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Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?"

This popup has been a constant gripe of mine for years. I almost NEVER want to allow this permission and there is no system setting to disable it globally and prevent the popup from interrupting your typing, etc. This tiny swift app I built will autoclose it in 1/4th of a second and leave behind a little notification that it did so. Would love to hear feedback!

Hacker News1d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Lightweight open source desktop publishing tool

Users want an open source, affordable replacement for Microsoft Publisher for creating brochures, flyers, and newsletters without expensive licenses. [Google Search suggestion]

Google Trends3d agoToolDesign & CreativeUS

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Open source graphic design platform like Canva

Demand exists for a free, open source, easy-to-use online graphic design tool as an alternative to Canva for creating social media posts and marketing material. [Google Search suggestion]

Google Trends3d agoToolDesign & CreativeUS

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BIM model clashes (ducts through beams, pipes colliding) detected too late in construction

Engineers discover 166+ hard clashes and clearance issues in Revit/Navisworks models only after significant design work, causing expensive fixes; early automated detection is insufficient or not widely used.

X19d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Free, user-friendly alternative to Adobe InDesign for designers

Many users seek a powerful but free alternative to InDesign for desktop publishing. An easy-to-use tool with basic layout and design capabilities meets this unmet need. [Google Search suggestion]

Google Trends5d agoToolDesign & CreativeUS

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Difficulty creating pixel art without assistance

Users struggle with making pixel art and seek an app or tool to help improve their skills and output.

X7d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Writers lack modern tools better than Scrivener for deadlines and calls

Authors and writers need improved software for discovering writing opportunities, meeting deadlines, and managing creative projects beyond outdated tools like Scrivener.

X13d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Graphicle, a Rust port of Graphify with memory for coding agents

Hacker News16d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Terrible UI/UX in open source desktop apps like GIMP and LibreOffice

Open source desktop apps suffer from notoriously bad UI/UX, deterring users compared to polished alternatives, as seen in comparisons like GIMP vs Photocraft.

X20d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Design tools lack interoperability and openness

Designers need tools that seamlessly integrate with existing popular ones like Figma without lock-in, allowing easy import/export and collaboration across platforms.

X1mo agoToolDesign & Creative

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Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard

Guitoro is a free browser guitar using recordings of real instruments. You can strum with your keyboard, mouse, or touchscreen, choose acoustic, classical, electric guitar or bass, and see chord fingering and each stroke. Song practice can be slowed to 20%, and there are free chord tools and tuners. No signup or download.1 minute video demo: https://youtu.be/DtcluMLdSgsI would love feedback on how the strumming feels and sounds.

Hacker News17d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Creative software has hideous and inconsistent UI

Apps for graphic design have ugly interfaces, wrong default shortcuts like zoom controls, weird layer handling, and elements that feel out of place as if never tested by actual users.

X24d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Creative apps have bad UIs and lack substance

Music and sound design apps often have poor UIs, mediocre or buggy functionality, confusing marketing, and overly detailed manuals that hinder usability.

X22d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Live programming ideas

This is a meta issue to describe what we want to implement in relation to live programming: * [ ] Line counting: now that the Erlang VM JIT supports [built-in code coverage](https://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/kernel/code.html#get_coverage/2), we can probably enable it for modules either by default, via a configuration or via a Kino function, and show line counts directly on the gutter * [ ] Variable explorer: this is a feature known in many notebook platforms but those platforms have global state. A variable explorer in Livebook would need to be per cell. This probably requires a side-pane or similar alongside the cell to list variables with previews of their content (perhaps even a good opportunity to add a general search/autocomplete tied to the cell). See previous issue #179. * [x] Module explorer: we can show which modules each section defines under the Sections pane in the sidebar * [x] Example-live programming: the canonical introduction, "Usable Live Programming", introduces two concepts: probes and traces. In Elixir, we could translate those to doctests and `dbg`. The idea is to automatically run doctests and have their output in a specific frame with a re-run button. * [ ] dbg time slicing: currently `dbg` only keeps the first/last value. We want to allow it to register several values but, not only that, have a frame that shows have the values of multiple `dbg`s changed over time, in order. For example with you have a loop with a nested loop, we should have all `dbg` in order and control how they were emitted. See proof of concept here: https://szymonkaliski.com/projects/live-coding-livebook --- References on probing/example-based live programming: * [Usable live programming](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/usable-live-programming/) * [Example-based live programming for everyone: building language-agnostic tools for live programming with LSP and GraalVM](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3426428.3426919) * [Log-it:

GitHub4y agoToolDesign & Creative

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Daily drawing habit tracker app for artists

Artists need an app like Duolingo but for drawing daily, with streaks and motivational elements like an angry Bob Ross to maintain consistency.

X22d agoToolDesign & Creative

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A walkable 3D art history museum built from Wikipedia

From Li Cheng to Banksy

Hacker News23d agoToolDesign & Creative

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K10s – A Clickable Kubernetes TUI (Go, Bubble Tea)

Hacker News22d agoToolDesign & Creative

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Procinsh – A 3D Linux process inspector

Hacker News23d agoToolDesign & Creative

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VGen lacks a dedicated mobile app, forcing poor browser experience for artists

Artists and creators on VGen hate accessing the platform via mobile browser due to lack of a native app, leading to frustration with usability on phones.

X1mo agoToolDesign & Creative

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Create GIFs expressing computer frustration

Users seek relatable computer frustration GIFs to convey their feelings online but may find limited options. A platform curating or generating such GIFs can meet this niche expressive need. [Google Search suggestion]

Google Trends25d agoToolDesign & CreativeUS

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