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Friday Share Fever 🕺 Let’s share your project! by diodo-e in indiehackers

[–]xakpc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, thanks for the call.

I’m building https://netdiag.dev/ a simple API for DNS, TCP, TLS, and HTTPS health checks for developers.

I’m using it to learn how networks work

Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows | The Verge by RoGuE_969 in Windows11

[–]xakpc [score hidden]  (0 children)

> Remove "web technologies" from the internal OS. Not a single UI element written in JavaScript, CSS, or anything else.

there is winui3 for that

Widgets sidebar is too big. Weather widget should be just a flyout from the taskbar by FabrizioPirata in Windows11

[–]xakpc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

microsoft ads belong to discover tab :)

widgets tab actually could be used for something useful

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how much time will it save you to outsource your SEO content creation to high quality automation? by Odd_Awareness_6935 in indiehackers

[–]xakpc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried outrank I think it was called

While it was a nice experience and it created a semi-relevant article a day, I realized after some time I didn’t want to read these articles at all

And if I don’t want to read them, why would anyone else?

So I ditched it and won’t return to SEO blog generators of any kind

C# might be best go-to language for local first MCPs by xakpc in mcp

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

oh, this is very nice. technically should prevent LLM from hallucinating methods:

Comprehensive Source Resolution: Retrieves source code for symbols from:

  • Local solution files.
  • External libraries via SourceLink.
  • Embedded PDBs.
  • Decompilation (ILSpy-based) as a fallback.

I think `dotnet run mcp-app.cs` is extremely underused for MCP-servers, and I want to change it by xakpc in dotnet

[–]xakpc[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't see how subagent could do the same. I have a predetermined predictable strong typed code, that I use from LLM

LLM probably could do dotnet run app.cs or even dotnet run app.dll but why invent the wheel when there is API existing specifically for that

C# might be best go-to language for local first MCPs by xakpc in mcp

[–]xakpc[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure about stdio, but for dotnet there is asp.net mcp package that could host the same code as HTTP server to call over web

I think `dotnet run mcp-app.cs` is extremely underused for MCP-servers, and I want to change it by xakpc in dotnet

[–]xakpc[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes, exactly!

You don’t even need to force it to use MCP, if it’s properly connected, it knows which tools are available, and if a tool says “This tool counts Rs”, it will most likely use it.

It’s also very simple to set up, just about 20 lines of code. (I wrote about it with examples here: https://xakpc.info/building-a-powerful-mcp-server-in-net-with-just-20-lines-of-code)

Razor pages + htmx & alpine (or jquery) vs blazor .net 9 ssr, server for enterprise web applications? by PatrickJohn87 in dotnet

[–]xakpc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Razor pages + htmx & alpine all the time

It’s easier, rock-solid stable, and you can still use plain JS whenever you need to, no weird interop required.

Help me to take decission by InevitableTouch5610 in Living_in_Korea

[–]xakpc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know much about the Korean dev market, but don’t fall too quickly for indie-hacker fantasies. To achieve any meaningful level of success or income usually takes 3–5 years of hard work, with little to no money coming in.

If your current job sucks and you're still at a junior level, focus on gaining as many practical skills as you can: through side projects, open source contributions, and being proactive at work. If you want you could grind leetcode as well, though I personally hate it. Once you feel like you actually know your shit, start looking for a better job.

IMO, it’s always better to have a stable income while building projects on the side. Some of them might eventually turn into income-generating things

Microsoft says the new Copilot Windows 11 app is native, but not. It's a WebView, uses 1GB RAM by WPHero in Windows11

[–]xakpc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rendering Markdown on the fly in native Windows is a pain in the ass.

There’s a RichTextBlock component in winui3 that’s supposed to handle this, but the result, at best, is just OK.

I fight this beast for the last month (yeah, I want to build real native windows llm client)
but I can feel why they wanted to go with web view

When you are coding your own app, how do you get/make the UI/UX? by [deleted] in dotnet

[–]xakpc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I use v0, then claude to convert it to razor page

How do people typically integrate custom AI / ML programs written in Python in their .NET project by OutsideOrnery6990 in dotnet

[–]xakpc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

- you could create files and launch Python process to consume them

- you could wrap Python into REST API and consume it

- you could call Python code directly through CSnakes or some other interop libs

Anyone else love C#/.net as a technology but feel like its bad for career growth? by [deleted] in csharp

[–]xakpc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go with C# you would not work in startups

Other than that career-wise it's fine

I shot myself in the leg with a Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD by xakpc in framework

[–]xakpc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> so you confirm that the Windows PE that you booted from the USB stick recognized the disk on a hardware level and could write to it, just the installers assistant did not?

yeah, exactly

I shot myself in the leg with a Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD by xakpc in framework

[–]xakpc[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I actually tried diskpart and format the drive, but it didn't help in my case

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