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Re:I Built a Drone with Only One Motor [video] on Monday October 19, 2026 @04:11PM (#50157445)
The Picocolissimo also uses only one motor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE47bcCxT_I
Re:10 Tokens for Your Meat Brain LLM on Monday September 28, 2026 @06:32PM (#49885392)
Sometimes other languages have better words to describe what you feel or want to say. I wrote up 10 of my favorites.

First up: Fingerspitzengefühl, German for “fingertip feeling.” In cell biology, it’s glancing at spiky, enlarged cells and knowing they’ve lost their undifferentiated state.

Then there’s gemas, Indonesian for the urge to squeeze something unbearably cute, like a baby.

What word should I know about? Let me know in comments.

Re: on Sunday June 07, 2026 @06:16PM (#48439135)
Yes! The world needs more Parametric-driven recipes. This is fantastic. Love it.

Show HN: An app to configure my company's logo

Posted by sastra on Sunday June 07, 2026 @12:45PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://jimmysastra.com/doodles/monomer-logo/

Conventional logos are perfectly consistent everywhere: the same proportions, spacing, colors, every time.I wanted to try something that goes against this corporate uniformity and come up with a logo system that can be individualized but is still recognizable as the company’s logo.The final implementation is heavily inspired by IDEO, where internal teams could choose slightly different versions...

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Re:Show HN: I made an app full of bugs on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @05:54PM (#48115114)
Agreed! One lady bug wandering around is cute. A hundred Pachyrhynchus Loheri bugs swarming in a frenzy is trippy, creepy, and what nightmares are made of.

Sweet dreams.

Re:Show HN: I made an app full of bugs on Monday May 11, 2026 @07:07PM (#48101957)
Ha! A bug bug. Good eye. Thanks! I'll squash that bug. :)
Re:Vibe Doodle on Monday September 01, 2025 @02:59PM (#45095566)
As a kid, I doodled little patterns in my notebooks and let my mind wander. Now I vibe code and create interactive little visual web apps. I call it “vibe doodling”.

It's Labor Day here in the US which is marked as a day of rest. Take a break and vibe doodle. It's good for you.