Lightpanda 1.0 is out ⚡
The browser we built from scratch for machines is out of beta and ready for production.
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I built a small app to have fun with my friends: it tells you who unfollowed you on Instagram.
It runs on @lightpanda_io, a headless browser written in Zig, and everything stays on your own machine.
I can’t stress enough how little an idea matters compared to the agency of the people executing the idea.
I have had the privilege of knowing and sometimes even working with some of the most successful people (by various metrics).
The difference between mediocre and excellent work and outcomes is predominantly one of agency.
In practice this means: they dont wait for things to happen to them they go out and make things happen for them.
They don’t wait for someone else to do something, for someone to teach them, for someone to give them the path, etc. They just go out and find a way to do it.
I think the single biggest superpower these people have is the realization/belief that the world around them is completely mutable. Most everything that happens is because a person made it happen.
I used to tell people to look around the room you’re sitting in. Look at everything. Every noun. It almost all exists because a person willed it into existence. Nothing is stopping you from doing the same.
I see people online all the time dismissing someone else’s success because “I had that idea first” or whatever. I mean… yeah? If so then the difference is… you. So a bit of a self own whenever I hear that.
Number one tip: act with agency.
Lightpanda now ships a native ad blocker, compatible with EasyList.
> It enforces 99.8% of EasyList + EasyPrivacy network rules, failing ad and tracker requests before they leave.
> Enable with --adblock-lists.
if you are a programmer and you'd like to start a company it is helpful to internalize two big weaknesses you have
1. your instincts for anything outside programming are terrible. everything you believe is likely 100% backwards
2. you've always been treated like the smart person in the room so it will take you a very long time to understand #1
for me personally it took ~ 10 years before i started to be able to unwind this