Himanshu Arora

Software Engineer @Google | Prev: @Procol_
Building:
Annotate your screen → MacOS widgets →

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

@DeckardBuilds https://t.co/vrRvavuJfD

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

"What do you use your Mac for?" Hosting renderers

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

WhatsApp’s latest Mac update is a disaster for UI/UX and performance.
I tried Zapfast, and I’m loving it. Great work @paolino

https://t.co/xkkYnRC8VD

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

My pre-launch checklist after shipping way too many side projects:

1. get your API keys out of the frontend
2. https everywhere
3. validate forms on the server too
4. spam protection on every form
5. rate limit your APIs
6. security headers
7. npm audit (you'll be scared)
8. backups. seriously
9. privacy policy
10. terms & conditions
11. cookie banner if you're tracking
12. test on an actual phone
13. fix broken links
14. a 404 page that isn't the default one
15. error monitoring
16. uptime alerts
17. SPF/DKIM or your emails go to spam
18. compress your images
19. lazy load stuff below the fold
20. run lighthouse
21. one CTA. just one
22. analytics
23. alt text
24. color contrast
25. try using it with only a keyboard
26. meta titles + descriptions
27. OG image
28. sitemap + robots.txt
29. canonical URLs
30. favicon (everyone forgets this)

what am I missing?

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

@AdamHoltererer @typesafeai Fair, mine were easy synthetic clocks.
Jev got 54% exact but 86% within ±2 min, so most misses were near-misses.

Curious if Opus’s ClockBench misses are similar, or off by hours?

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

I thought Jev by @typesafeai would crush analog clocks. It humbled me instead.

100 random clocks: 54% exact time, 86% within ±2 min.
It gets close, but rarely to the exact minute

[Adam Holter @AdamHoltererer]

Opus 5.5 can take your job but can't read an analog clock

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

@marclou Same here. I read it, see "paid partnership" and just leave

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@pranvtwt You could just use the GA4 API and build your own UI. Kinda fun IMO

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@seanallen_dev Learned so much about iOS dev from your YouTube videos early in my career. Sad to see this

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

@immasiddx We have more space above to scroll, right?

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

Apple gave the iPhone lock screen widgets in 2022. The Mac lock screen is still just a clock and a password box

So i made my own

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@tornikegomareli Oh nice, I'll check it out!

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

@sergeynazarovx Would browser-based activation with a deep link work here?

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

Feels like a new Mac screen recorder launches every week.

Most of them do pretty much what Screen Studio already does. There are even free, open-source alternatives like https://t.co/OaoBFYgW2p.

why are people still building more of these?

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I wonder what this number looks like in India 👀

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

79% of Americans forget to cancel free trials, per YF

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

@_mattwelter can it clone the distribution too? 👀

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

@jrsdiinc Not very active, tbh

[Himanshu Arora @hm_arora]

One Reddit post, a few weeks ago. Overlaid's first customers came from it, and this email arrived right after:

"I purchased pretty quickly after your Reddit post. Great upgrade from Presentify."

Small numbers, but they're real people