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Re:Gemini-3.5-Transcribe
on Friday August 28, 2026 @07:22AM (#49477036)
I agree. For my use case, I chose to prioritize latency over accuracy, but it's always difficult to find the right balance between the two. There is no easy answer.
Re:Gemini-3.5-Transcribe
on Friday August 28, 2026 @12:24AM (#49474353)
I personally tested all the STT models for my real-time translator (https://fliptalk.ai). From language detection and accuracy in a noisy environment to the most important point: latency.
At the moment, Soniox STT v5 is definitely the best, and I'm impressed by its performance. It's good that Google released Gemini-3.5-Transcribe, and it beats every other model on accuracy, but it definitely needs a bit more work on latency, which is the most important factor for STT apps.
Show HN: Live Translation with Voxtral Mini Realtime and DeepL
https://github.com/alxlion/voxtral-live-translation
This experimental project transcribes and translates speech in real time using Mistral's new Voxtral realtime API and DeepL (https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-26...)It currently supports 11 languages: French, English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Dutch.You can test on https://live-translation.alexandrelion.com/ by bringing...
Re:AWS launches Kiro, its Cursor clone
on Friday July 18, 2025 @12:26AM (#44601196)
Simply put, without VC funding, these services would cost hundreds of dollars per month, and nobody would pay those prices. Companies like Anthropic can offer $20 plans precisely because they have venture capital backing.
Consumers will always gravitate toward the more affordable option.
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Re:Show HN: Patterns – Habit Tracker App
on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @07:54AM (#38176200)
I ditched all apps for habits, focus, goal oriented. I realized my brain could do that for free and without technology, with some work.
Re:How do I stop companies from scraping my site just to sell it as a ...
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @06:26AM (#37879414)
How can doing this cannot affect your SEO?
Ask HN: Does debating or taking positions reflect maturity level of developers?
With the new debate around using Typescript or JS.To know that such and such a language or framework is the most widely used and therefore the best, or any other unfounded position or debate. Once a developer has reached maturity, he knows which tool to choose for the right job. There's no point in fighting and debating. As a developer, we live in a galaxy of technologies, with an endless...
From Serverless to Elixir
Show HN: Claper – a Slido open-source alternative made with Elixir
If you already know Slido, AhaSlides or Mentimeter, there is no solid open-source alternative to these tools.This is why I want to help public speakers and those who have to make their presentation interactive through live messages/Q&A and polls.Proudly powered by Elixir for the best performances, feel free to contribute to the project or just add a star on Github to encourage the development!
Re:Ask HN: Why Did Python Win?
on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:27AM (#37323647)
> Ruby's poor performance hobbles it even in places it's supposed to be good (twitter was rewritten to Scala over rails).
All performances are relative. Ruby or Python is very performant for 99% of websites, generally the bottleneck is the database.
Rails has enabled Twitter to develop and iterate faster. But now that the social network has to manage several tens of millions of users, the 200 req/s of Rails are no longer sufficient.
And Ruby in 2013 didn't have the same performance as in 2023. Hardware no longer had the same performance, too.
(https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/a/2013/new-tweets...)
Re:Adobe's co-founder John Warnock dies at 82
on Sunday August 20, 2023 @02:57PM (#37201960)
I still remember the day I met John Warnock as if it was yesterday.
John's humility, despite his monumental success, taught me to always keep my feet on the ground. His vision inspired me to push boundaries in software development. But above all, it was his passion that kindled a fervor within me to harness technology for change.
John Warnock's passing is a massive loss for the tech world. My heart goes out to his loved ones during this time. His legacy, however, will continue to shape the industry, inspiring countless others just as he had inspired me. Goodbye, Mr. Warnock. You will be missed.
Ask HN: Do You Pay for Newsletter?
Being someone who consumes newsletter a lot, I paid for the first time a newsletter about finance and investing because the provided value is worth it.Do you pay for newsletter? If so, which one?
The Inequality of A/B Testing
Re:Ask HN: Thoughts on AI and the job market in 5 years?
on Saturday August 12, 2023 @08:41PM (#37105512)
I like the analogy of retail self-checkout system.
It exists for a decade and the cashier job still there.
Don’t be afraid of the evolution of technology, humans take time to adapt to these evolutions.
Could apply to self-driving cars too, taxi drivers are still and will be still a thing in a decade.
Ask HN: What “Web Integrity API” merge means for the future of internet?
It's done, The WIA feature has been merge into the Chronium repo (https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commit/6f47a22906b2899412e79a2727355efa9cc8f5bd).Is the worst to come? What this means for the “open” internet? Is it over?
Re:Ask HN: How are you monetizing your OSS project?
on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @01:01PM (#36880981)
Hi,
I've created Claper [0], an open-source tool for real-time interaction with a public. You have multiple ways to monetize an OSS, starting from donation, sponsorship to consulting or SaaS.
Personally, I chose the last one with a cloud version. I like this model, people paying for the SaaS support the project and have, in return, a hosted version of the OSS, and so contribute to improve it.
Re:Ask HN: What are some low cost payment processing alternatives to S...
on Friday July 21, 2023 @06:15AM (#36812085)
This is definitely the more robust, durable and cheaper alternative. But clearly is a utopia for today.
Re:Ask HN: What are some low cost payment processing alternatives to S...
on Friday July 21, 2023 @06:11AM (#36812064)
Are you sure about the fixed fee? Their website says it isn't.
> We do not have monthly fees, set-up fees, integration fees or closure fees. We do have a minimum invoice depending on industry or business model. Please speak to a member of our sales team for more details.
Tickets for Rails World sold out in just 45 minutes
Ask HN: Why Discord instead of a public forum?
With the Reddit blackout, I see plenty of communities redirecting their members to their Discord.But Discord is far from being a real knowledge base, it's overwhelming and information is not searchable through a search engine.Why not use a forum-like solution like Discourse?
Ask HN: As a developer, do you consider the carbon footprint of your apps?
Hi there,I'm terrible at addressing the current environmental challenges.This morning, I discovered the Website Carbon Calculator [0] and tested all the websites I've created. To my surprise, some of my websites turned out to be disastrous.Until now, I hadn't been concerned about the carbon footprint of my apps, but having access to this information encourages us, as developers, to take...
Eyeloupe – The elegant Rails debug assistant (inspired by Laravel Telescope)
Ask HN: Senior SWE, what would you say to today's jr SWE?
The world is moving fast and being a SWE has always been a challenge. With new frameworks, language, AI... we tend to simplify our job and forget about the history or the basics.As a Senior software engineer, what advice or wise words would you say to a junior?
Re:Ask HN: What's the fastest and simplest way to prototype a web app ...
on Sunday March 12, 2023 @07:15AM (#35118781)
Rails is the way to go. The productivity of the Ruby language is insane. It's battle tested for decades and you can easily scale your prototype.
If you want a simple app served on a single host you can try LiteStack [0] so you don't need a Redis/Postgres/Sidekiq instance, just SQLite.
Laravel is also good if you like PHP language.