Akash Manohar
definerun.com
Akash Manohar
@definerun.com
I build apps with Ruby on Rails, AWS, Python and pretty much anything to get the job done 😀 https://define.run
Cheap and supafast html-to-png !!!

The template is HTML + tailwindcss + liquid variables

Create template and input liquid variables via url. New graph. BOOM!

More demos coming.
July 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I just remembered @b0rk.jvns.ca makes comics and came looking for Transformers/attention-related comics.

Julia please please! 🎱
June 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Reposted by Akash Manohar
What is the smallest and most simple Ruby program you can think of which has these properties?

1) It must not write to any I/O streams (including stdout)
2) It must have two possible end states and randomly choose between them on each run.
3) The end state of each run must be externally observable.
April 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fixed the macos installation for asdf-erlang plugin and closed a tonne of issues on the repo today.

Been a long time.
March 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Months ago, I setup some monitoring cron jobs for our #RubyOnRails app. They help me catch unexpected issues that occur due to third-party API failures, and retry them automatically before reporting them as failures that need my attention.

These cron jobs help me do other things with my time 😀
January 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The time waiting for iOS app to be reviewed feels like the longest wait ever. First submission was end of the holidays and they got back to me on a Friday. And now I have to wait through a weekend 🤞
January 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
PSA: When submitting new iOS app for review with subscription pricing - add a note about it for App Review team to review subscription pricing also. Else they WILL miss it (Murphy's law).

Lots of Reddit threads with complaints, but extra note is the only known solution.
#iosdev
January 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Found out how to get caching working with cloudflare R2 private objects.

Use cloudflare workers with auth to respond to requests with r2 objects.

* When worker reads R2 object, the bandwidth is free. Only charge for Class B operation
* When worker responds to user, the egress is free.
Anyone know how/if caching works with Cloudflare R2 private buckets?
I am using presigned urls to access private objects in an R2 bucket. I would like those objects to be cached. I do have a domain assigned to the (private) R2 bucket too. What I do to tell Cloudflare to cache these objects?
December 30, 2024 at 9:27 AM
A+ for introspection and some deep insight 😀

Summarizes my time at the computer so far really well. Thanks for sharing!
As someone who spent decades using tens of hours each week to explore new tools & ideas (computer and maths stuff, mostly), it took me a long time to move myself away from exploring mode to leverage exploiting mode (applying the knowledge and understanding I built over decades). Still working on it.
December 30, 2024 at 6:56 AM
First app submitted to AppStore for review 🤞

Used #SwiftUI and #Rails for the back end. Built this for a very niche audience.

#iosdev
December 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Anyone know how/if caching works with Cloudflare R2 private buckets?
I am using presigned urls to access private objects in an R2 bucket. I would like those objects to be cached. I do have a domain assigned to the (private) R2 bucket too. What I do to tell Cloudflare to cache these objects?
December 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
TIL Some Chinese govt websites do not serve/use HTTPS.
December 28, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Released app on testflight to test and fixing bugs forever today.
I'll have to fix one (hopefully) last bug tomorrow before I submit the app for review.
December 26, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The list of “one last thing” to do are long:
* Add seed data to the web app
* Release on TestFlight for testing
* Filled up the form and screenshots etc. Just have to release a build and submit.
* Website content

Next up: Analytics integration
December 26, 2024 at 12:02 AM
setup fastlane for screenshots. very nifty.
not using the full thing. Just screenshots that I took manually. fastlane only does the framing in my setup.

#swiftui #iosdev
December 24, 2024 at 5:32 PM
31 days of effort and the app is complete.
Now comes the dreaded part - submitting to Apple and whatever else I have to do for marketing.
December 24, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Listening to a bunch of ecommerce entrepreneurs discuss and help each other with Meta Ads. Insane free knowledge just by being a fly on the wall.
December 23, 2024 at 5:34 PM
#FleetingThought
Where I like to live when I'm able, and where I prefer growing old/dying do not have to be the same place.
December 23, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Presumed Innocent 🔥🔥🔥🔥
(Apple TV)

I watched the first two episodes bit by bit over 2 months 😂
Then finished the rest last night.
December 22, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Reposted by Akash Manohar
Publish Your Work, Change Your Life - @aaronfrancis.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztrw...
Publish Your Work, Change Your Life - Aaron Francis
YouTube video by Dallas Software Developers
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM
So “The Black Swan” book mentions a fictional author and their book. Someone has been selling an empty book with the same title on Amazon as a prank 😃

www.amazon.com/Story-Recurs...
December 20, 2024 at 4:33 PM
I learnt about LUFS today.

TLDR: ensured audio sound the same at a volume-level across songs.

Music streaming services maintain the same LUFS for all their audio.

In contrast, a movie on Netflix might be audible at lower volume level on your TV, but another movie might require higher volume
December 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
This is how you can use icons from the internet in your #SwiftUI app 😀

#SwiftLang #iosdev
December 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Most of us dont need Truecaller. Just set your phone's focus mode to only allow calls from saved contacts.
December 17, 2024 at 9:36 AM
If you use this to dismiss your sheet or fullScreenCover in the iOS app, watch out if parent view is being re-rendered constantly.

@Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss

It did for me. I switched to simply using the binding var that controls isPresented, by setting it to false

#iosdev #swift
December 17, 2024 at 7:40 AM