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Re:Show HN: Toast, a beautiful by default in terminal IDE on Friday September 11, 2026 @02:48PM (#49663326)
Now just add a terminal inside the IDE and we’re gold.
Re:Playa Phone on Monday August 31, 2026 @12:44PM (#49511827)
What was the gift?
Re:Playa Phone on Monday August 31, 2026 @11:16AM (#49510797)
Would be fun to read if the calls were recorded and transcribed.
I remember fondly spending countless hours looking through the Icewind Dale manual.

Unfortunately, I purchased Baldur’s Gate 1/2 many years later with no manual. I’m sure it had an awesome manual as well.

Show HN: Manger – Livestock Management App

https://www.manger.app/

Hi HN,My name is Matt and I've been working on a project called Manger, a mobile app used for livestock management. As a child, I grew up in a rural area with chickens, cows and other livestock around me. At the same time, I've always been passionate about technology. About a year ago, I launched Manger on iOS, and, more recently on Android. Just this past week, I launched RFID tags for...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026) on Monday May 11, 2026 @07:12AM (#48093499)
I am in the process of launching my poultry RFID tags, “eFlock Smart Poultry Tags”. They allow farmers to count and identify all of the birds that they have. The project goes along with a mobile app, Manger, a tool that can be used to gather data about livestock (not just poultry). Tags should be available sometime this week, perhaps early next week on Amazon. Here’s a video of scanning: https://youtu.be/wilixJiyPYA Tags on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWTB1DR9 Manger app: https://www.manger.app/
Re:Arm AGI CPU on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @04:48PM (#47509026)
Pretty sure in that case AG stands for Athletic Greens.

I think the name change also came before the AI hype.

Re:25 Years of Eggs on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:00PM (#47484189)
A bit of a shill comment but… I have chickens and have been tracking egg production in an app that I’ve built, a livestock manager of sorts called Manger.

Looking at my data, since we’ve had our first egg 743 days ago, our hens have produced 9,393 eggs, or an average of just above a dozen a day.

The app can also count chickens, since each chicken has a UHF RFID.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_iGn_pZ3IkY

Re:No it's not a Battleship on Sunday December 28, 2025 @03:41PM (#46414283)
Big “beautiful” bill comes to mind.
Re:RuBee on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:27AM (#46034483)
Are there any places where a hobbyist could purchase a tag or reader?
Re:A love letter to the CSV format (2024) on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:49AM (#45221553)
If a workstation has Git installed on it, which I’d think would be the case for substantial number of engineers out there (…not just software engineers), grep is there due to Git BASH.
Re:In 2006, Hitachi developed a 0.15mm-sized RFID chip on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @10:40AM (#44962399)
I haven’t played with any stationary antennas but I think it’s possible.

The scanner that is used in the video has configuration for transmit power. At its maximum setting, the range is 15 feet with clear line of sight.

Tags with larger antennas, generally speaking, have longer range but might be too big for younger chickens.

So overall there are a lot of variables.

Re:In 2006, Hitachi developed a 0.15mm-sized RFID chip on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:41PM (#44954151)
Re:In 2006, Hitachi developed a 0.15mm-sized RFID chip on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @09:26AM (#44951253)
I have a hobby project where I am using UHF tags for counting poultry. The advantage that it gives me is long range (few meters) compared to LF / HF tags. QR code also wouldn't work due to size and distance.

Here's a video.

https://youtu.be/_iGn_pZ3IkY

Maybe they could do some R&D to see if coffee could be used as ink.
Re:Rollercoaster Tycoon (Or, MicroProse's Last Hurrah) on Friday August 01, 2025 @01:14PM (#44759581)
Similar things come to my mind with The Sims. Once the game was “over” (maybe you’ve reached the top job) you could still do all sorts of things… Some of them a bit masochistic.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025) on Sunday July 27, 2025 @09:08PM (#44706218)
I’ve been working on an animal management app for the last two years or so. It’s a hobby project so it’s not going very fast. Recently I’ve released a new version with support for one model of a UHF RFID reader. It allows me to count and identify my chickens from up to 15 feet away.

https://youtu.be/_iGn_pZ3IkY?si=x4ijZdAP-suhuJ7Y

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/manger-animal-manager/id674269...