In the project instructions, I tell it to not be sycophantic, to always talk to me with a grounding in science and evidence-based theory, and to hold me accountable and gently challenge me when needed.

I find this good, but sometimes I feel like its responses are a bit boilerplate and generic.

Curious how other, more techy people set up projects / etc to do similar sorts of things.

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I do no tracking, no analytics, just help you cross the airgap between web and mobile app so you can send users to the right place (and track them however you deem necessary)

This slightly outdated guide helps you set it up pretty easily - instead of Zurg+ Black hole, use Decypharr

https://savvyguides.wiki/sailarrsguide/

Real-debrid == imagine a huge cloud storage service. You have 1000 people trying to download Burgonia.4k.mkv. it downloads the torrent once to the shared server, then gives each user their own access to it via a WebDAV mount.

WebDAV == trick you server into thinking a cloud server is a local folder. You use RClone to mount this and it's accessible from your local drive so you can stream all your stuff directly.

What this means: you add a show in Sonarr or a movie in Radarr. Prowlarr searches Torrentio or Zilean for torrents. The best match is chosen. It sends to Decypharr (or black hole) to say "download this torrent to my real debrid box". It finds the cached version of the file, which is instantly available in your drive. It's symlinked so Plex can pick up the file.

Basically the lead time from requesting a movie/series to watching it on your tv is about 10 seconds, with no storage overhead required.

DeepLinkNow (DLN) is a deferred deep linking SaaS. For those who don't know, "deep linking" is when a URL is used to open an app to a specific page; "deferred deep linking" is used when you send a user a link, they click it, they don't have your app installed, they install it, and you "defer" the place they intended to go and launch it for them.

An example: I share a link a post in my cool new social app. You click the link. You don't have the app installed. If/when you install the app, DLN tells the app the link you were looking for and the app can route you where it needs to.

Why I built DLN: I wrote a blog post about it https://deeplinknow.com/blog/why-I-built-this .

Long story short, the leading platforms for deep linking are AD PLATFORMS. Their main value is MMP/PPC ad performance marketing, and they nefariously track users all over the internet to capture as much information about them as possible.

I track nothing. I don't care what ad your users clicked, I delete fingerprints as soon as they're accessed or expired. You can BYO analytics tools (you already use them anyway!) and use them. I'm just here to send your users to the right place.

I've got some video guides here to give you an idea of how it all works: https://deeplinknow.com/docs/guides

Anyway, that's my shpiel. I'm coming out of beta now and am ready for public users. Would love for you to check it out, and if you're a business who uses deferred deep linking - I want your business! I'm actively building features that my users request and want to make the world of cross-platform tracking both privacy and developer friendly.

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Or is it just something that US-led startups don't think about?

One of the first things I think about when I'm launching a new startup is "How will I service clients in the US or Europe when I'm asleep?", I'd hope that global companies think about Asia that way too.

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  Location: Melbourne, Australia
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: React Native, React, NodeJS, NextJS 
  Résumé/CV: https://au.linkedin.com/in/gallichio
  Email:  jvg [at] warmhq [dot] com

Looking for meaty senior engineer roles, preferably with a global team who has some decent AI/ML Devs on board as I'd love to learn about this area and upskill.

Why I think it's good: deferred deep linking has become an also-ran feature for MMPs whose primary focus is tracking users and advertising.

It's so bad that I can't even open deep links for Tiktok on my home network, because onelink links are blocked by adguard.

So that's why I built DLN. It's brand new and open for beta testing, I'd love some feedback and feature requests + to know how people use deferred deep linking.

I don't know what I was expecting when I clicked the link but it definitely wasn't this: https://simonwillison.net/tags/pelican-riding-a-bicycle/

But now you can create some AI generated slop in a day that used to take months. Being an indie hacker used to be a sort of badge of honour, now it's where everyone starts.

I think the VC-backed companies who have budgets to do actual marketing, actual sales, actual outreach beyond "I have a good following on X, I'm gonna sell them stuff" will win in the end.

As a customer, for me I don't care whether the company is profitable, I care about whether it works, whether it's in my budget, whether the company will be around in 2 years regardless of if the founder loses their passion for it.

I ask cos I use it very liberally and haven't had any issues that have made me consider adding a key, except when I made it read my whole codebase on every request

2) how is it different to Apples integration with Safari?

I'm a full-stack JS developer, I mainly build apps in React Native. Usually I'll come into an agency or a startup for 6 - 12 months and build an MVP, shaping the pre-launch product, system architecture, blueprint design, that sorta thing.

I've done this sort of contracting for ~10 years, and while it's fine it's starting to feel a bit stale for me.

I also have a family (and a mortgage) now, so I want to earn more money.

The problem: I earn ~AU$300k (US$200k, EU180k) as a contractor, yet the only full-time roles for a lead dev or tech lead here pay $160k - $180k.

So I can give up contracting for more career progression, but that means taking a massive pay cut.

I could also try to become one of those LevelsIo / MarcLou #buildinpublic "I earn $50k/mo!" guys, but at 37 with two toddlers I don't have the mental fortitude to post self-promotions on X and TikTok as often as this requires.

Has anyone been in this situation before? What did you do?

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