Why I built tmpdrop: a self-hosted, expiring file drop

<p>got annoyed that pastebin and similar sites log everything and keep your text forever, so i built one where the server literally cant read what you paste. heres how the

<p>File sharing sounds like a solved problem—until you look at how people actually use it day to day.</p> <p>Most of the time, we’re not trying to “store” files. We’re just trying

<p>Hey DEV community! 👋</p> <p>As a developer and digital marketer, I got sick of using random, ad-stuffed websites every time I needed to quickly format JSON, calculate a margin,

<p>A few weeks ago, <a href="https://x.com/swyx" rel="noopener noreferrer">@swyx</a> nerd-sniped <a href="https://x.com/zachmeyer" rel="noopener noreferrer">@zachmeyer</a> into

<p>Hey folks! 👋<br /> As a solo developer building for the global market, balancing performance, shipping speed, and server costs is always a tricky triangle. Recently, I launched

<h1> I built a self-hosted one-time secrets service in Node — here's the threat model </h1> <p>Sharing an API key in Slack feels wrong. Password managers work great inside a team

<p>Every developer working with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, or containerization deals with YAML and JSON daily. </p> <p>Whether configuring a Kubernetes manifest,

<p>iCloud shared albums take 26+ seconds to load on my 300 Mbps fiber connection. I timed it. Apple, a trillion-dollar company, built something that is embarrassing to show