Show HN Today: Top Developer Projects Showcase for 2024-11-18

Explore the hottest developer projects on Show HN for 2024-11-18. Dive into innovative tech, AI applications, and exciting new inventions!

Summary of Today’s Content

Today, various innovative tools and platforms were showcased. Highlights include Jean, which simplifies user onboarding with one-click preference understanding, and Nosia, a privacy-focused AI that runs models on local data. Venmo’s unofficial API was also introduced, along with a Tailwind Box Shadow Generator and a meta-linter for multiple programming languages. For teams, Curiora provides an internal platform for knowledge sharing, while EnkiTask offers a straightforward task management tool for freelancers. Meanwhile, tools like Documind and FastGraphRAG aim to enhance data processing and knowledge graph utilization, benefiting both developers and businesses.

1. Show HN: Jean (ICap 25’) – Zero-Shot User Understanding

URL: https://www.jeantechnologies.com/

Author: jpolitzki

Description: Hi HN! I’m Jonathan, founder/CTO of Jean (https://www.jeantechnologies.com/) for one-click user understanding to skip onboarding and solve the cold start problem for immediate personalization.

The Problem: Every app asks the same questions about user preferences. Companies waste time and money on lengthy onboarding flows that users hate or hire ML teams that take months to form user identities and aren’t worth the cost. AI requires broad user data to be personalized.

What We Built:

• One click to understand user preferences and context
• Simple API that works with your existing stack
• Open source protocol

  Early Results:

• 70% fewer onboarding questions
• 3x user engagement
• Zero cold start

  Currently in private beta. Looking for feedback from developers building:

• Personalized recommendations
• Smart chat/UI
• Content ranking

  Email: [email protected]

  Thanks HN!

Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments

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2. Show HN: Nosia – Privacy-focused AI to run models on your own data and device

URL: https://github.com/nosia-ai/nosia

Author: tontoncyber

Description: What happens when you wait months after the official release of ChatGPT, with all the media buzz, before you actually try it for the first time?

What happens when your first question to ChatGPT is about its carbon footprint, including Scope 3 emissions, and whether OpenAI complies with the Paris Agreement?

What happens when, back in 2013, you almost left tech to become a beekeeper, but then returned to the field driven by passion and a vision for doing things differently?

What happens when you believe in extending the life of terminals and servers, recycling, and reusing hardware, instead of succumbing to programmed obsolescence or deleting old emails?

What happens when you believe in the power of the French and European tech ecosystem to provide digital solutions that respect GDPR and uphold core values?

What happens when you stand for data sovereignty, empowering organizations to protect their data and act independently? What happens when you champion open-source and collective intelligence as key drivers of innovation?

What happens when you work with code, systems, networks, and cybersecurity, and approach your work like a craftsman, building something meaningful?

Introducing Nosia – a platform that allows you to run an AI model directly on your own data and device, from small models (SLM) to large models (LLM). It’s designed to be easy to install and use, empowering you to take control of your AI needs while respecting privacy, sustainability, and autonomy.

Popularity: 7 points | 5 comments

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3. Show HN: Venmo Unofficial API

URL: https://github.com/Integuru-AI/Venmo-Unofficial-API

Author: richardzhang

Description:

Popularity: 81 points | 41 comments

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4. Show HN: Over engineering an entry to my daughter’s school pumpkin contest

URL: https://johnzanussi.com/posts/minions-pumpkin-animated-eye

Author: johnz

Description:

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5. Show HN: Sell your startup with an embed code

URL: https://offerbutton.com

Author: greg387

Description: just built something fun: http://offerbutton.com and it’s 100% free for founders

story time - back in college i built a dating app. making ok money from ads, nothing crazy.

one day, random email hits our help inbox: “interested in acquiring your site, wanna chat?”

It was a brazilian company. It was only by some random chance that I was in that support inbox. Thank god. turned into life-changing exit offer (at least it felt like that at the time). classic right place right time situation.

got me thinking: why isn’t there an easy way for buyers to find sellers? Wouldn’t it be cool to sell your business to someone just browsing?

so i built offerbutton - one line of code that lets anyone make an offer to buy your business: that’s it. embed it, forget it, wait for offers.

built this entire thing with v0/cursor because everyone said “ai coding isn’t ready for real products”

prove them wrong i guess?

Offerbutton is perfect for:

• indie hackers with projects
• creators with media properties
• saas founders testing exit interest
• anyone building in public

  works for deals $1k to $10m+.

  100% free to embed. no fees. no commitment. It’s free for now for the first people who install it. too many great products die because founders/buyers never find each other.

  let’s fix that.

  who’s got something to sell?

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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6. Show HN: Tailwind Box Shadow Generator

URL: https://tailkits.com/tools/tailwind-box-shadow-generator/

Author: yucelfaruksahan

Description:

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7. Show HN: Qlty CLI – Meta-linter and auto-formatter for 20 programming languages

URL: https://github.com/qltysh/qlty

Author: brynary

Description:

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8. Show HN: Curiora.com – collaborative knowledge sharing for teams

URL: https://curiora.com

Author: vadimdez

Description: Hi HN! I built Curiora to solve the problem of scattered knowledge and disconnected discussions within companies. It’s essentially an internal Reddit-like platform that helps teams create focused communities, share valuable content, and surface the best insights through upvotes.

Key features:

- Create topic/team-specific communities within your organization

• Share links and insights with clear descriptions
• Upvote system to highlight valuable content
• Threaded discussions and comments
• Personalized feeds for different communities

  The main difference from existing solutions:

  - More engaging than traditional knowledge bases

• More structured than chat/messaging apps
• More focused than general social platforms
• Built specifically for company use

  Tech stack: Nextjs, shadcn, Tailwind

  Pricing is simple:

  Starter: $9/mo (1 community, up to 10 members) Company: $15/mo (3 communities, up to 30 members) Enterprise: $25/mo (unlimited communities and members)

  I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback and suggestions! What other features would make this more valuable for your team?

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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9. Show HN: I built an App that CHANGES how you LEARN while navigating the Web

URL: https://github.com/h8ngryDev4Hire/notate

Author: h8ngryDev

Description: This ain’t your junior dev’s copypaste Note taking app, I’m changing the way you browse the web, all without leaving your web browser!

You can create notes and group them together in notes to consolidtate your ideas!

Notate will also provide intelligent suggestions to add notes similar to your notebook based on the webpage you’re viewing!

Check it out on my Github! Cheers!

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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10. Show HN: A collaborative list of things Pleasure-Realizing Unity-related

URL: https://ultimatecollaboration.org/

Author: sigalor

Description: …and I want to connect them all through the power of semantic matching via LLMs! Someone wanna build the tech stack for a world of holistic pleasure with me? I’m serious.

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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11. Show HN: Moon finder, little page that helps you find the moon

URL: https://moonfinder.live/

Author: peng37

Description: Free, open source, no data is collected.

Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments

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12. Show HN: Single File Observable Notebook Bundler

URL: https://observablehq.com/@tomlarkworthy/exporter

Author: tlarkworthy

Description:

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13. Show HN: Ylem – an open-source orchestrator for real-time data streaming

URL: https://github.com/ylem-co/ylem

Author: ardemchenkov

Description: Ylem is an open-source platform for real-time data streaming orchestration built on top of Apache Kafka.

Main differences between Ylem and existing orchestrators:

- Microservice architecture, which makes it easily scalable.

• Written on Golang for better performance and extendability.
• No-code/Low-code approach saves tons of time usually spent on programming pipelines with Python or configuring with YAML/XML. Although programming is still supported if necessary.
• Self-scaling and self-healing mechanism that identifies the “slow” and “fast” pipelines and manages them for the best performance.
• Containerized by default for an easy installation process with Kubernetes or Docker.
• Cost-effective and cost-transparent in the cloud due to its architecture.

  Our documentation: https://docs.ylem.co/open-source-edition/task-processing-arc….

  Please have a look, try to install it and run it, give us a star, and send me your feedback. Any feedback is appreciated.

Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments

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14. Show HN: All your projects get DA 59 backlinks

URL: https://worldclass.domains/

Author: ImranK

Description:

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15. Show HN: FeedRewind – Read your favorite blog start to finish, at your own pace

URL: https://feedrewind.com

Author: ilidemi

Description: Hello HN! Many times I found myself reading someone’s blog and realizing I want to learn as much as I can from this person, or that they’re covering their niche in a way no one else does. And so I’d want to read their backlog but the only ways to do it are to binge it all at once or to keep a tab open for weeks.

This seemed like an oversight in the RSS functionality but fortunately turned out to be possible to build outside-in. A custom crawler, a lot of XPath heuristics and tuning against 1500 random blogs enable us to reconstruct the archives even when the website is handcrafted and the feed only has 10 last items.

FeedRewind:

- Fetches the blog archives

- Provides a private RSS/email feed, filtered by time range or post categories if you wish it so

- Allows you to set your own pace (e.g. one every weekday morning or a batch every Sunday)

Give it a try if you want to catch up on PG’s essays, Bits about Money stories, Dan Luu’s longform analysis, or your favorite programming blog. I spent quite some time sourcing high-quality suggestions from HN comment threads and elsewhere, hope there’s something that catches your eye. Feedback is always welcome!

Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments

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16. Show HN: Kamal Handbook, 2nd Edition

URL: https://kamalmanual.com/handbook/

Author: strzibny

Description: Hi fellow readers of HN,

I made a new edition of Kamal Handbook to address the big leap of changes from Kamal 2. A lot had to be rewritten and I made the book even a bit longer and better as much as I could.

Kamal is an imperative deployment tool. It’s basically a successor to Capistrano, but for a container era. Kamal 2 is solving the main painpoints people had with version 1:

- auto SSL for single-server deployments

- multiple apps on a single-server

- unifying ENV management with ‘kamal deploy’

- faster deploys

I really believe that Kamal is now a better option than Docker Compose or Dokku, perhaps even than Kubernetes (use-case provided).

Compared to my previous HN announcement of the first edition mentioning 300 sales, I now crossed 1000+ sales on Gumroad.

I cut a new preview for SHOW HN again here: https://kamalmanual.com/handbook/first-deploy-preview.pdf

Josef

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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17. Show HN: I built an API for apps to integrate stablecoin payment in milliseconds

URL: https://stablepay.com

Author: Bslou

Description:

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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18. Show HN: OpenPO – Human feedback collection made easy for LLM

URL: https://github.com/dannylee1020/openpo

Author: dphtm

Description:

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19. Show HN: FastGraphRAG – Better RAG using good old PageRank

URL: https://github.com/circlemind-ai/fast-graphrag

Author: liukidar

Description: Hey there HN! We’re Antonio, Luca, and Yuhang, and we’re excited to introduce Fast GraphRAG, an open-source RAG approach that leverages knowledge graphs and the 25 years old PageRank for better information retrieval and reasoning.

Building a good RAG pipeline these days takes a lot of manual optimizations. Most engineers intuitively start from naive RAG: throw everything in a vector database and hope that semantic search is powerful enough. This can work for use cases where accuracy isn’t too important and hallucinations are tolerable, but it doesn’t work for more difficult queries that involve multi-hop reasoning or more advanced domain understanding. Also, it’s impossible to debug it.

To address these limitations, many engineers find themselves adding extra layers like agent-based preprocessing, custom embeddings, reranking mechanisms, and hybrid search strategies. Much like the early days of machine learning when we manually crafted feature vectors to squeeze out marginal gains, building an effective RAG system often becomes an exercise in crafting engineering “hacks.”

Earlier this year, Microsoft seeded the idea of using Knowledge Graphs for RAG and published GraphRAG - i.e. RAG with Knowledge Graphs. We believe that there is an incredible potential in this idea, but existing implementations are naive in the way they create and explore the graph. That’s why we developed Fast GraphRAG with a new algorithmic approach using good old PageRank.

There are two main challenges when building a reliable RAG system:

(1) Data Noise: Real-world data is often messy. Customer support tickets, chat logs, and other conversational data can include a lot of irrelevant information. If you push noisy data into a vector database, you’re likely to get noisy results.

(2) Domain Specialization: For complex use cases, a RAG system must understand the domain-specific context. This requires creating representations that capture not just the words but the deeper relationships and structures within the data.

Our solution builds on these insights by incorporating knowledge graphs into the RAG pipeline. Knowledge graphs store entities and their relationships, and can help structure data in a way that enables more accurate and context-aware information retrieval. 12 years ago Google announced the knowledge graph we all know about [1]. It was a pioneering move. Now we have LLMs, meaning that people can finally do RAG on their own data with tools that can be as powerful as Google’s original idea.

Before we built this, Antonio was at Amazon, while Luca and Yuhang were finishing their PhDs at Oxford. We had been thinking about this problem for years and we always loved the parallel between pagerank and the human memory [2]. We believe that searching for memories is incredibly similar to searching the web.

Here’s how it works:

- Entity and Relationship Extraction: Fast GraphRAG uses LLMs to extract entities and their relationships from your data and stores them in a graph format [3].

- Query Processing: When you make a query, Fast GraphRAG starts by finding the most relevant entities using vector search, then runs a personalized PageRank algorithm to determine the most important “memories” or pieces of information related to the query [4].

- Incremental Updates: Unlike other graph-based RAG systems, Fast GraphRAG natively supports incremental data insertions. This means you can continuously add new data without reprocessing the entire graph.

- Faster: These design choices make our algorithm faster and more affordable to run than other graph-based RAG systems because we eliminate the need for communities and clustering.

Suppose you’re analyzing a book and want to focus on character interactions, locations, and significant events:

  from fast_graphrag import GraphRAG

DOMAIN = “Analyze this story and identify the characters. Focus on how they interact with each other, the locations they explore, and their relationships.”
EXAMPLE_QUERIES = [
“What is the significance of Christmas Eve in A Christmas Carol?”,
“How does the setting of Victorian London contribute to the story’s themes?”,
“Describe the chain of events that leads to Scrooge’s transformation.”,
“How does Dickens use the different spirits (Past, Present, and Future) to guide Scrooge?”,
“Why does Dickens choose to divide the story into "staves" rather than chapters?”
]
ENTITY_TYPES = [“Character”, “Animal”, “Place”, “Object”, “Activity”, “Event”]
grag = GraphRAG(
working_dir=”./book_example”,
domain=DOMAIN,
example_queries=“\n”.join(EXAMPLE_QUERIES),
entity_types=ENTITY_TYPES
)
with open(”./book.txt”) as f:
grag.insert(f.read())
print(grag.query(“Who is Scrooge?“).response)

This code creates a domain-specific knowledge graph based on your data, example queries, and specified entity types. Then you can query it in plain English while it automatically handles all the data fetching, entity extractions, co-reference resolutions, memory elections, etc. When you add new data, locking and checkpointing is handled for you as well.

This is the kind of infrastructure that GenAI apps need to handle large-scale real-world data. Our goal is to give you this infrastructure so that you can focus on what’s important: building great apps for your users without having to care about manually engineering a retrieval pipeline. In the managed service, we also have a suite of UI tools for you to explore and debug your knowledge graph.

We have a free hosted solution with up to 100 monthly requests. When you’re ready to grow, we have paid plans that scale with you. And of course you can self host our open-source engine.

Give us a spin today at https://circlemind.co and see our code at https://github.com/circlemind-ai/fast-graphrag

We’d love feedback :)

[1] https://blog.google/products/search/introducing-knowledge-gr…

[2] Griffiths, T. L., Steyvers, M., & Firl, A. (2007). Google and the Mind: Predicting Fluency with PageRank. Psychological Science, 18(12), 1069–1076. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40064705

[3] Similarly to Microsoft’s GraphRAG: https://github.com/microsoft/graphrag

[4] Similarly to OSU’s HippoRAG: https://github.com/OSU-NLP-Group/HippoRAG

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Popularity: 333 points | 83 comments

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20. Show HN: EnkiTask – Simple Task Management for Freelancers, Pay Only for Tasks

URL: #

Author: booper

Description: Hi HN, I’m excited to share EnkiTask, a simple project management tool we built for freelancers and indie hackers. We wanted something with:

• No subscriptions or recurring payments (pay only for tasks).
• Unlimited team members at no extra cost.
• A clean, intuitive interface built with Agile/Scrum methodologies in mind.

  We started using it internally, and after positive feedback from friends, decided to make it public. Would love your thoughts!

  Check it out here: https://enkitask.com

Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments

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21. Show HN: Betron Markets – Shape the future with your predictions

URL: https://app.betron.io

Author: AhmedBn

Description:

Popularity: 10 points | 0 comments

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22. Show HN: Mktbx.com – Merging LLMs with Expert Systems

URL: https://mktbx.com/#tryout

Author: jtap

Description:

Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments

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23. Show HN: Alpine Linux / Xorg / i3 running in the browser via WebAssembly

URL: https://webvm.io/alpine.html

Author: apignotti

Description:

Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments

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24. Show HN: Memory for AI Agents (Made in India)

URL: https://app.swastikai.com/

Author: chirotpal

Description: Launched in private beta, join the waitlist to get FREE usage credit of our memory API.

Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments

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25. Show HN: Tips.io – A Tailwind playground with AI, page management, and theming

URL: https://tips.io

Author: TIPSIO

Description: Hi HN!

My name is Nick and this is my fun side project. Please lay it on me. HN can think of Tips.io as a cracked out Tailwind Playground that has page management and amazing AI integration.

There are a few core ideas:

1) The HTML is the CMS

There are no fields or restrictions. Just hover, click, and start tweaking any HTML. Also, certain elements you click will have special easy edit abilities:

- <img> auto creates an uploader, stock photo picker (or HTML)

- <video> auto creates an uploader, stock video picker (or HTML)

- <svg> auto creates a big icon picker (or HTML)

- <div class=“prose”> auto creates a WYSIWYG Editor (or HTML)

2) Slices

Think of these as just individual HTML sections of a page or lil baby single-file components. They are self-contained and isolated so you drag them around easily. The real power comes from reuse across your pages and linking them (aka, one HTML footer updates globally). You can also use “slices” from any other tips.io project for quickly expanding your site with more design options.

3) AI Elements, Not Pages

Another cool concept is you can select any element on an HTML slice an edit that individually vs re-streaming/rebuilding and entire component every time. We support 5 different AI models right now. Some other really intense/cool AI integration is coming soon.

4) Tailwind Everything, No Build Step, & Theming

We have a custom “themer” to make creating Tailwind config files near instant with real-time font trying, color palettes/preset trying, and more. All our Tailwind is automatic and requires zero config instantly. The same Tailwind that magic runs client-side will run server-side so quick no one knows a build step is happening. Tailwind and AI are also a match made in heaven.

Other features:

- Animations

• Zoomable page tree
• Basic Forms (yes on your static site!)
• Analytics
• Redirects, site passwords, and much more.

  Tech:

  - 100% Cloudflare Workers

• Svelte
• UnoCSS

  Some resources:

  - Promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8U2rJJX-rk

• Tutorial & demo video: https://tips.io/tutorial
• Just launch: https://new.tips.io

Popularity: 243 points | 58 comments

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26. Show HN: Upload Folders to Claude Projects

URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/claude-folder-upload-help/kpdeinalphndoobebbkdjhokedpgalad

Author: whyismynamerudy

Description:

Popularity: 2 points | 1 comments

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27. Show HN: Financial Calculator Pro – BAII Plus Emulator for CFA,FRM Candidate

URL: https://www.baiiplus.com

Author: allanren

Description:

Popularity: 4 points | 1 comments

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28. Show HN: Use AI to test app quality [video]

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peVMEGTXfV4

Author: HipstaJules

Description:

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29. Show HN: A Tool to Verify GitHub Project Originality for Hackathons

URL: https://github.com/Jainex17/RepoVerifier

Author: jainex

Description: RepoVerifier is a web tool that checks if a GitHub project is original or copied from another repository.

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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30. Show HN: Basemulti – Build Airtable-like interfaces for any database, no-code

URL: https://github.com/basemulti/basemulti

Author: kiddyu

Description:

Popularity: 2 points | 5 comments

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31. Show HN: Spell Atlas, create your own spells

URL: https://spellatlas.com

Author: atomsatomsatoms

Description: Create and manage your own spells! Looking for thoughts on where this might go. Just a side-project for now.

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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32. Show HN: ContextCheck – Open-source tool for testing LLMs, RAGs and Chatbots

URL: https://github.com/Addepto/contextcheck

Author: johnbl

Description:

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33. Show HN: AI-first QA platform for startups

URL: https://tryplayrun.dev

Author: marvinified

Description:

Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments

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34. Show HN: Development Environments with Devenv [video]

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unW1zk8terk

Author: sargstuff

Description:

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35. Show HN: Venvstacks: layered Python virtual environments

URL: https://github.com/lmstudio-ai/venvstacks

Author: sargstuff

Description:

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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36. Show HN: An implementation of Spartan type theory

URL: https://github.com/andrejbauer/spartan-type-theory

Author: sargstuff

Description:

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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37. Show HN: Monadsky – A Bluesky post scheduling tool

URL: https://www.monadsky.com/

Author: abdul_awali

Description:

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38. Show HN: Convert Any Website into WordCloud

URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/seo-pataka-firepower-seo/enhjhhjlklkpbmfedkefaomihpnkogih

Author: njx

Description:

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39. Show HN: RemoteJobsly – a remote-only job board

URL: https://remotejobsly.com/

Author: cranberryturkey

Description:

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40. Show HN: Job Seeker Companion

URL: https://www.apply-nexus.com/

Author: ziadhussein

Description: Hey all,

I built a job seeker companion [app](https://apply-nexus.com) that I have been using for months to add clarity to my job search.

What does it do?

- You can track your jobs using its Autofill feature - no need to manually entry each job’s details

• You can set daily and weekly goals for yourself to keep yourself motivated
• You can see advanced analytics to see what job board works out for you, weekly trends, and many more analytics
• [Soon] Interview mode: Keep track of your upcoming interviews and be prepared in an hour or less
• [Soon] Email me when I miss a weekly goal or a daily goal for 3 days
• and so much more

  It has been really helpful for me and provided me a lot of insights regarding my job search journey and I hope it will be as helpful for you. I am open to any feedback on this app and there’s a dedicated section for it [here](https://insigh.to/b/applynexus)

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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41. Show HN: AI Poster Generator – A Prompt Based Poster Maker

URL: https://aipostergenerator.com/

Author: nasir

Description:

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42. Show HN: MimicPhoto – A Fun Way to Reimagine Your Photos

URL: https://mimicphoto.com/

Author: xjliu1229

Description: Hi HN!

We’re excited to introduce MimicPhoto, an AI-powered tool designed to breathe life into your static photos. With just a few clicks, you can transform still images into dynamic, animated memories that feel alive. Think of it as a way to create short, lifelike moments from your cherished photos!

Key Features:

AI Animation: Automatically generates natural and smooth animations for any photo. Creative Outputs: Add a touch of fun and creativity to ordinary pictures. Easy Sharing: Instantly share your animated creations with friends and family. MimicPhoto is currently in its early stages, and we’re exploring ways to make it more useful, fun, and engaging. This is where you come in—we’d love to hear your thoughts! Your feedback and ideas can help us refine the product, improve its features, and determine its direction.

Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments

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43. Show HN: Hercules – Open-Source software testing agent

URL: https://testzeus.com/hercules

Author: Smilinrobin

Description: Hey HN,

After spending way too many late nights wrestling with brittle test scripts and UIs that seem to change just to spite me, we decided to do something about it. So we built Hercules, an open-source testing agent aiming to make end-to-end testing of modern web applications less of a Herculean task (pun absolutely intended).

P.S.- Paid solutions can cost upwords of $15000 and still struggle with maintenance.

What is Hercules?

Hercules is an AI-powered testing agent that turns simple Gherkin steps into fully automated end-to-end tests, eliminating the need for coding skills. It leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to reason and perform actions based on test requirements.

Key Features-

- Gherkin In, Results Out: Just provide your tests in Gherkin format, and Hercules executes them automatically, outputting results in JUnit XML and HTML reports.

• Free and Open Source: Hercules is released under the AGPL v3 license, allowing anyone to use, modify, and contribute.
• Salesforce Ready: Capable of handling intricate UIs, Hercules excels in testing platforms like Salesforce.
• No Code Required: Automates Gherkin features without the need for scripting or dealing with selectors.
• Multilingual Support: Supports multiple languages out of the box, facilitating global collaboration.
• Precisely Accurate: Records execution videos and captures network logs for reliable test results.
• No Maintenance: Features auto-healing capabilities to adapt to changes without manual intervention.
• CI/CD Ready: Easily integrates into your CI/CD pipeline and can run in Docker containers.

  Why is Hercules Different?

  Unlike traditional testing tools, Hercules acts as an intelligent agent that can think, reason, and adapt. It’s built on a multi-agent architecture, allowing it to plan and execute tasks based on the provided Gherkin steps. Additionally, it comes packed with tool usage like Browsers, or APIs; and users can build/attach external tools too.

  Try It Out

  The source code and detailed documentation are available on GitHub: [https://github.com/test-zeus-ai/testzeus-hercules](https://g…

  To get started:

  - Install via PyPI:

    ```bash
  pip install testzeus-hercules
  playwright install —with-deps
  
  

• Or use the Docker image:

    ```bash
  docker pull testzeus/hercules:latest
  
  

We’ve included sample feature files and a quick-start guide in the README to help you get up and running quickly.

Feedback Welcome-

We’d love to hear your thoughts, experiences, or even horror stories about testing gone wrong. Feel free to open issues on GitHub or join forces on our Discord : https://discord.gg/4fyEMWVD

Popularity: 5 points | 7 comments

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44. Show HN: I made a tool to generate organic traffic for mobile apps

URL: https://kneady.dev

Author: moumentos

Description: Hey HN,

So much time and effort is put into ASO, while SEO is often ignored. Why? Because building web infrastructure for mobile apps is complex, time-consuming and mostly out of scope.

That’s why I built Kneady - helping mobile apps get discovered through their content.

What Kneady Does:

• Hosts and indexes your app’s content with SEO optimization
• Provides custom branded subdomains
• Deep links visitors back to your app
• Simple API integration with your existing backend

  Perfect for:

• Flutter/Mobile apps with user-generated content
• Apps where users create posts, articles, or products
• Developers who want to focus on their app, not SEO
• Solopreneurs looking to drive organic growth

  Quick Integration:

1. Configure your domain
2. Connect with our API
3. Watch your content rank

   Some people have shown interest in more content types likes social media posts, adding comments and reviews.

   Would love to hear your thoughts about Kneady

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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45. Show HN: Documind – Open-source AI tool to turn documents into structured data

URL: https://github.com/DocumindHQ/documind

Author: Tammilore

Description: Documind is an open-source tool that turns documents into structured data using AI.

What it does:

- Extracts specific data from PDFs based on your custom schema

• Returns clean, structured JSON that’s ready to use
• Works with just a PDF link + your schema definition

  Just run npm install documind to get started.

Popularity: 160 points | 49 comments

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46. Show HN: Pay as You Go AI

URL: https://payg-ai.com

Author: soxprox

Description:

Popularity: 1 points | 3 comments

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47. Show HN: AI Professional Illustration Generator

URL: https://vectorubi.com

Author: asrul10

Description: Hi, everyone!

Thank you for checking out VectorUbi.

VectorUbi is an AI-powered vector illustration generator that helps content creators, developers, and marketers create professional-quality illustrations in seconds.

Key Features:

- Lightning-fast generation: Create an illustration in less than 5 seconds.

- Consistent styles: Maintain a cohesive visual language across projects.

- Customizable: Download in SVG format to easily tweak colors, shapes, and compositions in tools like Adobe Illustrator or Figma.

- Action-ready visuals: Generate characters performing any action or scene you need, tailored to your description.

- Flexible pricing: Affordable, quota-based plans with no expiration dates.

Why VectorUbi?

I know the frustration of finding the perfect illustration but missing key details or spending hours customizing one from scratch. With VectorUbi, you get instant illustrations that are seamlessly adaptable to your brand, enabling faster, more creative workflows.

Popularity: 1 points | 3 comments

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48. Show HN: Dekart – open-source backend for Kepler.gl

URL: https://github.com/dekart-xyz/dekart

Author: delfrrr

Description:

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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49. Show HN: I built a tool that mines the web for real problems devs can solve

URL: https://broblems.com/

Author: wa5ina

Description: i was tired of building things nobody needs? I created a tool that mines user pain points online, analyses patterns with LLMs, generate deep reports and highlights real opportunities for devs.

Popularity: 2 points | 6 comments

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50. Show HN: World’s Radio – Listen to Radio Stations Worldwide

URL: https://www.worldsradio.com

Author: shinjuku

Description: Listen to radio stations around the world

Popularity: 22 points | 13 comments

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51. Show HN: I curated 100 beautiful OG images to help developers design better

URL: https://gleam.so/gallery/og-images

Author: anhphong

Description:

Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments

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52. Show HN: Dumbo – Hono inspired framework for PHP

URL: https://github.com/notrab/dumbo

Author: notrab

Description: Hey HN, I last PHP professionally over 15 years ago, and I loved it. I switched to Ruby on Rails, then Node/Go/React/GraphQL as there was a lot more demand for those roles. However, PHP is back!

In true JavaScript fashion, I decided to learn PHP again by building a framework to put all the pieces together in my brain.

I absolutely love Hono.dev, and decided to base the PHP framework on that. Dumbo isn’t intended to compete with Laravel, Symphony or Slim, if anything, it’s something people can use in production, but also contribute to and be used as a learning resource for others.

Popularity: 56 points | 49 comments

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53. Show HN: The app I built to manage my anxiety

URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lume-stress-wellness-coach/id6627339194

Author: mazenkurdi

Description: Hey HN,

I’m excited to introduce Lume to you today! As the developer behind this wellness companion, I created Lume to help people get ahead of their stress and anxiety by alerting them before they even feel it.

Lume isn’t just another wellness tracker. It’s built with proactive insights, using patterns in your data to help you understand and manage stress and anxiety in real-time. My own experience inspired this approach – I noticed how shifts in my resting heart rate often correlated with rising stress, and I wanted a way to address it sooner. Lume gives users that early nudge, along with personalized tips to help keep stress in check before it overwhelms.

One thing I’m particularly proud of is how Lume caters to a balanced lifestyle. It’s more than just tracking – Lume’s insights span across daily pillars like sleep, exercise, and mindfulness, making it a well-rounded companion for your mental well-being.

If Lume resonates with you, I’d love your support! Thank you for being a part of this journey toward a calmer, more balanced life:

https://apps.apple.com/app/lume-stress-wellness-coach/id6627…

Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments

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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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