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Mike Cao @caozilla

Founder/CEO of @umami_software. Ex-Adobe. Open-source advocate. Obsessed with UI/UX/DX. mikecao.com United States Joined September 2007
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Mike Cao @caozilla

2 days ago

my opencode go subscription rolled over and my limits were reset except for weekly. that doesn't seem right. @thdxr

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Mike Cao @caozilla

3 days ago

Why is it always harder to release a product than to build it?

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Mike Cao @caozilla

a week ago

Spent the entire day converting all our jobs to run on trigger.dev. It was a beautiful experience. Easy to use and the dev integration is *chefs kiss*

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OSSphere @ossphere_dev

a week ago

Google Analytics 4 is free. It's also confusing, cookie-hungry, forces a consent banner on every visitor, and sends your users' data to Google. 37,000 developers decided there's a better way. @caozilla — 37,000 GitHub stars, 7,200 forks, MIT licensed, and shipping faster than ever in 2026. Here's what privacy-first analytics actually looks like: → No cookies — zero consent banner required, GDPR compliant by design → Real-time dashboard — live visitor counts and pageviews instantly → Custom event tracking — button clicks, form submissions, conversions → Session Replay — watch real user sessions replayed in the browser → Heatmaps — see exactly where visitors click and scroll (May 2026) → Boards — build custom dashboards on a flexible drag-and-drop canvas → Web Vitals tracking — Core Web Vitals performance metrics built in → Multi-value filtering — slice your data any way you need → White-labeling — your brand, your analytics, your clients → Share pages — send a read-only dashboard link to your team → Self-host: docker compose up -d — running in 2 minutes → Umami Cloud — managed hosting if you'd rather not self-host → Full REST API — programmatic access to all your analytics data Your users' data belongs to you. Not to Google's ad targeting machine. Discovered on OSSphere : ossphere.dev/umami-software… Are you still sending your users' analytics data to Google — or have you made the switch? Drop it below 👇 #Umami #OpenSource #Analytics #Privacy #BuildInPublic #GDPR #GoogleAnalytics

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Mike Cao @caozilla

2 weeks ago

Can't even try Claude Fable. Error right after updating.

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Mike Cao @caozilla

2 weeks ago

@devongovett <blink>

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umami @umami_software

3 weeks ago

Heatmaps are now live on Umami Cloud! 🚀 Read more about it, umami.is/blog/understan…

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Mike Cao @caozilla

a month ago

trying out new AI models 😹

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Mike Cao @caozilla

a month ago

You know what's so great about writing software for yourself? You can meet your needs exactly. I open a lot of terminals. Sometimes inside the IDE, sometimes outside. Many times I lose a terminal. The default Windows terminal sucks. tmux does not work in Windows. So I just vibed my own solution. Terminals in tabs that remember the current working directory. That's it, but it does exactly what I need. github.com/mikecao/partty Made with claude and codex.

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Mike Cao @caozilla

a month ago

Hey @opencode, why do I often get a new update notice immediately after updating?

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Mike Cao @caozilla

a month ago

Developing on Windows is so frustrating. Spent hours trying to remove janky rendering on my app, doing all sorts of caching and optimizations. Same exact app runs flawlessy on macOS. PC: 32 cores, 128GB RAM Mac: M1, 16GB RAM

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umami @umami_software

a month ago

👀 Sneak peek into a new feature we're working on for Umami - heatmaps!

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Mike Cao @caozilla

a month ago

This Cloudflare UI is just terrible. You click on a link called Workers & Pages and you get this screen. Tell me, how do you create a Page instead of a Worker? Yep, that tiny text at the bottom.

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Mike Cao @caozilla

a month ago

There is only one reason we have backwards compatibility in software: humans. Having to adjust our workflows is difficult and inconvenient. But I can imagine a point where this will no longer matter if AI agents can simply update your software for you, like a universal codemod. Then we can always be on the best standards. Python would be at version 9 by now.

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Mike Cao @caozilla

2 months ago

@leerob will this be available in AI SDK?

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Mike Cao @caozilla

2 months ago

@theo your latest video mentioned a chart you were missing from posthog. curious what is was. maybe we can add it.

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Mike Cao @caozilla

2 months ago

Built a simple app so I can keep track of my limits for Claude and Codex. github.com/mikecao/codeme…

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Mike Cao @caozilla

3 months ago

@rauchg Yes. I'm literally building every single idea I've ever had, no matter how stupid or impractical, because I want to see it exist.

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Mike Cao @caozilla

3 months ago

oh no, claude is down. this is like having no internet.

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Mike Cao @caozilla

3 months ago

Anyone able to use their Claude Pro/Max subscription with Vercel AI SDK?

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