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davidbauer on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @05:03AM
from the show-hn dept.
https://labs.davidbauer.ch/kindergames/flaggen-buddy/en/
Ever since the World Cup had started, our five-year-old has been completely obsessed with country flags. So I built him a small app to practice.The first version was a 5-minute hack with Claude on my phone. Then came his feature requests (“I want Lamine Yamal to congratulate me when I get it right!”) — that paired well with my fascination for building browser games. And I realised that there’s...
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davidbauer on Thursday July 02, 2026 @04:46AM
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davidbauer on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:49AM
from the show-hn dept.
https://labs.davidbauer.ch/outsmart/
I little browser game I built. You play against the computer (more on that below).Both start with 100 points. Over 5 rounds, your goal is to get to 3 wins first. Each round, whoever bets more points, gets the win. After round one, only the winning bet is revealed, so you have to start making assumptions. It becomes a game of strategy and deception. I'm still tweaking the computer strategy. In...
Thank you, appreciate it!
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davidbauer on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @08:39AM
from the show-hn dept.
https://dataguessr.com/
I'm a journalist and product developer by day, and a curious generalist who loves making things whenever I find time.I've always loved building little web apps, even with my limited coding skills. As a student and early in my career, I had a lot of time, so it didn't matter.In recent years however, with life being busy as it is, most of my ideas stayed at the back of my mind. There simply...
An ever growing and chronically incomplete list of ways in which I use AI for work, life and play. Copy and adapt whatever you find useful.
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davidbauer on Thursday August 14, 2025 @09:54AM
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davidbauer on Sunday April 13, 2025 @10:29AM
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First issue coming tomorrow.
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davidbauer on Friday January 05, 2024 @04:24AM
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Take a break from all the latest buzz. Rediscover the value of time-tested. Every Saturday and Sunday, one great read, at least five years old.
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davidbauer on Friday December 08, 2023 @09:02AM
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davidbauer on Friday May 20, 2022 @03:30AM
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I didn't, no. I have now changed the title to hopefully better convey what I intend the document to be about.
Thanks. That is an accurate reflection, yes. I learned a lot from the fact that when I shared it in my personal network — with people who know me (some of which have worked with me before) — reactions were much more positive. So yeah, that much for me valuing context awareness :-) I've made some significant changes to the document based on the feedback I got here, and I think it now reflects better what my intentions were, even for people who have little to no context about it.
Yes, I think you‘re right. Thank you for the feedback.
Lots of merge conflicts guaranteed :-) Jokes aside, this is exactly what this should be: a living document and a starting point for discussions.
I slightly revised it based on feedback from this thread here.
That's a good point, yes. I didn't intend to publish it first, but put it out there to learn from the feedback I'm getting. It's interesting how differently people who don't know me (see this entire discussion here) react compared to people who know me or have worked with me before. That's super helpful since future co-workers will most likely fall in the first group.
Fair. Interesting that you think something like this could work in a non-work context, but not in a work-context. Curious: Do you have the same reaction to the one by Rands that inspired me to write mine?
https://randsinrepose.com/archives/how-to-rands/
Thanks, that's useful feedback. Will use it for overhauling the doc.
Tongue-in-cheek title aside, I really do believe that it's helpful if a lot of people do write down some sort of user manual for themselves. These can be a great starting point for having conversations on how to best work together and spot potential areas of conflict in advance. In no way should these be seen as dictating the rules.
Can you point to specific examples? This is very much a living document, always looking for ways to improve it.
Points taken. Will try to work on a second version that will keep in mind how this came across to you (and others in this thread).