@mattzur · X

hackitup7 · HN

TLDR built a Chrome site blocker that lets you into distracting sites only after you do some math or simple coding (JS only right now). Direct link to extension (the site just gives you more context): https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sphinx-earn-your-di... Philosophically it's a speed bump rather than a hard gate, because you'll eventually tear a gate down but you'll leave a speed bump. I've always eventually removed site blockers, or just had them become a nuisance that I reflexively dismiss before getting to distracting sites. Site blockers don't really reduce the "start navigating to a distracting site" muscle memory, and they eventually just become annoying. Dopamine is a hell of a drug. At the same time, I've been getting frustrated that my intermediate/advanced math skills have atrophied, and becoming more senior in my career (plus AI...) has caused my coding skills to atrophy even further. Realistically I'm not going to force myself to do math or coding exercises aft

u/holios89 · Reddit

Built an AI SaaS that turns your notes/articles/PDFs into study flashcards — looking for harsh feedback (and bugs) Hey folks, Solo/small side project here: Deckly ( deckly.one ) — an AI-powered flashcard generator for spaced-repetition learning (Anki-compatible export). You give it text, a PDF, or an article link, it generates a deck of flashcards (Q&A, Cloze, or multiple choice), optionally with TTS audio and images per card, and you can study it right in the browser or export to `.apkg`.

pw · HN

Hiya! So I've been playing around with having Claude make videos for a bit now even had some success posting the results to TikTok (and setup a whole pipeline so Claude can generate and post autonomously). With the release of Nano Banana 2 Lite, I was curious show fast I could make the generation, so last night I gave it a whirl and got down to around 30s for short-form video. It uses GLM-5.2 fast via Fireworks to generate the scripts and image prompts and, like I said, Nano Banana 2 Lite for the images, gpt-4o-mini-tts for the narration, and ffmpeg to string it all together and add the Ken Burns zoom effect (which still has a shake I haven't been able to get rid of). The video compilation proved to be the blocker once the rest was in place, but I was able to speed that up by putting it on a 64 vCPU EC2. The cost might be the most interesting aspect as the short form videos tend to be about 25 cents. Almost 90% of that is the images, which are 3.336 cents a piece. Of course, running

@PreciseAccident · X

I turned one of the most frustrating mobile experiences into a tiny browser game. When the world's most frustrating text selection meets peaceful words.

@freyedev · X

Just launched! Next!!

u/ItsTheJStaff · Reddit

Just Another Link Shortener Hi everyone, I am willing to share my freakingly ordinary project, I am not sure if I can (and should) post it here as I have never published any pet project seriously, but the time has come. It's not that I believe in the project or something, but after a long development that took about a month... I wiped out all the sources and determined that I had implemented over-engineered unusable geek-oriented piece of shit... and took a one-year break only to restart t

@Kamaralamkhan_ · X

Just launched 🚀 It’s a lightning-fast, privacy-first bulk URL shortener that lets you customize, track, and manage hundreds of links instantly. Completely free. Built with Laravel 12. Check it out and let me know what you think! #buildinpublic #SEO

wozzp · HN

Rubiks Cube Solver

@Number1AIFanboy · X

I got to go to bed. More coding tomorrow. I just had a realization that I'm building cool shit, using @grok in an app that I built with Codex and refined with Grok. And now Grok just works on himself. LFG🚀 Drop me a note here: Get the app here (use LAUNCH50):

@slacksarenice · X

I made something similar Its completely vibe coded but it is supposed to be a vibe project. Been making it for about 6 months now. Feel free to take inspiration from it 😅

@VanillaSkyAI · X

is like Lovable for video. Paste a URL, get a launch video, chat to edit, post 🎬 Here's one I made in minutes 👇