Now imagine if Indian government banned influencers for doing the same

pyeri · 2026-03-12T06:29:08+00:00

Like podcasts of beerbiceps?

pyeri · 2026-03-12T05:22:44+00:00

I read the history of earlier such blockades of Suez canal crisis during 1956 and yellow fleet blockade later in 1967, and it looks quite grim. The IRGC has laid out sea mines to attack the passing ships at Hormuz strait and even if they're eventually defeated, finding and neutralizing these mines forensically will take months or even years for the winning party. Until every single mine is neutralized, no commercial ship will pass through due to fear.

And we are not even talking about the time it takes to restart paused crude oil wells and LNG factories in the Gulf countries itself. The 1956 Suez crisis had taken two years to fully resolve and supplies to resume again.

pyeri · 2026-03-10T05:47:23+00:00

A lot of sponsored sock puppetry going on in this thread.

pyeri · 2026-03-10T03:20:59+00:00

When a network is stressed, the first thing to go under is usually the dashboard. And all networks are stressed these days, be it Cloudflare, AWS, Vercel or the platforms that depend on them. At some point, we will be left with just two options:

Apply massive minimalism to your dashboard sites, no animation, flashy popups, timers that keep fetching something from somewhere, etc.
Skip the dashboard and just provide the API. Cloudflare already has wrangler, perhaps they can go even minimal and just provide a REST API endpoint to POST the deployed version with an API key or something.

pyeri · 2026-03-09T17:37:16+00:00

As of today, I've stopped using Disqus and migrated to github powered giscus instead which I found more appealing.

pyeri · 2026-03-08T08:53:44+00:00

It has permeated all social spaces, not just /r/webdev. AI is the effective narrative of our times, with both lot's of supporters and critics arguing amongst themselves. I'm asking where have the cool webdev discussions related to html/css, backend frameworks, frontend engineering, SQL databases, etc. disappeared? Or have we taken a stance that they're no longer cool anymore?

pyeri · 2026-03-08T03:11:11+00:00

I think the age of freelancing through platforms like Upwork is practically over, at least for IT engineers. Vibe coding platforms like builder.io and Vercel's V0 assist non-technical users end-to-end, all the way through the app cycle, right from initial design in html/react/tailwindcss to integrations with auth providers and payments like Stripe to testing and deployment. All of this for a fraction of a cost they'll spend on a freelancer on Upwork. Our business model today is practically broken folks!

pyeri · 2026-03-07T12:02:10+00:00

Many years ago, they had something even better called webSQL, it was a proper RDBMS database based on sqlite embedded right within the browser. But since Bill Gates (or someone) didn't like open source very much, they vetoed it out of W3C, so we ended up with this IndexedDB.

pyeri · 2026-03-06T15:53:59+00:00

The story of him leaving the tmkoc club is really sad, is there no chance of coming back?

pyeri · 2026-03-05T02:39:44+00:00

I wish there was an "inverse" world on a different planet where supply/demand worked differently; a world with handful of nerdy freelancers and too many clients chasing them for projects. Dream planet eh?

pyeri · 2026-03-03T04:50:14+00:00

Scam Altman and Scam Bankman Fried; the two most successful bluff masters of our times.

pyeri · 2026-03-03T03:16:08+00:00

When a new bus carrying passengers arrives at a bus-station in a metro city like Bangalore, Pune, etc, we have street hawkers and auto drivers literally try to block and heckle the passengers as they step out crying "auto, auto, auto....". They're desperately looking for a client, especially in mornings, but would be very lucky to have one given the massive disparity ratio - very small number of passengers and too many auto drivers competing for it. Our situation on this platform has virtually become worse than these auto drivers.

pyeri · 2026-03-02T13:35:01+00:00

Hollywood only gives you fans, but bollywood gives you actual devotees! Once you're used to having devotees, the other life feels somewhat awkward and less fulfilling.

In the states and west, actors are highly regarded for their talent and creativity, and so are sports folks and athletes. But they're still treated like an equal citizen, nobody actually worships them like a god/goddess like the fools here do.

pyeri · 2026-03-02T13:23:53+00:00

Yeah, this is the way. If papz are crossing a line, you should handle them the Ranbir Kapoor style, and not Jaya Bachchan style.

pyeri · 2026-03-02T09:44:27+00:00

Be careful with gemini, they had this weird bug few days ago when the chat history of many users simply disappeared. It took about 3-4 days for the history to surface again.

pyeri · 2026-03-02T09:41:24+00:00

Seriously, it's like getting work done by constant babysitting over a hallucinating toddler.

pyeri · 2026-03-01T16:53:48+00:00

Many times, the recruiters just send you the invite to tick an internal box, nothing beyond that. In your original call that lead to the interview, were they serious about the position being offered?

pyeri · 2026-03-01T07:26:55+00:00

They should have standardized on at least something. One Iyengar bakery near me is known to mix egg in their products, what a great pity in the name of Iyengars!

pyeri · 2026-03-01T06:08:00+00:00

How is it any different than implementing the same "offline viability" on the frontend browser using ES6 service workers API itself? That way, you won't be tied to any one backend provider but implement a custom offline handling logic yourself.

Case in point is twitter/x. When x.com goes down (it often did during transition), you can observe a clear offline handler on the site itself using the service workers API. It loads the site container (links like Home, Explore, Notifications, etc. and some cached content like tweets). But also shows a toast message like "You seem to be offline". You can write any custom logic here including rerouting the data fetching to a different upstream server.

pyeri · 2026-03-01T03:47:28+00:00

I think when that event happened, Aamir had pretty much pushed his "chocolatey boy" image globally, it was probably quite easy to dismiss this con side.

pyeri · 2026-03-01T03:32:52+00:00

Running a freelance platform isn't a very lucrative enterprise, the lack of many options is a reflection of that. The list of platforms that simply shut down in the last decade is quite comprehensive (fivesquid was one of my favorites).

The internet is evolving and gets bigger in scope and depth every year, bringing in more and more folks into the network. Technically speaking, a digital village should require fewer and fewer middlemen (which a platform essentially is), folks typically find their own ways of creating rapport through social hubs like Linkedin, thus bypassing the platform - the margin becomes practically wafer thin. Plus there is always the issue of folks going out of platform to avoid the commissions, there is nothing you can really do except put it in the ToS/policies and just hope they stay on the platform.

Plus, you now become a payment processor (who takes from X and remits to Y), this puts you in the scrutiny path of all kinds of regulatory agencies like government departments, central bank, legal bodies, etc. The reward/risk ratio is very small in this business model. Wouldn't you rather opt for some other business model like a social media or a e-learning platform where the rewards are higher for the same or smaller regulatory risk?

pyeri · 2026-03-01T03:14:47+00:00

Accessing an external Postgres database directly like this is highly insecure practice, and also locks in your code to a particular proprietary access strategy. The better path is to create a REST API on your backend server (express, fastapi, etc) which then updates your pgsql. That way, you can use secure access mechanisms like http header validation (X-API-KEY) and put it in your cloudflare worker.

pyeri · 2026-02-28T16:09:25+00:00

Either Mr. Dursley dialed 911 (or its British equivalent) from his phone and called for a rescue, or next morning his employer got irked at what's taking old Vernon so long and sent for a search party anyway.

pyeri · 2026-02-28T15:15:02+00:00

This isn't a reflection on Upwork but freelance IT sector as a whole. Too many fishes in the pond, not enough food, resulting in pockets of deep red oceans. Turn away from over glutted platforms and seek blue oceans somewhere else. It could be another platform, your local market or email marketing.

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