I learned this lesson the hard way recently. I'm on the 50k minutes plan and burned through my entire monthly allowance plus a $100 overage budget in about two weeks.
My mistake was a combination of triggering workflows on every push, using macOS runners (which I didn't realize had a 10x multiplier compared to Linux), and forgetting to set aggressive timeouts.
I'm sharing this because the support experience was actually the highlight. I opened a ticket expecting to just eat the cost, but they sent a detailed breakdown of my usage/mistakes the next day. Even though it was 100% my error (tho I used to think macOS runners were only 3x? True, did that change? anyway), they gave me a $50 coupon to offset the overage. Amidst the pricing discussions, I think it's worth noting that their support team is still very human and responsive.
Heh, that is exactly why I kept UDP-7777 passive. It listens on 0.0.0.0 but sends zero telemetry and requires no "online" status packet. Unless you hit ACK (which sends a packet back), you are a ghost.
Just took another look at your work, and your LTE-M project looks incredible. The e-ink aesthetic is exactly right for this. I've fantasized about building some apps for e-ink displays (wanted to drop BrowserBox in a remarkable tablet, etc), but haven't yet. Here I stuck to desktop/software for v1 to solve the immediate 'screen fatigue' issue, but I'd love to see a world where physical tokens like yours replace the smartphone notification center.
Yes, I block all the notifications on the phone. I leave badges for some apps and check when I want, or just periodically check when it's in my rhythm. (A few people have exceptions). It runs on computer now, but the next step is I want to test if mobile could be achieved without a server (I'm okay with a Tailscale/ZT requirement or such, for now). Aside from that I would love physical infra. If it could work such that it piggy-backed off existing infra, at first, might be good approach. Someone should do this. I don't know if it's us, but it should be created.
If anyone would like to discuss these possibilities, please reach out at pager@dosaygo.com
I normally work on larger projects (BrowserBox, dn), and now believe in new release methods which is why the source is closed.
Your radar was okay: site is machine-generated by build workflow which pushes the binaries. The "Verified" label reflects internal CI attestation, but without public hashes? Might cause concern. Did not consider, tho based on your comment I've now replaced with "Digitally Signed and Notarized".
So reflects more accurately how the binaries are always digitally signed and notarized (Apple Developer ID + Microsoft Authenticode) with our company certs. SOP for my releases. The verification is the cryptographic signature checked by your OS kernel, not just a text file.
Signing, notarization, and hash checking just ensures that what I run is the thing that you meant for me to run. Source availability permits me to ensure that what I run is the thing that I meant to run.
For anti-spam, the general use case is use of Tailscale/Zerotier where you are in control of your network. If you are on public internet and have 7777 open then you can use the Squelch filter under the CFG page. It drops every message that doesn't start with your secret::
> It drops every message that doesn't start with your secret::
Depending on how internet-proof you want to make this, I wonder if it might be better to sign with a secret and attach the signature to the message instead of directly sending the secret.
My mistake was a combination of triggering workflows on every push, using macOS runners (which I didn't realize had a 10x multiplier compared to Linux), and forgetting to set aggressive timeouts.
I'm sharing this because the support experience was actually the highlight. I opened a ticket expecting to just eat the cost, but they sent a detailed breakdown of my usage/mistakes the next day. Even though it was 100% my error (tho I used to think macOS runners were only 3x? True, did that change? anyway), they gave me a $50 coupon to offset the overage. Amidst the pricing discussions, I think it's worth noting that their support team is still very human and responsive.
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