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Re:How to Leave Instagram on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:48PM (#48098195)
AI absolutely was used to help build and maintain this. (OP here)
Re:How to Leave Instagram on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:47PM (#48098172)
OP here - also agreed! A/SIDE is for a middle ground/corner case, at least for me.
Re:How to Leave Instagram on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:46PM (#48098154)
OP here - agreed. I was rarely posting anyways. I'm personally replacing it with reading even more than A/SIDE. There are just some times I want to share something with friends and family and not fumble with iMessage.
Re:How to Leave Instagram on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:06PM (#48097652)
Instagram quietly removed E2E end encryption from DMs last week. Wrote this for people who've been looking for a reason to leave.
Re:Show HN: Εἶδος – A non-Turing-complete language built on Plato's Th... on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @10:48AM (#46976420)
Good idea... a Socratic testing framework :) Taking PRs from anyone but I'll tinker on it soon.

Show HN: Εἶδος – A non-Turing-complete language built on Plato's Theory of Forms

Posted by proletarian on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:51AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/realadeel/eidos

I've been reading Plato text and picking up some ancient Greek, and I had a useless thought experiment: what would a programming language look like with 4th century Athens constraints?Εἶδος (Eidos — "Form") is one result. It's a declarative language called Λόγος where you don't execute code — you declare what exists. Forms belong to Kinds. Forms bear testimony. A law of correspondence maps...

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Show HN: CloudVac – open-source AWS resource cleaner with cost insights

Posted by proletarian on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:51AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/realadeel/CloudVac

CloudVac is a local-only tool to scan, inspect, estimate costs for, and clean up unused AWS resources across multiple profiles and regions.It reads your `~/.aws/credentials` and discovers resources across services like EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation stacks, and more. It estimates monthly cost per resource, flags orphaned log groups and under-utilized items, and offers a dependency-aware...

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Re:Show HN: OpenGrad – Self-directed, AI-facilitated graduate programs on Sunday January 04, 2026 @10:21PM (#46494999)
You're right - it will serve more as a learning tool. The production of knowledge by the individual (currently just me!) is not a project that will happen until at least year 4, so I'm basically punting that and assuming I'll figure out the best approach by then. I am absolutely open to the realization that is should not be called a PhD, but I will say that I do have some topics in mind that I want to pursue that I think are novel. I suspect I'll bring on some form of non-AI by then if I continue down this path. Great feedback thank you.
Re:Show HN: UltraLocked – iOS file vault using Secure Enclave and PFS on Monday November 17, 2025 @01:09PM (#45956204)
App store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ultralocked/id6749434984
Re:Show HN: Like Facebook Marketplace, AI-native on Sunday September 01, 2024 @11:53PM (#41422441)
I happen to know a lot of people that would love to get rid of stuff, but don't wanna go through the work of creating listings, even for Facebook Marketplace.

This is a peer-to-peer marketplace where you just snap the pics and AI does the rest... title, description, category, even tags, and even a suggested price. And you can adjust the personality of the listing.

Also, it continually updates your listings based on real-time trends to ensure they stand out and attract buyers.

With features like customizable listing styles, real-time chat with buyers, and dynamic trend tracking, Shopseen takes the hassle out of selling.

Re:Start a side project, says GitHub founder (2008) on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:13PM (#19422930)
Come to the free Minnebar unconference if you're in Minneapolis April 27. Side Projects for Fun and Profit - 2019 Edition https://sessions.minnestar.org/sessions/689
Re:Show HN: We Shipped – Post an update when you finish that release, ... on Sunday August 20, 2017 @09:03PM (#15061195)
This is more for indie devs and side projects... will make it more clear ;)
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016) on Friday April 01, 2016 @12:12PM (#11405904)
Yard Club | San Francisco, CA | Ruby on Rails | Onsite

Backed by Andreessen, Harrison Metal and Caterpillar.

Yard Club's platform enables peer to peer rentals of high quality construction machines. Think AirBnb for bulldozers and excavators.

Rails, React, Postgres, Heroku.

https://www.yardclub.com/careers

Re:SnapUp lets you shop on your iPhone by taking screenshots on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @12:57PM (#7971963)
Do I have to upload the pics manually?
Re:Show HN: Create Javascript charts with one line of Ruby on Monday May 13, 2013 @11:47AM (#5699330)
Well, well, mccolin replying to akane, long live Context Optional. And nice work akane.

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