News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

ieuanking

ieuanking on Hacker News

Show HN: NotebookLM alternative with agentic-annotation tools for local files

Posted by ieuanking on Friday April 10, 2026 @11:48AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://old.reddit.com/r/electronjs/comments/1sfzgbr/built_an_llm_research_studio_for_working_with/

You can also search academic databases like ArXiv, Google Scholar, PubMed, and the web to find/import papers directly to your local folders. All of this is done so that all text generated by our agents is cited from context held inside the workspace which can be traced and verified with pin-point accuracy.Would love to know what you think

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Show HN: No AI tool could annotate my files and cite text accurately

Posted by ieuanking on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @06:16PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://old.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1sbusn8/new_pdfviewer_notes_panel_search_downloader_tool/

Hi HNBeen building this for 2 years w/ my best friend. We find big-name AI tools pretty unusable for serious writing tasks, research work, and really kind of workflows that require accurate citations.We were deeply inspired by Cursor AI , Drive, and Google Scholar. These tools are all so helpful for us and changed the way that we worked with information and technology throughout our lives.Most...

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Show HN: Built a model-agnostic, desktop-native, research studio for local files

Posted by ieuanking on Sunday April 05, 2026 @01:41PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://old.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1sbusn8/new_pdfviewer_notes_panel_search_downloader_tool/

Hi HN,We built Ubik Studio because in professional research settings, or fields where accurate citation is required, AI tools kinda flop. Models hallucinate citations with total confidence and you are locked into one provider. Multi-hop tasks degrade in quality. Context engines fail on file-based work. And without step-by-step approval flows, humans now spend more time verifying AI work than...

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )
Re:Using Gem 3.1 Flash in Ubik to cross-analyze 8 local files and find... on Sunday April 05, 2026 @01:01PM (#47651392)
In this complex task, a multi-hop prompt instructs the agent to go through a 8 newly imported PDFs (stored locally on my desktop) to find important quotes, claims, and points made by the authors that could be used in a paper im working on.

After finding these points throughout the 8 files, the agent should create a new document that cites findings in-text, with verifiable click through.

With Gemini 3.1 Flash, Ubik Agents analyzed 8 PDFs, found 49 usable quotes, and generated a 1000 word annotated guide that explains its findings with in-text citations that verifiably link to cited points of information across documents inside my workspace in 6 minutes (video 2x speed).

Try Ubik: www.ubik.studio/download

Show HN: Ubik – Analyze local files like NotebookLM, with Cursor-like power

Posted by ieuanking on Thursday April 02, 2026 @11:27PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.ubik.studio/features

We built Ubik Studio because professional knowledge workers and researchers are experiencing a crisis with unreliable AI tools. Models hallucinate citations with total confidence. Multi-hop tasks degrade in quality. Context engines fail on file-based work. And without step-by-step approval flows, professionals spend more time verifying AI work than doing the work itself, decreasing both...

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )
Re:Digital Gentrification: Building a future we remember instead of th... on Thursday January 29, 2026 @02:48PM (#46815577)
yeah i took down :/ The password is a natural force, often caused by water, that reshapes landscapes.
Re:Digital Gentrification: Building a future we remember instead of th... on Thursday January 22, 2026 @03:55PM (#46725017)
A non-linear essay on technology, my childhood, and where we're headed.

I build AI tools for knowledge work and am a multi-medium digital artist.

More work/links here: https://aka4uh.com/ <3

Show HN: Visualizer Eden - 3JS audio visualizer

Posted by ieuanking on Monday November 03, 2025 @04:02PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://aka4uh.com/Visualizer-Eden

Built this with 3JS so I could visualize my own music for live sets - I added a demo song so you can play around with it.Little clunky right now - some issues with the time selection/pausing and playing.But trying to make it run in Ableton so I can control with a midi controller like my APC40, so I can change the visualizer live time during my live sets on stage.

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Show HN: No AI couldn't highlight text accurately in our PDFs, so we built Ubik

Posted by ieuanking on Monday October 27, 2025 @10:38AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.ubik.studio

Hi HN! Really grateful for the feedback and users over the past couple of months, the Show HN community has been so helpful! We've recently improved some core pain points affecting our Ubik users.What's New?1. Improved PDF ingestion: wait times have been reduced, varying times based on size &amp; # of PDFs uploaded (DOCX soon, wait for files to turn green in context bar). 2. Simplified layout:...

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )
Re:All Roads Lead To Porn – A personal ramble about ChatGPT erotica on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:46PM (#45608434)
God doesn't roll dice, God roleplays.
Re:All Roads Lead To Porn – A personal ramble about ChatGPT erotica on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:30PM (#45608209)
Disappointed, astonished, and somehow unsurprised.

Show HN: AI tools for high lvl researchers who need assistance – not answers

Posted by ieuanking on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @01:58PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.ubik.studio/

High-level researchers and published academics don't want hallucinated work and already have the skills to complete their tasks. Current AI platforms and agents are both untrustworthy (hallucinating) or ineffective due to low PDF interactivity (cannot edit drafts, insert quotes, or highlight text in files), which means AI tools become useless at the highest level. We are sad to see academic...

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Built an AI research environment inspired by Cursor and Go... on Sunday September 21, 2025 @03:56PM (#45326092)
Ubik is free until 2026! While we figure out how to make Ubik the best research AI tool possible, we value our users' feedback instead of churning quickly in these early days. This design philosophy has really helped us develop with the user in mind. That being said we plan to have a Free, Pro ($12-$15 + pay as you go with model usage), and Enterprise. If you have any feedback, please let me know! Happy you enjoyed Ubik. You can reach me at [email protected] any time :)

Show HN: Built an AI research environment inspired by Cursor and Google Drive

Posted by ieuanking on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:38PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.ubik.studio/

Hi HN!We hear consistent complaints from academics, researchers, and scientists about AI chatbots having poor PDF awareness and often generating incorrect citations. This is bad for high-level researchers and people learning who need answers grounded in evidence.We took the best parts of Cursor, like workspace awareness, @ symbol referencing, and human approval/oversight, and built a PDF...

( Read More... | 1 comment | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Asxiv.org – Ask ArXiv papers questions through chat on Friday September 19, 2025 @01:28PM (#45304223)
I've built a similar platform with searching access to arXiv and Semantic Scholar; the only difference is that our agents can highlight text in the paper down to the line level. In our testing, Gemini struggles compared to Sonnet four or Opus 4. We found that without agentic highlighting, there wasn't much difference in output quality or utility (meaning, references saved, generating with citation, or even quote gathering is still hard without actual PDF interactivity). I'd love your feedback on https://www.ubik.studio (use academic search)
Re:Why "AI consciousness" isn't coming anytime soon. (Anil Seth) on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @12:35PM (#45264526)
I was just making a light acid joke :/ lmao didn’t mean to ruffle feathers
Re:Why "AI consciousness" isn't coming anytime soon. (Anil Seth) on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:16AM (#45262564)
<300 blotter will make anyone artificially intelligent. Brain loops are scary; maybe AI models are just trapped in psychosis.
Re:Show HN: Upload PDFs or search ArXiv, hi-lite text and generate wit... on Monday September 15, 2025 @04:41PM (#45254648)
tysm!! means a lot <3

Show HN: Upload PDFs or search ArXiv, hi-lite text and generate with citation

Posted by ieuanking on Monday September 15, 2025 @12:04PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://app.ubik.studio/chat?agent=fiig

Hi HN,I'm one of the co-founders of Ubik. We build evidence-based AI agents for deep knowledge work and research, available in one powerful environment. My friend and I both graduated in 2022 (right before ChatGPT). Although we had tons of fun in those early days as recent graduates fooling around with an overpowered and broken chatbot, we worried that information and how we learn, work, and...

( Read More... | 2 comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Show HN: HumanAlarm – Real people knock on your door to wake you up on Friday September 12, 2025 @01:53PM (#45224719)
How will the HumanAlarm knockers wake up for their bookings? Will they book other HumanAlarms?
Re:Show HN: I built research agents because GPT cant accurately hilite... on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @05:16PM (#45189304)
Also, you do not need to sign up to use Ubik - I am fixing that copy right now :/
Re:Show HN: I built research agents because GPT cant accurately hilite... on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @03:48PM (#45187754)
Forgot to mention:

Our academic search uses ArXiv and Semantic Scholar, so when using the academic agent, you can convert open-access papers into AI-ready docs directly from the databases. <33

Older »