brooklyn based indie software engineer, bootstrapped founder, budding human https://saewitz.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mnaoq7o75c25Who is building a bootstrapped indie tech business in nyc? Bonus points if you already have revenue. Extra points if you’re profitable and sustainable.01 Jun 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnaoq7o75c25https://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mnajxfqyn22xAI has meant prolific CLIs now ship updates daily, which leads to update fatigue. if you have a CLI telling me every single day that my CLI is out of date, you're doing something wrong leave me alone or update in the background01 Jun 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnajxfqyn22xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mn47kx42oc2eIf I open @bsky.app on the subway (no service) it loads to the logged out splash screen. Even though I’m authenticated. Can someone fix that please30 May 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn47kx42oc2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmyzazms222slove winning a dispute and still losing money, thanks stripe29 May 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyzazms222shttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmx4d3z3tk2bhi undefined28 May 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmx4d3z3tk2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmwwie2jvs2ais there a leaflet.pub but for my own self-hosted blog? like an atproto rss feed - rather than a publishing platform? https://leaflet.pub28 May 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwwie2jvs2ahttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmwqx2ym222g4.8 is now "asking clarifying questions out of curiosity"28 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwqx2ym222ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmuktomm5c2fmany such cases https://www.reddit.com/r/nextjs/comments/1tpixqc/serverless_bills_are_getting_out_of_hand_because/27 May 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuktomm5c2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmujennt3k2pfacebook in like ~2009-2011 had this amazing thing where it first loaded the notifications badge (red w/ number) before any other content. does anyone who worked there know how it worked? makes sense from a streaming/suspense driven world, but curious how they did it way back when.27 May 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmujennt3k2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmuc46ghm22qadding a "summarize with AI" button to my blog that just prints out the full text of the article27 May 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuc46ghm22qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmu23dw7nk2qWhy can’t I programmatically block voicemails. No I don’t need a “business loan” offer 5 times per day27 May 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmu23dw7nk2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmfo5uxssk2pI was saying boo-sky22 May 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfo5uxssk2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmfltmrp3c2ngreatest phish jams of all time 1. 12/9/95 yem 2. 6/14/00 twist 3. 11/17/97 ghost 4. 9/14/99 bag21 May 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfltmrp3c2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmffpuv6hs2xok I get why everyone hates my industry21 May 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmffpuv6hs2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmf4ifx52c2fmagna caspian whatever happened there https://timber.relisten.net/phish/2015/08/22/prince-caspian-30448?source=16403721 May 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf4ifx52c2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmezkjujec2syou can always tell when a startup is largely bullshit because they inaccurately define their own incentive structure21 May 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmezkjujec2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmdnknk7ac2qI remember someone on hacker news asked 6 months ago if AI could run my business and it made me laugh so hard. this is a more eloquent framing.21 May 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdnknk7ac2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmdh5pqwi223every time claude is spinning and slow, I later realize its because it reverted itself back to 4.7 use 4.621 May 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdh5pqwi223https://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mmcluyz45k2l20 May 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcluyz45k2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mm7yhf3wj227engineers will spend all their time trying to avoid having agents read their secrets, then push them up to a public github19 May 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7yhf3wj227https://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mm5nxocuus2kthe PE acq. model: * "nothing is changing" * "due to rising costs, we are raising prices in line with greater economic forces" * each year, continue to raise prices and cut spending (quality, labor, consistency) * when the business is fully squeezed, sell it off for parts18 May 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5nxocuus2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mlwbb7u76k27What’s the most insane business model you’ve ever seen. The less money made the better. Even better if it’s break even or mildly profitable.15 May 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwbb7u76k27https://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mlvxnqnhmk2tThe Dead are better at almost everything, but it’s truly mind boggling how much better phish is at improvisation. Not even in the same ballpark. Can’t even compare a disjointed 25 min playin’ with any serious 20+ phish jam.15 May 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvxnqnhmk2thttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mluji7ejds2iThere’s at least one venue in nyc that lets you sit on the stage w the musicians genuinely don’t know of any others it just so happens to be the best venue in nyc15 May 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluji7ejds2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mltovgq33227🪧 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltovgq33227https://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mlqwiew6ns2qI have zero allergies yet the pollen in nyc is destroying my system.13 May 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqwiew6ns2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mlqufvfnj22yhacker news be normal challenge13 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqufvfnj22yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mlqsdi7iak2pyou guys are getting too many AI slop PRs. here's an AI slop PR to prevent them13 May 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsdi7iak2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/saewitz.com/post/3mloons75hc2gwriting awful sentences that AI could never dream up12 May 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:pppqzcp436xpufbu6luy5ysh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloons75hc2g