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Re:Show HN: WeTransfer Alternative for Developers on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:10PM (#47851579)
Thank you very much for this valuable information! This is currently in a very early stage. DMCA button is the next thing that will be implemented. I learned a lot from running CORSPROXY for a view years now. It is not fully unauthenticated. Only if used for local testing and it has very strict limits. Also all filetypes that are used for illegal streaming are blocked by default. It also has a file size limit. CORSPROXY has like 50+ mechanisms to block illegal content is mainly used to proxy text content like JSON, CSV, etc. The same security mechanisms will be implemented into dlvr.sh very soon or are already implemented.

Show HN: Running a public CORS proxy on the open internet for 4 years

Posted by mariusbolik on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:01AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://corsproxy.io/

Hi HN — solo developer here.I built this tool ~4 years ago purely to solve my own frustration with CORS and repeated proxy setup. The idea was intentionally boring: just prefix a URL and get control over the request and response.Somehow it grew to serving billions of requests per day, including usage by companies and universities.I’m sharing it here mainly to:- get technical feedback - learn...

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Re:Ask HN: An AI to measure feet using a photo? on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:41AM (#39629648)
Hahaha. Didn't know that website exists
Re:Ask HN: An AI to measure feet using a photo? on Thursday March 07, 2024 @06:49AM (#39627913)
Thank you for your feedback. Due to a patent, it is not permitted to use image recognition algorithms for this case.

Ask HN: An AI to measure feet using a photo?

Posted by mariusbolik on Thursday March 07, 2024 @05:56AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am a passionate user of AI, but am new to developing it. There are now tons of ingenious AI tools that make your life easier. So I wanted to ask for a few tips and tricks on how I can put my plans into practice!I'm planning to develop an AI that can determine the exact dimensions of a foot based on a picture of it. To do this, the foot is to be positioned on a sheet of paper in order to...

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Re:Show HN: macOS-cross-compiler – Compile binaries for macOS on Linux on Monday February 19, 2024 @09:48AM (#39430298)
Great Project. I have 2 questions: 1. Can this be used to run in a github action? 2. Can this be used to compile ios apps?