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Show HN: BAREmail – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi

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44 points·by Virgo_matt·vor 3 Monaten·44 comments

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Virgo_matt
·letzten Monat·discuss
just signed up. so good.
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
yea I didn't read it super closely, but I think setting it up as a test user keeps the oauth token for ~7 days. let me know what you find!
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
Yea I saw some Reddit threads about that…which was the final straw to just build it
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
Exactly! Love it! Is yours on GitHub? Would love to check it out
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
thank you! honestly gmail, superhuman, etc. should all just have "bad wifi mode" but until they do, might as well vibe code an open source alternative!
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
Marco looks really nice! would you consider open sourcing it?
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
thanks! totally agree on the the Google OAuth...it's not the end of the world, but certainly not the most user friendly to need to create a GCP project and create an OAuth client just to get your own Gmail API access!
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
yea it's fair that you can just use IMAP and sync before your trip then send after.

but I was on a flight, didn't have Gmail or Superhuman cached and could not get either to even load. I do suspect that if it were already loaded, Gmail probably would have functioned decently well.

still Gmail and Superhuman just seem...bloated. kinda cool to just have a simple, open source interface for the Gmail REST API.
Virgo_matt
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
appreciate the suggestion, but I like my gmail account! I just want a fast, stripped down interface. and BAREmail is free, doesn't need a backend, and open source. looks like Fastmail is paid only?