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Show HN: I made a free Mac app to annotate screen for AI agents

Posted by nikasakana on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @04:07PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.trylasso.online

Hey HN, I'm Nika. I've built a tool for myself that lets user draw on the screen to annotate important parts and use it as simpler pointers for AI agents screenshot inputs.

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Re:Show HN: RooQL – A semantic layer with no server (Ossie models to SQL) on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @01:01PM (#50074978)

This is actually very useful

Show HN: Ambavi – Audible for things no one has recorded yet

Posted by nikasakana on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @10:27AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://ambavi.xyz/

Ambavi turns a question into a sourced audio episode. You check the script, then it reads it to you. I built it because I save more things than I ever read & AI is causing ever increasing reading fatigue

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Re:AI Fusion Photography on Friday May 15, 2026 @09:03AM (#48148069)

A new art photography line called AI fusion photography is emerging. The idea of AI interpreting and fusing surrealism with realism is taking over the world.

AI Fusion Photography

Posted by nikasakana on Friday May 15, 2026 @09:03AM
from the aifusionphotography.com dept.

https://aifusionphotography.com/

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Re:Reflections from Biggest Hackathon in Georgia on Thursday October 23, 2025 @05:08PM (#45687197)

As someone who spent 2 days observing every team, talking to participants, and dealing with the chaos behind the scenes of Hacktoberfest Tbilisi, I've noticed interesting patterns.

- Some about how participants approach hackathons (spoiler: most are doing it wrong).

- Some about what it takes to actually organize an event like this.

If you're planning to participate in or organize a hackathon, I wrote down everything:

Reflections from Biggest Hackathon in Georgia

Posted by nikasakana on Thursday October 23, 2025 @05:08PM
from the nikasakandelidze.ge dept.

https://www.nikasakandelidze.ge/posts/hacktoberfest2025

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Ask HN: Twitter integration alternatives apart from original API

Posted by nikasakana on Monday February 17, 2025 @06:02AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey hackers: Twitter API is so expensive and for one of my projects i NEED to have twitter integration. Has any one of you tested with alternatives like scrapers or whatever? Thanks in advance

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Ask HN: Resources for learning RAG best practices?

Posted by nikasakana on Saturday December 14, 2024 @04:15PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Can you suggest some quality resources for learning and understanding how to build production grade AI agents using RAG and other mechanisms? Books, blogs, videos, anything. Thanks!

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Ask HN: Resources for learning RAG best practices?

Posted by nikasakana on Saturday December 14, 2024 @09:04AM
from the ask-hn dept.

What are some of the resources that will help me understand the best practices of AI agents using RAG? What are some of patterns and theory that one need to know? I'm open to: books, blogs, articles, papers, videos, literally anything. Thanks HN!

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Re:Show HN: Dodo – open-source PaaS solution on Thursday October 24, 2024 @06:38AM (#41934164)

This is something great! Looking into it

Re:Ask HN: What are things you wish you knew about hiring engineers? on Friday October 18, 2024 @08:42AM (#41878886)

Sorry for the misunderstanding, should have made it clearer. Mazeg is a service provider company that i've started. Link was misplaced there didn't want it and can't remove now :D lol

Re:Ask HN: What are things you wish you knew about hiring engineers? on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:12AM (#41878293)

Hey hackers! I'm a hacker/tinkerer myself that has started building a software company and soon i'll need to hire at least 5 engineers. What are some of the things you can share that might be important to know to a complete noob in hiring? Thanks in advance!

Ask HN: What are things you wish you knew about hiring engineers?

Posted by nikasakana on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:12AM
from the ask-hn dept.

https://www.mazeg.io/

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Ask HN: What are some of the alternatives of Mem0

Posted by nikasakana on Monday October 07, 2024 @04:11PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm basically building an LLM application that needs a long term user based memory storage solution. I've found yc startup called mem0 - which is actually a great product. But i want to see what other alternatives are there on the market. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!I mean: www.mem0.ai

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Re:Ask HN: What's your experience with building mobile apps using PWA? on Monday October 07, 2024 @02:52AM (#41763415)

Thanks for the comment!! Can you elaborate on "multimedia heavy"? Do you mean photo/video contents? WDYT about using PWA-s for something like chatgpt mobile clone? Can you share the thought process a bit deeper?

Ask HN: What's your experience with building mobile apps using PWA?

Posted by nikasakana on Sunday October 06, 2024 @11:48PM
from the ask-hn dept.

At my service company, for one of the clients - who wants a small mobile app in a very short time, we've decided to go with PWA(Progressive Web App) for bunch of different reasons like: ease of development, ease of distribution, etc.What is your experience with PWA-s? Is it noticeably clanky compared to react-native apps? Are there any noticeable, well-known issues/bottlenecks with...

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Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:51AM (#41704968)

Think of your comment as a real trigger, i have couple of things in my mind that i can try to sell. It would be quite a journey. Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:47AM (#41704948)

Wow, this is so valuable. Thanks!!

Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:43AM (#41704924)

Great resources! Thanks so much for sharing!

Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:43AM (#41704920)

We are 2 engineers who want to find businesses and create value for them from scratch, not only be concerned with technical stuff(like in our current careers). This is what we are passionate about & we are trying to sell service. BTW here is the landing page: https://www.mazeg.io/en

Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:40AM (#41704908)

You are right, i'm a software engineer myself. Me & my other engineer friend started this, we've been building software for 6 years together already & have a passion for business as well, so we are navigating our ways through this new maze we found ourselves in!

Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:39AM (#41704899)

Ordered it! I've been recommended this one handful of times. Time to read it, Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Monday September 30, 2024 @03:49AM (#41694599)

These are very important, but at the same time easy to overlook, questions to have answers for. Thanks for reminding! Making sure i got every one of them down.

Re:Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales? on Monday September 30, 2024 @03:48AM (#41694593)

This is so great! Thanks for the reply, going through it rn.

Ask HN: Any good essays/books/advice about software sales?

Posted by nikasakana on Monday September 30, 2024 @01:28AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm a software engineer trying to build an agency, would love to hear anything(literally) about how can an engineer learn to generate leads and convert them. Thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: What is one software product that boosted your productivity? on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:36AM (#41668615)

Wow sounds nice, any of it open source? Would love to see

Re:Ask HN: What is one software product that boosted your productivity? on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:25AM (#41668513)

Nice! Could you give more context about Go? From which lang did you transfer? What are the tangible benefits that you are seeing? Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: What is one software product that boosted your productivity? on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:23AM (#41668496)

WOW, just WOW. This is a must have. Installing it right now! THanks!

Re:Ask HN: What is one software product that boosted your productivity? on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:23AM (#41668491)

Oh, i've forgotten sublime. Maybe it's a great time to pay a visit to it for some small tasks. Thanks!!