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Re:My Friend Aaron on Saturday August 29, 2026 @07:18AM (#49488964)
Very well written!
Re:Memories of an Enron Summer on Thursday June 06, 2024 @08:37AM (#40596674)
Interesting one! thanks for sharing.
Re:Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @01:16PM (#40576821)
The author is yet a child. The hype inside him is normal.
Thanks!

Show HN: I've shipped my Dutch Speaking Trainer app inspired by Babbel

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dutch-speaking-trainer/id6499470406

Hi folks!I'm Davit. Living in Netherlands already for 4 years and working as a Software Engineer at Amazon/AWS. Lately I've been trying to pass Dutch Speaking exams, which I've passed successfully. But during that process I needed a tool which could prepare me exactly for the Dutch Speaking Exam, give some feedback and make me overall confident. I didn't want to go to a tutor. So, I decided to...

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Why?
This is a cliche answer but I think you have to genuinely have the problem or be very near to it to come up with a good idea and afterwards execution.

Throughout my life I had several projects that I've never launched. This time I decided to go till the end and launch this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dutchspeak...

Last year I've been preparing for Dutch Speaking Exams without a tutor (using Babbel and ChatGPT) and I really neede a dedicated app to quickly prepare me for the exam. So this project was born from the my actual need I had.

During implementation though I figured that it's easier to come up with new ideas (as working on something spawns ideas or at least ideas of pivoting).

Show HN: App for helping to train for Dutch Speaking exams

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dutchspeaking.exam&hl=en_US

Hi!I've finally launched the app I've been working on with my friend.It's designed to assist users in preparing for Dutch Speaking exams, featuring 200+ unique questions and integrated 'AI' feedback. Currently available only on Google Play.This is my first launch ever, so I'm very excited! Hope to get some feedback. Thanks!

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Re:Show HN: Dead Horse, a real time online text adventure on Friday February 02, 2024 @12:42PM (#39231646)
Cool!
Re:Show HN: Nutrient insights through your grocery receipts on Friday February 02, 2024 @12:03PM (#39231126)
Cool!
Re:Infinite Craft on Friday February 02, 2024 @08:13AM (#39228141)
Cool!
Re:ML Engineering Online Book on Monday January 29, 2024 @10:10AM (#39177114)
What Twitter accounts to follow to stay updated?
Re:Read Something Wonderful on Friday December 22, 2023 @10:09PM (#38741273)
wow! this is nice!

I had a similar idea to find blogs similar to a seed blog and create a list or feed

Nice. Do you know how to tell him to put the link of the translation below the essay?