Justin Hunter

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When Steve and I started orbiter.host, there were two things we wanted to focus on: 1. Playing in a validated market. 2. Using /pinata for all our IPFS needs. We did exactly those things even if point 1 means dealing with heavy competition. I think we have some nice advantages that will grow over time though.

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This is actually an interesting thing to think about. Mentally, I anthropomorphize chat bots in one of two ways. Either as an overlord that I am overly nice to or as the little brother that I like to tease.

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I recognize that as dumb as it is, people want to be followed by those who have a lot of followers. If that’s me for you, I have a simple formula: 1. Engage with me thoughtfully 2. Be active 3. (Being a builder helps but not required)

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T-bones sourced from my dad’s ranch/farm. After weeks of cold, it’s nice to be grilling.

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Are stolen bases the most exciting play in baseball (besides home runs I guess)?

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Make crypto boring again

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I've always found @aseoconnor to be incredibly level-headed in his evaluation of the current state, so it's no surprise this look back at 2024 shows a lot of that level-headedness even in the face of clear frustrations. https://seanoconn.org/2024-review/

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If you're interested in server-side, privacy-friendly analytics, this is available on the Orbit plan ($19/month).

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You all get it here first. I wrote about building Orbiter's analytics server on a computer my wife brought home from her office. Enjoy! https://orbiter.host/blog/why-am-i-the-way-i-am-or-bare-metal-analytics-on-a-homelab

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Thank goodness for Apple’s Reader Mode on Safari. The original site vs. the reader mode version.

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Big thanks to @cassie for identifying a potential vulnerability in Orbiter’s code that I didn’t even know was a thing! Open source for the win! Should be all patched now. If anyone finds anything, please reach out. We can’t pay bounties but we can pay in shoutout casts 😂

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First heard this tactic when I read Never Split The Difference in which he calls it “getting to no”. https://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/3518

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I never played Half-Life when it came out but I have become obsessed with its development story. There is no Half-Life article I won’t read. https://www.filfre.net/2024/12/half-life/

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This version of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s poster is so good. Was thinking about it after seeing the original Gone In 60 Seconds poster.

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My first car in high school was a 1984 Honda CRX just like this but left-hand drive. I want this car so bad. https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars-for-sale/honda-crx-for-sale

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“I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.” - Benjamin Franklin https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/constitutionalconvention-september17.htm

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I wrote a blog post about how we built Orbiter’s analytics feature and I love how the post turned out. Can’t wait to share it with y’all

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“It's always a last second skid at 120 miles per hour with brakes smoking and tires shredding that makes all the difference between success and failure, but you pulled off another miracle and survived to do it again.” This is the best description I’ve read for what early stage startups are. https://prog21.dadgum.com/154.html

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This is cool, but it’s manual to curate. This is what’s so special about @orbiterhost. Every site is automatically discoverable and every version of every site is preserved. Don’t believe me? Check out https://orbz.fun by @iammatthias https://indieblog.page/

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This is cool, but it’s manual to curate. This is what’s so special about @orbiterhost. Every site is automatically discoverable and every version of every site is preserved. Don’t believe me? Check out https://orbz.fun by @iammatthias https://indieblog.page/

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