Ancer

Building useful software, automation and digital products. Sharing the journey at @ancerdev.

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Good software doesn't need to be complicated.
It just needs to solve the right problem.

Two days.

#software #buildinpublic

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Almost ready.

Built to solve real workflows. Designed to stay simple.

3 days.

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Click. Or script.

Different workflows. Same tool.

#cli #automation

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Real workflows aren't one image at a time.

That's why Convertim was designed for batches from day one.

Build once. Convert hundreds.

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Every dependency has a cost.

Choose wisely.

#Architecture

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New article:

Building Convertim. The engineering decisions behind it.

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https://t.co/ZxXXhr8xAS

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Every product is the result of hundreds of small engineering decisions.

The architecture you choose. dependencies you avoid.
The trade-offs nobody sees.

Today we're sharing some of the decisions behind Convertim.

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216 automated tests.

Not because users care.

Because future us will.

#Testing #SoftwareEngineering

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Software quality isn't something you add before shipping. It's something you build from the very first line of code.

Architecture. Testing. Maintainability.

Those decisions last much longer than features.

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Every useful tool starts with one question:

What can we remove?

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Simple software removes friction before adding features.

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The best engineering decisions are often invisible.

Users notice features. Developers notice architecture.

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Good architecture is invisible.

Users notice speed. Developers notice design.

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New article:

Why I Started Building Convertim.

A story about useful software, simplicity and product thinking.

https://t.co/z7tsgPRQE6

#devto #software

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Why did we start building Convertim?

Not because the world needed another image converter.

Because we wanted one that respected the user.

New article today.

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First look.

No accounts. No uploads. Just drag, drop and convert.

Sometimes simple software is the hardest to build.

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Good software doesn't start by asking: "What features should we add?"

It starts by asking: "What problem are we actually solving?"

Everything else comes afterwards.

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Convertim processes images locally.

No uploads. No accounts. No tracking.

Because your files belong on your machine.

#localfirst #privacy

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Why should image conversion require the cloud?

Sometimes the simplest software should also be the most private.

#localfirst #privacy

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Convertim started from a simple frustration.

Uploading private images to random websites just to change their format.

There had to be a better way.

So we built one.

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