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Re:Ask HN: Do Something about Bots on Saturday August 01, 2026 @11:17PM (#49140724)
Posted my (not startup) project on here, instantly got 6 emails from bots trying to sell me things!
it is pretty cool, but posting your age + an (likely) AI project on hacker news is probably a bad idea.
its a fuckin ffmpeg av1 wrapper lol, its just a 50 line python file, pretty sure its AI slop XD.
the cursor effects are a bit much..

Show HN: I made a convenient file sharing service (NOT A STARTUP)

https://coldfiles.dev/

Simply upload a file, and it returns a link, get-ing this link gives you the file, no embedding or nonsense like that, so its compatible with anything that understands how to use the http protocol XD. Really i only made this so that i could have a easier time sharing stuff with friends. Its not a startup just a site to make my life easier.To use it, go to the site, drag or select a file, click...

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also i just posted it to hacker news so that cant help
thats the biggest concern with this, yes. i live in constant fear
https://coldfiles.dev/2NwBAJ.png heres a picture of the server its running on
Mostly because i wanted to learn more about python (the backend) Partly because im not aware of any site that works like this.
This is nice! And the game is pretty fun too, lol.