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New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?"

softwarerero — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:52:06 +0000

I tinkered with Hermes yesterday but it still seems like a solution to a problem I don't have as a programmer.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Replacement for Rackspace SMTP Hosting?"

softwarerero — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:55:21 +0000

I'm using Heztzner Webhosting (https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting/) for some decades, $2/month.

New comment by softwarerero in "What's your favorite RSS feed reader?"

softwarerero — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:18:36 +0000

I am happily using Vienna (https://www.vienna-rss.com/) for about a decade, but it is Mac only.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?"

softwarerero — Thu, 02 May 2024 16:32:58 +0000

For product videos I used OBS a lot: https://obsproject.com/

I haven't used Journey, but it seems promising for product Tours: https://www.william-troup.com/journey-js/

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Is Express still "de-facto" for building Node back ends?"

softwarerero — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 16:01:16 +0000

Meteor is fullstack, so you can reuse code on the front- and backend, which is nice for validation and business logic.

In the last ten years I worked for more than a dozen startups that based their business successfully on Meteor. Some of them got big and none has regretted it.

I have worked with Nuxt.js, Sapper (now Sveltekit), Play Framework an many more; all great, but for many projects I would still consider Meteor the strongest contender.

California: The bitter decision between sweet and salty almonds

softwarerero — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:50:19 +0000

Here in Paraguay we can buy Californian almonds, they are sweet but expensive, so we buy them only when they are on sale. Off course they are flown in and we should avoid buying them at all, but that alone would not save any valley.

Thinking about the water shortage at some point a decision seems to be inevitable: Should California be a human habitat or an agriculture producer?

The quick check https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?query=sea%20water doesn't bring up any startup making sewwater fit for agriculture or even human consumption. I hope someone steps into that void and I won't mind if my almonds taste a little saltier.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36906060

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Do You Use RSS?"

softwarerero — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:06:19 +0000

Found this post thanks to https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss. There are two kinds of web sites. Those I read through RSS or those I don't read.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Simplest stack to build web apps in 2021?"

softwarerero — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:39:25 +0000

If you need full-stack and want to build quick take a look at https://www.meteor.com/.

New comment by softwarerero in "Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com"

softwarerero — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:51:07 +0000

I have only one domain on namecheap, but since a few month I cannot access it any more. There is a captcha service (hcaptcha) before it which totally locks me out.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2020)"

softwarerero — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:11:26 +0000

Passionate and experienced full stack developer

Location: Asunción, Paraguay (UTC-4)

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: maybe

Technologies: Node.js, Meteor.js, Svelte, Vue, React, MongoDB, RDBMS, Redis

Résumé/CV: https://softwarerero.com/

Email: el@softwarerero.com

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?"

softwarerero — Mon, 25 May 2020 00:33:16 +0000

I'm European but live in Paraguay, my wife is from here. I always work remotely, that is, when I find a job. I would like to life in northern Brasil and my wife wants to live in the US. But we very likely stay where we are as it is much more important with whom you stay than where, and we both would miss my wife's family a lot.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Do you still use MongoDB?"

softwarerero — Fri, 22 May 2020 15:37:20 +0000

Definitely, for most projects. Also the combination of Meteor and MongoDB allows for great development speed.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

softwarerero — Thu, 14 May 2020 15:28:40 +0000

I post this a second time as it seems to have been deleted:

Quarantine (https://quarantine.softwarerero.com/) models a worst case scenario for reaching herd immunity without finding a cure.

Duobiblo (https://app.duobiblo.com/) allows to practice a language showing chapters of the bible side-by-side with a language you already know. I learn Portuguese currently on Duolingo, which inspired the name. If a browser supports the Web Speech API for the given language it is also possible to let the browser read the text.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

softwarerero — Thu, 14 May 2020 14:29:06 +0000

Quarantine (https://quarantine.softwarerero.com/) models a worst case scenario for getting herd immunity.

How long we have to stay in quarantine?

softwarerero — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:12:20 +0000

Article URL: https://quarantine.softwarerero.now.sh/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821773

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Property Management with AdPro.rent

softwarerero — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:11:58 +0000

adPro.rent ia a property management system. Our family uses it to write contracts, print invoices or receipts, do simple bookkeeping, manage incidents, collect payments and get helpful statistics.

Now it has been internationalized and is ready for managing your own properties or those of others. I hope it helps others to save as much time as it does for us. The system has been created initially for Paraguay, all local features are now hidden behind a country-flag. I'm curious to hear if there are features that might be important for other markets and whatever else you might think about adPro.

This has been a side project but I work fulltime on this for the last months. I started this as a solo-founder coming from tech and I'm open to partner up with somebody experienced in bizz, especially sales and marketing.

The features are listed under https://www.adpro.rent/en/. You can sign up for a free (basic) plan under https://app.adpro.rent/signUp.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22224231

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?"

softwarerero — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:28:35 +0000

My wife and I make some money with a couple of cheap renting units. To make the administration work easier I started to write an application last year (https://adpro.sun.com.py/en). At first it was very Paraguay-specific so currently I'm working on the last part of internationalization which is the contract and invoice editor. From the start I integrated the ability to also administer renting units for others.

It is very useful to us but I'm not sure about product/market fit. I'm eager to learn from others who rent out what they use for administration and such a system makes sense to them. If I really go after the idea I'll also need a co-founder, please contact me if you are interested.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: What are your experiences with Svelte (JS framework)"

softwarerero — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:47:58 +0000

I used it for a few small apps and enjoyed. I also build/rebuild a few static sites with Svelte and it is my default tool for static sites now.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Best Laptop for Developer?"

softwarerero — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:48:42 +0000

I am very happy with a Dell Precision 5510. I bought it as replacement for my MacBook Pro, maxed out late 2016, (MB) when it needs butterfly keyboard service (twice so far). It came with a Xeon processor and 32 GB RAM. for under 1000 USD. I run it with Ubuntu and compile software all day. My MB fans were blowing a lot and once even the battery swelled (service). My replacement Precision beats the MB in any aspect.

New comment by softwarerero in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (October 2019)"

softwarerero — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:31:49 +0000

SEEKING Work - Remote (UTC-3)

Experienced fullstack developer with Node.js, Meteor, MongoDB, SQL, Svelte, Vue, React.

Portfolio: https://softwarerero.com