JonnyReads
Re:Bitchat - P2P Chat on Bluetooth (no Internet, phone number, etc.)
on Thursday July 10, 2025 @04:41PM (#44525346)
Maybe I'm being overly critical. But it's nothing revolutionary or new, we've had Bluetooth mesh chat for a long time. In fact I vaguely remember seeing it as someone's a university masters project over 10 years ago.
I'm more interested in the lo-ra mesh, but that's probably because it feels more mysterious to me, as I have little understanding of radio networks.
Let's not even get started on the name (b*tch@).
But I must admit it is cool that it's open source. I'll keep a eye out for an android app
Re:Bitchat - P2P Chat on Bluetooth (no Internet, phone number, etc.)
on Thursday July 10, 2025 @04:23PM (#44525136)
I don't get the hype around this. No one would be talking about it if it was released by someone who wasn't a billionaire
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:55PM (#44425468)
https://www.creaturedash.com
A platform to host virtual races for fundraising events. Think Race Nights from the 90s/00s. Currently working on this with my brother, as we've both been out at risk of redundancy.
Had our first event over the weekend. Now we're focusing on marketing to local social clubs, charities and school groups.
Got a long list of future features and improvements, but this is a solid MVP. Made in react with redux, Pixi.js and prisma with sqlLite for a db.
Re:Canal Boat Simulator
on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @03:41PM (#44381158)
This is a surprisingly fun little game. Reminds me of the stuff I made in Flash back in the day.
I don't even want to know how long it took to make the tree layer above the boat.
Re:Getting Started Strudel
on Friday June 20, 2025 @01:47AM (#44325059)
Ha, yeah that's the one. Really need to find time to go to another one. Some amazing people showing off amazing things
Re:Getting Started Strudel
on Thursday June 19, 2025 @09:58AM (#44318744)
This is so cool. Years ago I was at a maker conference and there was a tent hosting an Algorave (https://algorave.com/) which introduced me to the whole scene of live coded music. Really niche subject but very interesting.
Re:Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web After 30 Years (2024)
on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @11:44AM (#44300502)
I've recently been battling with github not having support for WebP. Seems odd for a website not to support an image format when the browser does.
Re:Show HN: Socket-call – Call socket.io events like normal JavaScript...
on Monday June 16, 2025 @12:57PM (#44291280)
I have to admit I've never tried to use web sockets without socket.io. Are they really as simple as you claim?
Re:Writing Toy Software Is a Joy
on Sunday June 15, 2025 @03:36PM (#44284490)
This list reminded me of Build-Your-Own-X
(https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x)