prithsr

i appreciate this very much!

An iOS app to help manage Yard Sales. There's a lot of clutter at home that we don't need or use; using that as inspiration to work on an app that can help with cataloguing and selling in-person, and in v2 turn into some sort of facebook marketplace where users can 'find yard sales' near them (and potentially even look up all items being sold at x yard sale, prior to showing up).

The government sets payscale 'tiers' based on qualifications / roles, and these tiers determine the minimum you're able to earn once you obtain an H-1B or PERM. the employer is still able to work w/ the lawyers to get you to fall at a lesser paying tier, and also offer no further growth/compensation as they have no incentive to-- regardless of performance or structure.

Source: My exact role and bulk of responsibilities are valued at at least 2x; but given how difficult it is (for me, at least) to transition out given the job market, I have no other option but to stay or simply leave the country.

The amount of jobs I have been rejected from because I know a bit of so many things as opposed to being a master of one thing...

Genuinely so pleased with this! I'm a big fan of Rewind as a concept because, in general, I write down everything I do every day (helps with my poor memory, adhd, and in general), and a tool that can record my online-actions and facilitate search too is a game-changer for me (specially when it doesn't come with the hefty price tag).

Couple things -- 1) Do you ever plan on introducing shortcuts to toggle rem as opposed to using the menu-bar option?

2) What's storage like? Will rem's size keep getting larger and larger until I purge all? Or will I eventually get to select how long I want to 'remember' something (without manually having to 'start' and 'stop')?

3) One bug I've caught a few times is - once I toggle timeline and just slide back to view previous 'memories', >50% of the time my device won't let me exit out of the 'timeline' and I'll have to exit out of rem (cmd+opt+esc) and re-open it.

But all in all, very happy with this!

Maybe a silly question - but on the app itself, is there some sort of... tutorial of sorts? Really curious to learn how this world works but unsure where exactly to start on this app.

Thanks for sharing this! Just got it set up on one of my domains and very pleased.

I've been using Beam for a week now - big fan. Analytics are simple enough for my personal projects, and I'm able to add custom event tracking as well which is really nice.

Though it hasn't done anything for me as of late, in my senior year of undergrad I bought a domain name from a random person online ($70). I had no actual experience or understanding of web development, and thought this would be a good excuse to learn (in hindsight, I should have purchased a domain name for significantly less money, but having something set-up already felt like a 'win'; this was a ~big investment at the time).

I learnt about WordPress, HTML, basic CSS, and consistently wrote blog posts focused on tech in general (nothing technical - more along the lines of new gadgets, apps, useful software). Flash forward to being about to graduate and looking for jobs back home, I was asked to submit some work as proof of knowledge (this position wasn't necessarily geared to "entry-level", but at least I had something to demonstrate my limited experience). In my interviews, I was asked about this blog a lot - how it started, what I've done, my knowledge of SEO concepts and so on, and I strongly believe it's the main reason I was hired.

1- Was the transfer a complicated process? 2- Unless you're extremely qualified, did the idea of a transfer discourage many potential employers during your job search(es)?

location and resources change every so often (i get bored / i find something else that excites me) but the cycle has traditionally been weightlifting at the gym -> spending a few months doing only cardio (for a long time it was just boxing, but recently acquired a quest 2 and not a session goes by where i'm not dripping sweat) -> home gym -> back to an actual gym. as far as benefits, i couldn't use enough words to describe how much it's helped with my mental state (specifically when i get into the zone and get consistent with it). it often becomes that one place/time where i can completely tune out, not have to talk to anyone, interact with anyone, think about anything, worry about anything.

Medication helps. Lifestyle hasn't changed too much - I still have endless to-do lists, bookmarks, things I need to get to, but medication has helped me in the sense that it doesn't all feel overwhelming at every single moment, anymore. Days feel easier to manage.

Ableton Note - essentially, make music. fun little passtime.

Ada - like webmd, but more interactive. gives me a rough idea of potential scenarios based on xyz symptoms i'm having.

Cone - not every day use, but identifies colour hex codes using your smartphone camera

Wanted to experiment with neumorphism for a bit! https://rakhyani.com

Todoist (to do list), Arc (browser), Spark (mail), Cron (calendar), Diarly (journaling), Shottr (screenshot tool), Raycast (spotlight alternative), Notability (notetaking for iPad).

There's one instance, albeit a different (yet similar(?)) scenario to OP's anecdote, that stays with me. About 6-7 years ago I was back home visiting my family and went out one night with a couple of friends to a local bar/club. There, we met up with several mutual friends, most of them I've only met a handful of times growing up. Towards the end of the night, a good friend of my good friend (so a mutual, male) kept approaching this other mutual (female). Back home, it's fairly common/normalised to approach random people and flirt with them. She was uncomfortable, and normally if a woman tells a man 'no' a couple times, he moves on to the next person (back home, and in this time frame, specifically). He was drunk, and he kept insisting. She was very uncomfortable, and he wasn't getting any better about it. I don't really ~know either of them, her, even less so. But at this moment I stepped in and pushed him away before things escalated. There was some back and forth, but when it was all done, she thanked me and that was that. I don't necessarily take 'pride' in stepping in, because this scenario should have never occurred in the first place. Surely there are millions of instances where these things happen, and in over half of those, no one steps in; it's sad. But that day I was happy to be the one to have made a slight difference in whatever the night could have ended up being. That moment has led me to step in in situations where I 'believe' something is wrong. Worst case, if I'm not, I'll be told to step aside. Best case? It could have a tiny, positive, impact.

A nintendo switch - countless hours have been put into this and it's still so enjoyable.

Jot coffee and alternate brands - pricier than brewing your own, but I'm back to drinking black coffee because of it, I've lost weight because I don't fill up the glass with creamer, and it's so much quicker/more portable.

My cats - technically adopted, but they've made my life a lot more entertaining.

One of those air pumps for my tires - my tires deflate often because of the very unpredictable weather (cold), and being able to fill'er up whenever/wherever has been very convenient.

There are two groups I am a part of - a web development one (free), and a workout program's private group that you gain access to as part of membership, that I access frequently. And occasionally (rarely), Marketplace.

This is on a significantly smaller scale than most of the comments here, but I was exhausted of having to go through endless essays on smoothies before actually arriving at the recipe/ingredients - so when the lockdown first hit, I spent a few days working on https://choosemysmoothie.com. I don't (and didn't at the time) know how to web scrape, so I manually scoured tons of websites to manually write down ingredients and recipes. It was fun to do, specially since it's been on the back of my mind for a long long time.

I know this thread seems to be Obsidian specific, but wanted to share: I've been writing down every detail of my day since January 2021 on Diarly. I pay $15 a year to have it sync across iCloud devices. I have two "journals" - one for personal, and one for work. From thoughts, to encounters during the day, to what food I ate, I write everything. It has dramatically improved my day-to-day. I've had trouble remembering my whole life, and now I can just look back and find the exact date where I did something (the search feature is pretty spot on). It's even improved my retention skills - e.g. "i don't remember what day this happened, but I am positive xyz happened because I remember writing about it". Strongly strongly recommend it to all.

Yes! https://choosemysmoothie.com

I like this! I worked on a passion project during the early weeks of covid / lockdown called Choose My Smoothie. Didn't continue working on it for long but always wondered where else I could take it - this would have been a nice addition.

This comment will probably be the least impressive of all - but early 2017 I paid someone random online $60 for a WordPress website (tech blog) he had made and didn't seem to care for. I bought it, learnt about HTML and CSS while editing and posting every week. And towards the end of 2017 when I graduated from undergrad and went back home, it was that project/experience with WordPress that landed me one of my most fun jobs I've ever had.

https://rakhyani.com - just a portfolio with projects/ fun work.

Just dropping in to mention how Alt-Tab is one of my go-tos whenever I use / set up a new Apple computer. Good job!

Curious. How can I reach out?

Hi HN.

I posted this on Product Hunt last week just in case you wanted a more thorough explanation of what this is (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/choose-my-smoothie) but essentially I was tired of Googling smoothie recipes because I would constantly encounter authors going on and on with their essay-long content and 20 different substitutions for each ingredient.

I wanted something where I could filter out recipes based on ingredients I had at home, and get straight to the point. So Choose My Smoothie is that.

I find recipes from popular websites (and credit them) and let you filter them out. Each smoothie page will only show you what you need to know: nutritional facts, ingredients, and directions.

It’s a very simple concept, but it’s the first personal-project I’ve started and finished in only a few days and am very excited about that. Hope you find it useful too!

https://choosemysmoothie.com

Hi HN! It's been a couple months now, but every week I share a digital tool I use that has helped me get things done better/faster.

It has mostly been personal experience, but in my day-to-day I found myself sharing so many of these to people one-by-one, that I figured a newsletter was a better way to reach more people-- plus, I seem to enjoy writing. From note taking apps to finding royalty-free content online for your own personal projects.

Many of the tools you'll be familiar with, and others I encounter on the daily tech-forums (giving credit where credit is due). You can see a list of previous articles on https://thetechletter.com/archive and expect new emails every Monday at 11:00 EST.

I appreciate support or feedback!

This was a very small thing but in 2017 I had a tech blog on WordPress (very simple stuff). I didn't code anything. Just used a theme I bought online, and now and then fidgeted with whatever (little) I knew of CSS. I found a job description on LinkedIn for an opportunity pertaining to WordPress. What helped me was the interview where they asked me about my experience with the platform. This wasn't in the US, and my guess is WordPress wasn't big back home in 2017, so however little my experience was, it helped me get the job.

Thank you! Look forward to testing this out. Please email me once you have it ready, if possible. priths@me.com