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Re:I built one of the fastest real-time transcription apps for Mac on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @03:02PM (#45202188)
After a messed up heart catheter I've had pain in my right arm after just two hours of coding.

To keep going, I thought I could use a transcription tool for the vibe coding part of the day, where I usually need to write out detailed prompts.

All of them had one or more dealbreakers for me: - slow transcription (>500ms or even seconds for short audio) - slow mic init (>50ms) - bloaty amount of features slowing down the app - cloud or log in - subscriptions

I just built my own so it feels like talking to your OS:

- most of my transcripts take 100 - 250ms from hotkey release to paste. Going from >500ms to <250ms feels a bit like going from 60 to 120fps

- about 200MB RAM, barely touches your battery

- no login, no cloud, not even analytics. Literally nothing leaves your Mac. Only two connections: Parakeet download on launch and Polar/Gumroad if you enter a license key

It just has one job: Near instant transcription so coding feels like magic.

Thought I'd share it here. Feedback welcome.

Re:Spotify Wrapped but for Your Photos on Saturday May 13, 2023 @05:46AM (#35926947)
We built this little app on a Saturday and wanted to share it. Tells you: - how many miles you traveled between pictures - how many countries you visited - how many pictures you took over time - your fastest picture

It's absolutely free, happens all on your device and no sign-up required.

Re: on Saturday May 13, 2023 @05:43AM (#35926938)
We built this little app on a Saturday and wanted to share it.

Tells you: - how many miles you traveled between pictures - how many countries you visited - how many pictures you took over time - your fastest picture

It's absolutely free, happens all on your device and no sign-up required.

Re:Moments – Share images on a map with your friends on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @10:05AM (#35056108)
...and feel free to leave feedback here - no matter how much you love or hate it - we want to hear everything that can help us to make the app better.
Re:How do you share pictures with your friends/family? on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:25AM (#33355201)
Had a Nextcloud instance before, but wasn't what I was looking for. It's less for archival family album purposes, but more for sharing pictures of a trip in a way that leaves some room for social interaction with my friends - without being public. Do you use Nextcloud to share pictures in your friend circle and know something I don't?
Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now? on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @06:03AM (#22673426)
Working on a marketplace that shows you all kinds of subscription services/tools with free trials in one place, combining it with automatic reminders so you can hop through hundreds of trials for free without forgetting to cancel.

Also made a Chrome Extension that automatically detects trials on websites and makes adding reminders pretty much just one click.

https://www.getbluefox.com

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bluefox/hikaomanci...

Re:We collected 357 days of free streaming trials for quarantine on ou... on Monday March 23, 2020 @05:07PM (#22668760)
Hey everybody,

we have been working on a marketplace for everything with a subscription (and trial) that can help you not only manage your trials and subscriptions, but also send you reminders to cancel your trials.

Currently, quarantine and an economic crash are mixing together, so we made a list with 26 video streaming services that can entertain you with their free trials.

In sum, that would get you through 357 days - without paying a dime. If you don't want to forget about cancelling the trials, you can easily set up a reminder on BlueFox after you click on the "Try Now" button.

If you have feedback, please let me know!

~Alex

PS: If you're not based in the US (like me), I can recommend NordVPN. However, there are a couple more you can also find on BlueFox.