Show HN Today: Top Developer Projects Showcase for 2024-10-06
Explore the hottest developer projects on Show HN for 2024-10-06. Dive into innovative tech, AI applications, and exciting new inventions!
Summary of Today’s Content
Today’s content features various innovative projects showcased on Hacker News. Highlights include QuickPiperAudiobook, which converts multiple formats into offline audiobooks; a user feedback app; and an autonomous AI agent for product feedback. Notable tools like USDT address validator and a CSV processing web app were also presented. Additionally, there are fun projects like a Pantone guessing game and a golf-themed online game. The list showcases significant creativity among developers, with tools aimed at improving productivity, enhancing user experience, and promoting inclusivity in tech.
1. Show HN: Offline audiobook from any format with one CLI command
URL: https://github.com/C-Loftus/QuickPiperAudiobook
Author: C-Loftus
Description: QuickPiperAudiobook locally generates an mp3 audiobook on Linux with one easy command. It can convert PDFs, epub, mobi, and many more by using ebook-convert. It uses any piper TTS model, and thus supports a wide variety of languages.
I’ve had great success using it to read more while reducing eye strain and computer usage. I think I’ve probably read 30 or so books this way now over the past year. Being able to listen to any content you want in audio form free and offline while going for a walk is extremely handy.
I hope it helps you as well!
Cheers
Popularity: 20 points | 11 comments
2. Show HN: I made an app which helps get user feedback seamlessly and effectively
URL: https://featureflow.tech/
Author: dsdaaijnadijns
Description:
Popularity: 3 points | 1 comments
3. Show HN: AI Agent That Uses your Product!
URL: https://agent-uses-your-product.vercel.app/dashboard
Author: zuriobozuwa
Description: Autonomous AI agent that uses your product and gives you feedback :)
Popularity: 3 points | 1 comments
4. Show HN: USDT Address Checker – Validate USDT addresses across multiple networks
Author: moonbay42
Description: I’ve created a free online tool to validate USDT (Tether) addresses across major networks like ERC-20, TRC-20, BEP-20, Omni, and BEP-2.
Key features:
- Supports all major USDT networks
- Quick and easy address validation
- Free to use
- Additional USDT tools like QR code generator and converter
As cryptocurrencies become more mainstream, it’s crucial to have reliable ways to verify wallet addresses before transactions. This tool aims to improve security and reduce errors when dealing with USDT.
I’d love to get feedback from the HN community on the tool’s usefulness and any suggestions for improvement.
Check it out: https://usdtqrtool.com/check-usdt-address
In addition to the address checker, the website offers other useful USDT tools:
- [USDT QR Code Generator](https://usdtqrtool.com): Generate QR codes for USDT addresses for easy transfers.
- [USDT Converter](https://usdtqrtool.com/usdt-converter): Convert and calculate USDT to other currencies easily.
- [Random Coin Generator](https://usdtqrtool.com/random-coin): Generate random cryptocurrency addresses and private keys.
- [Top 100 Crypto Exchanges](https://usdtqrtool.com/top-crypto-exchanges): View information on the top 100 cryptocurrency exchanges.
- [USDT QR Code API](https://usdtqrtool.com/api-docs): API documentation for displaying USDT QR codes in terminal.
All these tools are free and designed to provide a comprehensive online toolkit for USDT users.
Popularity: 2 points | 2 comments
5. Show HN: Not a Game
URL: https://github.com/dakom/not-a-game
Author: dakom
Description: I built this as a sortof “using code as therapy/art” thing - processing the frustration I feel with the world as a whole, through making a browser game in Rust and DIY renderer.
Popularity: 3 points | 1 comments
6. Show HN: S-rack, a modular synth written in Rust — Can run in-browser!
URL: https://github.com/sharph/s-rack
Author: sharphall
Description:
Popularity: 4 points | 0 comments
7. Show HN: Twitter clone with AI trolls (hackathon)
Author: mykode
Description: Hey HN, we built this social media simulator with AI agents in a hackathon.
Log in with google, post a tweet, and different AI personalities will roast/comment/troll. Hopefully the responses will be engaging :-)
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
8. Show HN: Smart Account Starter - instant smart wallets/smart accounts
URL: https://github.com/smart-account-starter/smart-account-starter
Author: waynevest
Description:
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
9. Show HN: Read Articles Without Ads
Author: cedarmacjane
Description: I’ve created an application that lets you read articles without ads + recommendation engine that picks 20 best articles for you to read everyday!
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
10. Show HN: Peer-to-peer, End-to-end encrypted, Ephemeral chat with Age
URL: https://age-chat.vercel.app/
Author: orchdork10159
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
11. Show HN: Vinted extension to filter by location in catalog
URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/vinted-filter-by-location/ndeeghnjilpjgaphgfjaoioflnpijhkm
Author: sambex
Description: Vinted Catalog page is missing the filter by location and the location itself.
With my extension you can add it.
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
12. Show HN: RemoteController – Steam Remote Play Alternative Powered by P2P and Web
URL: https://github.com/PiterWeb/RemoteController
Author: piterdev
Description:
Popularity: 6 points | 0 comments
13. Show HN: Built simple Startup Directory in 3 days – 300 users in 72 hours
URL: https://maze.do/saas-directory
Author: ericssonrd
Description: I was experimenting and asked Gemini AI for an idea inspired by the Million Dollar Homepage but for SaaS and Startups, it suggested creating a startup directory. I thought, “Mmm, what harm can another directory do?” but, I tried to add a unique twist. Make it really simple to submit.
Users can simply upload their icon, short description (I’ve added that later) and web address. The app displays their startup immediately, making it easy for anyone to display their project without hassle.
Posted on Reddit and in just 24 hours, I attracted over 80 users, then over the next couple of days it got to around 300. Now I’ve capped it to 419 and more users keep submitting (submission keep rolling, new ones go to the top and old ones get removed).
I’m glad to share this with the Hacker News community to get some feedback and suggestions for improvement. Some people have suggested monetization options and I’ve tried that but it may not be time for that yet since it didn’t work out.
You can check it here: https://maze.do/saas-directory
Background: This was somewhat of an impulse project comming from my desire to create something useful for Saas Developers. I focused on making it real simple to submit, aiming for a low barrier to entry.
I look forward to your thoughts and any suggestions you might have!
Popularity: 1 points | 4 comments
14. Show HN: Stateless UPI amount split and share component leveraging UPI Intent
URL: https://akashmilton.com/mini-apps/upi-split
Author: mil10akash
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
15. Show HN: I made it even easier to self-host my open-source form back end
URL: https://github.com/FormBee/FormBee
Author: Oia1
Description: On a bit of a mission here. Just made the first addition to what I plan to be lots of variations of self-hosting this Formspree alternative. The goal is to allow you to host just what you need, and avoid the bloat and complexity of self-hosting the entire service.
Popularity: 2 points | 1 comments
16. Show HN:I made bot to help improve your mood using GPT o1-model
URL: https://www.inspiremebot.com/
Author: dhangzz
Description:
Popularity: 2 points | 1 comments
17. Show HN: Pantone Guessing Game
URL: https://pascaltroxler.ch/pantoneguesser.html
Author: trox
Description: Hey HN, I’ve created a web-based game that challenges you to match Pantone descriptions to its RGB color.
For those who don’t know, Pantone provides “a universal language of color that enables color-critical decisions through every stage of the workflow for brands and manufacturers”.
These descriptions can be surprisingly subjective and ambiguous (think ‘Reflecting Pond’ or ‘Satellite’). I’ve created this app to hopefully gain insights into which colors have the largest variance and for you to test your knowledge.
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
18. Show HN: Slashing LLM Costs for Overnight Batch Inference
URL: #
Author: Blue_Cosma
Description: Hey HN,
If you’ve tried running open-source models like Llama 3.1 70B or 405B, you might have noticed that it gets very expensive. The reasons look obvious enough that you might have stopped even before trying it!
- GPUs are very expensive to buy or rent
- Running the most performing LLMs need 4, 8 or even 16 top of the line Nvidia GPUs
- And that won’t get you anywhere near the level of VRAM needed to batch enough to get a decent throughput and efficiency
Some have even questioned if open-source LLM providers are not doing some shenanigans to provide the prices they offer. VC funded bait-and-switch? Unclear quantization? Even the most well funded LLM inference startups, with the best inference optimization teams in the world have got into controversy about this.
At EXXA, we wanted to make affordable the best open-source LLMs in all their FP16 glory. And I don’t know for others, but we’re a bootstrapped team of 3, so the subsidizing part isn’t an option :D
I won’t tell you we found the magical solution for all use cases… But we found one for batch overnight jobs! Think things like:
- Synthetic data generation
- Data pre-processing (e.g. contextual retrieval for RAG improvements, knowledge graph creation)
- or LLM-as-a-judge evaluation
Why overnight? Because it gives us time to:
- Get GPU for a high discount (30-90%) as they would otherwise sit idle in cloud providers data centers
- Heavily optimize inference for maximum throughput instead of minimum latency
Today, our batch inference API is live for Llama 3.1 8B & 70B FP16 with output under 24h.
We offer the lowest price per token in the market!
60% cheaper than fireworks, 40% cheaper than deepinfra. Without any hard rate limits and with prompt caching available.
Try it now at https://withexxa.com
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If you have any specific questions: you can email us at [email protected] If you want to generate a large amount of tokens with custom LLM models, let us know we can host them and offer the same price ranges as Llama 3.1 8B & 70B. If you want to reduce inference costs for image or video generation, we are actively looking into this with potential users.
What do you think of our approach? Are you willing to wait overnight for super cheap tokens?
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
19. Show HN: Find all drop sources for Warframe (mods, relics, etc.)
URL: https://warframelocator.com/
Author: Liddry
Description: This is something I made for myself and find it really useful. Just want to share if anyone has interest in this game or feedback to make it better.
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
20. Show HN: URLs that belong in your sentences
Author: skillseeddev
Description: Hey everyone! I got a quick question for you: which link would you like to put in our announcement post? Is it A. yourwebsite.com/announcement/our-latest-update or B. intr.oduc.ing/our-latest-update
Perhaps it’d be clearer if I put it in a sentence… “Super stoked to finally say that we’re intr.oduc.ing/our-Product-Hunt launch!”
See how that link blends in with the sentence? I bet you none of the other URL shorteners can do that - whether it’s bit.ly, ow.ly, or dub.co! Impress your X followers by launching with an intr.oduc.ing/your-product link!
This has been an idea of mine for years, and I’m so excited to finally see it in action! I’ve always hated how obtrusive and unnatural links look in between words, and shortening it doesn’t help. This product is a solution to my own problem, and I think it’s the same problem that hundreds of businesses are facing as well, albeit a minor one!
Should this replace other URL shorteners like bit.ly? Probably not - it’s a different product with different objectives! These might not be the shortest link (and we’re not trying to make them shorter), but they flow with your sentence!
I’ll continue adding more URLs like this, and this is still a WIP - let me know if there are any features you’d like to see! Cheers!
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
21. Show HN: World Wide Waiting Room – A realtime web game written in Crystal
URL: https://worldwidewaitingroom.com/
Author: max0563
Description:
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
22. Show HN: Built an alert tool for barber appointments
Author: luukkimbal
Description: It took me 1,5 years to finally launch this tool. It started as a tool for myself because my barber is very busy and I wanted to see when he would get open spots. I have been building on it for way too long and have been procrastinating of when to launch it. It is very easy to use. Users only have to put in their preferences and their email. Users can cancel anytime. It’s very specific because at the moment it only works for barbers using the software Salonhub.
Popularity: 1 points | 3 comments
23. Show HN: CREV – A Go-based CLI tool for AI code reviews and codebase exports
URL: #
Author: elpookie
Description: I’ve recently built CREV, a Go-based CLI tool designed to get AI-powered code reviews from your terminal. The idea came from my frustration with manually copying code into ChatGPT or Claude to get feedback on my projects. Although ChatGPT could provide me with useful suggestions, it lacked the full context of my project, which often resulted in incomplete reviews since it didn’t know my entire directory structure and the content of all the files. I wanted to fix that, while also eliminating the constant switching between VSCode and my browser.
So after a month of development, I’m excited to share CREV:
- GitHub: https://github.com/vossenwout/crev
- Website: https://crevcli.com/
Features:
- Full Codebase Export: Exports your entire directory structure and the content of all the files of your project into a single text file.
- AI-Powered Code Reviews: CREV reviews your bundled codebase and outputs the review as a markdown file.
- Terminal-Based Workflow: CREV is a CLI tool, removing the need to switch between your editor and the browser.
I have written the CREV CLI tool in Go as I was interested in learning the language and I heard many good things about its efficiency and speed. I used Cobra https://github.com/spf13/cobra to manage the CLI commands and Viper https://github.com/spf13/viper for handling configurations. This is the first project I have done with Go but I find the language interesting and the Go routines also help with reading in your entire codebase. For the code reviews themselves I use google cloud functions which invoke GPT-4o (am also planning to add Claude 3.5 and GPT-o1).
I’d love to hear your feedback—whether it’s ideas for new features or reasons why you believe this tool is useful or useless to you. I am using it daily so it at least solved my own problem :)
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
24. Show HN: Lastly – last.fm widgets for your GitHub readme
URL: https://github.com/ni5arga/Lastly
Author: ni5arga
Description:
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
25. Show HN: Hacknio – a minimal Hacker News client
URL: https://github.com/ni5arga/hacknio
Author: ni5arga
Description:
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
26. Show HN: Transform Any Text into Engaging Conversational Podcasts
URL: https://notebooklmpodcast.com/
Author: victor_cl
Description: Show HN: Transform Any Text into Engaging Conversational Podcasts!
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
27. Show HN: My first app – finds your perfect side hustle with GPT-4
URL: https://www.myhustleai.com
Author: thavranek
Description: I built my first app to help people find side hustles they’ll enjoy. It’s based on interests, skills, and hobbies - meant to be a step beyond generic lists of ideas.
I felt frustrated in the past with a drive to do something productive but not knowing what to start, which is why I bult this.
I hope you might find it useful and would love feedback from the community if anyone has any thoughts.
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
28. Show HN: AiResume – I built a free AI-powered resume builder
URL: https://airesume.com
Author: themendelson
Description: any feedback would be appreciated :)
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
29. Show HN: A Browser UI for Your Docker Registry – Built with Elm and Rust
URL: https://github.com/frectonz/octopod
Author: frectonz
Description: I was hosting my own Docker Registry for work, and i was disappointed that Docker Registry didn’t ship with a UI, so i decided to build my own version.
Popularity: 4 points | 0 comments
30. Show HN: I made a lightweight webapp as an MVP for processing CSV files
URL: https://drcsv.onrender.com/
Author: argentum47
Description: Over time I wish to add capabilities to create dashboards, allow users to create pipelines and share dashboards, results summary, or create email templates. But all this requires a backend and, most important, possibility of a market with paying users for the backend stuff.
P.S. could have minor UI bugs,
Popularity: 4 points | 1 comments
31. Show HN: Golf Orbit-A free stress-busting online game that takes golf to heights
Author: BabyJordan
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
32. Show HN: My first creation as a solo dev. I created an app for easy budgets
URL: https://www.nononsensebudget.com/
Author: gustavssondev
Description: My first SaaS idea. With a clean ui and a clever loan handling guide. I hope to grow it further!
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
33. Show HN: Automatically copy all the products from any URL straight into Shopify
URL: https://productupload.co/
Author: h1bay1
Description:
Popularity: 2 points | 1 comments
34. Show HN: Gemma2 – AI Inclusivity for Marginalized Groups Multi-CLoud
URL: http://gemma2website.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/#architecture
Author: GTCHO
Description: Hey HN,
I’m excited to introduce Gemma 2 Training by The Duhart Group (TDG), in partnership with Google. This initiative is focused on training AI models that foster inclusivity for marginalized communities. By collaborating with academic partners like Harvard Dataverse, UC Berkeley, and Stanford, we leverage diverse datasets to create fairer, more empathetic AI systems.
Highlights: Diverse Data: Integrating datasets from leading academic institutions to reduce AI bias. Google Partnership: Powered by Google Cloud for efficient AI model training and data processing. Inclusive AI: Focused on addressing the needs of underrepresented groups like African Americans, LGBTQ+ individuals, and People with Disabilities. Learn more about our technical architecture is in the link provided.
Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments
35. Show HN: TopazNG - Amiga system font for coding and terminal use
URL: https://codeberg.org/ideasman42/font-topaz-ng
Author: ideasman42
Description: For some reason I’ve always had a soft-spot for the quirky Amiga workbench aesthetic.
I find modern fonts, while functional to lack the character & charm of some of the fonts on older systems.
I’ve been using this font daily on my terminal & for editing code recently and like it so far.
Popularity: 5 points | 0 comments
36. Show HN: To prove other gender and age group can enjoy SciFi I created this site
URL: https://storyzen.co/create/sci_fi
Author: rose_ann_
Description:
Popularity: 6 points | 1 comments
Conclusion
Today’s Show HN roundup showcases a diverse range of innovative projects. From AI-powered tools to creative coding solutions, these projects reflect the dynamic nature of our tech community. Which project caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments!
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