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Dragos Roua
@dragosroua
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2016-10-03 14:37
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dragosroua
hive
2026-03-26 10:04
Aaand We're Live On Product Hunt With Flight Lens
I've been a digital nomad for years, constantly checking flight status across multiple apps, trying to piece together whether it's a good time to fly a certain route. Is there weather disruption in Southeast
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dragosroua
travel
2026-03-21 09:11
The Sky Looks Good Today (Teaser)
how's the sky looking todau?
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-24 04:59
Day 12 - Memecoin Fatigue and Other Similar Beasts
Just a few months ago, memecoins were a big thing. Like, really big. A lot of liquidity was flowing into it, there was sustained media activity, a consistent narrative, all in all, a real asset type. From
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-23 03:54
Day 11 - Hi, I'm an Engineer! What Kind? Prompt Kind...
5 years ago nobody heard about a profession called "prompt engineer". Now there are CVs on Linkedin showcasing this big time. The first reaction when we read this kind of news is: "wow,
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-22 04:39
Day 10 - First Third Of The Challenge Recap
Here I am, 10 days later, and one third of the entire stretch, into the 30 days writing challenge. A short recap, which will cleverly serve as the 10th post, is due. Getting up to speed with daily publishing
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-21 02:45
Day 9 - Bio Content
30 years ago, if you go to the market to buy vegetables, you just buy, you know vegetables. Fast forward 3 decades, and, when you go to the market, you suddenly have 2 choices: vegetables and vegetables
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-20 02:26
Day 8 - Ai Agents, Some Lessons Learned
I've been studying AI for about 10 years, since before it was cool. Some of the most satisfying a-ha moments happened for me before things spiraled out of control in the public narrative. Learning how
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-19 04:18
Day 7 - Teddy Bears in Coffee Shops
I work in coffee shops for a ridiculously long time - way before it was cool. Being a developer helps a lot - if I would be a hair stylist, I highly doubt I could do it from a coffee shop. I'm lucky, I
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-18 01:06
Day 6 - What Happens during a Crypto Winter?
@hivebuzz is telling me that I have 8 years on the Hive chain. That's a lot. During these 8 years (well, it's technically 9 years, since I'm here before @hivebuzz) I witnessed many things in the crypto
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-17 03:58
Day 5 - Vietnam's 50 Shades Of Coffee
One of the biggest surprises after settling in South-East Asia, specifically Vietnam, was coffee. I had no idea Vietnam is the 2nd largest coffee producer in the world. When you think coffee you think
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-16 02:54
Day 4 - When I Won a Hackathon in Korea
A glitch in the Matrix allowed me to win a hackathon called Glitch
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-15 02:26
Day 3 - Vibe Coding (Kinda) Sucks
As some of you may know, I'm a developer. I do this for a ridiculously long amount of time, spreading across almost every area of coding, from Cobol to Swift, from mobile apps to blockchain dapps. Recently,
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-14 02:37
Day 2 - Three Unusual Things about Vietnam
I didn't know much about Vietnam when I decided to go on a short exploring trip, about 2 years ago. At that time I was based for about half a year in South Korea, and from there to Vietnam there was only
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-13 02:58
Day 1 - Tariffs
Tariffs are like the solution you pour over a blank sheet of paper to reveal what was written with invisible ink.
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dragosroua
hive
2025-04-12 02:51
A Comeback and A Challenge Walk into a Bar...
Coming back to Hive after a couple of sabbatical years and starting a new 30 days writing challenge.
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the-envoy
hive
2023-01-27 08:41
dragosroua reblogged
ChatGPT, MFAs And Other Useless Stuff
I've been around long enough to remember what MFAs are. I bet many of you weren't, so here's a brief intro. Back when Google launched AdSense, there was a huge race to get the algorithm, to understand
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the-envoy
hive
2023-01-01 11:15
dragosroua reblogged
Hi, My Name Is Chamber. Echo Chamber
A billionaire bought a social network last year. It so happens that the social network he bought it was kinda THE SOCIAL NETWORK, or so it is perceived these days. This event is the beginning of a major
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the-envoy
hive
2022-06-19 09:06
dragosroua reblogged
Leverage, My Favorite Sin
At the end of the movie Devil's Advocate, Al Pacino, who plays Lucifer, has this amazing ending line: "Vanity, my favorite sin". To give you a bit of context, Keanu Reeves, who plays a young
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the-envoy
society
2022-06-02 14:50
dragosroua reblogged
Awakening Is Slow And Awkward In The Beginning
And explosive towards the end. Seemingly Unimportant Stuff Let's talk a little about something seemingly unimportant. Some small topic good for nothing, but only for chit chatting. Like two famous married
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dragosroua
hive
2022-05-20 12:01
Sunsetting My Witness Node
I ran a witness node on the Steem / Hive ecosystem for more than 5 years. During this time I had just a couple of hiatuses, none of them longer than 2 months. It's been a bumpy ride, to say the least,
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