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Show HN: Open-source LLM playground for VS Code

marketplace.visualstudio.com
2 points·by kossnocorp·7 mesi fa·0 comments

Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email

diaryemail.com
515 points·by kossnocorp·6 anni fa·284 comments

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kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not. I was just quick to react and reply ;-)
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
My company is actually in Europe, so I do comply with the GDPR.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Maybe someday, but it's a lot of work and not much of a return.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
You're welcome. Yeah, things got ugly.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Right! But I'm afraid I can't fix that. When I receive an email, I associate it with the address that GMail reports to me,, and when you sign in as [email protected], the email address differs (as you might already guess). I know that I can safely remove +something but I can't be sure that it will work the same for every email service and ensure security. Please use [email protected], I won't send you anything unless you explicitly ask for it.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Sorry, there are no settings for that yet. Please mail me to [email protected], and I'll do it for you.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Thank you!

My goal wasn't to create a 100% secure diary. If you need that, you probably should not store your data in the cloud. That's unlikely that I will ever try to make it happen. But even if I would, there're so many ways to screw it over anyway, so I won't ever try to make this promise.

However, I will consider open-sourcing it.

Also see my comment where I addressed the privacy issue: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22045670
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
I don't know that, but I would assume that just someone with @google.com or @uber.com signed up at the service ;-)
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
I addressed it in a comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22045670

> But once the data leaves the browser there is no way to know, wouldn't you consider to partner with Gmail(or others) and appear as an addon to an already trusted company in order to start off the business ?

Also, I understand the concern and that Paul most likely will not trust their secrets to anyone. The problem is that's not a business, but a beautiful hobby project that I honestly love, so it's unlikely that I will ever spend time rewriting it and then paying Google $15K (https://www.gmass.co/blog/google-oauth-verification-security...) so they could vet me.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Ouch! Firebase generates links for me but I'll take a look at what I can do.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22045902
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
As I'm based in the EU, I can't store personal data of children without the consent of a parent. So to make sure I added the form.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
I stored it as sanitized HTML along with the original HTML so I can resanitize it after I improve the parser or find an error in it.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Funnily enough, I also used and loved it, and it was the inspiration to build Diary Email.

> But I can probably set that up as a cron job

Almost every app could be replaced with email, a cron job or a spreadsheet ;-)
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
I also did. The memory of it inspired me to build Diary Email.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Haha, I actually figured it out. You just ship plant-based milk lol.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Thank you for your feedback and I understand your concern, but I'm not sure how to pull it off. I don't have a fancy lawyer that could customize such thing to me, nor I have a budget for it.

Here're some facts that could help you to find peace of mind. First of all, I operate in the EU, so I can't simply sell your data. Also, it costs me virtually $0 to maintain the service (thanks to Firebase and Mailgun), so I won't be forced to sell out to keep it afloat. At last but not least I use it myself with my close friends so we're in the same boat.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
It works well too! Too bad is not easy to fetch history.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not. I built it some time ago, but I was quick to reply, so there's a chance that Paul tried the service. I'm such a fanboy, haha.
kossnocorp
·6 anni fa·discuss
Thanks! What browser do you use?