Nate Bosscher
@natebosscher.com
Father, outdoors, snowboarding, full stack dev 🇨🇦
Active: Status List (statuslist.app), Consulting (http://blue-giraffe.ca)
Podcast: https://searchingforsaas.com
About Me: https://natebosscher.com
Active: Status List (statuslist.app), Consulting (http://blue-giraffe.ca)
Podcast: https://searchingforsaas.com
About Me: https://natebosscher.com
I’ve been getting some pings from my status monitoring service that a whack of things are running REAL slow (part of my sanity checks).... welp, looks like AWS is having a rough day
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’ve been getting some pings from my status monitoring service that a whack of things are running REAL slow (part of my sanity checks).... welp, looks like AWS is having a rough day
Today, I crossed of an item on my bucket list:
Creating custom scripting language for a client 🙃
It's nothing crazy, a simple macro language that addresses some special quirks in the windows/doors world.
Made a little compiler and runtime with ~1000 lines.
So fun!!
Creating custom scripting language for a client 🙃
It's nothing crazy, a simple macro language that addresses some special quirks in the windows/doors world.
Made a little compiler and runtime with ~1000 lines.
So fun!!
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today, I crossed of an item on my bucket list:
Creating custom scripting language for a client 🙃
It's nothing crazy, a simple macro language that addresses some special quirks in the windows/doors world.
Made a little compiler and runtime with ~1000 lines.
So fun!!
Creating custom scripting language for a client 🙃
It's nothing crazy, a simple macro language that addresses some special quirks in the windows/doors world.
Made a little compiler and runtime with ~1000 lines.
So fun!!
Why thank you Google :)
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Why thank you Google :)
Do we really need Apple to create a new design language every 3yrs?
The current one works just fine thx!
I must be getting old...
The current one works just fine thx!
I must be getting old...
June 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Do we really need Apple to create a new design language every 3yrs?
The current one works just fine thx!
I must be getting old...
The current one works just fine thx!
I must be getting old...
All complex SQL queries will eventually grow into a undecipherable mess or be converted to procedural code.
May 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
All complex SQL queries will eventually grow into a undecipherable mess or be converted to procedural code.
It's underrated how much faster autocomplete is in small projects (<= 1000 files)
May 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's underrated how much faster autocomplete is in small projects (<= 1000 files)
Am I vibe coding wrong?
- I rarely get code that is even close to what I want
- I'm unwilling to write english for more time than it would take to code the solution
- When referencing object properties it often skips some
- Specifically defining the problem/scope doesn't seem to help
- I rarely get code that is even close to what I want
- I'm unwilling to write english for more time than it would take to code the solution
- When referencing object properties it often skips some
- Specifically defining the problem/scope doesn't seem to help
May 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Am I vibe coding wrong?
- I rarely get code that is even close to what I want
- I'm unwilling to write english for more time than it would take to code the solution
- When referencing object properties it often skips some
- Specifically defining the problem/scope doesn't seem to help
- I rarely get code that is even close to what I want
- I'm unwilling to write english for more time than it would take to code the solution
- When referencing object properties it often skips some
- Specifically defining the problem/scope doesn't seem to help
Reposted by Nate Bosscher
Just gonna leave this here...
The future of web development is AI. Get on or get left behind.
Editor’s Note: previous titles for this article have been added here for posterity.
alex.party
May 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just gonna leave this here...
I think first-year interns are smarter than AI coding tools.
Yes, they can't generate new code as fast, but I they're more reliable in basic-mid level problem solving.
Yes, they can't generate new code as fast, but I they're more reliable in basic-mid level problem solving.
May 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I think first-year interns are smarter than AI coding tools.
Yes, they can't generate new code as fast, but I they're more reliable in basic-mid level problem solving.
Yes, they can't generate new code as fast, but I they're more reliable in basic-mid level problem solving.
26m2.01s for a database migration 🤯
High score!!
High score!!
February 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
26m2.01s for a database migration 🤯
High score!!
High score!!
Cranking out code for a consulting client this week.
No time for customer research :/
Maybe next week.
No time for customer research :/
Maybe next week.
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Cranking out code for a consulting client this week.
No time for customer research :/
Maybe next week.
No time for customer research :/
Maybe next week.
Hey {cloud provider}, I'd like to use your {awesome API}.
> Awesome! Here's are Getting Started Docs
Cool, can I have an SDK?
> Yep, here are 1,000,000 classes for you to check out. Enjoy!
I'm hitting a permissions issue?
> Yeah, heh, good luck!
> Awesome! Here's are Getting Started Docs
Cool, can I have an SDK?
> Yep, here are 1,000,000 classes for you to check out. Enjoy!
I'm hitting a permissions issue?
> Yeah, heh, good luck!
February 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hey {cloud provider}, I'd like to use your {awesome API}.
> Awesome! Here's are Getting Started Docs
Cool, can I have an SDK?
> Yep, here are 1,000,000 classes for you to check out. Enjoy!
I'm hitting a permissions issue?
> Yeah, heh, good luck!
> Awesome! Here's are Getting Started Docs
Cool, can I have an SDK?
> Yep, here are 1,000,000 classes for you to check out. Enjoy!
I'm hitting a permissions issue?
> Yeah, heh, good luck!
Solution getting too long and complicated?
Split it up and give each part a name.
Split it up and give each part a name.
February 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Solution getting too long and complicated?
Split it up and give each part a name.
Split it up and give each part a name.
It's all fun and games updating your app's UX,
but when someone changes the UX of an app I use!?
Not cool man.
but when someone changes the UX of an app I use!?
Not cool man.
February 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's all fun and games updating your app's UX,
but when someone changes the UX of an app I use!?
Not cool man.
but when someone changes the UX of an app I use!?
Not cool man.
idk if people are doing this, but I have pulled so many shenanigans building PDFs using React + html2pdf rendering. It's just so much easier!
All the rendering logic is in react, done on the user-side. Extract as HTML and render it on the server to PDF.
All the rendering logic is in react, done on the user-side. Extract as HTML and render it on the server to PDF.
February 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
idk if people are doing this, but I have pulled so many shenanigans building PDFs using React + html2pdf rendering. It's just so much easier!
All the rendering logic is in react, done on the user-side. Extract as HTML and render it on the server to PDF.
All the rendering logic is in react, done on the user-side. Extract as HTML and render it on the server to PDF.
Specialty supply stores are AMAZING!
- Staff are friendly, helpful and know their stuff.
- Have basically everything for their niche.
vs Big Box
- Staff are non-existent, hide, or don't know anything
- Have limited selection and mostly cheap flimsy stuff.
- Staff are friendly, helpful and know their stuff.
- Have basically everything for their niche.
vs Big Box
- Staff are non-existent, hide, or don't know anything
- Have limited selection and mostly cheap flimsy stuff.
January 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Specialty supply stores are AMAZING!
- Staff are friendly, helpful and know their stuff.
- Have basically everything for their niche.
vs Big Box
- Staff are non-existent, hide, or don't know anything
- Have limited selection and mostly cheap flimsy stuff.
- Staff are friendly, helpful and know their stuff.
- Have basically everything for their niche.
vs Big Box
- Staff are non-existent, hide, or don't know anything
- Have limited selection and mostly cheap flimsy stuff.
"I bet this would work" ideas still need to pass:
- are people actually complaining about this?
- would this influence a purchase decision for a cohort?
- could I reasonably build/market that solution?
Not many of my ideas make it past these 😬
- are people actually complaining about this?
- would this influence a purchase decision for a cohort?
- could I reasonably build/market that solution?
Not many of my ideas make it past these 😬
January 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"I bet this would work" ideas still need to pass:
- are people actually complaining about this?
- would this influence a purchase decision for a cohort?
- could I reasonably build/market that solution?
Not many of my ideas make it past these 😬
- are people actually complaining about this?
- would this influence a purchase decision for a cohort?
- could I reasonably build/market that solution?
Not many of my ideas make it past these 😬
I'm searching for a new SaaS to build.
Boy, there are a lot of software products out there!!
Boy, there are a lot of software products out there!!
January 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm searching for a new SaaS to build.
Boy, there are a lot of software products out there!!
Boy, there are a lot of software products out there!!
CTEs are my new friend. Friends that I may regret in a few months when I need to revisit this code 😬
January 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
CTEs are my new friend. Friends that I may regret in a few months when I need to revisit this code 😬
Date shenanigans strike again!
"moment.js thinks that 2013-12-31 is week 1, not week 53"
"moment.js thinks that 2013-12-31 is week 1, not week 53"
December 19, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Date shenanigans strike again!
"moment.js thinks that 2013-12-31 is week 1, not week 53"
"moment.js thinks that 2013-12-31 is week 1, not week 53"
Nothing like a little strace in the morning 😀☕
December 17, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Nothing like a little strace in the morning 😀☕
I *could* live on the edge and use table alias db for:
select ...
from delivery_box as db
But today I'm choosing to not have a weekend with support calls 🥁
select ...
from delivery_box as db
But today I'm choosing to not have a weekend with support calls 🥁
December 12, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I *could* live on the edge and use table alias db for:
select ...
from delivery_box as db
But today I'm choosing to not have a weekend with support calls 🥁
select ...
from delivery_box as db
But today I'm choosing to not have a weekend with support calls 🥁
I keep finding out I'm following accounts I totally don't remember adding on here... weird!
Maybe I'm starting to lose it :|
Maybe I'm starting to lose it :|
December 10, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I keep finding out I'm following accounts I totally don't remember adding on here... weird!
Maybe I'm starting to lose it :|
Maybe I'm starting to lose it :|
Hrm, this new image processing code is running a little slow.
*turns off debug snapshots*
Ah, well that solves that!
18s to 2.8s 💪
*turns off debug snapshots*
Ah, well that solves that!
18s to 2.8s 💪
December 6, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Hrm, this new image processing code is running a little slow.
*turns off debug snapshots*
Ah, well that solves that!
18s to 2.8s 💪
*turns off debug snapshots*
Ah, well that solves that!
18s to 2.8s 💪
Rewriting legacy software from scratch is always harder than you think.
December 5, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Rewriting legacy software from scratch is always harder than you think.