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Show HN: 10% of HN Posts Don't Load

https://hn-hug-of-death-574568295911.us-west1.run.app/

I'm always frustrated by the amount of posts on the front pages that don't load at all or are slow to load. Then you're just left to read the comments and try to piece together what it was about.I wanted to make sure it wasn't just my slow connection, so I built this tool while sitting in a meeting for an hour, using Google AI Studio and Cloud Deploy.Hope someone finds it interesting.

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I think what this experiment has done is get me excited about bringing my ideas to life again. I always fall deep into the Dunning Krueger curve and usually let my interest die when I realize that things are infinitely harder and more complex/nuanced than I initially noticed.

But now it feels like a lot of technical complexity that has stood in my way is just not there (at least on this scale, I still fully acknowledge professional level software development is takes enormous skill, persistence and knowledge).

My aim is to take all the ideas for apps I've had over the years, and try to make one new one per week. We'll see if I still feel this way in a few weeks.

Show HN: Tincture – A Color-Matching Puzzle Game I Vibe-Coded with AI in 4 Hours

https://tincture-574568295911.us-west1.run.app/

Hi, Eight years ago, I had an idea for a color-matching puzzle game. I taught myself Swift and Xcode, spent months building an MVP… and then abandoned it.Last week, I decided to revisit the concept to see how far AI coding tools have come. So I played around with an assistant, and vibe-coded a playable version in about 4 hours.It’s called Tincture. It’s a calm, minimalist puzzle game. There are...

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