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Can we use RF for other medical applications? As an anesthesiologist, we do nerve blocks before surgeries or for pain. One rough indicator that it's working is muscle paralysis. Also similar for botox.

Very interested.

I have my personal domain (let's say johndoe.com) and I have set it up so all (catch-all) emails go to one email. [email protected], [email protected]. Pretty easy.
I built https://statphone.com which is one emergency number that dials multiple people and shows up as itself on the caller ID so you know it's urgent.

You can use the same tech to build throwaway accounts like you are envisioning. Problem is that it would be prohibitively expensive.

Re:Apple HomeView on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @12:34PM (#50074493)
I believe it supports carplay compatible apps.

According to Wired, “a handful of third-party media apps like Spotify are available, and developers can bring over existing CarPlay apps.”

Re:Astra for Law on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:27PM (#49749892)
In an utopian society, lawyers are an unnecessary profession. Laws should be clear and simple so the common person can be their own "lawyer". LLMs help with that goal.
Re:Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @10:02AM (#49626765)
I was a huge fan of Steve Schoger's YouTube Series - Refactoring UI. Taught me so much about design. Congrats on the exit. Hope it was good.

Bring back the series!

https://www.youtube.com/@SteveSchoger

Re:OpenAI begins rolling out GPT-6 Astra on Thursday September 03, 2026 @04:11PM (#49556156)
Maybe thoughts are just a chain of instructions in our head.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026) on Sunday August 09, 2026 @08:31PM (#49237835)
I’m working on ProofLeague, an app for keeping workout promises with friends:

https://proofleague.com (iOS, web app and android)

You create a private league, set a weekly goal (workout 3x a week), and tap Start when you begin a workout. Friends get notified and then have 30 minutes to ask for a selfie. If nobody asks, the workout counts automatically. There’s no public feed or strangers involved, just a small group keeping each other honest.

My friends and I had been doing a version of this via text message for years, but this app has been great. I am in 4 "leagues", all of them get notified at once and then I only share my selfie once and it automatically goes to any group that asks. It's motivating and hilarious to see people working out.

It's free and would love for you guys to try it and set up a league with friends or family. Please send me any feedback at [email protected]

Show HN: ProofLeague – friends can ask for proof when you start a workout

Hi HN!My friends and I used to do a rough version of this over text. We’d tell the group when we were starting a workout, and someone could ask for a selfie to keep us honest.It was simple, slightly ridiculous, and surprisingly effective. It was also clumsy to manage in a group chat, so I built ProofLeague:https://proofleague.comThe rule is basically the same: create a private league and choose...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) on Monday June 15, 2026 @06:23AM (#48539200)
It’s only been out for two weeks. You do get reminders that you are going to miss this weeks digest or that others have submitted etc. but your idea is great!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) on Sunday June 14, 2026 @07:04PM (#48533949)
I’m also working on Dearest. https://dearest.co

Each week, everyone emails in a few photos and a sentence or two, and Dearest sends the group a private Sunday digest with everyone’s updates. The catch is, you only receive the digest if you contribute that week.

It is meant for families, old friends, grandparents, siblings, or any small group that wants to stay close without another app or endless notifications.

It’s my way to be social and know what’s going on in my friends lives without social media.

So far I only have my friends using it but I love it.

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) on Sunday June 14, 2026 @03:22PM (#48531553)
I’m working on https://creditcardchecklist.com It lets you keep track of your credit cards and which perks you have used and when the annual fee is going to hit. I often forget to use up the perk before it expires. You don’t even need an account buts you get notified if you make one. Also it’s free!

I also am working on https://trypixie.com - a way to employee your kids legally. It gets money into their Roth and saves you taxable income all while teaching them about working.

Re:Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles on Thursday June 11, 2026 @07:07AM (#48488767)
I thought the switch had a browser for a little bit. Am I mistaken?
I miss when social media was mostly about my friends’ lives. It actually helped us stay in touch.

So much of social media now feels built around whatever is trending that week, not the relationships you actually want to keep up with.

That’s why I’m building Dearest (https://dearest.co) : a private, email-based Sunday photo digest for families and friends. Everyone sends a photo and a short update by Saturday night, and contributors get the group’s digest on Sunday morning. Hopefully this keeps us social and in touch.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) on Monday April 13, 2026 @03:54AM (#47749051)
I love it. As a physician, I see so many cases of elderly patients who have fallen and not been found for hours if not days.

In elder care, I am building https://statphone.com - one emergency number that rings multiple family members simultaneously and breaks through DND. Would love to chat/collaborate.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) on Sunday April 12, 2026 @10:34PM (#47746915)
I have https://amithpatel.com. It needs some updating.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) on Sunday April 12, 2026 @08:47PM (#47746195)
Im building https://trypixie.com to legally employ my 7 year old child, save on taxes and contribute to her Roth IRA.

I also built https://statphone.com - One emergency number that rings your whole family and breaks through DND.

I’m afraid to turn on Do Not Disturb.

I have young kids and elderly parents. Very much in the sandwich generation.

When I’m in the OR or busy and an unknown number comes in, I have no idea. Is this my kid’s school? My dad’s doctor? Something urgent? Or just spam?

So my wife and I built StatPhone (https://statphone.com).

It gives you dedicated phone numbers you can share with the people and places that may need to reach you urgently. When someone calls one, it can ring multiple people at once, break through Do Not Disturb, and if no one answers, escalate to others.

For example, we give one to our kid’s school. It rings both of us at the same time so someone alway picks up.

Or we can give one to my dad’s doctor. It rings me and my sister first, and if we do not pick up, it rolls to my wife and brother in law.

No matter what number they call from, it shows up clearly as something like “Dad Emergency” or “Kids School” on our phones.

If no one answers, it uses its own voicemail, transcribes it, and sends it to everyone. We can still see who actually called via text or the dashboard.

At first we built it for ourselves, but figured it might be useful to other families too.

PS- recently someone brought to our attention that this could be useful for patients on transplant list. This will be worthwhile if we even help one transplant patient!

Show HN: A shared emergency number for families

https://statphone.com/

Hi HN,My wife and I are physicians (YC S17), with young kids and also helping take care of our parents. Very much in the sandwich generation.When I am in the OR or busy and an unknown number comes in, I have no idea. Is this my kid’s school, my dad’s doctor, something urgent, or just spam?I end up being afraid to fully turn on Do Not Disturb because of that.So we built StatPhone -...

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Re:Apple Business on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @02:13PM (#47506837)
Will this allow iPad profiles? I think that’s a feature in edu? Would be a game changer.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Friday March 13, 2026 @09:53PM (#47372499)
I actually don't know if Google Voice has that capability unless you hack it by having each phone logged into the same account.

The biggest benefit for me with StatPhone is the incoming callerID is the StatPhone number. So even if the kid's school is calling from a random number, on your phone it shows the StatPhone number and you know its a call pertains to your child.

Also grouped escalation, so if my father calls in an emergency, the kids get called first and then the in laws and our uncle.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @06:37PM (#47316685)
The economics don’t work for StatPhone either but I figured if it has value, I can find other ways to make money or bring down costs.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @01:34PM (#47312330)
Hi!

If the first group doesn't pick up, it starts calling the second group, but first group continues to ring.

If the caller hangs up, all ringing is stopped.

The cool thing is if it encounters the native phone's voicemail, it hangs up and continues to ring so doesn't think it was a picked up call.

We do have our own voicemail that will eventually answer (user defined timing), which then transcribes and sends the voicemail+transcription to all the group members.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @10:27AM (#47309582)
Sure!

Unfortunately if a spammer called the StatPhone number, it would dial everyone. I thought about blocking or automatically categorizing but then you may miss an important call from an unknown number.

Most spammers are actually operating off of known lists, usually made off of some data leak.

I haven’t encountered that issue yet. I don’t have a great solution for that case.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @10:24AM (#47309517)
I did and a few CPAs. Surprisingly my customers have been CPAs buying to offer to their clients.

Pixie is more like quickbooks or any other record keeping software. We don’t employ the children, their parents do. And as long as the kids are doing legitimate work, it’s fair and actually the irs has a page on it. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @07:27AM (#47307636)
Nope. Just iterated slowly. Started by looking templates I liked on dribbble.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Sunday March 08, 2026 @10:45PM (#47304306)
Im building https://trypixie.com to legally employ my 7 year old child, save on taxes and contribute to her Roth IRA.

Im also building https://www.keepfiled.com, a microsaas to save emails (or email attachments) to google drive

I almost forgot, I also built https://statphone.com - One emergency number that rings your whole family and breaks through DND.

I love building. I built all these for myself. unfortunately I suck at marketing so I barely have customers.

Show HN: KeepFiled – forward an email and it automatically files in Google Drive

https://www.keepfiled.com/

Hi HN,I kept running into the same small problem: important documents would live in my email forever because I never got around to filing them in Google Drive.Receipts, PDFs, contracts, travel docs, etc.When I actually needed something later, I’d spend way too long searching through Gmail.So I built a small tool for myself: KeepFiled.The workflow is simple: 1. Forward an email 2. The...

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