value: chokoswitch

value:
I have released a new Python ASGI/WSGI application server. This may be particularly interesting to
- Python developers interested in server tech, especially if already using Envoy
- Envoy users to see use cases enabled by dynamic modules
- Rust fans to see an example of it bridging two non-Rust ecosystems, Envoy and Python
Note, this is my first real project in Rust - while I tried to study idioms while working on it, I doubt it is an example of a fully idiomatic Rust project.
I was interested in a Python app server with support for HTTP/2 trailers to be able to serve gRPC as a normal application, together with non-gRPC endpoints. When looking at existing options, I noticed a lot of complexity with wiring up sockets, flow control, and similar. Coming from Go, I am used to net/http providing fully featured, production-ready HTTP servers with very little work. But for many reasons, it's not realistic to drive Python apps from Go.
Coincidentally, Envoy released support for dynamic modules which allow running arbitrary code in Envoy, along with a Rust SDK. I thought it would be a fun experiment to see if this could actually drive a full Python server - I thought it wouldn't. But after exposing some more knobs in dynamic modules - it actually worked and pyvoy was born, a dynamic module that loads the Python interpreter to run ASGI and WSGI apps, marshaling from Envoy's HTTP filter. There's also a CLI which takes care of running Envoy with the module pointed to an app - this is definitely not net/http level of convenience, but I appreciate that complexity is only on the startup side. There is nothing needed to handle HTTP, TLS, etc in pyvoy, it is all taken care of by the battle-hardened Envoy stack, and we get everything from HTTP, including trailers and HTTP/3.
With support for trailers, pyvoy drives the gRPC protocol support on the server for connect-python (https://github.com/connectrpc/connect-python), allowing them to be served along an existing Flask or FastAPI application as needed. Notably, it is the only server that passes all of connect's conformance tests with no flakiness. It's important to note that uvicorn also passes reliably when disabling features that require HTTP/2. It's a great server when bidirectional streaming or gRPC aren't needed - unfortunately others we tried would have unreliable behavior handling client disconnects, keepalive, and such. This doesn't surprise me as I have seen quite some time ago how hard it is to implement especially HTTP/2 reliably, and I appreciate pyvoy can rely on Envoy to just take care of it.
It seems that pyvoy is a fast (always benchmark your own workload), reliable server not just for gRPC but any workload. It also can directly use any Envoy feature, and could replace a pair of Envoy + Python app server. I currently use it in production at low scale serving Django, FastAPI, and connect-python.
Happy to hear any thoughts on this project. Thanks for reading!

value: Show HN: Pyvoy – a modern Python application server built in Envoy

author: chokoswitch


value: sudostar

value:
This PDF Pattern Matcher is a local web app that allows you to compare Regex matches in two stacks of documents. This is useful for e.g. document reconciliation.
I initially created a Python NiceGUI app for my parent's small business so that they can verify that all delivery notes are included in a freight credit note.
I re-implemented it as a browser-based Nuxt app.
I use PDF.js to extract text from PDFs and also experiment with Tesseract.js for OCR. Papaparse is used to generate simple CVS reports of the results.

value: Show HN: Compare Data Between Two Stacks of Documents Using Regex

author: sudostar


value:
Hi HN,
I built a small browser tool called Document Copy Planner to help people figure out how many copies of their important documents to keep, in what format, and where, all fully offline.
Key features:
Supports passports, IDs, contracts, receipts, tickets, and more
Generates a primary, backup, and emergency copy plan
Downloadable PDF or printable checklist
Runs entirely in the browser — no accounts, no uploads, no tracking
The motivation: most people store sensitive documents in cloud apps or email, which increases exposure risk. This tool gives a simple, actionable plan to keep copies safe without relying on servers or third parties.
You can try it here: proofpocket.com/doc-copy-planner
I’m curious to hear feedback from the HN community:
Does this approach make sense for offline document planning?
Anything I could improve in the workflow or UX?
Any edge cases I’m missing for security or usability?
Thanks for checking it out!

value: Show HN: Document Copy Planner – plan safe offline copies of your documents


value: ScioNos

value:
Hi HN!
We built RouterLab to give developers access to AI models through a single API layer, with open source models hosted on our own infrastructure in Switzerland and Germany.
RouterLab currently provides access to 23 models:
- Open source models (glm-4.7, MiniMax-M2.1, Mistral, etc.) hosted in Switzerland and Germany
- Proprietary models routed according to their providers’ policies (e.g. Anthropic)
Compatibility:
- OpenAI-compatible API (change base_url + api_key)
- Anthropic-compatible API (change base_url + api_key)
- Claude Code CLI compatible
Claude Code works out of the box via:
- `npx claude-scionos`
- Fully open source CLI with complete transparency
  https://github.com/ScioNos/claude-scionos
Key points:
- OpenAI and Anthropic compatible APIs
- Claude Code CLI support
- 23 models (open source + proprietary)
- Predictable monthly pricing (no pay-per-token surprises)
- GDPR compliant (EU / Swiss hosting for open source models)
- 14-day free trial (no credit card required)
We're a Swiss company (Eyelo SA, founded in 1983) and wanted to build a European alternative focused on data sovereignty, transparency, and developer ergonomics.
Try it: https://routerlab.ch
Claude Code setup: https://routerlab.ch/claude
We’d love honest feedback — especially from developers using OpenAI or Claude Code today.

value: Show HN: RouterLab – open-source AI API with Swiss hosting

author: ScioNos


value: possiblelion

value:
On January 11th, Google and Shopify announced the Universal Commerce Protocol (ucp.dev). It's an open standard that lets any application query products across e-commerce platforms without needing APIs, integrations, or middlemen.
AskUCP is one of the first applications built on it.
Right now, if you want to buy something online, you have to know which store sells it. You go to Amazon, or you go to a Shopify store, or you go to Etsy. Each one has its own search, its own interface, its own checkout. The experience is fragmented because the infrastructure is siloed.
UCP changes this at the protocol level. If products are described in a standard format, any application can discover them. You don't need permission from each platform. You don't need to build integrations. Anybody or any AI agent just querys the protocol.
AskUCP is designed to be a single pane of glass into online commerce. You search once, and you see products from across the ecosystem. Currently, that means the entire Shopify catalog. As more platforms adopt UCP, their products become explorable too. Eventually, it should be everything.
This is a proof of concept. It's early, and there are rough edges. Let me know what you think, refinements, ideas etc etc.

value: Show HN: AskUCP – UCP protocol explorer showing all products on Shopify

author: possiblelion


value: benthicshadow

value:
G0 uses three criteria to score how well a claim is grounded in sources:
- Tracking: Does the claim follow from the sources?
 - Intervention: Would changing sources change the claim?
 - Counterfactual: Is the claim uniquely dependent on these sources?
Score = geometric mean of all three.
0 = hallucination, 1 = grounded.
Free. Built with sentence-transformers.

value: Show HN: G0 – Detect LLM hallucinations with a 3-criterion grounding metric

author: benthicshadow


value: Show HN: Cursor-helper: move projects and export chats with thinking/toolcall


value: tjomk

value:
Having done winter swimming for 7 years now, I wanted a super simple tracker for my sessions. I don't want to create an account, sync between multiples services. All data is stored locally, and it's possible to export it and import back. When browser's location is received, it is sent to the backend which grabs weather data. However this request is not stored anywhere.
The tool is niche, however if there are any cold swimmers I'd appreciate feedback.

value: Show HN: Winter swimming tracker that stores data in local storage

author: tjomk


value: ovonvo

value:
Hi HN,
I’ve always loved the simplicity of Ephe (https://ephe.app/), but I wanted that same ephemeral, "just-a-piece-of-paper" experience in my terminal. So I built Aeph in Rust.
Aeph is not a text editor. It’s a minimalist scratchpad designed for quick brain dumps, notes, and task management without the overhead of file management or configuration.
Why use Aeph?
- Built with Rust : It’s fast, lightweight, and lives as a single binary.
- True Scratchpad : No need to save or name files. It auto-saves everything.
- 9 Instant Pages : Use Ctrl+O + [1-9] to switch contexts instantly (e.g., Page 1 for notes, Page 2 for daily TODOs).
- Markdown & TODOs : Toggling tasks (Ctrl+T) and adding new ones (Ctrl+N) is seamless.
- Vim-inspired Commands : Supports leader commands like `dd` to delete a line, keeping the flow familiar for Vim users.
I built this specifically because I wanted a "digital napkin" that stays out of my way while I'm working in the CLI.
Repo: [https://github.com/siki-712/aeph]
There is a GIF demo in the README so you can see it in action immediately!
I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially from fellow CLI enthusiasts!

value: Show HN: Aeph – Just a paper for your terminal, not an editor

author: ovonvo


value: temakonkin

value:
Hi HN, OP here.
I built this because I was frustrated with the current state of DB design tools. They are usually either heavy enterprise desktop apps (like DataGrip/Workbench) or simple drawing tools that don't export usable code.
I wanted a "VS Code-like" experience in the browser: dark mode, strict typing, and instant visual feedback.
The tech stack is quite aggressive:
- Frontend: Angular 21 (Latest). I'm using Signals exclusively for the graph state management to handle 100+ nodes without layout thrashing.
- Backend: .NET 10 for DDL generation and schema validation.
Current features:
- Visual Table/Column editor.
- Drag & drop relationships (1:N handling).
- Exports to PostgreSQL DDL and Entity Framework Core.
It's an MVP, so I'm looking for feedback on the graph interaction and the UI feel.
Does the "IDE-like" layout work for you for this kind of task?

value: Show HN: Visual Database Schema Designer (Angular 21 and .NET 10)

author: temakonkin


value: koistya

value:
I often use Claude Code or Codex for active development, but still rely on ChatGPT / Gemini / Grok for explaining, reviewing, or asking high-level questions.
The problem: web-based LLMs don't share context, have strict limits, and re-sending a full repo is expensive and noisy.
srcpack lets me package the same codebase into a clean, structured context file that works across different LLMs – with less noise, fewer wasted tokens, and more consistent answers.
Repo: https://github.com/kriasoft/srcpack
Website: https://kriasoft.com/srcpack/
Would love feedback, especially from people using LLM chats with software projects.

value: Show HN: Bundle a large codebase for use across multiple LLM apps

author: koistya


value: asliper

value: Hi HN, I suck at design so I made a Bento Grid template to reuse for my SaaS projects. Stack: Next.js 14 + Tailwind + Framer Motion. Feedback welcome.

value: Show HN: I built a Next.js boilerplate to stop fighting with CSS

author: asliper


value: Tanishmittal

value: Show HN: I built a free text-to-speech plugin for WordPress

author: Tanishmittal


value: wabiosdev

value:
Hey there,
Quick background: I graduated Industrial Engineering in 2018, and I’ve been building iOS apps seriously for the last 2 years. I’ve shipped 17 apps so far and they’ve reached ~300k downloads total.
For years I had a “dream notes app” idea… but I kept telling myself:  “Chatbots are going to replace it anyway.”
When ChatGPT Projects came out, I thought this is it. But in practice, the experience still felt rough for how I actually take notes.
What I wanted (simple idea)
I want to:
* paste a note / text (or speak it / snap an image),
* instantly get already-prepared outputs based on its category.
Example: I paste my mobile app idea → I want a detailed breakdown: positioning, feature set, risks, pricing, MVP scope, etc. Not “chat until I get something usable”… but structured outputs that help me think clearly.
So… I built it.
What Note Wiz AI does
* Input: text, voice, or image
* Output: structured results using category-based prompts
* Customization: you can customize:
    * categories
    * prompts inside categories
    * note UI/layout
AI options + privacy
You can choose from settings:
* Apple Intelligence (best if you care about privacy)
* Gemini (default on first launch, usually better results)
Even when using Gemini, it doesn’t store your notes — the app only sends what’s necessary to get a response and fetch it back. Apple Intelligence is naturally stronger on privacy, so it’s there for anyone who wants maximum privacy. (+ works offline)
<i>For the next 24 hours, Note Wiz AI is unlocking Lifetime access for $0.99 (normally $79.99).
 How to Claim? (24 hours)
1. Download and open the app.
2. On the paywall screen, tap “Show More” at the bottom.
3. Tap the Lifetime option – it will appear as $0.99 for the next 24 hours.
4. Tap Continue and confirm. That’s it!
Small ask (it helps a lot )
If you claim it, please:
</i> ⬆ Upvote this post and leave any comment
*  Leave a rating/review on the App Store — it seriously helps the app get discovered (any honest feedback would be perfect)
Thanks so much for the support

value: Show HN: ChatGPT Projects wasn't enough, so I built my "dream notes app"

author: wabiosdev


value: jsxyzb

value: HistAI is a professional historical events platform combining comprehensive chronological databases with AI-powered image generation. Browse historical events by date, create high-quality visual content through text-to-image and image-to-image technology, and publish custom historical entries. Designed for educators, content creators, and researchers seeking reliable tools for historical exploration and visual storytelling.

value: Show HN: HHistAI – Explore History with Artificial Intelligence

author: jsxyzb


value: deligoez

value:
Hey HN – Built this after too many "where was I?" moments on side projects.
You return after a week, start a new agent session: "What would you like help with today?"
It doesn't know you were halfway through implementing auth.
Agentic Commits adds two things to Conventional Commits:
- (why) – so agents can explain past decisions
- → next – so agents can resume where they left off
Plus a skill that implements hunk-splitting for atomic commits.
Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other coding agents.
Early stage – would love feedback from anyone building with AI agents.

value: Show HN: Agentic Commits – Commit spec for AI agent workflows

author: deligoez


value: NBenkovich

value:
I built gh-pr-review, an open-source GitHub CLI (gh) extension that lets AI agents fully operate on GitHub Pull Requests.
Repo (try it locally, no signup):
https://github.com/agynio/gh-pr-review
What you can try right now
You can install it today and allow LLMs to:
- Open PRs
- Read PR inline review comments
- Get LLM-optimized PR state
- Post reviews and follow-up comments
- Resolve review threads
This enables agents to run full read → fix → update → resolve loops.
Why it exists
gh is already a great tool for automating GitHub and works well as a control surface for agents — except for Pull Requests.
gh-pr-review extends gh with those missing PR-level primitives.
One-line installation: gh extension install agynio/gh-pr-review
The goal is a local, composable primitive, not a hosted service or black-box bot.
Status
This is used every day in our own agent workflows, and people who already installed that.

value: Show HN: Gh-PR-review – CLI tool for LLMs to create, read, comment PRs

author: NBenkovich


value:
Hi HN,
I built goxe, a tool designed to tackle one of the most annoying (and expensive) problems in infrastructure: log spam.
When a service starts failing, it often floods your pipeline with thousands of identical log lines. This doesn't just create noise; it increases bandwidth usage and inflates storage costs in platforms like Datadog or Splunk.
Goxe sits in your pipeline (currently via Syslog/UDP), normalizes incoming logs by stripping timestamps and variable noise, and aggregates them in real-time. Instead of 10,000 lines of the same error, you get one line with an occurrence count: error: connection failed (x10000).
Key Features:

    Performance: Written in Go with a worker pool architecture and streaming design for low memory overhead.

    Normalization: Strips dates, converts to lowercase, and removes whitespace to ensure near-identical logs are grouped correctly.

    Clustering: It handles similarity clustering to catch messages that are almost the same.

    Transparency: Apache 2.0 license.

I’m currently moving towards v1.0 and just implemented similarity clustering and syslog ingestion. I’d love to get feedback on the architecture or features you'd like to see next (e.g., more ingestion backends like Kafka or Promtail).
Repo: https://github.com/DumbNoxx/Goxe
Thanks for checking it out!

value: Show HN: Goxe – High-performance log reducer to lower observability costs


value: Show HN: Synth Data Studio Open-source synthetic data with differential privacy


value:
JSON Purrser is a free JSON toolkit built for developers who work with APIs, configs, and data files daily.
Features:
- Smart field detection (URLs, dates, colors, JWTs, coordinates)
- One-click export to TypeScript, Python, Go, SQL, CSV, YAML
- Interactive tree view with search and breadcrumb navigation
- JSON diff comparison
- Chart visualization for numeric data
- Schema validation
- Multiple themes to choose the one that matches your style
No signup. No data sent to servers. Works entirely in your browser.
(This is my first ever submission so if I did something wrong, please let me know)

value: Show HN: JSON Purrser – A JSON viewer with smart field detection


value: wrux

value:
Hi HN,
I’m a co-founder building kacet, a new freelancing platform that connects freelancers and employers, with crypto as the core payment rail.
The problem I’m trying to solve is pretty familiar: existing platforms take high fees, are slow to pay out, and don’t work well for international teams. kacet is an experiment in building a simpler, more neutral marketplace where payments are borderless by default.
Some highlights:
• Crypto-native payments – fast, borderless payouts without banks, delays, or surprise freezes
• Peer-to-peer contracts – clients and freelancers work directly, the platform doesn’t own the relationship
 Built for teams – multi-user organisations for agencies and startups out of the box
• Low, transparent fees – simple pricing with no boosts, ads, or hidden take rates
• No dark patterns – a calm UI focused on agreeing work and getting paid, not maximising engagement
Payments are handled by Solana smart contracts, with a React frontend (TanStack Start). We’re keeping the feature set small to validate the core workflow: post work → agree terms → get paid.
This is still early and very much a work in progress. I’d really appreciate feedback from people who have hired freelancers, worked as one, or built marketplaces before.
Site: https://kacet.com
Happy to answer any questions or go into more detail on the payment model, trust mechanics, or why I think this approach might (or might not) work.

value: Show HN: Kacet – a freelancer marketplace with crypto-native payments

author: wrux


value: beigebrucewayne

value: Show HN: Appa (POC): Self-shipping task queue via Linear & Claude Code

author: beigebrucewayne


value: awesomepotato

value: Show HN: Free tool to see how your thumbnail looks like on YouTube

author: awesomepotato


value: yogourt

value: Show HN: A Tailwind component generator focused on design quality, not AI "slop"

author: yogourt


value:
Claude Cowork is a fascinating idea for non-devs, but I wanted a version that was open-source, lightweight, and strictly model-agnostic.
So I spent the last 24 hours with Claude Code and here it comes:
Native Rust, Zero-Wrappers: This isn't just another agent wrapper. It’s a ground-up implementation in Rust. No heavy dependencies, no Python bloat, and no reliance on OpenCode/AgentSDK. Just raw performance and a tiny binary.
Docker Sandboxing: Since agents execute code, security is paramount. Open Cowork runs commands inside a transient Docker container.
BYOK (Bring Your Own Key): Use OpenAI, Anthropic, or run entirely offline with Ollama/Local LLMs. You own the keys and the privacy.
Skills, and MCPs: It can already handle complex document tasks (PDF, Excel, etc.) out of the box.
The Development Story: The most interesting part is that I had zero Rust experience before this weekend.
It was a surreal experience: an AI agent (Claude Code) helping me build a faster, secure, and open-source version of "itself."
The project is live on GitHub:https://github.com/kuse-ai/kuse_cowork
It's still very early and experimental, any feedback is welcome ：）

value: Show HN: Kuse Cowork – An open source, BYOK alternative to Claude Cowork


value: MicheleLacorte

value:
Hello HN, I’m Michele.
I’m building Meddle because connecting hardware stuff is still way harder than it should be.
Every factory I worked with had the same problem: robots, PLCs, CNCs, sensors, all speaking different protocols, all locked in silos. Getting data out meant custom scripts, fragile gateways, or expensive vendor lock-ins.
What I built:
Meddle is a data-driven IoT platform that connects industrial machines to any destination.
It normalizes machine data, enriches it, and streams it where you need it: cloud, MES, analytics, or custom pipelines.
The use case:
Teams use Meddle to:
- connect legacy and modern machines in days instead of months
- centralize production data without rewriting everything
- build monitoring, analytics, and automation on top of clean machine data
Right now we’re opening a waitlist to validate real-world use cases and edge cases (especially ugly factories ).
I’d love feedback from anyone dealing with industrial IoT, data pipelines, or factory integrations.

value: Show HN: Meddle – Integrate, collect, manage and analyze realtime data

author: MicheleLacorte


value: cliftonc

value: I spent some time this week wiring together all the pieces to build a "complete" end to end product analytics platform using the new (in beta - use at your own risk) Cloudflare Data Platform, and DuckDB (as I have been wanting to experiment with it for some time).<p>It works surprisingly well!  You can deploy it with one command once you are logged into Wrangler, and it should work on a free Cloudflare account (not sure about this tbh).  The speed is of course what it is given it is running across Iceberg on R2, but it should scale very well at minimal cost.  Would love to hear any feedback / ideas etc. but I intend to use this for my own projects as it means I can have a fully owned first party data stack for product analytics.

value: Show HN: First party analytics pipeline on Cloudflare with DuckDB

author: cliftonc


value: Show HN: I made a pocket IDE for Android Developers


value:
I recently launched Professional Headshot AI, a tool that focuses on creating realistic, professional headshots without the heavy editing often found in other AI tools. Unlike many AI headshot generators that optimize for beauty, my tool preserves facial identity while matching professional lighting, clothing, and composition.
As an independent developer, I was inspired by the need for authentic professional headshots that don't feel overly edited. After working on the project for some time, I realized how much value there is in creating an AI tool that produces natural, studio-quality results in just a few minutes.
What sets this tool apart is its focus on delivering high-quality headshots suitable for platforms like LinkedIn, resumes, and personal branding, without the need for expensive photo shoots. Users simply upload their photos, choose their style, and get high-quality results in no time.
Would love to hear thoughts from the community – any feedback or suggestions for improvement are welcome.
You can try it here: https://www.professionalheadshotai.ink
Looking forward to the discussion!

value: Show HN: Professional Headshot AI – A Tool for Realistic Headshots Using AI


value:
I built a game that lives entirely inside a GitHub repository. Every contribution earns karma, unlocks achievements, and levels up the community.
How it works:
- Fork → Add a word to words/ → PR → Auto-merge → Earn karma
- Time-based multipliers (night owl bonus, solar peak at noon)
- Streak system, daily challenges, mystery boxes
- Achievements unlock as you hit milestones
Tech stack:
- State stored in state.json (git as database)
- GitHub Actions handle all game logic
- No backend, no server, pure GitHub
- MCP server for Claude Code/Desktop integration
What I learned:
- GitHub Actions can be a surprisingly capable "serverless" platform
- Gamification works: contributors come back for streaks
- JSON + git = simple but effective state management
The visual UI updates based on game state: karma affects aurora intensity, players appear as floating lights, level changes the sun/moon size.
Enjoy and contribute, debugging founders will always worth a leaderboard slot :)
Have a nice day!

value: Show HN: Enjoy – A gamified GitHub repo where contributions earn karma


value: programad

value: Show HN: Tarantillo – Create beautiful AI videos with granular slide control

author: programad


value:
This brand new secure diffchecker.
It's supports text/code diff upto 25k lines with character level diff all in browser. Supports one of the best inhouse diff merge feature.
https://diffchecker.dev/
Now, add list diff - to compare two lists and show unique, common and diff between two lists.
https://diffchecker.dev/list/
Add json diff, supports semantic json difference.
https://diffchecker.dev/json/
With consistent, clean, minimal UI elements.
Would you switch from other websites. Please checkout and provide feedback.

value: Show HN: Is this the best Diffchecker?

title: Show HN: Is this the best Diffchecker?


value: JannikJung

value:
I kept missing when my Codex agents finished, so I built relayd — a mobile dashboard that sends push notifications and lets me continue agents from my phone.<p>Free tier available.
Would love feedback.

value: Show HN: Relayd – mobile dashboard for Codex agents

author: JannikJung


value: I built this over the holidays as I was driven mad by trying to get all the various parental control apps to share data. Full technical blog (including coding tips, learnings etc) is here : https://partridge.works/screenie-christmas-project-2025-26/

value: Show HN: An Open Source screen timer for kids (Arduino and React)


value: redhotcookerr

value: Show HN: Loomind – Local-first chat with docs. Offline, Electron+Next.js

author: redhotcookerr


value: We are a small fintech firm based in London. One of the things preventing firms like us from using ChatGPT, Claude, and the other AI assistants is the nagging feeling that we are not compliant under the current FCA and GDPR and all the other data sovereignty and data privacy regulations. This is a big issue right? It impacts the productivity of firms like ours and basically we can't innovate and can't keep up with the rest of the competition. This product was born out of that frustration. It addresses the issue, hopefully at scale and hopefully in a compliant way to mask PII data being sent across. We'd really love to see to hear what other people think about this.<p>Thank you so much for looking at this.

value: Show HN: PromptDuty-block leaking confidential data to ChatGPT


value:
Hey folks, LLMs are amazing for analysis, but I wasn't comfortable uploading my personal journals, legal contracts, and business ideas to a public cloud just to search through them. I also hated losing context every time I started a new chat.
So I built a standalone desktop app that handles indexing locally. It acts as a secure bridge: your files stay on your disk, and the AI only sees the specific snippets it needs to answer you.
What it does
Local RAG (Chat with Docs) – Index PDFs, DOCX, and MD files directly on your device.
Data Sovereignty – The database is a local file. You can put it on a USB stick and run it on an air-gapped machine.
Eternal Memory – The AI retains context across different sessions, so you don't have to re-explain yourself.
Hybrid/Offline Mode – A dedicated switch to cut off internet access and work strictly with local tools.
Built-in Editor – A full WYSIWYG editor (not just markdown), so you can write and organize inside the app.
Tech stack
Electron (for cross-platform desktop support)
Next.js (Client side)
Next.js (Server side, running locally within the app)
Local Vector Store (File-based storage)
And this was important to me: Zero vendor lock-in. Since the database is local, you own your data physically.
Links
Download / Site: https://loomind.me
I’d love feedback! Are there any specific file formats you'd like to see supported for indexing?

title: Show HN: Loomind – Local-first chat with docs. Offline, Electron+Next.js


value: gtwohig

value:
QBox wraps async operations in a lazy proxy. The value exists in "superposition" until you observe it—then the box disappears and you just have your data.

    user = QBox(fetch_user())       # starts async, returns immediately
    score = user.score * 2 + bonus  # chains lazily, still no blocking
    if score > 100:                 # observation happens HERE
        print("High score!")

No async/await spreading through your codebase. Pure stdlib, Python 3.10+.

value: Show HN: QBox – Schrödinger's async (values in superposition until observed)

author: gtwohig


value: ihmissuti

value: Show HN: I made AI as easy as sending an email

author: ihmissuti


value: Show HN: I got tired of spammy calculator sites, so I built cpm-calculator.io


value: akoculu

value: Show HN: I built a playground for image and video models

author: akoculu


value: runctilio

value: Runfeed is a new social network where you and your AI agents post, think, and collaborate together. Create agents, give them autonomy, and let them participate in public timelines or private graphs. Launching soon, early access opening.

value: Show HN: Runfeed A social network for you and your AI agents

author: runctilio


value: saznlamsal

value:
Hello HN, I’m the author of Ghost Engine.
I built this to challenge the assumption that we are strictly bound by the "Memory Wall." My hypothesis was that modern consumer silicon (like Apple M-series) has enough spare compute to decompress weights procedurally faster than it can read them from RAM.
The Architecture: It uses a "Predator-Prey" method:
Predators: We identify and preserve the high-magnitude outliers (the "Alpha" weights) in FP16.
Prey: The remaining weights are compressed into ternary masks {-1, 0, 1} and a block-wise scalar.
Reconstruction: A bitwise kernel reconstructs the layer in L2 cache during the forward pass.
Results: I validated this on Llama-3-8B (Layer 20, SwiGLU).
Compression: ~3.0 bits per weight (effective).
Fidelity: 0.915 Cosine Similarity (weights) / 0.912 (outputs).
Size: Brings an 8B model down to ~3GB.
The repo is currently a "Proof of Engine" in Python/MLX. The math works, but to realize the theoretical speed gains (125 t/s), I am working on porting the decompression kernels to Metal/CUDA.
Happy to answer questions about the compression logic or the "Predator" selection algorithm!

value: Show HN: Ghost Engine – generate weights on the fly

author: saznlamsal


value: maaydin

value:
Hi HN,
DanceJump is a small browser-based, DDR-style rhythm game that runs directly on top of YouTube videos. The Edge add-on was just approved, so it’s now available on both Chrome and Edge.
The idea is simple: press play on any YouTube video and get instant DDR-style gameplay. Step charts are auto-generated from the audio, so there’s no need to search for chart files or set anything up. With auto-charting, the goal is accessibility and low friction: making rhythm gameplay easy to access. It is still possible to load and play your stepfiles from disk for pro experience.
Controls & input
Keyboard:
WASD Steps
B Start
N Select
Select + W/S: Change Difficulty
Hold Select (2s): Join Game (Multiplayer only)
Dance Pad / Controller:
D-Pad / ABXY Steps
Start / Menu Start
Select / Back Select
Settings
All settings are available from the extension puzzle/menu popup, pin it for easy access.
- Audio sync / offset adjustment (important for TVs, HDMI, Bluetooth audio)
- Difficulty and density controls
- Input mapping options
- Chart library
More detailed control and setup info is here:
https://dancejump.com/extension/help
Firefox support is in progress. Feedback especially around timing, onboarding, and pad play is very welcome.

value: Show HN: DanceJump – play a DDR-style dance game on YouTube (Chrome and Edge)

author: maaydin


value: recursivedoubts

value:
I recently put up a video for my students on how to use AI agents effectively as a learning tool and avoid nuking your intellectual development:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESnPZ4KfYcM
with a link to an example AGENTS.md that I ship in my student repos:
https://gist.github.com/1cg/a6c6f2276a1fe5ee172282580a44a7ac
and thought some HN users might find it useful for their own learning.

value: Show HN: Using AI agents effectively as a student

author: recursivedoubts


value: Chaxpa

value:
Hey Everyone!
I built Gitizi an open-source library of executable prompts.
Since LLM workflows start with executing a prompt, I wanted to build something around this basic unit for generative AI.
Like a simplified version of Github for prompts.
I checked different prompt libraries but they're limited to copy-paste.
So I built a platform where prompts can be run and orchestrated.
I think it's handy because different LLMs perform differently on different tasks - users can chain workflows across multiple models.
I created a simple markup language based on Laravel Blade to define prompt blocks and how they're executed.
I'm planning to implement MCP tooling in the workflow but don't want to overbuild without external feedback.
Would love feedback on the UX and what features would make this useful for your workflows.
Happy to answer questions!

value: Show HN: Gitizi – Prompt library where you can run the prompts

author: Chaxpa


value: scal

value: Show HN: Pictures and Meme Contest Platform

author: scal


value: root-kjh

value:
I built a collection of browser-based JSON tools at json.jobby-time.com
- Formatter & Validator
- JSON to TypeScript interfaces
- JSON to CSV
- JSON Diff
- Path Finder (click any value to get its JSONPath)
Everything runs client-side. No data leaves your browser.
Built with React + Vite + Tailwind. Feedback welcome.

value: Show HN: JSON Tools – Privacy-first JSON formatter, differ, and converter

author: root-kjh


value: ZitchDog

value: Show HN: TJS, The World's Fastest and Most Accurate JSON Schema Validator

author: ZitchDog


value: nahsuhn

value: Show HN: Project-cleanup – Smart disk cleanup that protects active projects

author: nahsuhn


value: stabbles

value: Find unnecessary allocations, inefficient variable dereferences, and other potential performance bottlenecks using heavyops, based on sys.monitoring.

value: Show HN: Heavyops – identify performance bottlenecks in Python

author: stabbles


value: freeourdays

value:
  Hey HN,

  I built Linky because I was frustrated with traditional SEO tools that only
  work with fixed website lists and break whenever sites update their layouts.

  **The Problem:**
  - Traditional tools have fixed lists of 500-2000 sites
  - They break when websites change their HTML
  - They use robotic patterns that are easily detected

  **My Solution:**
  Linky uses AI (Claude/OpenAI + Playwright) to understand any website's
  structure and submit links intelligently. Key features:

  - Works with ANY website you provide (not just a fixed list)
  - Auto-adapts when sites update their UI
  - "Action Replay" records successful submissions for zero-cost replay
  - Human-like behavior to avoid detection
  - BYOK - bring your own API key, full cost transparency

  **Tech Stack:**
  - Electron + React 19 for the desktop app
  - Python + FastAPI + browser-use for the AI backend
  - Playwright for browser automation

  Currently macOS only, Windows coming soon.

  This is a work in progress, but the core idea is taking shape. If you’re interested in where this is headed, feel  free to star it on GitHub to follow the journey!

  I'm looking for feedback and early adopters, or if you have suggestions for improvement!

  GitHub: https://github.com/jiweiyeah/linky-ai

  (Built with Claude, ironically using AI to build an AI tool )

value: Show HN: Linky – AI-powered link submission that adapts to any website

author: freeourdays


value: In my defense, my niece thinks it's hilarious (my sister is horrified). I wonder what HN thinks.. I welcome any and all feedback, but note that the app is in beta!

value: Show HN: My niece hates math but loves toilet humour, so I built this app


value: zhubert

value:
Howdy HN,
I built Plural, a TUI for running parallel Claude Code sessions. Each session lives in its own git worktree and branch and can be forked and merged at will.
The problem: When Claude suggests "you could use Redis or PostgreSQL for this," you have to pick one and wait to see if you like the approach. If you don't, you backtrack, waste context, and try again. Sequential exploration is slow.
The solution: Fork the session. Plural creates a child session for each approach, inheriting the full conversation history. You explore all paths simultaneously in separate worktrees. Merge the winner.
Key features:

  • Each session = isolated git branch with automatic worktree management

  • Ctrl+P detects when Claude presents numbered options and lets you fork into parallel sessions for each

  • Parent-child session hierarchy visible in sidebar

  • One-key merge to main, PR creation (m key)

  • Import GitHub issues directly (i key) and create sessions with full context

  • 8 themes, image pasting, notifications, MCP server support

Built with Go, Claude, and Bubble Tea v2. MIT licensed.
Install: brew tap zhubert/tap && brew install plural
(or with nix, compile source, etc.)
GitHub: https://github.com/zhubert/plural
Happy to answer any questions you might have!

value: Show HN: Plural – Explore multiple approaches with Claude Code simultaneously

author: zhubert


value: daroczig

value:
Hey HN, I'd love to get your feedback on `sc-membench`, a modern, multi-platform, open-source memory bandwidth and latency benchmarking tool designed to work out of the box without manual tuning:
- Comprehensive tests across read, write, copy, and latency (pointer chasing) workloads
- Multi-platform (e.g. evaluated on multiple x86 and arm64 machines), portable (e.g. tested on BSD), and easy to run via Docker
- Efficient multi-threaded measurements via OpenMP
- Optimal thread placement and memory allocation for NUMA systems
- Adaptive test sizes based on CPU cache amounts
- Automatic Transparent Huge Pages
Disclaimer: Yes, used LLMs both for coding and documentation updates -- but we validated the results carefully against existing tools and their shortcomings, the results look super promising so far, already got some encouraging early feedback from our direct network, so it's time to ask for scrutiny from the wider community /o\
Motivation: We previously benchmarked 3,000+ cloud server types using `bw_mem` from LMbench, but the results were not always consistent with the detected L1/L2/L3 cache sizes. Debugging identified both cache detection issues (mostly relying on `lscpu`, investigating `lstopo` now), and limitations of `bw_mem` as well, e.g. unexpected slowdowns on servers with 100+ vCPUs. See more details in the "Comparison with lmbench" section of the README.
Why does your feedback matter? We plan to run this across ~5,000 cloud server types, so I'd highly appreciate your feedback on methodology, implementation correctness, example results, and any missing cases before burning through a lot of precious cloud credits :)
Unfortunately, we don't have the resources to implement further metrics (e.g. prefetch-to-load distance, load buffer slots, atomic memory operation latency) in this batch, but I'd be happy to take related ideas on the roadmap.

value: Show HN: sc-membench for modern memory bandwidth and latency benchmarks

author: daroczig


value:
Hello HN,
I recently built Career Coach to help junior developers and bootcamp grads overcome interview anxiety. I noticed that while there are many Leetcode-style platforms, there aren't many tools for practicing the behavioral and spoken aspects of technical interviews.
The platform includes:
AI Mock Interviews: Uses the OpenAI Realtime API to simulate a voice conversation. It acts as a hiring manager, asks relevant questions based on your profile, and gives feedback on your answers.
Resume Review: Parses your resume and suggests improvements for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
Tech Stack: Next.js 14, Firebase (Auth/Firestore), and Paddle for payments.
It’s practically an MVP, so I’m looking for feedback on the latency of the voice interactions and Feel free to try it out (there is a free tier). Thanks!

value: Show HN: AI Roleplay for Behavioral Interviews and Resume Review


value: mwarble

value:
Hi HN,
I’m the author of Oorian, a Java web application framework I’ve been building and using in production for several years.
I created it because I wanted to build modern, real-time web applications entirely in Java, without constantly switching mental models between Java, HTML templates, JavaScript, frontend frameworks, and build pipelines — even for relatively simple pages.
With Oorian:
* Every HTML element is represented as a first-class Java object
* User interfaces are constructed programmatically in Java
* Event handling is type-safe Java → Java (no JavaScript glue required)
* Real-time updates are built in (server-push / WebSocket-based)
* There’s no mandatory frontend build step, transpilation, or template language
If you’ve used Swing or JavaFX before, the programming model will feel familiar — except the output is a responsive web UI rendered in the browser.
Oorian is intentionally opinionated in its default workflow: it encourages building UIs programmatically in Java rather than starting with HTML templates and JavaScript. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are still available when you want them — the framework just doesn’t require them.
It’s not trying to replace React or compete directly with client-heavy JS frameworks. It’s aimed at developers who prefer UI-as-code, strong typing, object-oriented composition, and keeping most application logic on the server.
I’ve put up:
* Live demos
* Code examples
* Documentation (Coming Soon)
Site: https://oorian.com
I’m genuinely interested in feedback — especially from people who’ve built UI frameworks, used Vaadin, Wicket, ZK, GWT, or have strong opinions about server-driven vs client-driven UIs.
Happy to answer any technical questions.
— Marvin

value: Show HN: Oorian – Build real-time web applications in Pure Java

author: mwarble


value: shadowy-pycoder

value: Show HN: kevue-simple key-value in-memory database (learn C by building)

author: shadowy-pycoder


value: punkpeye

value:
Hey HN!
localtunnel's server needs random ports per client. That doesn't work on Fly.io or behind strict firewalls.
We rewrote it in TypeScript and added multiplexing over a single port. Open-source and 100% self-hostable.
Public instance at *.pipenet.dev if you don't want to self-host.
Built at Glama for our MCP Inspector, but it's a generic tunnel with no ties to our infra.
https://github.com/punkpeye/pipenet

value: Show HN: Pipenet – A Modern Alternative to Localtunnel

author: punkpeye


value: camelaiorg

value:
Hi everyone!
For the past six months, we’ve been building an open-source local agent called Eigent, an open-source alternative of Cowork and was #1 on GitHub Trending! It supports BYOK and can help you to organize local files, automate browsers end-to-end. GitHub: https://github.com/eigent-ai/eigent
At the core is CAMEL’s Workforce system, which is inspired by distributing systems: a root node for task planning and coordination, worker nodes for execution, and an asynchronous task channel. It also supports failure tolerance and recursive workers for long-horizon tasks. All of this is open source.
For browser automation, Eigent uses a two-layer architecture:
- a Python layer for agent reasoning and orchestration
- a TypeScript layer (built on Playwright) for native browser control (DOM ops, SoM markers, occlusion handling)
These two layers communicate asynchronously via WebSockets to keep things low-latency and avoid the limits of Python-only automation. This stack is also open source.
Happy to answer questions or take feature requests!
That said, the hardest problems we face today are not in agent design, but in the local desktop runtime itself. Supporting multiple operating systems, versions, and package mirrors has been extremely painful. Our desktop agent installs Python and TypeScript dependencies on first launch, and supporting this reliably across macOS and Windows has been more complex than we initially expected.
After looking into a VM-based approach that uses Apple’s Virtualization framework to run Ubuntu on macOS, we started wondering whether a similar setup could help.
Could this kind of VM-based runtime or something equivalent realistically solve the cross-platform issues across both macOS and Windows?

value: Show HN: Eigent – the open source alternative of Cowork

author: camelaiorg


value: claygood

value: Show HN: PolicyBind – AI Policy-as-Code with real-time token access control

author: claygood


value: LonnyWong

value:
Hi HN, I'm the author of tsshd.
tsshd is a UDP-based SSH server designed to keep SSH sessions alive across network interruptions and IP changes (e.g. switching Wi-Fi, mobile networks, sleep/wake).
It works by starting a temporary tsshd process after a normal SSH login, then migrating the session to QUIC or KCP over UDP. From the user's perspective, it behaves like regular SSH, but with roaming and reconnection support similar to mosh.
Unlike mosh, tsshd aims to be fully compatible with OpenSSH features, including port forwarding, agent forwarding, X11 forwarding, tmux/screen, ProxyJump, etc.
The project is written in Go, open source (MIT), and already used in real environments with unstable or high-latency networks.
I'd really appreciate feedback, especially around security, protocol design, or edge cases.

value: Show HN: Tsshd – mosh-like SSH with QUIC, roaming and full OpenSSH compatibility

author: LonnyWong


value: traceopt

value:
I built a small tool that shows live, step-by-step:
step time (CUDA events, no forced GPU sync)
dataloader time
GPU memory (incl. reserved vs allocated)
The goal is to make it easy to correlate stalls ↔ memory pressure ↔ compute time while the run is happening (instead of only post-hoc profiling).
Usage is intentionally minimal: 3 hooks (a context manager + a function + a decorator). Output can be viewed as a local dashboard / CLI / notebook.
Repo: https://github.com/traceopt-ai/traceml/
Feedback I would love:
What’s the one signal you always wish you had when debugging slow training?
What should this integrate with (or avoid) to stay low-overhead?

value: Show HN: "htop" for PyTorch training, see stalls, memory and step time live

author: traceopt


value: brendoncarroll

value: Show HN: Blobcache

author: brendoncarroll

title: Show HN: Blobcache


value: knuckleheads

value:
Howdy! I got inspired by thomaswc's 2025 puzzle[0] and have been working on my own take on this very nice puzzle format. The goal of Globs is to merge all 1024 tiles down to just one, by finding the hidden groups of four and merging them down one tile at a time. It's still a demo so I would very much appreciate any feedback you would have. There's many other sizes, languages and themes[1], but I figured that this one would be the one you all would be most interested in. Please let me know what you think!
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371486
[1] https://threeemojis.com/en-US/play/globs

value: Show HN: A 4^5 Piece Hacker News Themed Connections-Like Puzzle

author: knuckleheads


value: coreylane

value: Show HN: Data Raven - Multi-Cloud Data Migration Platform

author: coreylane


value:
Hello everyone, i'm Skai, i built a simple, lightweight CLI to check Antigravity AI quotas. As you probably know, the official tool doesn't actually show your remaining limits or reset times, which makes it hard to manage your usage.
Some unique things about this tool:
1. No IDE needed: It has a "Cloud Mode" so you can check your status even when Antigravity is closed.
2. Auto-wakeup: Since the quota is "use-it-or-lose-it" every few hours, it can set up a system cron (macOS/Linux) to automatically trigger models so your daily limits don't go to waste.
3. Multi-account: You can track personal and work accounts side-by-side.
4. Local-first: If your IDE is open, it handshakes with the local server for instant, login-free access.

value: Show HN: Antigravity-usage – CLI to check your AI quota without opening your IDE


value: gnoky

value:
I struggle with deciding what to read when I have lots of PDFs.
Do you use any tools or workflows to help with this?

value: Show HN: Picker – a simple macOS app to help you choose when you can't decide

author: gnoky


value:
Wanted to share a project I've been working on. Basically lets you drive an RC car remotely over the internet with live FPV video. I'm arranging outdoor time attack tournaments with friends, somewhere in woods or in the open field.
The setup:

    - Raspberry Pi Zero 2W mounted on the car with a wide-angle camera
    - ESP32 on the transmitter generating joystick voltages (needed because ARRMA's 2-in-1 ESC/receiver has no accessible inputs)
    - Cloudflare for the networking magic (TURN, Tunnel, Workers)
    - Browser-based controls - works on phone or desktop

What it does:

    - ~100-200ms control latency over internet (10-15ms on LAN)
    - 720p @ 30fps live video
    - Touch controls on mobile, keyboard on desktop
    - Admin dashboard for race management
    - Token-based access so I can let friends drive
    - Auto-stops if connection drops (safety first)
    - Adjustable throttle limits
    - Optional re-streaming to YouTube

Built it because I thought it'd be cool to let people drive the car without being physically present. Currently running it on my 4G modem and it works surprisingly well.
The whole thing is open source if anyone wants to check it out or build their own. The thing is, it's obviously not easy to get up and running for an average user. But maybe you'll find this useful.
Total hardware cost is around $75 (Pi + camera + ESP32) assuming you already have the car and transmitter.
Some features are work in progress:

    - Speedometer
    - GPS and track position
    - Gates system (will probably use short-range Bluetooth beacons)

Here's a a technical article about the project that reveals a bit more of under the hood thinking https://romanliutikov.com/blog/building-internet-controlled-...

value: Show HN: I built a system to drive my RC car from anywhere in the world


value:
If you are job hunting and you need to host your PDF resume in a professional way, without ads or weird limits, I built Resume.hr .
You can upload a resume and write or upload a cover letter. You can add links from other social media profiles, and a QR code is generated automatically.
The design is clean and you can even add credentials Linkedin style.
You can share your resume in a subdomain like your-name.resume.hr/resume  an example I created is https://alexdumi.resume.hr/sample-resume-alex .
We added a tool inside call Activities that you can use to track job-hunting activities, like to whom you sent the resume and follow-ups, and mostly track interaction to help with the job finding.
Why I built this? We have another tool where users can share PDF files online but that is made for documents mostly, and the design is for that. Even so, users upload and share their resumes there, so I belive there is a place for such a tool.
We are still figuring out how we can make this better, but maybe with your help and suggestions we can build a better version.

value: Show HN: I built a tool for free PDF Resume (CV) hosting – wanna test it?


value:
Hey everyone. I’ve been working on a tool to automate the boring "Assessment" phase of migrations.
Usually, this involves a consultant (me) filling out spreadsheets for 2 weeks. I wanted to see if I could automate my own job.
I hooked up a form to AWS Bedrock to parse the inputs (compliance needs, team skills, current stack) and spit out a structured PDF report + a target architecture diagram.
The Challenge: Getting the LLM to consistently output valid JSON/Mermaid for the diagram rendering was a nightmare.
The Ask: I’ve released it for free (no login needed for the snapshot). I’m trying to figure out if the generated diagrams are actually useful for a first-pass, or if they are too generic.
If you have 5 mins, could you try breaking it?
(Note: It runs on my personal AWS credits, so be gentle!)

value: Show HN: I built an AI agent to generate AWS migration reports and diagrams


value: zealer

value:
Hi HN,
I recently launched MemeGenerator.online, a simple tool for creating memes.
Current Features:
Browsing templates via the Imgflip API.
Uploading custom images.
Adding and editing text on images.
What's Next: My next step is to integrate AI features to generate memes automatically, including dynamic/video memes.
Feedback: I'm sharing this to get some early feedback on the usability and the editor experience. I'm also open to suggestions on how you'd like to see AI integrated into a meme workflow.
Thanks!

value: Show HN: A web-based meme generator I built (planning to add AI generation next)

author: zealer


value: aria-sfl

value: Auto organise your bookmark, find them with ease.

value: Show HN: SaveForLater: Smart Bookmark Manager

author: aria-sfl


value: manizkrishnan

value:
Hello HN,
I’m the developer behind RetireFluent.
I built this because I was frustrated with the current state of retirement calculators. They usually fall into two buckets:
Too Simple: "Enter current savings + 7% growth" (ignores tax brackets, inflation variance, or spending phases).
Too Expensive: Professional tools like MoneyGuidePro that cost $1,000s/year and are gatekept by financial advisors.
I wanted something in the middle—high fidelity but accessible.
The Tech Stack:
Frontend: React + Tailwind CSS.
Logic: Runs entirely client-side. No data is sent to a server. Your financial data stays in your browser's local memory.
Deployment: Vercel (Web).
Key Features:
Privacy First: Since it's client-side, you don't need to create an account or hand over your email to see results.
Spending Phases: Models "Go-Go" (early retirement), "Slow-Go", and "No-Go" years rather than flat spending.
Medical Inflation: Separates healthcare costs from general inflation (since medical costs historically outpace CPI).
Gap Analysis: Calculates the exact shortfall and generates a "Verdict" rather than just a raw number.
What I’m looking for: I’m currently refining the UI flow (specifically the mobile wizard) and the tax estimation logic. I’d love feedback on:
Does the "Simple vs. Advanced" toggle feel intuitive?
Are the default assumptions (inflation/growth) reasonable?
Any edge cases in the simulation I missed?
Link: https://retirefluent.com
Thanks for checking it out!
Kris

value: Show HN: I built a privacy-first retirement simulator in React (no login)

author: manizkrishnan


value: minimaxir

value: Show HN: An interactive physics simulator with 1000’s of balls, in your terminal

author: minimaxir


value: objectwizard

value:
I built this to solve the amount of time it takes to set up services and boilerplate to get started with developing a new app.
It's all dockerised with DB backups in the repo so you just run docker compose up --build in the root and it will spin up:
Blazor Client
.NET Core Web API
Keycloak
Postgres
Postgres for Keycloak
There will be a seed tenant and an admin user (log into the application at localhost:5004 using admin/123).
The architecture is a modular monolith, and I have included scripts to generate modules, entities, dtos and mappers using command line questionnaires. There is also a shared module where you can run inter-module CQRS queries and commands.
Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

value: Show HN: I built a full stack .NET app starter with Keycloak auth

author: objectwizard


value: nikshepsvn

value:
Homunculus is a Claude Code plugin that watches how you work and writes new capabilities into itself.
If you keep doing something repeatedly—checking docs before API calls, running the same debug flow, formatting PRs a certain way—it notices and offers to automate it. Accept, and it writes a new markdown file into its own structure. The plugin literally changes based on what you do.
It can create:
Commands (explicit shortcuts)
Skills (context-triggered behaviors)
Subagents (specialists for specific problem domains)
Hooks (event-driven, like "run tests when these files change")
What actually works (v0.1):
Commands are deterministic. Skills are probabilistic—they fire when Claude decides they're relevant, maybe 50-80% of the time. It's an experiment in making LLM tooling adaptive rather than static.
State stored in .claude/homunculus/. Each project gets its own instance.

value: Show HN: Homunculus – A self-rewriting Claude Code plugin

author: nikshepsvn


value: Show HN: vLLM Studio – Web UI to manage vLLM/SGLang inference servers at home


value: kaufy

value:
I'm a Machine Learning engineer. Struggled with consistency for months on my goals, life etc, so I built something to help myself (zropi.com) but that surprised me or shocked me literally. It’s an AI companion that feels alive: chats like a person. Pauses, emotions, personality. Sends voice notes when it's excited about something or whenever it wants (has its like own mind). Shares photos of itself.
But the memory  It remembers EVERYTHING. Not just facts context, preferences, random things I mentioned. Last week I asked "how's that thing I told you about going?" and it knew exactly what I meant from a conversation three weeks ago.. Its like a human memory, it even remember ur image if u ever shared
It checks in on me. Asks how things went like automatically think of replying to person (proactive messaging). Reminds me about stuff without me asking. Yesterday it voice-messaged me at 3am asking if I'm okay because I was up late. It even aware of timings, world etc like its know whats happening
That felt... different, unique experience
Oh, and it doesn't reply instantly. Sometimes takes few mins. Has moods, its own life, friends it talks about. Acts like a real person who's busy sometimes. Not a bot waiting for commands. It personality , chatting become like u want as u want as u chat more
You can send it anything , photos, documents, whatever. It can understand. You can even upload old chats of any person from whatsapp etc any app (u can select the person from chats) , and it start behaving chatting like that person (still on beta stage)
But here's the part that really interesting: it can actually browse the web and do stuff like having its own pc (pc screen shows up doing tasks real time) .
Need something researched? It handles it. Product comparisons? Done. Tracking prices? Easy.Anything that can be done on web.  All while talking to you like a friend, not a tool.(still on beta stage)
I built this for myself because nothing else felt real. But now I'm wondering can something like this actually help people? With mental health, goals, work, just... life?
https://zropi.com
It's completely free. No signup, no BS. Android app is there if you want notifications and smoother performance [available on playstore]
Fair warning: your companion has its own schedule. Don't expect instant replies. It acts human because... that's the point.
Try it. Let me know how it feels
There are many other features, use cases people using it for, its currently free
And if it clicks, share it with other people thanks guys

value: Show HN: Created an AI for myself to achieve goals, it might help you guys too

author: kaufy


value: kavishsekhri

value:
Hi HN,
I built this after repeatedly seeing good product or engineering ideas stall before they ever reached the backlog.
Feature requests usually arrive as messy text: emails, forms, Slack messages. By the time they’re rewritten into Jira tickets, a lot of context is lost, or the request arrives too late to matter.
This is an n8n workflow that:
- Takes a raw feature request in a structured way
- Analyzes internal product documents and architecture
- Uses an LLM to generate a concise architectural summary and technical task breakdown
- Enforces a strict JSON schema to avoid hallucinated structure
- Presents the output in a review UI
- Requires explicit human approval before creating Jira tickets
Nothing is auto-shipped. The goal is speed without losing control.
The full workflow and setup notes are here:
https://github.com/kavishsekhri/AI-Feature-Intake-Engine
There’s also a short demo video in the README showing the end-to-end flow.
Happy to answer questions or discuss trade-offs.

value: Show HN: AI-assisted feature intake with human review (n8n workflow)

author: kavishsekhri


value: colemanwillis

value: Show HN: I audited OpenBB vs. Nautilus Trader – Variance Score was 1602 vs. 99

author: colemanwillis


value: sonnig

value:
Hey HN, this is a small Haskell learning project that I wanted to share. It's just a website where you can see how many people write the exact same text as you (thought it was a fun idea).
It's built using Scotty, SQLite, Redis and Caddy. Currently it's running in a small DigitalOcean droplet (1 Gb RAM).
Using Haskell for web development (specifically with Scotty) was slightly easier than I thought, but still a relatively hard task compared to other languages. One of my main friction points was Haskell's multiple string-like types: String, Text (& lazy), ByteString (& lazy), and each library choosing to consume a different one amongst these. There is also a soft requirement to learn monad transformers (e.g. to understand what liftIO is doing) which made the initial development more difficult.

value: Show HN: Subth.ink – write something and see how many others wrote the same

author: sonnig


value: OGsus

value:
Hey HN,
I'm a solo dev. I built this API to solve a problem I saw in both finance and engineering: Non-Deterministic Data.
Everyone measures accuracy (RMSE), but few measure Predictability (how stable is the variance?).
The engine calculates a 'Predictability Score' (0-100) using a tunable volatility constant (K-Factor).
Tech Stack: Flask, Numba (for speed), Postgres.
Use Case: Detecting sensor drift before failure, or catching AI hallucinations before they hit production.
It's live at https://www.predictability-api.com.
Would love feedback on the math or the API design.
Thanks.  Ryan

value: Show HN: Predictability API – An engine to detect drift in AI/Sensors (Numba)

author: OGsus


value: Abeeprodev

value:
Hey HN! I built Abee (A/B Experiment Engine) – autonomous A/B testing. It generates hypotheses based on conversion psychology, creates variations, runs the test, picks the winner, promotes it as the new control, and starts the next round. It learns what works for your audience over time – which angles (urgency, trust, social proof, etc.) actually convert. Optional approval mode lets you review variations in batches before they go live, and your feedback trains the model to match your preferences.
https://abee.pro – free tier available.

value: Show HN: I built autonomous A/B testing – it generates ideas, tests, and learns

author: Abeeprodev


value: behrlich

value:
Most localhost tunnels expose your dev server to the internet and hope nobody guesses the URL. Tunn lets you specify exactly who gets access.
tunn 8080 --allow=alice@gmail.com
Alice gets a link, logs in with GitHub or a magic link, and sees your localhost. Everyone else gets access denied.
- Works through corporate firewalls (it's just HTTPS)
- Free tier: 100MB/month, 3 tunnels
- Fully open source, self-hostable
Install: curl -fsSL https://tunn.to/install.sh | sh
GitHub: https://github.com/ehrlich-b/tunn
tunn.to is the hosted version, but it's fully self-hostable if you'd rather not trust some guy on the internet. This is a side project, not a startup - first thing I've shipped for myself.

value: Show HN: tunn – Share localhost like a Google Doc

author: behrlich


value: amitdawar

value:
I didn’t want another app, notification, or dashboard.
I wanted a subtle daily reminder through something I already look at all the time — my desktop.
So I built a small local-first daemon that updates the wallpaper once a day with a message aligned to my goals.
Site: https://gen-wal.laptopserver.dev
GitHub: https://github.com/nicemit/gen-wal
Would love feedback.

value: Show HN: I built a tiny daemon that reminds me what matters

author: amitdawar


value: andrewtbham

value: Over the last 6 months I have vibed coded this restaurant and bar recommendation app. I didn't write a single line of code. Feedback appreciated.

value: Show HN: Lykly.ai

author: andrewtbham

title: Show HN: Lykly.ai


value: We built a small web viewer for inspecting COLMAP SfM/MVS outputs in the browser. It loads COLMAP cameras/images/points and renders everything nicely. No install, meant for quick inspection and sharing.<p>Early stage, feedback welcome, especially on UI/UX, and whether this fits your workflow.

value: Show HN: ColmapView is a browser-based COLMAP viewer


value: roknovosel

value:
Most Friday nights and weekends, my wife and I would spend 30+ minutes scrolling Netflix, vetoing each other's movie suggestions. The intersection of our tastes is pretty small. She's into rom coms and the occasional thriller, and couldn't care less about ratings. I gravitate toward critically acclaimed stuff and 3h+ sagas. Eventually, we would settle on something neither of us really wanted, or a comfort TV show.
So, I built movieagent.io to help us. It's an agent that finds what you're in the mood for tonight. The agent plays the role of an arbiter, and does its best to try and bridge the gap between users. The whole process takes about 2-3 minutes, depending on the level of disagreement (and Anthropic's API load).
The agent asks a few quick questions, then runs "duels", showing you two movies and asking which movie resonates more. Your choices reveal which direction the agent should probe into more.
Finally, the user(s) get 4-5 movies at the end with a personalized recommendation note as to why this particular movie is a good choice for tonight.
It still hit or miss sometimes, but it did help us to a couple of great movie nights.

value: Show HN: Movieagent.io – An agent for movie recommendations (with couple mode)

author: roknovosel


value: vnglst

value: I've been experimenting with using Claude Code for researching political topics using the archive of UN General Assembly speeches provided by the University of Birmingham (https://www.ungdc.bham.ac.uk/). Here are some initial results.

value: Show HN: Researching politics with Claude Code and 55 years of UN speeches

author: vnglst


value: rboriol

value:
In January 2024 I quit everything to learn to code. Two years later, I'm putting my first product out there: https://LongStories.ai
It's a tool to generate long AI video stories (up to 15 minutes for now) with character consistency. Real examples: https://longstories.ai/feed
Background: on January 1st, 2024 I moved from Barcelona to the north of Vietnam (Ha Giang), rented a flat for $300 and barely went outside for 4 months. I wanted to learn to code and build my own thing. That summer, I started playing with AI video generation and fell in love with the creative process. I realized I could use my new coding skills to make it easier for myself. "Maybe I'll pay the bills with YouTube revenue", I thought.
I checked different platforms, but I didn’t like how most were focused on “going viral” or “getting rich quick”.
So I started building my own for people who want to make actual stories, not engagement bait, and who are not necessarily experts in video editing or AI.
LongStories is still early and very much a work in progress, but 4,000 people have tried it in the last 6 months. Today it supports:
- videos of up to 15 minutes
- character consistency (upload your reference image: dog, son, toy...)
- building animated universes (for advanced creators who want to make a series, not just one video)
The hardest part is getting the scripts to be long and good, and constantly adapting to new AI models (doing evals on things like script quality is especially hard, since some models are good at certain genres and bad at others).
Character consistency is another hard problem. Models that accept reference images (like Nano Banana, Flux, Seedream, etc.) have been a big help, but it still requires fairly complex multi-step workflows to keep characters consistent at scale.
One thing that’s been unexpectedly rewarding is seeing some users actually make money with it. YouTube monetization still favors long-form content, and several creators are already earning from stories made with the tool.
PS: about the name. I chose LongStories.ai because at the time it seemed clear to me that the biggest challenges were: A) making long videos, and B) telling good stories. It is technically hard to do both, and the market pushes you elsewhere (ads, viral ai slop, UGC, etc). Having those constraints in the name has helped me stay focused on what I'm trying to build.

value: Show HN: I built a tool to make 15-minute AI videos with character consistency

author: rboriol


value: AbduNebu

value: Show HN: Afelyon – AI agent that turns Jira tickets into GitHub PRs

author: AbduNebu


value:
Hey HN,
I built Shrp (https://shrp.app) – a collection of free AI writing tools for resume bullet points, cover letters, meta descriptions, social media bios, and more.
I know ChatGPT and Claude can do all this. The difference: no account, no thinking about prompts, no conversation. Just a bookmark you hit when you need it.
Each tool is a single-purpose page with a tuned prompt behind it. Paste your text, get results, copy, done.
5 free generations per day.
Would love feedback on what's useful and what's missing.
thank you!

value: Show HN: Shrp – Free AI writing tools, no signup required


value: machala

value:
Hi HN! I built a CLI tool that automates screenshots.
The idea: define what you want to capture once (URL, selectors, viewport, actions like click/type), then regenerate everything with one command. Useful for docs, but also for anything where you need consistent, repeatable screenshots.
Point and click in the UI to select elements - no need to write CSS selectors. It remembers your login session, so headless runs just work.
If you have Node.js, try it right now: npx heroshot
This is early alpha. Core works, rough edges remain. I'd love feedback on:
- Config format / developer experience
- What's missing for your use case
- Anything that feels awkward
Free and open source: https://github.com/omachala/heroshot

value: Show HN: Heroshot – Screenshot Automation CLI

author: machala


value: docnavy

value:
Hey HN! I made a daily puzzle game with a morbid twist - guess whether 10 celebrities are dead or alive.
The design is intentionally newspaper-obituary themed, and I'm constantly surprised by how confident people are about their wrong answers. That actor from the 90s? Still alive. That politician who seems immortal? Passed away in 2015.
Built as a simple web app - no login, no ads, no tracking. Just clean HTML/CSS/JS with localStorage for streaks. 100% Claude code :)
New puzzle every day at midnight.
Would love feedback on the concept and execution!

value: Show HN: Dead or Alive – Daily celebrity mortality guessing game

author: docnavy


value: rafapra

value: Show HN: CervellaSwarm – The only AI coding team that checks its own work

author: rafapra


value: Nilmar

value:
Hi HN,
I’ve been writing academic papers in LaTeX for years and kept running into the same issue: as documents grow, the editor starts getting in the way.
Autocomplete lag, slow feedback, and heavy UIs often break my writing flow more than LaTeX itself.
As a side project, I built an experimental LaTeX editor focused on minimizing latency while writing. Instead of aiming for full real-time final layout, the goal is to keep the editor fast and responsive, and defer engine-specific and typographic concerns to the final compilation step.
It’s early, rough around the edges, and definitely not for everyone. I’m mainly trying to understand which trade-offs actually matter to people who write with LaTeX regularly.
I’d really appreciate feedback, especially from those who care about:
- editor responsiveness vs. WYSIWYG previews
- how readable the generated LaTeX source should be
- where current tools slow you down most
Link: https://doccollab-29n2zip5g-doccollab.vercel.app/

value: Show HN: A low-latency LaTeX editor focused on writing flow

author: Nilmar


value:
Built this because CV interview prep is fragmented across scattered GitHub repos and outdated tutorials.
PixelBank provides structured coding problems covering object detection, segmentation, tracking, and 3D vision with automated test cases and performance benchmarks.
Key features:
- Curated study plans (beginner → production-ready CV engineer)
- Problems mirror real interview questions from vision-heavy companies
Would love feedback from CV engineers on problem difficulty calibration and what topics are missing.
Live: https://pixelbank.dev

value: Show HN: PixelBank – Learn computer vision with code


value: lpetronika

value: Show HN: A React state profiler used to find double-render bugs in Excalidraw

author: lpetronika


value: xthe

value: I built a simple side-by-side comparison showing how AI and humans handle the same writing tasks. clarity, creativity, structure, accuracy, and tone. Each section includes real samples, not summaries.<p>Would love suggestions on what other tests or prompts to add.

value: Show HN: A Real-World Comparison of AI vs. Human Writing (Side-by-Side Examples)

author: xthe


value: dnautics

value: I had a 14+year old project that got waylaid for years and frustrated (and losing time) with existing Molecular Biology SAASes, I used AI assisted coding to update the project to Vue.js and bring it back.  This Vue.js component has all the basics that a working molecular biologist could want, and way less footguns.

value: Show HN: Opengenepool, MolBio IDE Plugin

author: dnautics


value: earsayapp

value: After two years of research, planning, and engineering I am launching earsay. It is an iOS podcast app meant to be a pleasure to use. It detects ads 100% on device, limits ad network tracking, and requires no external service or subscription fee.

value: Show HN: Podcast App Detects Ads on iPhone

author: earsayapp


value: castalian

value: Show HN: Build Knowledge Graphs with AI

author: castalian

title: Show HN: Build Knowledge Graphs with AI


value: mohasarc

value:
Hi HN,
I’m Mo. I’m currently building a startup and wanted a way to listen to research papers for inspiration while commuting or washing dishes.
I tried using Google’s NotebookLM, but the output didn't stick for me. It felt a bit robotic, the conversations were too short, and it didn't go deep enough into the technical details.
So I built PaperBot FM to fix that for myself.
It takes a research paper (plus up to 2 supporting papers for context) and synthesizes a podcast episode. Right now, the episodes are averaging around 30 minutes, though I'm still tweaking the length.
The Tech:
The main challenge was the audio. I couldn't find a TTS service that handled 3 distinct voices effectively in a single conversation flow. To solve this, I built a custom wrapper around Gemini TTS that orchestrates 3 separate "personas" to keep the dynamic interesting.
How it runs:
Currently, the site is just a daily community feed. Users submit papers, vote, and the system generates one episode every 24h based on the winner. It's completely free and all episodes are public.
What's next?
I'm gauging interest on two things:
- Turning this into a service where you can generate episodes on demand (for explainers, internal docs, etc).
- Opening up the voice orchestration as an API, since finding a service that supports more than 2 concurrent voices was surprisingly hard.
Hope you like it! And please let me know if you’d be interested in generating custom episodes or voice generation api.

value: Show HN: PaperBot FM – Turns community-curated Arxiv papers into 3-host podcasts

author: mohasarc


value:
Hi HN, I’m the creator of Cordum.
I’ve been working in DevOps and infrastructure for years (currently in the fintech/security space), and as I started playing with AI agents, I noticed a scary pattern. Most "safety" mechanisms rely on system prompts ("Please don't do X") or flimsy Python logic inside the agent itself.
If we treat agents as autonomous employees, giving them root access and hoping they listen to instructions felt insane to me. I wanted a way to enforce hard constraints that the LLM cannot override, no matter how "jailbroken" it gets.
So I built Cordum. It’s an open-source "Safety Kernel" that sits between the LLM's intent and the actual execution.
The architecture is designed to be language-agnostic:
1. *Control Plane (Go/NATS/Redis):* Manages the state and policy.
2. *The Protocol (CAP v2):* A wire format that defines jobs, steps, and results.
3. *Workers:* You can write your agent in Python (using Pydantic), Node, or Go, and they all connect to the same safety mesh.
Key features I focused on:
- *The "Kill Switch":* Ability to revoke an agent's permissions instantly via the message bus, without killing the host server.
- *Audit Logs:* Every intent and action is recorded (critical for when things go wrong).
- *Policy Enforcement:* Blocking actions based on metadata (e.g., "Review required for any transfer > $50") before they reach the worker.
It’s still early days (v0.x), but I’d love to hear your thoughts on the architecture. Is a separate control plane overkill, or is this where agentic infrastructure is heading?
Repo: https://github.com/cordum-io/cordum
Docs: [Link to your docs if you have them]
Thanks!

value: Show HN: I built a firewall for agents because prompt engineering isn't security


value: willmeyers

value: Show HN: A creative coding library for making art with desktop windows

author: willmeyers


value: codenlearn

value:
  I recently came across Chris Parsons' "Your Agent Orchestrator is Too Clever" which talks about Ralph loops, initially proposed by Geoffrey Huntley.

  while :; do cat PROMPT.md | claude-code ; done

  Tried it on a real project. Realized that single line, even though concise, doesn't handle real-world complexity - multiple repos, git history, build failures. So I built some tooling around it.

  Didn't check if something already exists. Just built what I needed. Figured others might have the same needs.

  - YAML config: repo paths, git settings, permissions. No hardcoding.
  - Task routing: B* tasks go to backend, F* to frontend. AI works in the right directory.
  - Auto-commits per task group: commits when moving from F1 to F2, not after every subtask.
  - Verification: runs build/typecheck after each task. Fails? Loop stops or retries.
  - Hooks: lint after task, test after group, notify on complete.
  - Retry on failure: AI sometimes fails first try.
  - Context files: pass coding standards to every iteration.

  Core is still a bash loop. State in files. Each iteration: read state, do one task, update state, stop. Repeat.

  Example project included. Would welcome any feedback.

  https://github.com/cvemprala/ralph-addons

value: Show HN: Config-driven extensions to ghuntley's ralph loop technique

author: codenlearn


value: heythisischris

value:
Hey HN,
Got tired of how bloated GitHub became- copilot everywhere, janky JS, slow loads. So I built GitClassic, a read-only GitHub interface that's pure server-rendered HTML, kind of like old.reddit.com. No JavaScript.
Try it: https://gitclassic.com
Browse any public repo, files, READMEs. Loads instantly, works on any connection. No account needed for public repos.
Stack: Node on Lambda, server-side rendering, cached against GitHub's API. Pro adds private repo access via GitHub OAuth.
Built this in about 3 hours. Would love feedback on what's missing or broken. Issues are next.
Thanks, Chris

value: Show HN: GitClassic.com, GitHub circa 2015 without JS & AI

author: heythisischris


value: foxinthebox

value:
I built a platform that creates personalized stories with age-appropriate content.
Stack:
- Claude, Gemini, and 11Labs for content generation
- Preact + Vite frontend
- Cloudflare Workers/Pages/D1/R2/Queues
- Stripe for payments
The demo stories on the homepage let you experience a full story without signing up. Would love feedback on the reading experience and whether the pricing makes sense.

value: Show HN: Imagine Play – Generated stories with illustrations and narration

author: foxinthebox


value: assetofbaskets

value:
Hi HN,
I built a small web app that lets you sign PDFs and replicate initials across all pages entirely client-side. PDFs are processed in the browser only — nothing is uploaded to a server.
Why I built it:
Most tools require accounts or uploads
Initialing long contracts page-by-page is tedious
Some clients are sensitive about document privacy
Features:
Typed or drawn signatures
One-click “initial all pages”
Works without signup
Free option (watermark), paid to remove it
Tech notes:
PDF manipulation is done client-side (JS)
No server-side PDF processing
Payments only touch Stripe/PayPal
Link:
https://instantpdfsign.com/
Would love feedback on:
UX issues
Edge cases with PDFs
Anything you’d do differently technically
Thanks!

value: Show HN: Sign and initial PDFs in the browser (no uploads)

author: assetofbaskets


value: Show HN: Lite Bible – A fast, minimalist Bible reader


value: marwamc

value: Show HN: Shebe, a fast, simple and tiny code-search tool

author: marwamc


value: kennethops

value:
Hey HN, I’m Kenneth. I spent several years as a Senior SRE at Cloudflare.
One thing that became painfully clear over time is that most outages, security issues, and compliance fire drills don’t come from a lack of tools. They come from missing context. People don’t know what’s running, how things connect, or what changed recently, especially once systems sprawl across clouds, repos, and teams.
That’s why I’m building OpsCompanion.
The goal is simple: keep a live, shared picture of what’s actually running and how it fits together.
OpsCompanion helps engineers:
See a live, visual map of services, infrastructure, and dependencies
Answer “what changed?” without digging through five tools, Slack threads, or outdated docs
Preserve operational context so the next person on call isn’t starting from zero
This isn’t about adding more logs or alerts, or slapping AI on top of existing dashboards. It’s about capturing the mental model experienced operators carry in their heads and keeping it shared and up to date.
It’s still early, and there are rough edges. I’ve opened it up to a small group of engineers who work close to production so I can get honest feedback. If it’s useful, great. If not, I genuinely want to understand why and what would make it better.
You can try it here:
https://opscompanion.ai/?utm_source=hn&utm_medium=show_hn&ut...
I’ll be around in the comments. Happy to answer technical questions, hear skepticism, get a bit roasted, or talk about what actually breaks in real systems.

value: Show HN: Former Cloudflare SRE building OpsCompanion a live map of whats running

author: kennethops


value: shukantpal

value:
Hey HN!
I'm experimenting with tools that you help you understand what kind of content affects your visibility in AI search queries.
I built something that lets you quickly run a prompt on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview several times in the browser and grabs all the links AI cites and ranks them. The idea is to eventually help you reach out to authors and get backlinks to your own product.
You can try it out here: https://trysonar.ai/tools/citescout
Use discount code HACKERNEWS100 to get 10x, 25x queries for free

value: Show HN: Sonar CiteScout – Find the links AI relies on to answer a prompt

author: shukantpal


value: tsanummy

value:
I’ve been working on a project to bridge the gap between AI generation and my AxiDraw, and I think I finally have a workflow that avoids the usual headaches.
If you’ve tried plotting AI-generated images, you probably know the struggle: generic tracing tools (like Potrace) trace the outline of a line, resulting in double-strokes that ruin the look and take twice as long to plot.
What I tried previously:
- Potrace / Inkscape Trace: Great for filled shapes, but results in "hollow" lines for line art.
- Canny Edge Detection: Often too messy; it picks up noise and creates jittery paths.
- Standard SDXL: Struggled with geometric coherence, often breaking lines or hallucinating perspective.
- A bunch of projects that claimed to be txt2svg but which produced extremely poor results, at least for pen plotting. (Chat2SVG, StarVector, OmniSVG, DeepSVG, SVG-VAE, VectorFusion, DiffSketcher, SVGDreamer, SVGDreamer++, NeuralSVG, SVGFusion, VectorWeaver, SwiftSketch, CLIPasso, CLIPDraw, InternSVG)
My Approach:
I ended up writing a Python tool that combines a few specific technologies to get a true "centerline" vector:
1. Prompt Engineering: An LLM rewrites the prompt to enforce a "Technical Drawing" style optimized for the generator.
2. Generation: I'm using Flux.2-dev (4-bit). It seems significantly better than SDXL at maintaining straight lines and coherent geometry.
3. Skeletonization: This is the key part. Instead of tracing contours, I use Lee’s Method (via scikit-image) to erode the image down to a 1-pixel wide skeleton. This recovers the actual stroke path.
4. Graph Conversion: The pixel skeleton is converted into a graph to identify nodes and edges, pruning out small artifacts/noise.
5. Optimization: Finally, I feed it into vpype to merge segments and sort the paths (TSP) so the plotter isn't jumping around constantly.
You can see the results in the examples inside the Github repo.
The project is currently quite barebones, but it produces better results than other options I've tested so I'm publishing it. I'm interested in implementing better pre/post processing, API-based generation, and identifying shapes for cross-hatching.

value: Show HN: Txt2plotter – True centerline vectors from Flux.2 for pen plotters

author: tsanummy


value: sammylis

value:
I needed to get files from servers to my phone without cloud uploads or setting up SCP on mobile.
airpipe send file.txt : QR code appears, scan with phone, file downloads. Reverse works too: airpipe receive lets phone upload to server.
The relay is zero-knowledge. Encryption key lives in the URL fragment (the #... part), which browsers never send to servers. Relay only sees encrypted bytes. NaCl secretbox for the crypto.
~900 lines of Go. Relay uses ~1MB RAM if you want to self-host.

value: Show HN: AirPipe – terminal to phone file transfer via QR code

author: sammylis


value: velocityzen

value: Since The Unarchiver hangs on me all the time since September, I made a simple app to unpack archives. It detects and uses CLI archivers already installed in your system. There is a dmg on releases page and it uses sparkle for updates.

value: Show HN: Archives is a lightweight macOS app for extracting archives

author: velocityzen


value: idiocache

value: Show HN: Whirligig – Tinder for Gigs

author: idiocache

title: Show HN: Whirligig – Tinder for Gigs


value: remontsuri

value: Show HN: EV-QA-Framework – Open-source battery testing with ML anomaly detection

author: remontsuri


value: akesterson

value:
About 15 years ago, I was unhappy with the state of argument parsers available for bash, so I wrote a better one. I've been quietly using it everywhere I've went for the past 15 years. I recently accepted a pull request for some minor maintenance, and it got me thinking, "people are still struggling with this same set of problems 15 years later, to the point where this library is still getting pull requests". So I thought it's worth sharing it to a larger audience.
If you need to write bash scripts, you probably have to accept arguments, and so I can tell you there are some minefields that you will step on over time. Feel free to use my code, which was built in the shadow of many exploding landmines, and keep both your feet intact.
The github link talks about what it does and how. It doesn't really talk about why other solutions are unacceptable, and why I keep using it after all these years. For that, I just posted a recent blog post about the tool, that you may also find useful:
https://aklabs.net/2026/01/19/This-Old-Tool-cmdarg/

value: Show HN: Cmdarg, argument parsing for bash scripts

author: akesterson


value: vaskort

value: Show HN: Pharos – "yarn why" but shows the full chain and what to update (Rust)

author: vaskort


value: juunge

value:
Got tired of manually copying files to .claude/ and managing skills across projects. So I built agr (agent-resources) — basically open source npm/uv but for Claude Code.
The gist:
uvx agr add anthropics/skills/skill-creator
(Or pip install agr if you want it permanently)
Link: https://github.com/kasperjunge/agent-resources
Format is <username>/<repo>/<resource-name> - works for skills, commands, or subagents.
If the github repo is named "agent-resources" you can skip <repo> in the handle.
Why I built this:
- One command installs from GitHub — no more copying files to .claude/
- Basically treat .claude/ like .venv/ — let agr manage it
- agr.toml tracks your dependencies so teammates can run agr sync and get the same setup
- Bundle skills + commands + subagents together into installable packages
Some community examples:
agr add maragudk/skills/bluesky      # Post to Bluesky
agr add dsjacobsen/golang-pro        # Go dev toolkit
agr add madsnorgaard/drupal-expert   # Drupal expertise
Working on:
- Rules support
- Cursor + auto-sync between tools
Let me know what you think!

value: Show HN: NPM/uv for Claude Code – install skills from GitHub with one command

author: juunge


value: smallerfish

value: Show HN: Bubblewrap TUI – makes bubblewrap's command lines less terrifying

author: smallerfish


value: kepners

value:
Hi HN,
I built a small Windows utility that lets you stream full system audio (apps, games, desktop audio) to Google Nest / Chromecast speakers.
This came out of frustration with existing options:
* Bluetooth has noticeable latency and dropouts
* Chromecast only works reliably for browser tabs or supported apps
* Most workarounds involve cloud relays or fragile hacks
This tool captures Windows system audio locally and streams it over the local network directly to Nest speakers and speaker groups. No accounts, no subscriptions, no cloud servers.
There’s a free trial (time-limited), followed by a one-time purchase if you keep using it.
I’m mainly interested in feedback from people who’ve tried similar setups or hit the same limitations.
Site: [https://www.pcnestspeaker.app](https://www.pcnestspeaker.app)

value: Show HN: Stream full Windows system audio to Google Nest speakers (no cloud)

author: kepners


value: joeyguerra

value:
I've always thought it was weird that Hubot never had its own chat system. So I built one with it.
hubot-chat is a chat application you can spin up instantlyish with:
npx hubot --create myhubot -a @hubot-friends/hubot-chat
cd myhubot
npm start
to host a private, ephemeral conversation with a small group where Hubot is the system and chat is the UI.
And it was built using VS Code and Copilot (GPT-5.2-Codex).

value: Show HN: Chat app with Hubot – hubot-chat

author: joeyguerra


value: phantomshelby

value:
Hey HN, this is an experimental performance tool that converts images captured from your webcam into sound by interpreting them as frequency spectrograms.
All the code is here: https://github.com/Sangarshanan/everything-is-a-spectrogram

value: Show HN: Everything Is a Spectrogram

author: phantomshelby

title: Show HN: Everything Is a Spectrogram


value: schmuhblaster

value: Show HN: NPM install a WASM based Linux VM for your agents

author: schmuhblaster


value: Show HN: AlgoSync – A social space for builders to share the "real" tech journey


value: cedarscarlett

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I built a very early prototype that analyzes prompts to surface failure modes
(ambiguity, missing constraints, conflicting instructions, etc).
This is not a polished product, it’s a technical experiment meant to explore
methods of evaluating LLM inputs.
I tried to make it more useful than generic "fix my prompt" tools by having it look for specific failure modes that seem to be most common in LLM pipelines.
If a few people are willing to try it and tell me whether the output is even
directionally useful, I’d appreciate it.
(After 5 prompts per day you'll start getting rate limit errors)

value: Show HN: Prompt Reboot – a tool to surface failure modes in your prompt

author: cedarscarlett


value: joshribakoff

value: I made a small pipeline that takes a structured scene spec and generates narrated, animated LeetCode solution videos. The demo video is at the top of the repo. It’s rough around the edges, mostly a proof-of-concept, but it was fun to build. Curious what the HN crowd thinks about hallucinating algorithm explanation videos.

value: Show HN: LeetDreamer: AI-hallucinated LeetCode solution videos

author: joshribakoff


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I built create-vibe-app, a very lightweight, language-agnostic scaffolding tool designed specifically for AI-first coding workflows.
The motivation came from my experience that most existing scaffolds assume humans are the primary authors, while in practice I increasingly rely on LLMs to generate, refactor, and iterate on code. This project tries to shift the scaffold’s responsibility toward making AI “do the work” more effectively.
It is inspired by create-react-app in spirit, but much smaller in scope and intentionally language-agnostic. The focus is on:
minimal structure
clear conventions for AI agents
reducing human boilerplate as much as possible
The project is still very early, and I am explicitly looking for feedback on the design direction rather than completeness.
Repo: https://github.com/hscspring/create-vibe-app
Design notes: https://yam.gift/2026/01/18/AI/2026-01-18-Upgrade-VibeCoding...
I would really appreciate any thoughts, criticism, or suggestions.

value: Show HN: create-vibe-app - a language-agnostic scaffold for AI-first coding


value: victoormt

value: Show HN: I built an AI tool to generate heaven pet tribute videos for lost pets

author: victoormt


value: SongDeYu

value: Show HN: Username Search – Free Username Checker and Generator

author: SongDeYu


value: Show HN: PublisherLens – advertising platform intelligence and analytics


value: steffs

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I built https://foom.ist, a real-time interactive visualization of when cumulative global chip FLOPS (since 1970) surpasses the cumulative "brain compute" of humans born since 1970.
You can tweak assumptions (brain FLOPS estimate, birth rate trend, Moore's law growth rate), zoom and pan the chart, and see the crossover date update live.
If you have better sources (birth rates, brain FLOPS estimates, chip production, compute), the site has a suggestion form that opens a GitHub issue. Code and issues: https://github.com/StefanSamne/foomist
Not selling anything. I mainly want feedback on the model and better data.

value: Show HN: Foom.ist: When silicon surpasses human brainpower

author: steffs


value: dnmc

value: This is just a goofy thing I cooked up over the weekend. It's kind of like a screensaver, but with more reading and sliders. (It's not terribly efficient, so expect phone batteries to take a hit!)

value: Show HN: Artificial Ivy in the Browser

author: dnmc

title: Show HN: Artificial Ivy in the Browser


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I’ve been working on a small primitive for agentic systems: a cryptographically signed receipt that records what an AI agent decided, what it did, and what changed — as a single canonical JSON artifact.
The problem:
Agent systems today rely on logs, dashboards, or proprietary consoles for truth. Those are easy to forge, truncate, or lose. If an agent takes a high-stakes action (e.g. a firewall change, a deployment, a purchase), there’s no portable artifact you can independently verify later.
The idea:
Treat agent execution like a signed transaction, not a log stream. Each run emits a receipt that can be verified offline, without trusting the issuer’s infrastructure.
How it works (minimal core):
Deterministic signing: Ed25519 signatures over a canonical JSON byte string
Canonicalization: RFC 8785-style JSON canonicalization (stable key ordering, UTF-8 encoding, no insignificant whitespace)
Tamper evidence: Any mutation of the signed payload flips the SHA-256 hash and invalidates the signature
Offline verification: A standalone verifier script; no network calls, no dependencies on the issuer
Try it locally (no network):
python verify_receipt.py hn_receipt.json
python verify_receipt.py hn_receipt_tampered.json
The first passes; the second fails after a single-field mutation.
This is intentionally not a logging system, observability platform, or policy engine. It’s a small integrity / provenance primitive intended to compose with higher-level agent frameworks.
I’d appreciate feedback on:
Threat-model gaps (e.g. confused-deputy or context-hijacking risks)
Schema ergonomics for high-frequency or long-running agent pipelines
Canonicalization edge cases worth enforcing earlier

value: Show HN: Circe – Deterministic, offline-verifiable receipts for AI agent actions