Is that friend Josh Kopelman?

I switch to vs code from cursor many times a day just to use their python refactoring feature. The pylance server that comes with cursor doesn't support refactoring.

> I'm paranoid that some squatter can tell which domains i'm searching

Don't search on GoDaddy. I read somewhere GoDaddy raises the prices of high value domains by choosing them from searches

I have had a single cheapest ec2 server at 5$ per month and hosted both db and server in it. Sqlite for db so easy to back up. It didn't contain any important data though.

I ran many projects in it

> I won’t buy the domain name until I get a prototype ready.

Me too. I learnt it after 6 expired domains

I learned after 600. Or did I? :)

I worked with a guy like you. He had a seemingly pathological need to one-up someone even when it was just a blatant lie.

I worked with a guy like that too, but even worse, you wouldn’t understand

I worked with a guy like that... oh wait, that guy is me

> And the famous "anti-social media social network" (spoiler: it was just me).

Haha we are building one too!

Got any advice for us?

Here's the waitlist page with all the features: https://waitlist-tx.pages.dev

Email is in profile if you want to connect.

Thanks in advance!

I myself have left 6 domains expired over the last 4 years so you are not alone! 3 are from this year alone

Now a days I don't buy the domain until I have actually set up the server with the codebase. Project might get dropped just before that. It has happened

Edit: I feel validated after reading the replies. I am not alone!

I asked a somewhat related question here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44710221

This. Even sites who don't want to store IDs because they are small or it's against their ethos have to do it or pack their bags

How should small social network sites, forums or any sites that post user-generatrd content etc who can't afford to do age verification respond to this law? Block all requests from UK IPs?

We are building a niche social network and don't want to be in the cross-hairs.

Is anyone in a similar position? How's your company dealing with this?

Edit: apart from cost, storing user IDs etc goes against our goal of building a private social network. We would like to retain least amount info

https://waitlist-tx.pages.dev

The new legislation likely won't apply to you: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-... - the section "Threshold conditions for categorisation of services".

Focus on building and don't worry about being in regulatory crosshairs until you're actually in their crosshairs.

The less you know about this stuff the better.

If you are building competing service and your competition has links to government, you will be one brown envelope away from being crushed.

These regulations are meant to serve big corporations and protect their monopoly.

This right here

(also applies to GDPR, and even though GDPR has wider applicability, devs should focus on the low-hanging fruit first instead of going around in what-ifs and exceptions)

You don't need to block anything, british ISPs will block requests to your site by themselves.

I'm not saying this is the intended consequence. But it's certainly something that has been considered.

Me and my brother are working a social network with chronological feed and private profiles.

Goal is to build a social network that doesn't harm the user in any way and provides full control over their data.

Here's the waitlist: https://waitlist-tx.pages.dev

Let me know if you have any questions. Email is cornfield.labs@gmail.com