Siddhartha Golu
@siddharthagolu.com
I read books to understand myself. Infrastructure nerd. Co-Founder & CTO, one800.help.
Writes sporadically at siddharthagolu.com
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Siddhartha Golu
@siddharthagolu.com
· Aug 24
I'm building a native android app for Logseq.
Logseq, the desktop, is an amazing app and has been my daily driver for the past 3 years. However, I found the mobile app to be extremely lacking in performance.
Here's my attempt at making a better companion app 1/n
Logseq, the desktop, is an amazing app and has been my daily driver for the past 3 years. However, I found the mobile app to be extremely lacking in performance.
Here's my attempt at making a better companion app 1/n
So far I've mostly tried this for code-review, and it can be brutal... which I love.
Time to generalize!
Time to generalize!
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Reposted by Siddhartha Golu
So far I've mostly tried this for code-review, and it can be brutal... which I love.
Time to generalize!
Time to generalize!
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
So far I've mostly tried this for code-review, and it can be brutal... which I love.
Time to generalize!
Time to generalize!
Thanks, that's a great resource!
January 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Thanks, that's a great resource!
+1
Thunderbird saw an amazing uptick in donation numbers by showing a donation popup once a year. Here's one of their detailed breakdowns: blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thun...
Thunderbird saw an amazing uptick in donation numbers by showing a donation popup once a year. Here's one of their detailed breakdowns: blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thun...
Thunderbird Is Thriving: Our 2022 Financial Report
Last year, our mighty donor base generously donated a record-breaking amount to the Thunderbird project! Here's our 2022 Financial Report.
blog.thunderbird.net
January 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
+1
Thunderbird saw an amazing uptick in donation numbers by showing a donation popup once a year. Here's one of their detailed breakdowns: blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thun...
Thunderbird saw an amazing uptick in donation numbers by showing a donation popup once a year. Here's one of their detailed breakdowns: blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thun...
Of course, the downside is that it's much slower than cranking out multiple apps by the hour, which a ton of folks on Twitter seem to be doing.
But then again, if you're in it for the joy of building things, treat these tools as great personalized tutors and it might help you keep things sane (n/n)
But then again, if you're in it for the joy of building things, treat these tools as great personalized tutors and it might help you keep things sane (n/n)
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Of course, the downside is that it's much slower than cranking out multiple apps by the hour, which a ton of folks on Twitter seem to be doing.
But then again, if you're in it for the joy of building things, treat these tools as great personalized tutors and it might help you keep things sane (n/n)
But then again, if you're in it for the joy of building things, treat these tools as great personalized tutors and it might help you keep things sane (n/n)
This helps me to still feel the joy of making things work from scratch, helps me to understand the intricacies of the built system, and leads to a greater satisfaction overall. (5/n)
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This helps me to still feel the joy of making things work from scratch, helps me to understand the intricacies of the built system, and leads to a greater satisfaction overall. (5/n)
I make sure to always check the latest documentation of the technologies I'm working with. For example, I'm going through the MDN docs while building this extension, going through relevant methods, making sure that I'm only using the least possible permissions to make the extension work. (4/n)
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I make sure to always check the latest documentation of the technologies I'm working with. For example, I'm going through the MDN docs while building this extension, going through relevant methods, making sure that I'm only using the least possible permissions to make the extension work. (4/n)
I am a big believer in typing the code by hand myself, which is how I use these LLMs.
I give them a general problem statement, do a lot of back and forth with them on how to approach the solution, and then build a micro-feature by manually typing whatever code gets suggested. (3/n)
I give them a general problem statement, do a lot of back and forth with them on how to approach the solution, and then build a micro-feature by manually typing whatever code gets suggested. (3/n)
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I am a big believer in typing the code by hand myself, which is how I use these LLMs.
I give them a general problem statement, do a lot of back and forth with them on how to approach the solution, and then build a micro-feature by manually typing whatever code gets suggested. (3/n)
I give them a general problem statement, do a lot of back and forth with them on how to approach the solution, and then build a micro-feature by manually typing whatever code gets suggested. (3/n)
I know that this can be easily made in one-shot by most of the leading edge AI models, especially more so Agents. However, it feels like a cheat-code and I get a hollow feeling interacting with the finished product.
Similar to when you admire a product which someone else has created. (2/n)
Similar to when you admire a product which someone else has created. (2/n)
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I know that this can be easily made in one-shot by most of the leading edge AI models, especially more so Agents. However, it feels like a cheat-code and I get a hollow feeling interacting with the finished product.
Similar to when you admire a product which someone else has created. (2/n)
Similar to when you admire a product which someone else has created. (2/n)
Building a time tracker extension for Firefox.
Always wanted to hack around with web extensions and the current SOTA LLMs are making it much easier to tinker with your ideas.
I've been using these tools like a Luddite though. Here are my reasons for doing so. (1/n)
Always wanted to hack around with web extensions and the current SOTA LLMs are making it much easier to tinker with your ideas.
I've been using these tools like a Luddite though. Here are my reasons for doing so. (1/n)
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Building a time tracker extension for Firefox.
Always wanted to hack around with web extensions and the current SOTA LLMs are making it much easier to tinker with your ideas.
I've been using these tools like a Luddite though. Here are my reasons for doing so. (1/n)
Always wanted to hack around with web extensions and the current SOTA LLMs are making it much easier to tinker with your ideas.
I've been using these tools like a Luddite though. Here are my reasons for doing so. (1/n)
Reposted by Siddhartha Golu
Gleam is a friendly language for building type-safe systems that scale. Though if I had to use a single word to describe it, that would be productive! If you want to get a feel for what Gleam's developer experience is like, this is the talk for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMrK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMrK...
A Code Centric Journey Into the Gleam Language by Giacomo Cavalieri
YouTube video by Func Prog Sweden
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Gleam is a friendly language for building type-safe systems that scale. Though if I had to use a single word to describe it, that would be productive! If you want to get a feel for what Gleam's developer experience is like, this is the talk for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMrK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMrK...
I have nothing but great things to say about OpenObserve. It's one of the few tools in the space which actually deliver on the marketing copy.
I've been self-hosting it for logs, metrics and traces at my startup and apart from the initial set up, I've hardly had to tweak things to make it work.
I've been self-hosting it for logs, metrics and traces at my startup and apart from the initial set up, I've hardly had to tweak things to make it work.
December 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I have nothing but great things to say about OpenObserve. It's one of the few tools in the space which actually deliver on the marketing copy.
I've been self-hosting it for logs, metrics and traces at my startup and apart from the initial set up, I've hardly had to tweak things to make it work.
I've been self-hosting it for logs, metrics and traces at my startup and apart from the initial set up, I've hardly had to tweak things to make it work.
LinkedIn is Indian uncle personified.
How is it that despite universally hated, LinkedIn is still the de-facto king of professional networking. Network effect reigning supreme?
How is it that despite universally hated, LinkedIn is still the de-facto king of professional networking. Network effect reigning supreme?
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
LinkedIn is Indian uncle personified.
How is it that despite universally hated, LinkedIn is still the de-facto king of professional networking. Network effect reigning supreme?
How is it that despite universally hated, LinkedIn is still the de-facto king of professional networking. Network effect reigning supreme?
The only wrapped I look forward to in December
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The only wrapped I look forward to in December
Microsoft's bread and butter is their SaaS business, and has been like this for decades. How is it that I still have a horrible experience any time I go to their billing?
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Microsoft's bread and butter is their SaaS business, and has been like this for decades. How is it that I still have a horrible experience any time I go to their billing?
Welp, turns out it really was too good to be true: github.com/Olow304/memv...
🔴 [READ BEFORE USING IN PRODUCTION] Performance is opposite of what the README claims 🔴 · Issue #49 · Olow304/memvid
Performance Warning Testing shows this library's performance is opposite of what the README claims: Your text will take 100x more disk space README says: "10x smaller" Reality: 3.4 GB instead of 30...
github.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Welp, turns out it really was too good to be true: github.com/Olow304/memv...
This looks like a really interesting (and counter-intuitive) way to build memory systems. Encoding text -> QR codes -> video frames.
I'll try to play around with this and create a memory system of my Logseq notes.
github.com/Olow304/memvid
I'll try to play around with this and create a memory system of my Logseq notes.
github.com/Olow304/memvid
GitHub - Olow304/memvid: Video-based AI memory library. Store millions of text chunks in MP4 files with lightning-fast semantic search. No database needed.
Video-based AI memory library. Store millions of text chunks in MP4 files with lightning-fast semantic search. No database needed. - Olow304/memvid
github.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This looks like a really interesting (and counter-intuitive) way to build memory systems. Encoding text -> QR codes -> video frames.
I'll try to play around with this and create a memory system of my Logseq notes.
github.com/Olow304/memvid
I'll try to play around with this and create a memory system of my Logseq notes.
github.com/Olow304/memvid
An incredibly moving portrayal of two gay men in rural Maharashtra
September 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
An incredibly moving portrayal of two gay men in rural Maharashtra
Here's the link if anyone else also has number fatigue when browsing Bluesky (or Twitter): addons.mozilla.org/en-US/androi...
Zen Twitter/Bluesky – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox Android (en-US)
Download Zen Twitter/Bluesky for Firefox. A simple extension to hide metrics on Twitter/X and Bluesky (number of likes/retweets/views/reposts/comments)
addons.mozilla.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Here's the link if anyone else also has number fatigue when browsing Bluesky (or Twitter): addons.mozilla.org/en-US/androi...
Didn't imagine that an extension that I mostly created for myself would be useful to 30 other users as well
September 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Didn't imagine that an extension that I mostly created for myself would be useful to 30 other users as well
I would've expected people to have substantial pushback against the H1B order, but the comments on HN speak otherwise.
For example: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4530... has a lot of commenters in support of the order.
For example: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4530... has a lot of commenters in support of the order.
Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I would've expected people to have substantial pushback against the H1B order, but the comments on HN speak otherwise.
For example: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4530... has a lot of commenters in support of the order.
For example: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4530... has a lot of commenters in support of the order.
"Technicolor maximalism at display. Every shot feels controlled and patient and you can feel the craft shining through. The story is immaterial, maybe even treated as a crutch to let the visuals speak some narrative. Oh, the visuals."
www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema...
www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema...
September 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Technicolor maximalism at display. Every shot feels controlled and patient and you can feel the craft shining through. The story is immaterial, maybe even treated as a crutch to let the visuals speak some narrative. Oh, the visuals."
www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema...
www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema...
This is what happens when you chase markets and money and lose sight of WHAT THE HELL are you building
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This is what happens when you chase markets and money and lose sight of WHAT THE HELL are you building
I'm experimenting with this rule - add RSS feed of any blog where even one post resonated with me.
This has opened up my reading funnel by a huge margin, which is a good thing.
This has opened up my reading funnel by a huge margin, which is a good thing.
September 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm experimenting with this rule - add RSS feed of any blog where even one post resonated with me.
This has opened up my reading funnel by a huge margin, which is a good thing.
This has opened up my reading funnel by a huge margin, which is a good thing.
Deleting code is cathartic, and gives me the same feeling as cleaning a dirty room.
Is there a term for this?
Is there a term for this?
September 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Deleting code is cathartic, and gives me the same feeling as cleaning a dirty room.
Is there a term for this?
Is there a term for this?