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Re:Show HN: Kage – Real product design inspiration turned into prompts...
on Friday September 11, 2026 @10:20AM (#49658922)
Seen an AI do? I built this. I'm using Elixir and this is using Presence.
Re:Show HN: Kage – Real product design inspiration turned into prompts...
on Friday September 11, 2026 @10:19AM (#49658914)
It's for design prototyping, sometimes you want a similar vibe to an existing product or you see a styled feature grid and want to use in your own app - this let's you explore inspiration and prompt something like it - the prompt doesn't say make it look exactly like this.
Re:Show HN: Kage – Real product design inspiration turned into prompts...
on Friday September 11, 2026 @10:18AM (#49658893)
This is entirely free - mobbin is not - I'm adding an MCP for this too.
Show HN: Boop – tiny, self-hosted push notifications for your apps built in Go
https://github.com/chrisgreg/boop
Hi HN, I built Boop because I wanted application events sent directly to my phone without paying for another service or routing everything through Slack or Telegram.Boop is a small, open-source server paired with an open-source iOS app. The server currently uses around 8 MB of memory on my machine.It’s deliberately not an observability platform or a replacement for Sentry. It receives events...
Re:Code is cheap now, but software isn't
on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @05:02AM (#46599074)
Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the read.
Planning on writing a lot more this year.
Re:Code is cheap now, but software isn't
on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:25AM (#46590626)
Again I'm the author.. and I actually wrote this.
Maybe I need to stop reading AI posts and thinking that it's good writing? But will take the feedback on board and try not to over analyse each paragraph - it was a lot messier upon first draft but maybe ready better I guess.
Re:Code is cheap now, but software isn't
on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:23AM (#46590607)
Author here - I added an RSS feed :) https://www.chrisgregori.dev/rss.xml
I had this in the old version of my site that I refreshed in the last 2 months and forgot to take the RSS feed with me, thanks for the reminder!
Re:Code is cheap now, but software isn't
on Monday January 12, 2026 @06:21AM (#46586965)
I'm the author.. and I actually wrote this so maybe I need to stop reading AI posts and thinking that it's good writing?
Code Is Cheap Now. Software Isn't
Show HN: Versus – A free app that ranks video games using head-to-head matchups
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/versus-game-rankings/id6757318744
I built this after seeing people on subreddits like /r/30_plus_gamers sharing images of their Top 25 games and arguing in the comments. I wanted a more playful way to do that than static lists.Versus lets you rank games by pitting them head-to-head. Under the hood it uses a simple ELO-style system, but the goal isn’t mathematical purity, it’s to make ranking games feel like a game itself. Over...
Show HN: FYI - Product Events Tracking and Notifications for Elixir Phoenix Apps
https://github.com/chrisgreg/fyi
I'm an indie hacker who builds a lot of small Phoenix apps, and I got tired of setting up LogSnag/Mixpanel/whatever for every project just to get pinged when someone signs up or makes a purchase.My favorite thing about Elixir is not needing third parties -Phoenix.PubSub instead of Redis, Oban instead of Sidekiq, LiveView instead of React. So I built FYI to bring that same philosophy to product...
Leveraging AI as an infinitely patient teacher
Show HN: A Modular Phoenix SaaS Starter Kit
https://www.phoenixsaaskit.com/
Starting a new SaaS project with Phoenix is a genuinely fantastic experience, as anyone who's dived into it will tell you. The framework itself is robust, performant, and a joy to work with. However, as I've been building out my own SaaS ventures, I've noticed a recurring pattern: no matter how brilliant Phoenix is, you inevitably find yourself configuring the same fundamental aspects time and...
Stream Reddit Comments Using Elixir, Pythonx and PRAW
Show HN: Science-backed men's health tracker to boost energy, mood and hormones
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mojo-testosterone-tracker/id6745428382
A lot of friends in their 30s were getting bloodwork done and realising their testosterone was low. Energy, mood, libido — all below baseline. But outside of Reddit threads and sketchy supplements, there’s no simple, science-backed way to actually track and improve the habits that affect it.So I built Mojo — a minimal, private iOS app that helps men log the key lifestyle factors that influence...
Re:Show HN: Instantly Create and Engage in AI-Generated Debates
on Saturday February 15, 2025 @09:52AM (#43058892)
This is very interesting - I like how you get access to both formats too.
Show HN: Bring LLMs to Any macOS App with a Simple Shortcut (and Your Voice)
Hey HN, I built Promptly, a macOS app that lets you use any LLM (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, OLLama) anywhere with a simple hotkey. Highlight text, press a shortcut, and edit or generate content instantly—either by typing or using voice input.There's also a shortcut to jump straight into voice mode and it'll auto-detect when you're finished to execute the task.I made this because I found myself...
Re:Parsing PDFs (and more) in Elixir using Rust
on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @06:00PM (#42872432)
Yeah I could maybe highlight how good that library is in here
Re:Parsing PDFs (and more) in Elixir using Rust
on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @05:14PM (#42871929)
Thanks! I need to fix that
Parsing PDFs (and more) in Elixir using Rust
Show HN: My tool to word vomit at to organise & tag my life into my calendar
I’ve always had a million thoughts, to-dos, and reminders swirling around in my head. I tried normal to-do lists, but they’d quickly get lost under a mountain of other tasks or I'd forget about them.So I hacked together a tool that turns quick voice notes into organised tasks and tags. It started as a personal sanity-saver, but my friends and family jumped in too and said it was worth paying...
Show HN: I built a tool to interview users and validate products automatically
I've built Uini.io over the past 2 months from scratch - it's a user research and feedback product I built when I realised how hard it was to really understand if your users liked what you were shipping or if the features were solving their needs.I also built a lot of products and it can be a huge pain to validate them manually, creating fancy sign up forms, interviewing people, etc. It took up...
Re:Show HN: Bloom – A shadcn like UI library for Elixir and Phoenix
on Saturday May 04, 2024 @10:18AM (#40257857)
Thanks! Hope it's useful for you!
Re:Show HN: Bloom – A shadcn like UI library for Elixir and Phoenix
on Saturday May 04, 2024 @09:38AM (#40257580)
TIL!
Re:Show HN: Bloom – A shadcn like UI library for Elixir and Phoenix
on Saturday May 04, 2024 @09:09AM (#40257391)
Thank you! I know there are some issues but I'm using it in two projects to try and test the developer experience.
Re:Show HN: Bloom – A shadcn like UI library for Elixir and Phoenix
on Saturday May 04, 2024 @09:08AM (#40257389)
Oh wow, I haven't seen Franken UI - this looks great, I can definitely look to port some of these.
I guess I've been taking an opinionated approach to start by taking components I had already built from my other projects and compiling them here for now.
Show HN: Bloom – A shadcn like UI library for Elixir and Phoenix
I've been writing Elixir for 5 years and made plenty of sites with Phoenix and LiveView but my biggest gripe has always been with the lack of quality UI components available.The JS ecosystem has so many, and it's the one thing I miss from being primarily a React & Node developer.So this is my attempt at bringing some pretty and useful components most applications need to Phoenix projects to...
Re:Show HN: BandMatch – "Tinder" but for finding musicians to create b...
on Friday May 03, 2024 @08:19PM (#40253745)
This is such a good idea.