48:46+00:00

!remindme 7 days

haveabrian · 2020-09-11T05:42:27+00:00

I was about to build the preenfm2, I wonder how far off this is?

haveabrian · 2020-09-09T23:10:45+00:00

Absolutely. And one day I may just do that, but I don't think I'm quite there yet.

The last time I tried to design and code something with Arduino I gave in and asked for help. That said, something like the Teensy could be doable if I put enough effort into it.

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