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0 pointsn1c2y ago0 comments

* Tool that creates Twitter (X?) / Instagram feeds to RSS so I don't have to deal with algorithms etc.

* A turn based game that is essentially "football manager for counter strike" where you control the whole team and their actions in "planning" and "execution" phases.

* I run a Slack community for the South African tech scene, constantly hovering between "I wish I could sell this and move on" and "I really should put in the effort to monetise / grow this".

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sevagh2y ago

For point 2, ever seen Door Kickers? https://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/Door_Kickers/

n1cOP2y ago

This is great, thanks for the link!

eggsome2y ago

How do early stage Tech enterprises deal with the instability and problematic infrastructure in South Africa?

n1cOP2y ago

This is quite hard to answer in any succinct way. It mostly comes down to "you're earning enough to just get around them".

SA is kind of a place of extremes, there is extreme poverty, unemployment etc. But if you're lucky enough to have a good job you get Uber Eats, Netflix, 200mb fibre to your house etc.

remram2y ago

I was using 1, until Twitter shut down their API. How do you do this now? Scrape the HTML?

n1cOP2y ago

Yeah or use "unofficial apis" e.g. Nitter (https://github.com/zedeus/nitter)

sphars2y ago

Unfortunately Nitter broke earlier this week thanks to some changes by Twitter: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983

I was using a self-hosted Nitter instance for the RSS feeds as I deactivated my Twitter account

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0 pointsn1c2y ago0 comments

* Tool that creates Twitter (X?) / Instagram feeds to RSS so I don't have to deal with algorithms etc.

* A turn based game that is essentially "football manager for counter strike" where you control the whole team and their actions in "planning" and "execution" phases.

* I run a Slack community for the South African tech scene, constantly hovering between "I wish I could sell this and move on" and "I really should put in the effort to monetise / grow this".

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sevagh2y ago

For point 2, ever seen Door Kickers? https://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/Door_Kickers/

n1cOP2y ago

This is great, thanks for the link!

eggsome2y ago

How do early stage Tech enterprises deal with the instability and problematic infrastructure in South Africa?

n1cOP2y ago

This is quite hard to answer in any succinct way. It mostly comes down to "you're earning enough to just get around them".

SA is kind of a place of extremes, there is extreme poverty, unemployment etc. But if you're lucky enough to have a good job you get Uber Eats, Netflix, 200mb fibre to your house etc.

remram2y ago

I was using 1, until Twitter shut down their API. How do you do this now? Scrape the HTML?

n1cOP2y ago

Yeah or use "unofficial apis" e.g. Nitter (https://github.com/zedeus/nitter)

sphars2y ago

Unfortunately Nitter broke earlier this week thanks to some changes by Twitter: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983

I was using a self-hosted Nitter instance for the RSS feeds as I deactivated my Twitter account

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse