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ninkendoyesterday at 12:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

> The era of sharing some small programs that you made with others to benefit from is over imo. > You can just vibe code it yourself.

+1.

The password manager I use full time now is “Kenpass”, which has exactly one user: me. I have it on iOS/macOS/Linux, browser extensions, CLI and (native, no electron) UI for each, syncs with my homelab server over my wireguard tunnel, and it covers all my use cases. Took me maybe a week (a few hours total, spread around.) I feel no reason to share it with anyone, it does exactly what I need and I only need to fix the bugs I find, for myself.

We’re really living in crazy times.

> If you pay attention to what the LLM is doing it will also be easier to maintain or extend further

That's another nice part: I actually really enjoy feng-shui refactoring code to fit my tastes, and I've given the LLM's code a bunch of refactoring passes essentially "just for fun". I understand the codebase enough that sometimes I implement features myself instead of having the LLM do it, if I'm in the mood to. But I'd probably never have the time or energy to start such a project from scratch... having the initial MVP done in essentially one shot was a huge boost.


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deauxyesterday at 3:50 PM

> I have it on iOS/macOS/Linux, browser extensions, CLI and (native, no electron) UI for each, syncs with my homelab server over my wireguard tunnel, and it covers all my use cases. Took me maybe a week (a few hours total, spread around.)

A few hours including iOS? Don't you need to go through lots of hoops even if it's only for personal use? Isn't it time-limited or something?

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alasanoyesterday at 1:23 PM

> kenpass

> username "ninkendo"

Absolutely checks out.

Please share more ken related software names you use lol

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