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IvanTheGeek.com is a personal domain that I will use to record and organize my thoughts, ideas, receive feedback, and anything else that comes up that it will be good to use it for.
    GeneralS02025-10-19 14:23:20.853Z
    NEXUS — Start Here: The Framework at the Center of Everything
    NEXUS is not a single piece of software. It is the framework and methodology that everything else is built on, built with, and connected through. It is the answer to the question: how do you build software in a way that is aligned, traceable, sustain...
      NEXUSI02026-02-28 21:15:35.850Z
      Talkyard Limitations & Custom Forum Requirements
      This document captures known limitations of Talkyard discovered through active use, and the requirements each limitation implies for the custom forum that will eventually replace it. This is a living document — updated as new limitations are discover...
      Structure & OrganizationI02026-02-28 20:18:09.201Z
      How Software Gets Built Here
      This is where software gets built — and where the thinking behind how it gets built lives alongside it.
        DEVELOPMENTI02026-02-28 19:46:45.668Z
        THE FABRIC — Start Here: What It Is and Why It's Central to Everything
        The word "forum" undersells what this is. A forum is where people talk. THE FABRIC is where everything connects.
          LOGOSI02026-02-28 18:22:19.847Z
          PRIVATE AI — Start Here: What It Is and Why I'm Building It
          Most AI systems start fresh every conversation and know nothing about you. This documents the development of a different approach — a local AI that lives on your own hardware, trained on your own forum, conversations, and decisions. It starts humble,...
            CORTEXI02026-02-28 15:06:50.007Z
            ClaudeI82026-02-28 13:15:42.524Z
            Import Structure Test
            What is the best way to structure nested conversations in a forum for traceability?
              ClaudeI52026-02-28 13:00:02.303Z
              inspiration
              I have many software ideas that are for my own, personal benefit. History has shown me that when I create something that I like to use, others tend to like it too. I have been helped by so much freely published content and knowledge on the internet f...
                GeneralI22026-02-27 23:43:26.205Z
                SUMMARY
                A key component of my software development framework is a forum that provides multiple benefits. It is likely that I will end up building my own using my framework and methodology, but that is a ways off. I need something to glean ideas from and use ...
                  Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 22:51:36.438Z
                  Explain icons...
                  Lemmy
                  not quite the look and feel I am looking for concerned about login/signup
                    Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 22:34:52.471Z
                    Discourse
                    nice looking like the ranking is flat, not nested.
                      Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 22:33:13.744Z
                      NodeBB
                      https://nodebb.org/ pricey for hosted did not try self hosting should be able to do all I want, just via plugins adding complexity.
                        Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 22:28:14.958Z
                        Invision Community
                        https://invisioncommunity.com/ closed source paid only
                          Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 22:26:11.024Z
                          Flarum
                          https://flarum.org/ https://discuss.flarum.org/ https://github.com/flarum/flarum Thoughts: bit simple tags instead of categories
                            Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 22:24:55.586Z
                            Misago
                            http://misago-project.org/ https://github.com/rafalp/Misago Thoughts: look a bit too simple not thrilled about the tag and organization other details contained in Google AI chat at https://share.google/aimode/rRUWcF17b50xMIabA
                              Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 22:20:47.724Z
                              LaundryLog — Start Here: What It Is and Why I Am Building It
                              I'm a truck driver. Laundry happens on the road, at truck stops and travel centers, and it costs real money. Those expenses are deductible, but only if you actually track them. By the time I'm back in the cab, the receipt is gone, there is likely NOT...
                                LaundryLogI02026-02-27 22:12:51.369Z
                                Talkyard **TOP CONTENDER**
                                https://www.talkyard.io https://talkyard.ivanthegeek.com https://github.com/debiki/talkyard https://forum.talkyard.io I like: options that it allows nesting of categories and posts. has API, though not well documented topics can be wiki, Q&A, live ch...
                                  Forums ResearchI02026-02-27 21:29:32.299Z
                                  Event Model
                                  The event model defines how LaundryLog works as an event-sourced system — what users can do, what gets recorded, and what the system shows. Commands (user intentions) LogEntry — location, machine type, quantity, unit price, payment method, timestamp ...
                                    LaundryLogI02026-02-27 19:59:32.116Z
                                    v7 Prototype Notes
                                    The v7 prototype is a working HTML/JS single-page app that established the core UI decisions. These should be treated as tested and settled unless there's a specific reason to revisit. Decisions made in v7 Machine type is a 3-button toggle: Washer / ...
                                      LaundryLogI02026-02-27 19:58:07.013Z
                                      Overview & Stages
                                      LaundryLog tracks laundromat expenses for truck drivers — machine type, quantity, price, payment method, and location — producing clean records for accounting and tax filing. The problem it solves is simple: expenses happen on the road, away from any...
                                        LaundryLogI02026-02-27 19:54:06.543Z
                                        CONCEPT
                                        The idea of NeighborNet is to solve a primary problem in an area of the Smokey Mountains. The community has no cell service that reaches it, surrounded by mountains and consisting of thick forests and many valleys and has low population. The idea is ...
                                          NeighborNetI02026-02-24 03:06:57.261Z
                                          Data dump
                                          https://docs.ghost.org/hosting
                                            GeneralI292025-11-01 07:16:21.607Z
                                            Customer success (CSM)
                                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_success https://www.reddit.com/r/CustomerSuccess/ https://www.planhat.com/ https://cs-x.io/ https://www.pendo.io/ https://funnelstory.ai/ https://www.gainsight.com/ https://churnzero.com/ https://www.vitally.io/
                                              GeneralI02025-11-01 05:41:24.345Z
                                              Event Modeling Tool
                                              Current limited tools are not what I want, and do not allow the integrations I desire. As such, I am mapping out a tool that I want. Event Modeling defines a very specific look. It is based on the idea of Event Sourcing. Event Sourcing involves Event...
                                                GeneralI02025-10-31 16:57:18.035Z
                                                App Architecture
                                                The goal is a framework that will allow native app functionality with either a full on desktop app for linux, macos, and windows, as well as native apps for android and ios AND be able to ran in browser over the web with a server backend running loca...
                                                  GeneralI02025-10-26 06:36:18.570Z
                                                  remove warning of no x386 for Brave
                                                  Open apt file for Brave sudo xed /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list replace: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main with: deb [arch=amd64 signe...
                                                    GeneralI02025-10-26 03:52:56.250Z
                                                    single binary Photino app hosting an in‑process ASP.NET Core server that serves a Bolero Server UI over loopback only, with embedded static assets
                                                    Ready-to-copy prompt for Junie Use the following prompt with Junie to implement the “What you can do today” approach (single binary Photino app hosting an in‑process ASP.NET Core server that serves a Bolero Server UI over loopback only, with embedded...
                                                      GeneralI02025-10-26 03:18:05.497Z
                                                      GeneralI12025-10-24 07:29:44.204Z
                                                      Researching Bolero, Photino, and Event Modeling
                                                      Attempting to get bolero running in Photino for .Net
                                                        GeneralI242025-10-23 13:06:50.600Z
                                                        Docker alternatives
                                                        https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
                                                          GeneralI32025-10-20 23:09:49.081Z
                                                          explain how to deal with objects in an idiomatic f# functional programming way
                                                          https://share.google/aimode/Kgm9zmv4DjG0nu6Wc explain how to deal with objects in an idiomatic F# functional programming way - Google Search.pdf (396.13 KiB)
                                                          GeneralI02025-10-19 22:02:31.695Z
                                                          Testing Talkyard Capabilities
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                                                            GeneralI02025-10-19 20:26:30.065Z
                                                            Sample question
                                                            This is an sample question. Click "Solution" below to accept an answer. In the topic list, everyone sees that this is a question, and if it's new (the icon), or if it's been answered ( the icon). In the topic list: To see all unanswered questions, cl...
                                                              QuestionsS32025-10-14 22:48:54.540Z
                                                              Sample idea
                                                              This is a sample idea. Click the idea icon to the left of the title (i.e. ) to change status from New Idea, to Planned, to Started, to Done. In the topic list, everyone sees the status of the idea at a glance — the status icon is shown to the left (e...
                                                                IdeasS52025-10-14 22:48:54.480Z
                                                                Sample discussion
                                                                This is an open ended discussion. Good comments rise to the top, and people can click Disagree to show that they disagree about something.
                                                                  GeneralS32025-10-14 22:48:54.380Z