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New comment by growrow in "Pretty Fish: A better mermaid diagram editor"

growrow — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:23:08 +0000

What makes it nicer?

New comment by growrow in "20 years on AWS and never not my job"

growrow — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:31:30 +0000

That link was a great read and makes a strong point! Another reason corps invest in OSS is to develop something they rely on - special driver, etc - and capitalizing on that in the form of OSS maintainers charging consulting fees has been successful. Exactly in agreement with making the incentives line up with their own.

New comment by growrow in "Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids"

growrow — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:33:45 +0000

Thank you for this little window into what it really takes to make this work.

New comment by growrow in "Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids"

growrow — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:26:24 +0000

No vendor or hardware lock-in is key. Can you give insight into the costs that inform the monthly rate? Emergency services / telephone network?

New comment by growrow in "Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids"

growrow — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:18:25 +0000

How lovely and so very Bellingham-esque! $5/mo and looks like it can be used outside Bham.

https://telehamster.net/node/7

I hope these guys do well or more local options keep on popping up.