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Show HN: BAREmail – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi

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44 points·by Virgo_matt·3 months ago·44 comments

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Virgo_matt
·last month·discuss
just signed up. so good.
Virgo_matt
·3 months ago·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
·3 months ago·discuss
Yea I saw some Reddit threads about that…which was the final straw to just build it
Virgo_matt
·3 months ago·discuss
Exactly! Love it! Is yours on GitHub? Would love to check it out
Virgo_matt
·3 months ago·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
·3 months ago·discuss
Marco looks really nice! would you consider open sourcing it?
Virgo_matt
·3 months ago·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
·3 months ago·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
·3 months ago·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?