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Re:IIDX and Tetris lovers, here's a puzzle game for you on Saturday April 18, 2026 @04:52PM (#47819441)
Fun idea. At higher speeds, hitting the walls feels a bit restrictive — have you considered wrap-around edges (Snake-style)? Might improve the flow.
It’s pretty minimal and focused on one thing: getting a video under 10MB.

Curious if others run into the same problem or have better workflows for this.

Show HN: GitShrink – A simple in-browser video compressor for GitHub uploads

Hi everyone,I built a small tool called GitShrink to solve a simple problem: making videos small enough (<10MB) to upload to GitHub.It runs entirely in the browser, so nothing is uploaded anywhere.Website: https://igtumt.github.io/gitshrink/ GitHub: https://github.com/igtumt/gitshrinkIt’s a small, local-first tool with no accounts, no tracking, and no backend.Use cases:README demo...

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this is interesting and how much of the rendering/logic is running in WASM vs JS?
Re:Watgo – A WebAssembly Toolkit for Go on Friday April 10, 2026 @05:28PM (#47723879)
This looks really useful for pre-runtime inspection of WASM modules. Are you using it for any security or sandboxing use cases?
Re:Ask HN: What you use for quick API checks? on Thursday April 09, 2026 @03:50PM (#47708849)
I was thinking about things like POST/PUT requests, adding headers or auth, maybe testing flows.

For that, tools like Postman make sense.

But for quick checks like “what does this return?”, I usually just want to check and move on.

Re:Ask HN: What you use for quick API checks? on Thursday April 09, 2026 @03:45PM (#47708774)
That looks interesting, I like the Markdown idea.

I usually try to avoid installing tools just for quick checks, so I tend to prefer things that work instantly without setup.

Do you use it more for repeatable workflows, or also for quick “check and move on” stuff?

Re:Ask HN: What you use for quick API checks? on Thursday April 09, 2026 @07:39AM (#47702325)
For daily use any advise?

Ask HN: What you use for quick API checks?

I often find myself needing to quickly check an API response — just to see what it returns or grab a specific field.For more complex stuff, tools like Postman are great, but for quick checks they sometimes feel a bit heavy. On the other hand, using curl or writing a quick script also breaks the flow a bit.Curious what others here use for this kind of “quick inspection” workflow.Do you have a...

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If I can try without sign in that would be nice.