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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025) on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @09:16AM (#45425020)
A side project to keep track of themes being released for Omarchy: https://omarchythemes.com/

Been enjoying using Omarchy and this is my way of keeping tabs on what's going on.

They didn't boycott, it was just a pause.

Show HN: MOTY – What is your Movie of the Year?

https://moty.me/

Since it's the Oscars today, thought today would be a good day to share, MOTY: What is your Movie of the Year?I've been looking for a simple way to track the movies I've seen and the rank them to find my favorite movie of the year.There were a few other options, but they were often very complicated and hard to find deep within other larger sites.It takes just a couple of clicks to add a movie,...

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Yep, do this all the time. Since I build web based I do end up making them public, but really only built for myself.
Re:Show HN: Inspiration for your next podcast cover on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:21AM (#25406708)
We curated over 200 (and still growing) great example of podcast cover art. You can filter covers by categories and other criteria, to find great examples of what works best to hook listeners.
Thanks! Yep built with LaravelPHP, and Nova as the really simple CMS (https://nova.laravel.com/).
Re:Biden Defeats Trump to Become Next President on Saturday November 07, 2020 @11:40AM (#25016093)
Headline is accurate
Re:Biden Defeats Trump to Become Next President on Saturday November 07, 2020 @11:39AM (#25016080)
So were all the other states they called, what's your point?
Re:Show HN: How Many People Have Voted? on Sunday November 01, 2020 @02:08PM (#24961665)
Was talking with a friend about this earlier today.

We figured we could access census data for the states/counties and see how the population has shifted, between elections.

Definitely doable, would just need some time to collect the data.

Re:Show HN: How Many People Have Voted? on Sunday November 01, 2020 @12:33PM (#24961027)
Thanks for the feedback, will add a FAQ or something to explain, but posting here too:

Red/Blue is an indication who won that state in 2016.

The shading (light -> dark) was mean't be an indicator of how much participation in the current election.

The lighter the color, the closer to 100% of the 2016 voting numbers has already been achieved.

Will add some sorting options!

Re:Show HN: How Many People Have Voted? on Sunday November 01, 2020 @07:50AM (#24959104)
Like many of you, the Election on Tuesday is front of mind, and will be for a few days after :-/

I was thinking about the number of people that actually vote, and with more states allowing early voting, I wondered how it would affect participation in the election (given the current pandemic).

I was able to find the raw data on http://www.electproject.org/ but wasn't happy with how it was being displayed, so I created my own visualization.

Re:How doing too much made a $6k MR business shut down on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:41AM (#23538431)
See a few comments mentioning me (the developer :)) so here goes ...

When I started working on newCo I was working on it my spare time. I decided it would best for newCo if Ben was able to focus on it fulltime, instead of splitting the revenue with me, then having to supplement his income with other work.

To be clear Ben was willing to share the revenue with me at the time. I was in a place where that wasn't necessary and I thought it would best if it went to Ben until we hit certain milestones which we never did.

MakerPad was something totally new that Ben started after we decided to fold newCo, he did 100% of the work for many years, and deserves all the success it has brought.

Ben is a friend, and I'm happy I was a part of his "startup" journey. I'd be more than happy to work with him on projects in the future.

I go into all my projects with a clear mind, knowing what I'm risking (usually only my time).

I built Branded Background to help anyone create a Zoom virtual background with their logo on it.

Having your logo on a virtual background is a great way to keep your brand front and center during business calls.

Would love to know know what you think!

Re:Show HN: Pod Hunt – The best new podcasts daily on Friday August 30, 2019 @09:48AM (#20838538)
Still deciding between 2 directions for the short term (based on user feedback)...

Either -) More personalization so you can focus in on the topics that really interest you.

or -) Providing more information on the podcast (hosts and episode specific information) so listeners can better judge if they will enjoy a podcast.

Will probably do both eventually, but with limited time trying to decide which is more important and to tackle first.

Re:Show HN: Pod Hunt – The best new podcasts daily on Friday August 30, 2019 @09:13AM (#20838203)
Keeping it simple was hard work!

But seriously wanted a quick clean experience and keep the focus on the podcasts.

Re:Show HN: Pod Hunt – The best new podcasts daily on Friday August 30, 2019 @08:27AM (#20837855)
With over 850K podcasts, and an estimated 450K active podcasts finding the gems to listen too is getting harder than ever.

Rather than discovering podcasts, Pod Hunt makes episodes the focal point of discovery. You won't find a the same tired list of top podcasts you see everywhere else.

Instead a daily updated list of new episodes is submitted and voted on by the Pod Hunt community members.

Would love to know what you all think...

This was my submission to the Product Hunt Makers Festival: API Edition in the data visualization category.

I wanted to make it easier to see who makers had worked with and hopefully make it easier to find people to work with on future projects thru their existing networks.

MCU Movies started as a simple one page website in 2017, an easy way to keep track of the movies in the MCU and keep an eye on the upcoming movies in the franchise.

I've continued to grow the site as the MCU continued to grow in popularity.

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