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• Post #4490289

  I'm finally getting close to launch for #RecordRanks, my competition management and #sports rankings platform. Recently implemented #Stripe billing, which was actually a pretty good experience. Gonna update the home page and make a couple more tweaks to the sign up process, and then we're ready for launch! 🥳 https://recordranks.com?utm_source=mastodon

• Post #4490288

  Well, I finally gave up on using #Mistral exclusively and gave #Deepseek a shot 😬 Very pleased with the results so far. However, I'm still keeping to my EU-hosted principles! I got a key from https://eurouter.ai and even found out the provider I'm using hosts their models in EU data centers! They have one in Dublin and one in Helsinki. So the only thing where I made a compromise was using a Chinese open weight model instead of a #European model. But still, the wait is on for Mist...

• Post #4490287

  I'm happy to announce that the RecordRanks Platform – my website for competition management and #sports rankings – is now live and ready to power up your sports community! It's already being used by thousands of competitors at Cubing Contests, Google's #Speedcubing Club and a local club in Greece. It automates the entire organisation process, provides automated rankings and record calculation, and more. Check out my article to learn more, and please share! https://recor...

• Post #4490286

  Today I learned: Arm Holdings - the makers of the ARM #CPU architecture - is based in the UK 😮 And now they're even starting to make their own CPU designs, namely the Arm AGI CPU. It excites me to see this stuff, from a #European #techsovereignty perspective!

• Post #2916092

  I'm no longer using #AI in my IDE, due to security concerns. While it would be nice to get a bit more of the productivity benefits, I just don't think those security risks are worth it. I now only use Le Chat - the browser-based chatbot from #Mistral - as a sort of coding buddy. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/researchers-uncover-critical-ai-ide-flaws-exposing-developers-to-data-theft-and-rce #coding #programming #webdev #security

• Post #2916091

  Made a YouTube video explaining why I switched from #MongoDB to #Postgres. I've heard plenty of criticism of it, but not much to do with actually using it. I get into that topic in this video. #databases #Mongo #PostgreSQL #coding #programming #webdev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDVBVSoPmCU

• Post #2916090

  Somehow I just implemented an #OAuth login method for the first time in my 5 years as a web developer. I'd only ever done email + password authentication before (and yes, with hashing, salting, and all the expected security measures). Well, I guess better late than never. Having a great experience with Better Auth so far! #webdev #coding #React #JavaScript #TypeScript

• Post #2916089

  I have taken the plunge and will spend the next few months trying to build RecordRanks into a proper service for #sports organization and rankings, and hopefully build a small #business around it. I've contemplated "doing my own thing" for a good while now, and it's finally time to give it a proper shot! For now, I've set up a Ko-fi page for the open source project itself: https://ko-fi.com/mintydev #webdev #coding #startups

• Post #2916088

  Added Google SSO to RecordRanks, and I realized I'm way behind on some compliance stuff, lol. Gonna finally add a #privacy policy and a cookie banner. Also, it's somewhat amusing just how restrictive #Google is with their logo 😬 #coding #webdev #programming

• Post #2916087

  I have gotten quite fed up with #NextJS and I say this as a long-time zealot. There are so many ways to do very basic things like data fetching, data preloading, mutations, etc., and no well-established patterns for all of that. In practice, it feels like a light wrapper around #React (despite all the bloat), and you end up having to add a whole bunch of other libraries just to cover your bases (next-safe-action, nuqs, server-only, #TanStack Query/SWR, etc.). (1/2) #coding #webdev #Vercel

• Post #2916086

  Made a video about my year-long experience of rewriting the entire backend of RecordRanks and the lessons I learned from it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsu6ufNcrrI #coding #programming #webdev #NextJS #React

• Post #2916085

  Added @plausible #analytics 🇪🇪 to https://recordranks.com. Always exciting to use #European #tech for my projects! Plus, Plausible is better for #privacy 😎 #coding #webdev

• Post #2916084

  Got my first two customers for my #sports organization and ranking software RecordRanks 🥳 Both are growing sports communities that were looking for a tool that could streamline the organization process. Exciting times! https://recordranks.com #sport #software #startup

• Post #2916083

  I recently joined Ramen Club - an online community for #startup founders, and it's already been super helpful! I feel a lot more confident in what I'm doing with RecordRanks now, and it's helped me stay on the right track. Can really recommend it for aspiring entrepreneurs! https://ramenclub.so #business #SaaS #coding #tech

• Post #2916082

  Omg, #Mistral released Mistral Medium 3.5 yesterday, and it's so good! Already fully switched to it as my main model. Some benchmarks apparently suggest it's comparable to Sonnet 4.5. Let's support #European tech! 🇫🇷🇪🇺 https://mistral.ai/news/vibe-remote-agents-mistral-medium-3-5 #AI #MistralAI #coding #software #technology

• Post #2916081

  Today was my last day at my job, and now a new chapter begins in my career as I build my platform for #sports organization and rankings called #RecordRanks. I'm onboarding my first two users this week and I'm looking forward to watching it grow 🥳 I hope you'll follow me in my journey and help spread the word. If you know anyone running some kind of sports community, share this with them! There's no better platform for running sports events and automating the rank...