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Dominic Frei
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Software Engineer, Developer Advocate

Building https://photoboost.app/bs in public. :)

^ Create your AI headshots now!
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Nano Banana changed so much in the image creation/editing area.

PhotoBoost AI now uses Nano Banana's image editing feature instead of building its own LoRA using Flux and other models.

Here is a free trial for those who haven't tried it yet: https://photoboost.app/free-trial
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September 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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What are all the vibe coders doing out there now?
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September 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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⚠️ When writing code with AI tools, you will get more productive ... up to a certain point.

Koen summarizes it well: if you don't keep track of what's going on, you'll end up with the spaghetti that we all fear so much.

Vibe coding? Small apps, sure. Otherwise, maybe not (yet).
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September 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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I was today years old when I learned that on Nothing OS (Android), `Private App` are not just hidden from you app drawer, but it also means you cannot take screenshots from those.

Might be obvious for some, but took me forever to figure it out. 🤣

You're welcome! 🙃
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September 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Even in 2025 it's super important to actually know your customer.

As much as you can.

Or at least do A/B tests.

I recently added 'normal' email sign up to one of my products and increased my sign ups by 30% !

Turns out, not everyone on the planet uses Gmail.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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I've always enjoyed making videos and explaining stuff.

Lately doing some more tips & tricks on DaVinci Resolve again.

This one caught me off guard. Audio randomly stopped working.

https://youtube.com/shorts/jkU5kO5PGkg?feature=share
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September 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Who here is using a social media scheduler / cross-posting tool to post to all their channenls?

I got some questions. :)
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August 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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And here is another one that's now open source.

Just a small little SvelteKit example offering a simple image editor, all in-browser:

https://github.com/DominicFrei/PhotoLab
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August 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Do you have this habit of starting GitHub repos private, too?

Just swapped another one to public.

It's just a small one but maybe it helps someone with setting up SvelteKit projects. :)

https://github.com/DominicFrei/png2jpg.co
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August 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Do people still buy boilerplate SaaS templates in 2025?

I mean, you can literally zero shot that with any decent AI these days.

Asking for a friend.
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August 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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YouTube Shorts are definitely great for those dopamine shots that we all want.

They hit very differently. It takes way more than 24h for normal videos to hit almost 1000 views for me.

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August 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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How can we be in 2025 and it's still an issue living in a different country than you were born in?!
What's with this world? :(

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August 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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I'm currently creating a demo for Postimo.

To improve my audio, I've used the NVIDIA Broadcast app and I must say, I sound so much better with just this one small adjustment.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/broadcasting/broadcast-app/

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August 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Will the AI bubble burst faster than we all thought? :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly6YKz9UfQ4

Fascinating to see, we're at like 95% failures.

And I already saw the first job posts for devs cleaning up AI mess. :D

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August 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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When you start a new app or website, you don't need dark mode at first.

It can wait.

Even 25 years or longer if it has to as Google just prooved. :D

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August 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Hiring a tester on Fiverr for your app can be a game changer.

Especially since it's really affordable.

I just got an amazing Google Sheet with all kinds of details I didn't even notice.

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August 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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I was researching which platforms you should actually post on to grow properly.

Gary V's list from 2024 still seems reasonable:

- LinkedIn
- Facebook
- Instagram
- Twitter
- Snapchat
- TikTok
- YouTube

Not necessarily in that order. :)

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August 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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After not being really happy with other social media schedulers I thought I might as well create my own one. Needed a new fun side project anyway. ;)

Enter: https://postimo.app/

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August 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The next version is finally ready.

Completely new design, structure, copy.

Pretty proud of that I have to say. :)

photoboost.app
February 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Let's get the popcorn, this one's going to be fun to watch. lol
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Have you yet to try AI coding tools?

It's so super fast and easy to get your work done.

I redesigned some of my mini tools that I've put out there a while ago within hours.

pomodifferent.com
png2jpg.co
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Oh, that's actually quite impressive, what Flux 1.1 Pro can do these days.

The first two are the input (real photos), the other two are the output with some prompting (AI generated).

Done on replicate.com and fal.ai in the cloud for basically no cost.
January 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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So, I've been playing with Flux a bit myself after seeing so many people do it (and being told that my Tinder photos are not great).

Which one is the original and which ones are the AI pictures? :)
January 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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This sums up the generation of smartphone users so perfectly.

We've produced a world where everything is expected to be free and if it's not, you're even entitled to complain about it.

Crazy times we're living in!
January 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Show your website!

I'm currently rebuilding my personal/freelance/business website and would love some inspiration and also give an opportunity to share.

Are you a dev or tech writer with a personal website offering your services? Show it here. :)
January 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM