I still can't believe what I have been able to build using Replit Agent. 6 months ago this would have been impossible. First off, a little background: At the end of 2024, I acquired Don Norman Associates (DNA). At DNA we have the largest collection of motor carrier authority letters in the world. Some stretch as far back as the 1930s. The system that currently hosts those files was written in ColdFusion back in the early 2000s. The retrieval is fast, but cumbersome. We are working on a new system that allows for self-service retrieval and has broader metadata from each mc letter. Well, while we're building a more "production-ready" system, I decided to vibe code a new web app with a subset of the documents we have. I started off small and just kept iterating and iterating. Now I have a fully functioning web store that has indexed and archived 1.1MM motor carrier letters issued by FMCSA. Basically every MC letter issued from 2011-now. Documents are indexed with company name, city, state, DOT Number, MC Number, type of authority granted, etc, and instantly searchable. So far beyond a prototype. It's making money and making our service delivery quicker and fully featured. Abandoned carts, discount codes, search analytics, cron jobs, etc. Now we just need to work on driving more traffic to the site. I cannot wait to see what gifts Replit delivers in the next year!

Latest MOTUS update from the trenches.

we're famous @msaskin!

One of my personal favorite features announced at WWDC will I suspect be a sleeper hit: container machines, allowing your Mac to run a lightweight, persistent Linux environment with your home directory and repos automatically mounted: github.com/apple/container/b…

cc: @SecDuffy

did our first quarterly EOS meeting today. whoa. i am tired.

Day so good you plan your headlines for the L10 ahead of time

Also, late last week I got sick of wondering if/when MOTUS was last updated, so I built a small service to log when it was last updated. over the weekend the server was bumped 3 minor versions! and 4 database migrations! WAHOO! github.com/Consultran/motus-…

out all day tomorrow but will have a MOTUS update on Wednesday

these new MC numbers are just absolutely wild. 8 digits. seemingly semi-random.

yo, @freightcaviar this isn't accurate. carriers definitely have been able to apply

>The FMCSA grants way too many motor carrier authorities to bad actors >Sure wish they would do something about it. >FMCSA launches MOTUS >It’s broken >New authority filings fall off a cliff >Still not fixed >Refuses to elaborate Mission accomplished!

cool, MOTUS. Cool…

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Can't park there!

this stuff is really good

Dear "content creators," Quit holding lav mics! The entire point of them is capturing audio HANDS-FREE. You look stupid pinching a tiny mic between two fingers. That's like carrying a backpack in your hands or using speakerphone with the phone pressed against your ears.