26 posts tagged with "thoughts"

Hello!

This is Part 2 of a three-part series on the surprisingly hard problem of detecting changes in a web page's JavaScript and CSS resources, written while building the Resources Tracker (now Page tracker) feature in Secutils.dev.

In Part 1 we covered inline vs external resources, dynamically loaded resources, and how to keep storage costs low with hashing. Today we tackle two more challenges: resources that don't fit cleanly into "inline" or "external", and inline resources that change on every page load even though "nothing meaningful" changed.

Hello!

In a previous post, I explained the idea behind tracking the JavaScript and CSS resources loaded by a web page in Secutils.dev and who benefits from it. I had originally hoped to ship the feature as part of the "Q2 2023 - Apr-Jun" update, but it took noticeably longer than I thought. In this post (and the next two) I want to walk through why comparing JavaScript and CSS files between two snapshots of a web page is much harder than it looks, and what design choices made the feature work for Secutils.dev.

Hello!

Just a brief post today to highlight an important milestone for Secutils.dev - I recently received the first negative user feedback! It may not sound like something to celebrate or take pride in, but I view it differently. Over the past month, I've received a bit of unsolicited positive feedback, primarily from fellow builders and indie hackers. Their input has been valuable, and I do appreciate it. However, I have to admit that people like me have a higher tolerance for work-in-progress software, imperfections, and bugs. Moreover, solo-builders tend to be incredibly supportive of one another, much like parents with young children empathizing with other parents in similar situations 🙂

But the negative feedback I received this past weekend came from a "real user," which presents a different perspective altogether.

Hello!

It's an understatement to say there is a lot of hype around AI right now. It is being integrated into everything. The company I work for, Elastic, is part of the same wave with the Elasticsearch Relevance Engine (ESRE) and the Elastic AI Assistant. I'm usually skeptical of overhyped technology, but I have to admit AI is making genuine, lasting waves.

So a natural question for me is: would AI integration be useful to the users of Secutils.dev? Let's explore that with a small proof-of-concept I built this week.

Hello!

Today, I want to talk about time management, but don't worry, I'm not going to give you another lecture on task prioritization or the importance of a good sleep schedule (although those are important too!). You've probably come across numerous articles covering those topics already, some helpful and others not so much. Instead, I want to share my personal experience and focus on a key aspect that has greatly influenced how I make the most of my time: subtraction. Subtraction, in this context, refers to the removing things, commitments, and plans that don't clearly align with my goals and overall happiness.

Hello!

Until this year, I had never published a blog post on the internet. However, in the past month, I have published 10 of them and shared them on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Mastodon, the only three social/professional networks I use. This is not my usual approach, and you may wonder why I'm doing it. The reasons are multifaceted, so let me explain and hopefully encourage others like me to start writing as well.