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Re:Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is th... on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:53AM (#50003426)
I needed something so similar to build a web page that does than but it's heavy on sanitizing special characters https://salamwaddah.com/tools/say/hi
Re:Show HN: MacUp – keep CLI tools up to date from the menu bar on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @05:31AM (#49890426)
brew upgrade
Re:Show HN: wavecat – a fully local personal agent that watches your s... on Monday June 29, 2026 @02:08PM (#48722867)
not open source? - i feel like such projects can only be trusted when it's open sourced. similar to omi

Show HN: CrowdRank – live leaderboards for internet arguments

Posted by Skinless1501 on Thursday May 14, 2026 @07:19AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://crowdrank.app

Hi HN. I built CrowdRank, a small web app where people vote through head-to-head matchups and the results become a live leaderboard.Backstory:A few years ago, while I was learning to code, I wanted to build a Tinder-style voting app to rank the funniest characters from The Office. I hit a lot of dead ends, mostly on the frontend, and abandoned it.Now with a bit more technical background i...

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Re:Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @07:57AM (#48120758)
This looks pretty solid. What's so special about the dotless Turkish i that it's ignored?
Re:Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker New... on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @01:41PM (#48039107)
> For each post, sends the title and comments to Gemini

I wonder if Gemini has a bias for specific models that could influence those ratings. Might be worth to show the prompt given to Gemini.

Re:Show HN: Built a daily game where you sort historical events chrono... on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @11:34AM (#48037434)
I been playing this daily for a week also shared it with friends. If you see 3 users from Dubai everyday that’s us.

One thing annoys me about the streak is that I must it get on first attempt to count. Consider making the streak by winning within the allowed attempts.