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Re:Show HN: Which Airbnb did your friends stay in? on Thursday September 11, 2025 @01:55PM (#45214294)
Thanks for your comment, not sure what you're trying to imply, but don't you think DoorDash or Airbnb would be significantly more valuable if it told you what restaurants/Airbnbs your friends like as well? As compared to reviews from strangers.

[I see the irony as I ask strangers for reviews lol]

Show HN: Which Airbnb did your friends stay in?

Posted by arpitagarwal on Thursday September 11, 2025 @12:34PM
from the show-hn dept.

Wouldn't finding where your friends stayed increase your confidence in selecting an Airbnb?Facebook took the network graph SDK away and all social features in apps just died between 2016-2018.However, those network connections still exist on our phonebooks. I thus built the ContactsManager SDK - to build a network graph, while ensuring privacy of users and their contacts. I don't think anyone...

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Re:Making Airbnb Social on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:57PM (#45200540)
Built an SDK over the last few months, that can help bring back social experiences, without compromising user data security.

What do you think?

Show HN: Tales – AI Podcasts for All Your Books

Posted by arpitagarwal on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @07:50AM
from the show-hn dept.

Hello Folks,We’re the team behind Tales.soOver the past few days we’ve been hacking on Tales.so [1] - An AI podcast for all your books.Some features that we’re most excited about are — - AI podcasts for 10K+ books - Choose b/w podcast styles, i.e. — single person, or 2 people podcast - Evolving AI powered Book recommendations, based on your interests and listening history - Book...

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Re:Show HN: Transcribe Audio Files for Free in Seconds on Monday September 23, 2024 @03:15AM (#41623232)
Hey HN - I'm riffing on an idea about having a dictaphone app for your desktop and mobile, where you can take notes by simply speaking into the microphone.

Above is the very first version (super simple right now). Would love to know the top challenges you face while ideating and dreaming of new thoughts.. What would you like to see, what would you like to add?

Re:Show HN: The Book Thief AI Summary with Chat on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @01:52PM (#41121464)
About business plan -- still playing around with it -- so put 10 Questions for free, and then will see how it goes.

Probably will do something like a $2 day pass and a $20/mo subscription. The monthly subscription would definitely have a lot of features in it. If you have any suggestions, would love to add them in!

Re:Show HN: The Book Thief AI Summary with Chat on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @01:50PM (#41121435)
Sorry about that -- could you refresh the page and try again
Re:Show HN: The Book Thief AI Summary with Chat on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @01:49PM (#41121431)
oops! That was resolved. Try refreshing the page and try again?
Re:Show HN: The Book Thief AI Summary with Chat on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @12:42PM (#41120790)
Hello HN

We built a tool to summarize and chat with with some of the most popular books [1], like The Book Thief [2]

The key features we felt that were necessary were:

- Quickly search your books

- Select the book and start chatting

- One click book summary

- Add link to buy on Amazon

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Caveats:

The books library is currently very small, if we have enough interest we would be happy to source and grow the library.

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What would you like us to add to this next?

[1] Search all books: https://www.sliksafe.com/books

[2] The Book Thief Summary: https://www.sliksafe.com/book/the-book-thief

Show HN: The Alchemist Book Summary with Chat

Posted by arpitagarwal on Thursday July 25, 2024 @01:13PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.sliksafe.com/book/the-alchemist

Hey folks,Over the last 24 hours -- we built a tool to summarize and chat with with some of the most popular books [1], like The Alchemist [2]The key features we felt that were necessary were:- Quickly search your books- Select the book and start chatting- One click book summary- Add link to buy on AmazonCaveats:The books library is currently very small, if we have enough interest we would be...

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Re:Show HN: AI Email Generator – Write professional emails in seconds on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:03AM (#40820709)
I've built an AI Email Generator that helps you craft professional emails quickly and efficiently.

Key features include:

  - Context-aware email drafting based on your input
  - Multiple tone options (formal, friendly, etc.)
  - Adapts the email to your voice
  - Ability to directly send the email to the recipients
  - FREE to get started
Try it out for FREE: https://www.sliksafe.com/tools/ai-email-generator

I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback. What features would you like to see in an AI email assistant?

Show HN: Slik Protect – One Click Firestore Backups and Restores

Posted by arpitagarwal on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:01AM
from the show-hn dept.

Hello HN community,We are thrilled to announce the launch of our one-click solution to backup your Firestore database.We built the first completely automated Firestore backups solution, simply because none existed right now. There are various half backed packages or tools that you can use to build one yourself.However, we wanted something — - easy to configure - configure and forget -...

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DobbieAI: ChatGPT on Multiple PDFs at Once

Posted by arpitagarwal on Thursday June 01, 2023 @03:57PM
from the self-post dept.

I just built a tool to chat with multiple PDFs and websites at once. Here's the link: https://dobbieai.comSome features include:1. create a knowledge base, choose a model GPT3.5 / GPT4, 2. add one ore more files to the knowledge base, 3. ask questions where the answer might be spread across filesHere are 2 demo videos:Demo 1: Chat with 4 books at once.Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston,...

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Problems in PostgreSQL Database Backup

Posted by arpitagarwal on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:38AM
from the self-post dept.

I've been using the PGDump utility however I often find the following problems - - fails for larger databases, - takes a long time to process, - restoration doesn't always work, - backup/restore doesn't work for a few selected tables Thus, I've been looking for ideal solutions for the same. One that handles these edge cases. I've also thought about building a tool myself for the...

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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternati... on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:38PM (#29653999)
Thanks for the great feedback Gary! We'll work on it. :)
Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternati... on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @01:05PM (#29652903)
That's a great point. However, in Slik's case, the data is first fragmented into small chunks and then distributed into a decentralized storage. Thus, for a bad actor to pose a problem, they'll also have to collect all the encrypted chunks, before making any sense out of it.
Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternati... on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @09:28PM (#29644888)
Yes, it can somewhat be done. The net storage costs could theoretically be tending to zero, but might never be zero because of fill-rate per node and maintaining system reliability.
Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternati... on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @09:21PM (#29644850)
That was simple, it is fast and scales as you need it. No logical consumer would like to pay gas prices of $120 on a transaction of $20.
Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternati... on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:42PM (#29643007)
super! :)

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