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Re:Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @12:47PM (#48573061)
This is really cool! Would love a technical breakdown on how you put this together.
Re:What the Fuck Happened to Nerds on Monday June 15, 2026 @01:23PM (#48544380)
Sick of the trend of having swear words in the title. From blog posts to books, it's getting quite old and is not very creative.
Re:I Am Not a Reverse Centaur on Friday June 12, 2026 @11:13PM (#48512500)
> Generative AI notice: I do not use LLMs, agents or any other generative AI tools for help with writing, coding, image creation or any other tasks related to this blog or my open source work.

This reminds me way back when you would see "Website written in Notepad" on websites.

Cool idea, curious to know what language/framework you are using for the games.

Would also be interesting to see the prompts used to create them.

Re:Ask HN: Any Interesting Niche Hobbies? on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @03:31PM (#47695125)
> Ham radio is hundreds of sub-hobbies in a trench coat

Really good way of putting it! POTA can be a lot of fun.

This would be amazing to be able to use on a TV with a remote!
Re:Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days? on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @08:26PM (#47330488)
Just finished up the first two Game of Thrones book. Before continuing wanted to check out a couple of other books.

Read Shadow Divers which was really good. Saw it suggested a lot and it did not disappoint.

Now reading The Pearl by Steinbeck and Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor.

Re:Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100? on Thursday January 15, 2026 @11:13PM (#46642933)
Ham radio is a huge rabbit hole. It's a hobby full of other hobbies within. One of the most fun parts for me is Summits on the Air (SOTA).

You take a small portable HF transceiver up a mountain summit and attempt to make at least 4 contacts. You get points for "activating" the summit and folks at home get points for "hunting" you. You can also spot yourself online and sometimes you'll have a bunch of people from around the world trying to make contact with you.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026) on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:21PM (#46592193)
Thanks for the advice!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026) on Sunday January 11, 2026 @07:35PM (#46582196)
That's amazing. I've been looking at getting my first fish tank lately with my kids. Seems like a lot to learn. Any tips for a newbie?
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026) on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:27PM (#46578972)
https://www.bookmarkstuff.com

Another itch of my own to scratch but thought I'd see if I can make some side income as well.

It's a web based bookmark manager with extensions for Firefox and Chrome.

You can easily import and export bookmarks so you have all your data whenever you need.

One main thing I really like that I think makes it stand out is the ability to export the contents of a bookmarked page to an epub file to read later on your Kindle or other e-reader device.

Looking for any constructive feedback on this! Thanks.

Re:Ask HN: Any example of successful vibe-coded product? on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @12:36PM (#46446296)
I like the coffee one!
Re:Ask HN: End of Year Book Recommendations on Friday December 12, 2025 @01:52PM (#46247337)
- The Writer - James Patterson

- Terminal Man - Michael Crichton

- The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

Re:Map of All the Buildings in the World on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:53AM (#46219180)
Would be great to somehow incorporate this into a game where you can play in any city in the world.
Re:Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros on Friday December 05, 2025 @11:49AM (#46163822)
Well UFC and WWE are both part of the TKO group.
Re:Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros on Friday December 05, 2025 @10:58AM (#46163030)
I'm pretty sure WWE would have an exclusivity clause that would prevent another pro-wrestling program on Netflix. But who knows!
Re:Show HN: Microlandia, a brutally honest city builder on Friday December 05, 2025 @09:52AM (#46162061)
This looks great! Will purchase.
Re:What Was the First Bookmark? on Sunday November 30, 2025 @11:31AM (#46098020)
That's a really good point that I didn't consider! I'll check into that and possibly post a followup. Thanks for the comment!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:28AM (#45877588)
Thanks glad you enjoyed it!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Sunday November 09, 2025 @11:06PM (#45872319)
Oh nice subscribed!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Sunday November 09, 2025 @11:03PM (#45872295)
I believe it is every other Sunday but I'm not 100% sure.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Sunday November 09, 2025 @05:53PM (#45870054)
Hey thanks so much for checking it out.

It is annoying when some of the stations don't work. I've done an initial try at filtering them out without much luck but will try again.

Good idea about the country filter.

Thanks for the feedback really appreciate it!

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Sunday November 09, 2025 @04:44PM (#45869487)
Thanks for the link to that 20 games challenge. Godot is fun and something I want to get back to eventually!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Sunday November 09, 2025 @04:37PM (#45869424)
https://RadioPuppy.com - Listen to 1000s of online live radio streams.

This is a pet project for myself. I love listening to online radio while at work, helps me focus. But I didn't really click with any of the current selection of web apps out there so decided to build one myself.

It uses the great API available at radio-browser.info for all the radio information.

Been using it as a way to learn how to market a website as well. Learning a lot.

I welcome any constructive feedback.

Re:Ask HN: How much time do you spend reading books? on Thursday November 06, 2025 @03:24PM (#45839953)
I read 1-3 hours a day. Usually 1-2 hours reading on my Kindle before bed. Then another hour or so via audiobook while walking, doing chores, in the car etc...

But sometimes I will go through a slump, then see a book that really looks interesting and get into it.

Don't feel bad about starting a book and then not finishing it. Life's too short to read books you're not into.

Re:Show HN: I got fired so I built a bank statement converter on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @11:18AM (#45824667)
Looks really good. Simple and clean UI. Nice work.

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