News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

vasanthv

Re:Show HN: Pushie – Get notified with a simple webhook on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @06:45AM (#49710444)
My bad, i was wrong.
Re:Show HN: Pushie – Get notified with a simple webhook on Monday September 14, 2026 @09:32PM (#49706619)
Not much difference. Only thing I can think of is ntfy does not have web push, it requires you to install android app or ios app to receive push notifications. For web it requires you to keep to tab open to receive the push notification.
Re:Show HN: Pushie – Get notified with a simple webhook on Monday September 14, 2026 @08:05PM (#49705970)
Thanks for the suggestion, will add more detail to the "Where can I use this?" section. Also, the additional logging does not log the messages, the log data gets cleared in 7 days. Either way I will add the details in the privacy policy.
Re:Show HN: Pushie – Get notified with a simple webhook on Monday September 14, 2026 @08:03PM (#49705951)
I have not yet published the code. But will do that soon as it needs to be cleaned up a bit.
Re:Show HN: Pushie – Get notified with a simple webhook on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:32AM (#49698690)
I am the maker of this service. The idea is to stay lean so that I can offer it free.

Come On, Blink, You Can Be Better

I bought a couple of Blink cameras and a doorbell and installed them around our house for security. I tried the subscription during the free trial, but decided not to continue. Eventually, I bought an SD card and started recording locally instead.But here’s my problem: Blink cameras detect motion and then record the next few seconds after sensing any motion. They don’t offer continuous...

( Read More... | 1 comment | on HN )

Show HN: Pinggy – A digital town square for your city

https://pinggy.com

Pinggy is a location-based social app built around short, ephemeral text posts from people in your city. No likes, no followers, no algorithmic feeds - just a chronological stream of local conversations that disappear in 7 days.I built it because most social apps today optimize for reach, virality, and influencer dynamics, which often pushes out authentic, everyday voices. I wanted something...

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Sunday November 09, 2025 @05:37PM (#45869917)
Working on a location based social app. https://pinggy.com

Show HN: Blarb – Chat instantly, just by sharing a link

https://blarb.net

I built blarb.net as a way to start a chatroom instantly, without accounts or installs. Any URL is a channel — for example, blarb.net/anything becomes a live room you can share.Some features:- No signup — just share a link- Peer-to-peer channels with end-to-end encryption (/@channel-name)- 24-hour history (regular channels auto-expire)- Unlimited participants- Embeddable on your site or blog-...

( Read More... | 1 comment | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Free Plain-Text Bookmarking on Friday March 22, 2024 @10:57AM (#39791351)
This is open-source, you can spin up your own instance.

Older »