It's only a tarpit idea when you don't know it's a tarpit idea. I'm building a bookmarking service. I have no illusions that this will become anything more than a hobby project. Still, I love solving specific problems for myself (specifically, making consumption easier to deal with content overload).

this is neat. i think digg should come back.

I love this concept. I live by a popular head trail, and when I do work in the garage (on my bikes or other projects), I usually keep the door open. That simple thing led to meeting many people from around the neighborhood.

I tried to add a product (https://platformchecker.com), and initially, the process wasn't clear. The icon isn't marked as mandatory (it is) and the discount code is (it is not).

FWIW, as a hobbyist developer who never had a chance to learn React, I found HTMX really helpful to make my Flask projects more reactive without adding much complexity.

I’ve used if for some internal pages and it’s fine. I’m not sure I would want to use it to make the next Facebook though. Maybe the next Amazon?

Yeah, I'm the same. HTMX may not be great for non-trivial work frontend devs are doing, but for hackers piecing together web interactivity, it's pretty nice!

Another story worth looking at was the one of Olivetti: https://designwanted.com/brand-story-olivetti/

Olivetti's design was a thing of beauty. The current company has nothing but the name. Even their logo was bastartised by the new owners.

Snow Crash was the first thought that came to mind when I saw the title of this post

I wonder if there are any recent examples.

Good point - I'll research and create a more recent list.

Binance can't operate in the US like Coinbase, that's why they have Binance US which is pretty small. FTX was setup similarly. https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/

For anyone interested in the topic, I'd encourage reading "Lifespan" by David A. Sinclair. As someone with little to no-knowledge about aging (other than feeling the effects of aging on myself) I found it very instructive on how our aging clock works and what are some of the ongoing studies to slow down or revert aging.

I can the recommend recent interview with him on the The Knowledge Project podcast. Had a lot of aha-moments listening to that.

Thanks for the tip.

Sorry, but he oversells his work. He has not contributed so much on epigenetics, but rather nad as a supplement. He oversells nad as a longevity aid. However, he advocates intermittent fasting, and i heard from a epogenetics research leader that there is an ongoing trial for intermittent fasting reducing your epigenetic age. So sinclair is not wrong on that, probably.

Went for a Notion look https://davidedicillo.com