Lopaka Featured on Hackaday

They wrote about me on Hackaday! It’s a popular resource among electronics enthusiasts.

Turned out to be a really nice review of lopaka.app. They described all the main features, gave praise, and noted that the free version is pretty generous.

They also wrote that it’s missing a code editor. And that’s the most requested feature. But I can’t figure out how to make it convenient. And none of the users have been able to explain what exactly they want. Any ideas?

Also posted the link on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com If you hang out there often, please go to the New section and upvote: Graphics and UI editor for electronic projects (hackaday.com)

So far this is the most successful publication (see screenshot)

1. Post on a niche subreddit with 800K members—80K views
2. Mention and link in a YouTube video—250K views
3. Post on a niche news blog — web (?) + social media (250K on Twitter)

All of this was free.

I had the opposite expectations: thought Reddit was the bomb and sites were trash. Turns out it’s completely the opposite.

Fixing MacBook Battery Drain During Sleep

🍎 Back in the day, you could just close your MacBook, unplug it, leave it for a week, then open it and notice nothing: battery charged, apps right where you left them.

Recently I noticed I can’t even leave it overnight: 0% battery in the morning — what the hell?

Turns out there are some non-obvious settings you should turn off:

• Power nap: why do you need to check email and other crap while sleeping?
• Screen time: convenient if you want to observe yourself, but I never got any benefit from it;

(all of this is in System Settings, easiest to find through search)

If you want to maximize battery savings, turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

And for the nerds who want to dig deeper: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/11nhs8a/macbook_battery_drain_while_in_sleep_actually/

Now I sleep peacefully, even my old Intel MacBook doesn’t drain.

Another Year, Another Threefold Growth

Remember this post? Look what changed after yet another year 💀

Want me to summarize 2024? (spoiler: we grew 3x)

The Eiffel Tower's Bizarre Copyright Rule

Just found out that a photograph of the Eiffel Tower with its lights on is protected by copyright, and you can’t use it for any commercial purposes. Can’t put it in ads, can’t sell it on stock photo sites.

At night, the Eiffel Tower is lit up with a special light show, and it’s the design of this lighting that’s protected by copyright.

You can freely photograph the tower during the day, but night shots are considered intellectual property. So for commercial use you need a special permit. Wild, right?

Lopaka Made It to the Big Screen (Sort Of)

Lopaka on TV! (well, almost)

Salim subscribed to Lopaka’s Twitter a couple months ago. And here’s his new video: 156K views! So far this is the most popular video featuring our editor. The production quality is pretty solid, by the way.

🚨NERD ALERT🚨 https://youtu.be/nZa-Vqu-_fU?t=407

My five seconds of fame, haha. Gets me excited every time!

And here’s the project in the gallery: https://lopaka.app/gallery/378/915

By the way, I came up with Lopaka when I was making a Pomodoro timer for Flipper 🤓