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Re:Show HN: Olelo Foil - NACA Airfoil Sim on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @07:27PM (#44046929)
I may have fixed 8412 :)
Re:Show HN: Olelo Foil - NACA Airfoil Sim on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @07:26PM (#44046922)
Added validation and looking into fully supporting the 5 digit codes - thanks for the feedback!
Re:Show HN: Olelo Foil - NACA Airfoil Sim on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:47PM (#44045766)
Figure I'd drop this here - some other projects I'm working on currently:

Seafloor LOD (infinite terrain generator): https://github.com/kanakawai-maui/seafloor-lod

Olelo Honua (free LLM-enabled translation tool): https://www.olelohonua.com/

Re:Show HN: Olelo Foil - NACA Airfoil Sim on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:40PM (#44045687)
Good catch - I'll look into fixing this. thanks!
Re:Show HN: Olelo Foil - NACA Airfoil Sim on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:38PM (#44045669)
I just pushed an update using spalart-allmaras turbulence model (somewhere in between NS and panel methods). Also updated the controls to use arrow keys :)
Re:Show HN: Olelo Foil - NACA Airfoil Sim on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:36PM (#44045645)
LOL and it's also completely vertical

Show HN: Olelo Foil - NACA Airfoil Sim

Posted by rbrownmh on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @12:44PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://foil.olelohonua.com/

Hi HN!A while back, I started exploring ways to make aerodynamic simulation more interactive and visual for the web. I wanted something that felt immediate—intuitive enough for students, fast enough for hobbyists, and hackable enough for engineers. That’s how Olelo Foil was born.Foil is a browser-based airfoil simulator written in JavaScript using Three.js and WebGL. It lets you interactively...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) on Friday May 02, 2025 @12:32PM (#43871922)
Aside from my main project, ʻŌlelo Honua, I'm working on an air/hydro foil simulation (just for fun). Currently using rudimentary physics and in it's early stages. Would like to add more particles and incorporate Navier-Stokes equations.

[1]ʻŌlelo Honua:

https://www.olelohonua.com

[2] Foil Sim:

https://foil.olelohonua.com

Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to get started with LLM-assisted progra... on Monday March 31, 2025 @05:54PM (#43540394)
I would highly recommend starting w/ OpenRouter - it's easy to play around w/ free models and their documentation is great.

OpenRouter Quickstart: https://openrouter.ai/docs/quickstart

See usage example here (Typescript): https://github.com/brownrw8/olelo-honua/blob/main/src/provid...

And while you're at it, check out my open source project using OpenRouter, ʻŌlelo Honua ;)

ʻŌlelo Honua: https://www.olelohonua.com

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) on Monday March 31, 2025 @02:23PM (#43538055)
Working on ʻŌlelo Honua, a free and open-source internationalization (i18n) tool that uses AI to translate app content. Now building a CLI so it can integrate seamlessly with tools like Shopify and other platforms. The goal is to make localization effortless for developers without relying on expensive translation services.

https://www.olelohonua.com

Would love feedback—especially on CLI features you'd find useful!

Re:There's White Stuff Growing on Your Cheese That Isn't Mold (2018) on Monday March 31, 2025 @02:21PM (#43538028)
The umami flavor of cheese, especially hard cheeses, is incredibly under appreciated. And I'll never understand the popularity of pre-shredded cheese...

Show HN: ʻŌlelo Honua v3.1.2 – Automating internationalization

Posted by rbrownmh on Monday March 31, 2025 @02:13PM
from the show-hn dept.

http://www.olelohonua.com/

Show HN: ʻŌlelo Honua v3.1.2 – Automating i18n for Multilingual AppsHey HN! I’m excited to share ʻŌlelo Honua v3.1.2, a tool built to take the pain out of internationalization (i18n) for multilingual websites and apps. If you’ve ever wrestled with messy translation files or clunky i18n workflows, this might be just what you need.Since the early alpha, beta, and RC releases, tons has...

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Re:The <select> element can now be customized with CSS on Monday March 31, 2025 @12:19PM (#43536744)
I'd love to know the opportunity cost - billions?
Re:Back From The Future: 1995's predictions of 2025 life on Monday March 31, 2025 @12:14PM (#43536679)
> "Passenger planes with speed beyond Mach four" and "superconductive magnetic levitation railways at 500 km/h" probably seemed like reasonable extrapolations of current trends at the time.

I'm a bit upset we can't have this today.

Re:Show HN: Mcpt – managed registry for up-to-date, verified MCP servers on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:29PM (#43474919)
Very cool!
Re:Show HN: ʻŌlelo Honua – Simplify Your Internationalization Workflow on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:25PM (#43474871)
Original Show HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43365955

Show HN: ʻŌlelo Honua – Simplify Your Internationalization Workflow

Posted by rbrownmh on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:22PM
from the show-hn dept.

http://www.olelohonua.com/

I’m happy to introduce a new landing page for ʻŌlelo Honua, a tool created to simplify the internationalization (i18n) process for multilingual websites and applications. If managing translation files manually or dealing with cumbersome i18n workflows has ever been a challenge for you, this might be the solution you're looking for.Since sharing an earlier alpha version of this project, a lot...

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