Building a Moat for Indie HackersFor indie hackers, making good product is just a field of the battle. The other field is ensuring your product can withstand competition and remain viable in the long term. This is where "moat" comes into play. What is a Moat? A Moat is a sustainable...Jan 20, 2025 · 3 min readblog.lukenguyen.me
A hidden trick to add a Launch Screen in SwiftUIIf you ever search for solutions for adding Launch Screen to an iOS app, there'll be 2 main approaches: using storyboard (Apple's recommendation), programmatically control UI based on active state. This post's about the first one, because of its effe...Dec 23, 2024 · 2 min readblog.lukenguyen.me
My solution to secure MongoDB in development with TailscaleSecuring MongoDB during development can be a real headache. Exposing it directly to the internet is a major security risk, but constantly updating IP whitelists for dynamic IPs is incredibly tedious. Static IPs are an option, but they come with a cos...Dec 13, 2024 · 4 min readblog.lukenguyen.me
Astro - Open external link (from MDX) in new tabI recently moved my personal website from NextJS to Astro and have a new blog space on it. After everything is settled, I notice that links in MDX will navigate current tab away from my website. Oh, that's not what I want! So, I've explored ways to m...Nov 27, 2024 · 2 min readblog.lukenguyen.me
How I implement sortable list with dndkit in ReactAfter push the Alpha launching on my latest product Pithy Point, I realize that it's lack of re-ordering slides function. This is crucial, because changing slide order is a very common behaviour when working with slide. So I have to somehow add this ...Nov 24, 2024 · 3 min readblog.lukenguyen.me
