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Re:Python on My Wrist
on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:32AM (#50299889)
What’s a watch to do things like this that might not have this many hoops to jump through?
Re:My Rules for Using Spreadsheets
on Thursday August 13, 2026 @11:58AM (#49287939)
As a spreadsheet user first, this just reads as programmer prefers programming.
Many times the spreadsheet is a collaborative document. One way to use spreadsheets is you use it for a number of iterations, get your outcome quickly, let stakeholders give feedback and adjust the approach. Then once it becomes stable, then you turn it into a database/app/script. Errors in spreadsheets are obvious to more users than errors in code because your work is shown, not hidden.
Taking a csv file and writing bash is not the answer. If you are doing that, you should probably get back to work/research.
Re:Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)
on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @03:53PM (#49102188)
I had this same book, only made it to chapter 3 or so (making an OK button) is how I remember it.
Ended up in Accounting, dabbled with Python and now back to programming with Cursor/Claude.
It did get me just far enough so I could see that computers were complicated but not actually magic and like you did change my life.
Re:Show HN: A canvas-based note taking and organizer app
on Sunday July 19, 2026 @09:10PM (#48973337)
As a notetaker who likes new apps, but has tried them all, I was impressed by this.
Your version reminds me of OneNote when it was new and good and not horrible. Being able to place your notes where you want them is such a radical concept.
The features you have are simple and the idea of stacking notes is really cool and don't think I've seen that done before.
Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 a...
on Friday June 12, 2026 @10:16PM (#48511923)
Yes, I had to start using more fable to not waste all that usage by Sunday and figured I broke it myself.
Re:Four Horsemen of the AIpocalypse
on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:25PM (#47851788)
Even if data centers are the bottleneck, aren't they scarce for everyone in your scenario?
Re:ChatGPT for Excel
on Thursday April 16, 2026 @08:48AM (#47792239)
How do the OpenAI models/reasoning effort map to Fast, Standard, Heavy in the add-in?
Re:Show HN: Free online calculators built with AI
on Saturday March 21, 2026 @02:53PM (#47470053)
Seemed a bit off, but I’m no designer. Thanks for the tip.
Re:Show HN: Free online calculators built with AI
on Saturday March 21, 2026 @02:52PM (#47470045)
Definitely not. If you see a mistake please submit feedback. It’s free, let’s keep the quality bar a bit lower
Re:Show HN: Free online calculators built with AI
on Saturday March 21, 2026 @02:09PM (#47469606)
AI tools have made it so cheap to build useful software that there’s no reason to gate it behind sign-ups or paywalls. CalcForAnything (https://calcforanything.com) is 157 free calculators — solar, finance, health, math, home, medical. No accounts, no fees.
Show HN: Vibe-coded game prototypes. Tell me which to work on
Building for fun and have 5 game prototypes.All 5 are unfinished, rough, and 100% vibe-coded. Looking for feedback on if any are worth building further.If you are tired of submissions like this, just tell me to keep working on digtocore, which is too complicated and buggy.Dig to the Core: https://www.digtocore.com/ Multiplayer mining gameSimOps: https://simops-game.vercel.app/...
Re:Show HN: Perchpad – Collaborative real-time Markdown editor backed ...
on Friday February 06, 2026 @07:59PM (#46920208)
How does the git part work if you are always fighting github authentication. It's git only, not github?
Re:Show HN: Find what you should play next
on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:32PM (#46712574)
I hit show my recommendations and it didn't return anything. Not sure if you need to be signed up for that to work or not.
Re:Show HN: Retain – A unified knowledge base for all your AI coding c...
on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @03:54PM (#46711420)
Would definitely try this out, but am Windows only.
Tried to create something like this but the best I got was a bookmarklet to copy the chat text. Ended up just exporting data and using that method for a one time pull.
Re:Show HN: Sornic – Turn any article into a podcast in 10 seconds
on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @03:49PM (#46711353)
This looks useful. When I click the voices, am I supposed to hear samples of the voice?
I got an error trying one of the article on the main page: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-new-constitution
Re:Show HN: Company hiring trends and insights from job postings
on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @03:41PM (#46711259)
Looks really useful
Re:Show HN: SeeClaudeCode – visualize Claude Code's edits to your repo...
on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @03:38PM (#46711217)
This is a great idea. Any plans to take it further than what your page demos?
Show HN: I built an AI coach for introverted leaders
https://www.leadquiet.com/landing
I spent 15 years in FP&A and corporate budgeting. For the first 10, I actively avoided management because the path to leadership seemed designed for extroverts. Be more visible. Speak up in meetings. Network at happy hours.I eventually got promoted anyway, mostly by taking ownership of problems I cared about fixing more than I cared about avoiding meetings. Turns out if you run the meeting,...
Re:Show HN: Wingspan Games: Arrow – a multiplayer game built in Elixir...
on Friday January 02, 2026 @02:34PM (#46468465)
This was pretty fun. I played the quick game and it was just me? Maybe you need some bots if it is supposed to be multiplayer.
One thing was that being so close to the edge means hard to shoot things that are headed for you.
Re:Show HN: CEO Simulator – Run a company. Make decisions. Get fired
on Friday January 02, 2026 @02:26PM (#46468374)
Love incremental games. LLMs are going to be great to see more of them (whether you used one or not).
I thought this was really well done, but I was a bit thrown to be blocked after 8 turns with the come back tomorrow thing.
Re:Show HN: SQL Quest – The Bank Job
on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:54PM (#46342350)
Cool site, what made you pick this to build?
Re:Show HN: A tool to help websites appear in AI-generated answers
on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:48PM (#46342333)
Really good idea, was just thinking how important this will be
Re:Show HN: Ganttchart-webviz – Web-based Gantt chart generator
on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:42PM (#46342313)
Looks promising. Part of something else or just something you wanted to build/share?
Re:Show HN: BananaSlice – free Generative Fill alternative using Nano ...
on Saturday December 20, 2025 @11:40PM (#46342302)
Any examples?
Show HN: InterviewKitHQ – AI-generated interview playbooks for HR teams
https://www.interviewkithq.com/
I built InterviewKitHQ to help HR teams create quality interview materials quickly.Creating good interview guides takes time for HR and hiring managers. Enterprise tools are expensive ($75+/user/mo) and complex. Free AI tools give you generic, sometimes problematic questions.*What I built:* A system that: 1. Researches job families across 8 dimensions (responsibilities, skills, compensation,...
Re:Ask HN: Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake?
on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:30AM (#46276680)
If your goal is more users, it would make sense to have a calm setting.
If you want to build the app you want to use, go for it.
Re:Show HN: I used Gemini 3 to turn 42 books into interactive webpages...
on Thursday December 11, 2025 @05:23PM (#46238093)
I checked out the Atomic Habits page, because I read it a few years ago. The visuals were much better than I anticipated and went with the book content really well.
Re:
on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:07PM (#46237170)
I had an old/bad link in the <head> part of HTML that might be causing redirect? Didn't realize it would do that.
Show HN: Flywheel Feedback – Free feedback for projects that get 0 comments
https://www.flywheelfeedback.com/
Day job of finance and some small scale programming.Put a couple projects out there, but never got any feedback.Built a simple platform for exchanging feedback. The more feedback you give, the more feedback you can receive (or skip and just pay a small fee).Feedback has some standard questions and scoring, so better quality is encouraged.