14 running tips for beginnersTo recite an old Chinese proverb, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – and this really is the case when it comes to running. Although the thought of running just one mile – let ...
Ask HN: Why was BeerMe selected by for YC F24?Can someone explain to me what made BeerMe special and something that YC thought was worthwhile investing in.I remember seeing the original LinkedIn post back in November 2024 when they were announced and immediately thinking that it was a pretty weak idea and product. To the point it even made me start to question how much I valued the opinion of YC.Looking back on the business now, the website is essentially dead, one of the founders works elsewhere and the LinkedIn hasn't had a post in over 6 months.I'm confused what Dalton or whoever it was saw in the company. I genuinely cannot work out a value proposition or a USP that would make them worthwhile.I mean in the UK we have had instant bank transfers for years. Monzo (a la Tom) has had payment urls too for some time now, in addition to the generally good UI/UX. Even then for those outside the UK there's PayPal friends and family as well...What am I missing here?
Dynamic Island Is One of the Most Helpful Parts of Your iPhone and It’s Right Under Your NoseWhatever your thoughts on the name, the iPhone’s Dynamic Island has managed to win over fans (apparently even some Android users, too). The pill-shaped cutout and alert interface replaced the ...
A safe way to keep your password on your PC (Goodguy Ernie Method)Hiya,I just signed up a few minutes ago and, full disclosure. I'm not a hacker. Not even close. But I had what I think is a pretty clever idea and wanted to know what the experts thought. This will probably be my first and last post. I hope you like it.I’ve always been told by security "experts" to never keep my password(s) on my computer. But what about this scenario?I’m keeping an unencrypted .txt file on an unencrypted hard drive on a PC with no password, no firewall, and a router that’s still set to admin/admin.The file (which is the only thing on my desktop) is called: “THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS MY MASTER PASSWORD FOR MY PASSWORD MANAGER. PLEASE DON’T DO ANYTHING BAD, OKAY?”Inside is a single string of characters. Could be 5,000, could be 1,000,000 depending on how secure I want to feel. Somewhere in that big mess is my actual password, an uninterrupted substring between 8 and 30 characters long.To find it, I just Ctrl+F for a small string of digits I remember. It might be 4 to 8 cha
Ask HN: Stopping YC backed business from advertizing fake jobs at my companyA business, claiming to be backed by YC is sending me 5 to 10 unsolicited job applications per day from candidates who have been told that my company in Vietnam is hiring.I have no plans to hire anyone, not least in the roles that they applied for, and feel sorry that the candidates have wasted their time. Sending a spam application would put them on my blacklist anyway.I am hesitant to reply to the emails as I thought they were some sort of phishing scam at first and would just mark me as a positive responder, resulting in more phishing / spam. Though I signed up with a fake email and it seems that they are actually trying to build a job site business at www.featurii.com.The site asks users to connect their Gmail account then appears to spam me as the user, meaning that I can't just block the domain. I am also concerned about supposed mistreatment of candidates damaging my business image.How would you approach getting them to stop?
Show HN: Connecting People Through AI-Powered Video Sentiment MatchingHi HN,I’d like to share www.kuky.com, a peer support network that connects people through short, self-recorded videos and matches them using sentiment analysis powered by large language models (LLMs).We’re building Kuky to help users find others who genuinely understand their emotional journey—not through swiping or likes, but through shared human stories. In this short Loom demo (link above), I walk through how:Users create a profile by uploading 3 videos: an intro, their mental health journey, and their likes/dislikesLLMs analyze each video for emotional tone, key themes, and psychological markersBased on this, Kuky intelligently connects users with similar experiences and emotional alignmentWe're passionate about creating a safe, empathetic space for authentic conversation—especially for people dealing with mental health challenges.For more background, here’s a feature on Kuky in Women Love Tech: https://womenlovetech.com/kuky-the-mental-health-app-were-sw...Would love your thoughts
Ask HN: How Do You Approach Public Docs for Small Open-Source Projects?Hi HN,I’m the maintainer of PGQueuer, a minimalist job queue for Python that runs entirely on PostgreSQL—no Redis, brokers, or additional infrastructure required. It’s designed to offer solid concurrency with low overhead and fit seamlessly into projects that already use Postgres.I’ve been working on improving the public documentation [1], and I’m looking for feedback from others who’ve gone through this process—especially those maintaining small, technical open-source projects where all the important knowledge lives in the docs. There’s no internal documentation and likely never will be, so clarity and accessibility are essential.I’d especially appreciate your thoughts on:* How do you decide what’s worth documenting for a technical audience who might just read the source anyway?* How do you balance being thorough without overwhelming the reader?* I’m currently using Read the Docs [2], but I’m considering switching to a self-hosted MkDocs site. What have your tradeoffs been between Rea
An Ode to the Penny, Departing After 233 Years of ServiceA penny saved was a penny earned. A penny bought your thoughts. A penny was pretty. A penny was pinched. A penny might even be hiding in your loafer. There won’t be as much of that anymore. The ...
An exclusive look at Flos’ mesmerising short films from Euroluce, each a love letter to lightingThe seven short films for ‘The Light of the Mind’ are designed to reflect the essence of the products and what lies behind them: the thought, imagination, fragility, and strength of the creative ...
How to Fix the Gaming IndustryHey everyone! For some time now, I have been observing how some practices in the gaming industry are increasingly moving away from the interests of players.So I decided to collect the most common pain points and put them in the form of a simple, clear “Gaming Industry Consumer Bill of Rights.” These are 12 principles that, in my opinion, should become the standard if we want a fairer and more transparent market. I have tried to approach the subject sensibly, from a player’s perspective, but also without hostility towards creators.Share your thoughts – what would you change, add, or remove?§1. Prohibition on remastering young games A remaster/remake may be released no sooner than 8 years after the original's release.§2. Prohibition on deleting original versions of games after the release of a remaster/remake. The original must still be available in digital distribution.§3. The remaster must contain the original. By purchasing the remaster, the player must have access to the original ver
Why is My Wife Ignoring Me? Does She Not Love Me Anymore?Ever caught yourself staring at your wife while she seems to be on another planet—glued to her phone, lost in thought, or just distant? Maybe a question has started echoing in your mind: Why is she ...
Validating a women-only beauty service platform (React/Node/Next.js)Hey HN, I'm Ziad — currently building a prototype for a women-only beauty services platform, and I’d love your early thoughts before we ship an MVP.The idea hit me unexpectedly. One day, my mom booked a beauty freelancer to come to our home. It was a disaster. The stylist had no online profile, no reviews, no credentials, and… no clue what she was doing. I asked, “Where did you find her?” My mom replied, “Someone just recommended her.” That’s when it clicked: why isn’t there a vetted, trust-based platform for this?So I started mocking up a product:Think Airbnb UX meets Glossier aesthetics with a Node.js + PostgreSQL backend, and a Next.js + Tailwind front.We’re building an app where women can find verified, reviewed, and skilled beauty freelancers or salons just for women, filtered by price, location, ratings, and availability.For freelancers/salons: they’ll get a dashboard, booking system, and verified profile (with KYC & portfolio upload).Here’s the interesting part from a product-ma
Show HN: I made a Wikipedia mobile app, but scrollable and AI summarizedThis has been a side project for about a year, have thought about it ever since ChatGPT came out :)Mark your interests --> get a feed of short articles tailored for thatFree text search: Search on e.g. "Explorers" --> The app crawls Wikipedia and pulls together a short feed (e.g. Columbus, Vasco da Gama etc.,)I rewrite the Wikipedia articles with GPT-4o, and store them in a database. When a user searches for something not in the database, I use various models to classify what the user is after (how wide the topic is) and pull together a nice selection of articles and images based on the user input. Hitting the right balance of generation speed with article quality was the most challenging part.Would really appreciate some feedback, especially if you tend to browse Wikipedia a lot, plus if Simo Häyhä rings any bells (a lot of WW1 + 2 articles at the moment)
We Tried MealPro Meal Delivery, and It Was Better Than TakeoutWhen I learned that we were going to start taste-testing premade meal delivery services for CNET, I thought I would be hard-pressed to find one that not only tasted fresh and delicious but was also ...
Why Isn't There a One-Pager for Every Politician's Performance?Just dumping a thought here — I’d love to see a world where we can objectively evaluate politicians based on their goals, promises, and actions. We’re way past the point of relying on biased news outlets or viral social media clips to form opinions. With today’s tech and LLMs, we should be able to track political figures and hold them accountable.As someone with a data engineering background, I imagine a simple one-pager dashboard for any politician or political group — showing what topics they focus on and how they’re actually performing. The public deserves that. Right now, most people make emotional decisions based on what they hear in the news or see online. That’s not a healthy trajectory.
Show HN: Reaktiv – I built Excel-like reactive programming for PythonHi HN! I created Reaktiv, a Python library bringing reactive programming to the backend world that recently hit 1,000+ monthly downloads.I'm actively promoting it because I believe signal-based reactivity (a concept that spread rapidly in frontend development) has huge untapped potential in Python. My breakthrough came when I stopped describing it as "Angular signals for Python" and started calling it "Excel-like computation graphs" - suddenly Python developers understood the value.The library automatically tracks dependencies between computations, only recalculating values when dependencies change. This eliminates manual dependency tracking, prevents synchronization bugs, and reduces cognitive load when managing complex state.Interestingly, I've noticed some initial interest from data scientists, though I'm still exploring what specific problems it might solve for them. I also believe the Home Assistant/IoT communities could benefit greatly from this approach.Would love your thoughts
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Your Team Will Never Collaborate More Than You DoAt some point, every leader has sighed deeply, looked at their senior team and thought, "Why don't they work together better? We could go so much faster if only they would work together better." So, ...
Feedback on Tool I Created?Hey- I've been working on a minimalist tool called QuickPoint — it’s a minimal tool for quick text-first creation and sharing structured thoughtshttps://quickpoint.meBut rather than push a vision, I’m here to learn what people actually need. I built a rough prototype and are watching closely how (or if) people use it.I’d love your honest feedback: Please feel free to tinker about- and say whatever comes to mind. If you need to structure your feedback - I put some questions below. However- I'd rather just hear anything you have to say.Does it feel like it solves anything you’d do in real life? What’s your first instinct about what this tool is for? What’s good and what's missing or broken in the concept itself?Not trying to pitch- just trying to listen. Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
Ask HS: Career Advice for Someone StrugglingHi, all. I'm in a tough spot career-wise right now and would love some perspective from those who've worked in tech, have undergone a career change, or have some general life lessons they've found helpful.About a year ago, I graduated with a software engineering diploma from a well-regarded Canadian technical institute. To be a competitive applicant, I re-took all my high school math, did well, and was accepted into the program, where I also achieved excellent grades. I was a mature student with a goal.Some years before, I earned a Masters degree in the humanities and worked in the post-secondary and non-profit sectors. I decided to switch careers for a few reasons: I've always loved technology, I wanted to use it to contribute a positive difference in the world, and I thought it would increase my earning potential.Unfortunately, I graduated at what seems to have been an all-time low point in the industry: the COVID tech bubble popped, and the wave of AI came crashing in.I did get a co