Ian Wootten 🛸
@iwootten.bsky.social
I write code and make videos about Python and web dev.
youtube.com/IanWootten
ianwootten.co.uk
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Ian Wootten 🛸
@iwootten.bsky.social
· Oct 7
The Audio Transcription API for Developers
Transcribe audio without building your own pipeline
despeech.com
Introducing despeech.com
Transcribe any audio url without building a pipeline. No hunting for GPUs, storage or setup. Just call an API.
Launch offer: get +50% more hours
Transcribe any audio url without building a pipeline. No hunting for GPUs, storage or setup. Just call an API.
Launch offer: get +50% more hours
I hear lots of talk on using Hetzner and Vercel. Anyone else got other hosting providers they prefer?
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I hear lots of talk on using Hetzner and Vercel. Anyone else got other hosting providers they prefer?
I see your cheeky L right there. Unless "AL" is another bubble we need to be concerned about? 👀
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I see your cheeky L right there. Unless "AL" is another bubble we need to be concerned about? 👀
All my projects are 30% off for Black Friday. Includes "Django daisyUI Starter Kit". Use code BF2025.
Preconfigured with a bunch of essentials that will save you hours of work when launching your next big idea!
polar.sh/niftydigits/...
Preconfigured with a bunch of essentials that will save you hours of work when launching your next big idea!
polar.sh/niftydigits/...
Django daisyUI Starter Kit
A product from Nifty Digits
polar.sh
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
All my projects are 30% off for Black Friday. Includes "Django daisyUI Starter Kit". Use code BF2025.
Preconfigured with a bunch of essentials that will save you hours of work when launching your next big idea!
polar.sh/niftydigits/...
Preconfigured with a bunch of essentials that will save you hours of work when launching your next big idea!
polar.sh/niftydigits/...
All my projects are 30% off for Black Friday. Includes "Side Projects Making $$$+". Use code BF2025.
A complete collection detailing every side project making real money posted to Hacker News threads. Learn from those making real money on the side.
niftydigits.gumroad.com/l/side-proje...
A complete collection detailing every side project making real money posted to Hacker News threads. Learn from those making real money on the side.
niftydigits.gumroad.com/l/side-proje...
Side Projects Making MRR
A complete collection of notion databases detailing every side project making real money posted to Hacker News threads from 2014-2024. Learn from the developers who have actually lived the dream, maki...
niftydigits.gumroad.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
All my projects are 30% off for Black Friday. Includes "Side Projects Making $$$+". Use code BF2025.
A complete collection detailing every side project making real money posted to Hacker News threads. Learn from those making real money on the side.
niftydigits.gumroad.com/l/side-proje...
A complete collection detailing every side project making real money posted to Hacker News threads. Learn from those making real money on the side.
niftydigits.gumroad.com/l/side-proje...
I've never understood why when writing a article on a ui or theme, you wouldn't at least take a screenshot or public url to show the final result. I don't want to have to npm install a load of stuff only to find out it looks pap.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I've never understood why when writing a article on a ui or theme, you wouldn't at least take a screenshot or public url to show the final result. I don't want to have to npm install a load of stuff only to find out it looks pap.
I love the fact that I built despeech.com as an API before anything else. It meant adding a quickstart was simple and now customers don't need to know how to make HTTP requests to use it.
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I love the fact that I built despeech.com as an API before anything else. It meant adding a quickstart was simple and now customers don't need to know how to make HTTP requests to use it.
TIL about Thermify, who use hundreds of @raspberrypi.com compute modules to heat peoples homes and power cloud compute. Currently on trial here in the UK. www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/t...
Struggling to heat your home? Try 500 Raspberry Pi units
: UK Power Networks trials Thermify's HeatHub boilers, swapping gas flames for clustered compute
www.theregister.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
TIL about Thermify, who use hundreds of @raspberrypi.com compute modules to heat peoples homes and power cloud compute. Currently on trial here in the UK. www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/t...
Family movie time. Kids are finally watching the last two Potter movies. Obligatory DnB before: youtu.be/R_NtokmVAgw?...
YOU'RE A WUB WIZARD HARRY...
YouTube video by Venjent
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Family movie time. Kids are finally watching the last two Potter movies. Obligatory DnB before: youtu.be/R_NtokmVAgw?...
Dbrand is turning the Steam Machine into a Companion Cube
Incineration optional.
www.theverge.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh my, this gem just got surfaced in plexamp:
music.ianwootten.co.uk/albums/336
music.ianwootten.co.uk/albums/336
On the Floor at the Boutique by Lo Fidelity Allstars
On the Floor at the Boutique was last played on 2025-11-13 13:53:09.768068
music.ianwootten.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Oh my, this gem just got surfaced in plexamp:
music.ianwootten.co.uk/albums/336
music.ianwootten.co.uk/albums/336
Big bundle of O'Reilly Data Engineering books over at Humble at the moment.
www.humblebundle.com/books/data-e...
www.humblebundle.com/books/data-e...
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Data Engineering & Science by O'Reilly
Become an expert on data science and software engineering for this library of ebooks from O’Reilly! All purchases support Code for America!
www.humblebundle.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Big bundle of O'Reilly Data Engineering books over at Humble at the moment.
www.humblebundle.com/books/data-e...
www.humblebundle.com/books/data-e...
When your launch doesn't go as planned: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Watch: Russia's AI robot falls seconds after being unveiled
Footage shows the moment Russia's first anthropomorphic robot fell just seconds after its debut
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
When your launch doesn't go as planned: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Oh my, this looks awesome. Linux gaming in the living room, on your face and in your hand. youtu.be/JhTvaRogQp8?...
Steam - Official Hardware Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oh my, this looks awesome. Linux gaming in the living room, on your face and in your hand. youtu.be/JhTvaRogQp8?...
Reposted by Ian Wootten 🛸
Educators! Who's doing Black Friday stuff?
I like to collate a list of links for @piccalil.li to make sure everyone gets a boost so if you know what your deals are, wanna let me know in advance?
Hit me up: swop.link/andy
(we know ours if anyone is doing the same too)
I like to collate a list of links for @piccalil.li to make sure everyone gets a boost so if you know what your deals are, wanna let me know in advance?
Hit me up: swop.link/andy
(we know ours if anyone is doing the same too)
swop.link
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Educators! Who's doing Black Friday stuff?
I like to collate a list of links for @piccalil.li to make sure everyone gets a boost so if you know what your deals are, wanna let me know in advance?
Hit me up: swop.link/andy
(we know ours if anyone is doing the same too)
I like to collate a list of links for @piccalil.li to make sure everyone gets a boost so if you know what your deals are, wanna let me know in advance?
Hit me up: swop.link/andy
(we know ours if anyone is doing the same too)
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lol. use uk enlish
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
lol. use uk enlish
Reminder: If you have a pension, you're likely paying for Elon's crazy pay package: www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...
Read a Times Reader's Comment on: Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package
Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the company’s stock market valuation.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Reminder: If you have a pension, you're likely paying for Elon's crazy pay package: www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...
Funny to view the volatility index (vix) and get suggestions for an agony aunt in the independent...unless they're writing to a fear index? 😃
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Funny to view the volatility index (vix) and get suggestions for an agony aunt in the independent...unless they're writing to a fear index? 😃
I always thought for something to be word of the year, it had to be...a word.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Vibe coding' named word of the year by Collins Dictionary
The art of making an app by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) tops 10 new terms on the shortlist.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I always thought for something to be word of the year, it had to be...a word.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wow, how on point is this right now? youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ?...
V for Vendetta - 20th Anniversary Announcement Trailer (2026) Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Wow, how on point is this right now? youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ?...
Hey @github.com, can you quit notifying me of mentions on this crypto scam? www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
GitHub notifications abused to impersonate Y Combinator for crypto theft
A massive phishing campaign targeted GitHub users with cryptocurrency drainers, delivered via fake invitations to the Y Combinator (YC) W2026 program.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hey @github.com, can you quit notifying me of mentions on this crypto scam? www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
v0.3.3 of basecoatui was just released featuring tons of new components:
Button Group, Command, Empty, Field, Input Group, Item, Kbd, Progress and Spinner.
github.com/hunvreus/bas...
Button Group, Command, Empty, Field, Input Group, Item, Kbd, Progress and Spinner.
github.com/hunvreus/bas...
GitHub - hunvreus/basecoat: A components library built with Tailwind CSS that works with any web stack.
A components library built with Tailwind CSS that works with any web stack. - hunvreus/basecoat
github.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
v0.3.3 of basecoatui was just released featuring tons of new components:
Button Group, Command, Empty, Field, Input Group, Item, Kbd, Progress and Spinner.
github.com/hunvreus/bas...
Button Group, Command, Empty, Field, Input Group, Item, Kbd, Progress and Spinner.
github.com/hunvreus/bas...
Oh no, not Christmas ads. Save me.
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Oh no, not Christmas ads. Save me.