martinrue

Easily one of my favourite "tech" TV shows. But now I'm curious, has anyone recently found something similar to HCF that they similarly enjoyed? I've never found anything I've enjoyed quite as much as HCF.

My initial fish likelihood score was 7% and I couldn't get it past 12% without looking up what a fish looks like. I learned a lot about myself via this app, so thank you.

No, it's as simple as it sounds. I should think about that at some point.

Gemini for me has been such a breath of fresh air in contrast to 2025 Internet, with so many ads, grift and now AI slop.

Back when I first discovered Gemini, I wanted to create a space for people to have a voice without needing to run their own server, so I built Station (https://martinrue.com/station). I've been running it ever since.

Gemini in general, and specifically folk who use Station regularly, make it a friendly, throwback-to-the-90s vibe, and I still value it a lot.

I made the first (and still popular) "social network" 4 years ago. Still going strong. More info: https://martinrue.com/station

Reading this I totally feel the hacker vibes that carried me through my teens. Just sitting down and building something cool for the fun of it. Nice work! I once did something similar in C to create a 2d isometric training campus where I could teach others C on a whiteboard. I made the walls in Paint, just like you mentioned! One of the most fun things I ever made.

I'm working on a language learning tool. An early version, that I'm quickly improving is live here: https://langsesh.com

Not FOSS, but for anyone who may find it useful, I launched a language learning project I've been hacking away on for a few months. Any feedback most welcome! https://langsesh.com

Why are there so few on this map? Seems wrong to me :)

There's some interesting effects on decision making. I wrote about it here, for anyone curious:

Do we act differently in a foreign language? https://lingoh.news/do-we-act-differently-in-a-foreign-langu...

Does language influence how we think? https://lingoh.news/does-language-influence-how-we-think

Well said and could not agree more! Thanks for sharing.

Indeed. I don't know where my joy would come from if I wasn't doing something for the pure fun of it and to see where it'll take me.

Awesome! Drop me a message when you're here, let's get coffee! All my info is at https://martinrue.com. Safe travels!

I've been living in SE Asia for the past 9 months (mostly Vietnam) in order to make my runway last longer. In terms of Thailand, I have the 5-year DTV visa, which is probably SEA's best nomad visa option right now.

I'm building a language learning app: https://yakk.app. Way to go, but made a good start and even a little bit of money so far. I quit my job and moved to Asia on savings to keep building. LMK if any of you guys are in Bangkok, let's hang out.

I have a funny story about this. I wrote a tool to create a situation that allowed me to kill VNC server when the college admin used to spy on me years back: https://martinrue.com/coding-stories-me-vs-vnc/

I'm working on a language learning web app (very cool to see several others here too) which gasp does not use AI! It mixes the form of a book and experience of an app, and provides small guides to the basics of languages. Currently only Vietnamese and Esperanto: https://yakk.app