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New comment by bharatsuthar in "In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years"

bharatsuthar — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:25:47 +0000

I'm actually more interested in how he generates and maintains conversation IDs.

If you have any info regarding his workflows, shoot me an email with title #HN0001.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years"

bharatsuthar — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:56:23 +0000

We need more personal CRMs in general. Monica is too outdated by today's standards. There's one called Dex but no free plans there and it's a bit too complicated for a personal CRM, like a business-like onboarding, linkedin/notion integrations etc.

I'd personally prefer something that's easy to use and can intelligently keep track of my personal contacts that I may find valuable in years or decades from now. About a decade ago, I added three friends on Monica and I'm really glad to see the records again. I wish I added more details but I remember the process of adding someone was boring and unrewarding. It still is.

Edit: Dex is about $12/mo for the base plan. I don't think I'd be willing to drop that much dough for a personal CRM. Of course there's an option to self-organize/self-host it.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years"

bharatsuthar — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:38:58 +0000

I used their hosted platform about 8 years ago and It went down many times. I just checked it today and to my surprise, my data is still there. Very glad to find it.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

bharatsuthar — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:31:33 +0000

Hunting for jobs and it seems like a project of its own, given the current state of software job markets.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat"

bharatsuthar — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:43:20 +0000

Actually they have several different products based on IP type and quality. The credit-card only access you're talking about is for shared and flagged residential proxies. ISPs legally sell them to businesses and they can work for some use cases, but you need a video call and KYC to get access to a high quality IP pool, such as real mobile IPs they source from p2p services like VPNs.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat"

bharatsuthar — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:41:47 +0000

Yeah, mail server IP reputation is a good example. I wouldn't want to be flooded by emails from spammy mailservers IPs and I'm glad that my provider de-priortizes them.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat"

bharatsuthar — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:36:02 +0000

This is just the largest residential proxy provider BrightData(previously Luminati that used a free VPN to source residential bandwidth)

The overall residential proxy market is too large and often undetected by intelligence tools. BrightData is actually much more compliant and malicious actors wouldn't be allowed access. They have an extensive KYC and use-case vetting process.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat"

bharatsuthar — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:14:02 +0000

The optimum amount of residential proxies is non-zero.

New comment by bharatsuthar in "Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat"

bharatsuthar — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:12:44 +0000

If anonymous currencies can be considered a national security threat despite making up less than 0.001% of the world's total value, then why not anonymous packets?

New comment by bharatsuthar in "Ask HN: Has anyone had success finding freelance gigs from HN"

bharatsuthar — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:50:03 +0000

Hey, I'm interested. I'm more of a generalist than a dedicated web developer, but I do have experience building full-stack applications.

You can reach me at work @ bharatoff DOT NET