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Ask HN: What open source projects need help?
Let's match open source projects that need help with developers looking to contribute. Think of this as "Who's Hiring" but for open source - a monthly thread to surface interesting projects that could use more hands.Please include: Project name and description (if not widely known); Tech stack; Areas needing help (DOCS, CODE, DESIGN, etc.); Level (BEGINNER-FRIENDLY if applicable); Email address or other means of contacting you.Ground rules:Post only if you maintain/run t
Did my coding lead to colleague's death?
Throwaway account because I don’t want this tied to me.About eight years ago, I worked at a mid-sized tech company with a senior colleague—let’s call him “Dave.” He was in his early 60s, had decades of experience, and preferred “boring tech” and object-oriented programming. I was more into modern, cloud-native solutions and functional programming, which led to frequent disagreements.We clashed a lot. Dave thought my approaches were unnecessarily complex, and I thought his ideas were outdated and
Ask HN: Interesting MITM Employment Scam?
I got an employment offer out of the blue on LinkedIn matching my skills, from a “Frank B”, “Talent acquisition specialist @ Gauntlet” from supposedly Beaverton, Oregon with no picture. It didn’t mention what company it was for, but seemed interesting otherwise. I submitted a (public) link to my resume and other info about me.They said: Sounds good.
We’re moving quickly because the project is on a tight schedule, so we’re keeping our hiring process simple.First, we’ll narrow down candidates base
Ask HN: Losers
Has anyone built a site that detects 2 classes of stories:<p>1. Submissions which rapidly fall off the front page<p>2. Submissions which get significant upvotes and never reach the front page<p>Personally, I would be interested to review this list periodically.<p>Sometimes I see something on the front page and would like to read and discuss more but subsequently discover the submission is gone or difficult to access.
Ask HN: How do I sell my web app?
Hey HN,
I am building a web app specifically targeted towards SMB and Startup marketing teams. This web app create a public content calendar. It's cheap with price tag of $25 and $45 per month. Total annual spend would be $300 to $500.I experienced that reaching out via email does not work well for us. LinkedIn works but then it is hard to get meetings for such a small amount.What are your tips, techniques, and mechanisms for selling small web apps? Share your tips to help me understand mar
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NFL Pros React To A Hockey Fight
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Arrest in Jest: Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie to host playful jail fundraiser to support area history
The Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie is putting the fun in fundraiser. During Arrest in Jest, community members can ...
Karsan brings right-hand drive e-Jest to the UK
Turkish manufacturer Karsan presented the right-hand drive version of its e-Jest electric minibus for Europe at the Euro Bus ...
Jest Murder Mystery Company Celebrates 25 Years Of Interactive Entertainment Excellence
Audience members pose with Jest Murder Mystery Company Actors at Murder Mystery Party Jest Murder Mystery Company Parties ST. LOUIS ...
Carrying the Torch: NanoAPI Picks Up Where CodeSee Left Off
Hey HN,CodeSee, once a beloved open-source tool for visualizing and understanding complex codebases, recently made the decision to go closed-source. For those who haven’t used it, CodeSee provided developers with an intuitive way to map out code flows, helping teams make sense of sprawling codebases. Their product saw solid growth by catering to teams struggling with legacy systems, but the recent acquisition and move to closed-source left a gap for open-source enthusiasts and developers looking
Hey Apple Fix your phones
Loads of complaints out there about the same two issues:1- Making an unwanted call from the lock screen
to a missed incoming call2- Making an unwanted call when the person you were
talking to ends the call before youThese are both examples of truly bad UI/UX and Apple does not seem to either comprehend this or want to fix it. Most of the complaints and requests for solutions go back many years.The first issue happens when you receive a call and do not answer it. You grab your phone,
Built my first ever web app in Cursor in 1.5 weeks
Hey HN,I've spent a considerable amount of time witnessing others building impressive things with Claude, GPT, Cursor, Bolt etc. As a non-dev I decided to give it a shot and build a full stack web app using react/resend/and supabase. I tried to learn programming for years but never was fully able to commit due to getting hung up on syntax and logic in different languages.Over the last 1.5 weeks, I used Cursor to build an AI agent directory that can take submissions and emails, wit
Ask HN: Thoughts on switching / changing focus from Mobile to Web development?
A little about me: I’ve been doing Mobile development professionally, prior to that I was doing backend stuff. In rare cases I’ve done some web dev focused changes but it’s never been the focus of my role. For context, I think Mobile development is a great field and I’m not suggesting a switch because I don’t enjoy it, rather I’ve began to find the Mobile field limiting and perhaps it feels too familiar as I’ve been doing it for over 5 years?
I don’t know enough about mobile or web to make sw
Show HN: PersuAIsion – Realtime voice agents to practice important conversations
Hello HN!PersuAIsion lets users create voice-to-voice agents to practice important conversations like negotiating a pay-rise, a first date, closing a deal or persuading AGI to refrain from destroying the internet. (≖‿ゝ≖)The agent provides real-time feedback on how to optimally persuade your target, we've tried to embed SOTA frameworks for negotiation from academic literature.Powered by 11labs / Claude! We built it at their recent hackathon..Give it a try, would love to hear about any c
Show HN: Open-source Kibana alternative for logs and traces in ClickHouse
Hi HN, Mike and Warren here! We're excited to share some (early) work towards our next major version of HyperDX. HyperDX makes it easy to visualize/search logs & traces on top of Clickhouse (so incident & bug investigations hopefully go by a little easier). For example, if a team is thinking of migrating to Clickhouse for their observability data warehouse [1][2][3] usually due to cost or data privacy reasons, they can easily throw HyperDX on top to do the UI layer for analysis
Residents react to FEMA employee fired after telling relief team to skip houses with Trump signs
In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in Florida, FEMA said an employee targeted homes with signs supporting Donald Trump.
Nebraska fans react to Dana Holgorsen being named offensive coordinator
Nebraska football is making a coaching change ahead of its road game against the USC Trojans. Matt Rhule announced in ...