Hacker News: Developer_Tom

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Farewell potholes? UK team invents self-healing road surface"

Developer_Tom — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 08:27:46 +0000

Yes, fuel duty does bring in a lot of money, but it doesn’t go directly into fixing the roads—it generally goes into the government’s general budget.

Local councils who are responsible for fixing the roads have been underfunded for years and is normally the area that gets squeezed the most. The British weather doesn’t help too with constant rain and freezing winters…

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:53:16 +0000

Imo, the real takeaway here is that ad-tech isn’t just tracking people — it’s that it's becoming a decentralised surveillance network where no single entity takes any responsibility. Even with "Ask App Not to Track," your IP, geolocation, and device fingerprint still end up being leaked! It shows that tracking isn’t a feature anymore — it’s the business model.

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Why I created Banner Blog"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 12:30:14 +0000

Thanks for letting me know - this is all fixed now

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Why I created Banner Blog"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:40:05 +0000

Great thanks, will have a look into that

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Why I created Banner Blog"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:39:28 +0000

Thanks! Glad to hear there are other platforms out there.

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Why I created Banner Blog"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:33:54 +0000

Thanks! Totally agree about needing some privacy-first analytics on it.

Wanted to get a great writing experience finished first, but it’s the next thing on my list

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Why I created Banner Blog"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:31:41 +0000

Yeh definitely agree. Banner blog has support for basic link sharing on social media, but something to look more into definitely!

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Why I created Banner Blog"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:00:35 +0000

Yeh, I agree. Especially with the most recent updates.

The sentiment behind this is more about making the posts more readable to bots as opposed to trying to game the system

New comment by Developer_Tom in "Why I created Banner Blog"

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:59:16 +0000

Yeh, that’s the next thing on the list.

Wanted to get something out the door for desktop, then it’s on to mobile.

Any things in particular that you’d want fixing?

Why I created Banner Blog

Developer_Tom — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:04:38 +0000

Article URL: https://bannerblog.dev/why-banner-blog

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38598575

Points: 52

# Comments: 78

How I Conquered Perfectionism and Launched Status Hive After 3 Months of Work

Developer_Tom — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:34:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/status-hive/how-i-conquered-perfectionism-and-launched-status-hive-after-3-months-of-procrastination--NMnbxu3TjXJVjklS8zj

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34546452

Points: 1

# Comments: 0