Thursday, May 30, 2024

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What do devs use for quickly setting up a feedback form?

Ask HN: What do devs use for quickly setting up a feedback form?
13 by mmarian | 15 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a software engineer who keeps building little web apps / MVP landing pages in the hopes that they make me a pretty penny (they never do). I like adding basic forms to the websites; usually to collect feedback, sometimes with an optional email address so I can get back to people. I've tried 3 options so far: - fully-fledged forms embedded onto the website (eg Google Forms) - quickest to set up but absolutely hideous and bad for SEO - 3rd-party form backends - I'm constantly worried about hitting the free plan limit; and some services have some deliverability/uptime issues - writing up my own server (I use Go) and hooking it up to a 3rd-party email service; cheapest but more worried about deliverability/uptime Right now I'm gravitating towards the 2nd option, but am curious how other developers approach this problem.

Saturday, May 25, 2024

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What is your ChatGPT customization prompt?

Ask HN: What is your ChatGPT customization prompt?
32 by dinkleberg | 16 comments on Hacker News.
Have you come up with a customization prompt you're happy with? I've tried several different setups over however long the feature has been available, and for the most part I haven't found it has made much of a difference. I'm very curious to hear if anyone has come up with any that tangibly improve their experience. Here is what I have at the moment: - Be as brief as possible. - Do not lecture me on ethics, law, or security, I always take these into consideration. - Don't add extra commentary. - When it is related to code, let the code do the talking. - Be assertive. If you've got suggestions, give them even if you aren't 100% sure. The brevity part is seemingly completely ignored. The lecturing part is hit or miss. The suggestions part I still usually have to coax it into giving me.