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Developers waste time repeatedly setting up fresh local WordPress installs, plugins, screenshots, and new plugin creation for testing.
X2mo agoToolDev
Players desire a specific sub-genre game (cyberpunk manhunt) that builds on popular titles like Cyberpunk 2077 but focuses on manhunt mechanics, with no such option available.
X2mo agoOtherDev
Gamers want mods for niche features (e.g., functional flowers in Castle Town) but current modding tools or communities don't support easy creation or discovery of such targeted content.
X2mo agoToolDev
Developers find it mentally taxing to access Codex features buried inside ChatGPT, often delaying or avoiding use due to friction in the interface.
X2mo agoToolDev
Steam users need a simple option to block specific games from being shared via family library sharing to prevent unwanted access or sharing of certain titles.
X2mo agoToolDev
The distribution problem kills more ideas than the building part for indie developers trying to monetize side projects.
X2mo agoToolDev
SaaS builders experience intense anxiety when unable to get initial users or traction despite efforts to list in 'what are you building' threads.
X3mo agoToolDev
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Hacker News2mo agoToolDev
Colin here, creator of Nub. I’ve had the general shape of this in mind for years. Nub runs your code with stock `node`, augmented with a `--require` preload hook[0] that adds a transpiler (oxc-powered, packaged as a Node-API add-on), registers a module resolution hook[1], and injects polyfills as needed for APIs like `Worker`, `Temporal`, etc. All purely additive, your code ultimately runs using Node’s actual engine & stdlib implementations.[0] https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#-require-module[1] https://nodejs.org/api/module.html#moduleregisterhooksoption...
Hacker News2mo agoToolDev
Originally we (Andrey, Marcus, Juho) built MonoLisa in 2020 as we realised there's room for a better monospaced typeface for developers. The key insight was to make the glyphs slightly wider to make more room for design to make letters like m feel less cramped.Since then we've released a variable v2 (2022) and now we're happy to expand the typeface with a new family called MonoLisa Text. The reasoning was to cover *other* use cases beyond coding with this proportional font.We hope you give Monolisa a go as there's a free trial to try. We also welcome feedback!
Hacker News2mo agoToolDev
Developers want to use the Cursor AI-powered code editor on iOS devices but no official or third-party app exists, limiting mobile coding workflows.
X2mo agoToolDev
I've been building StartupWiki, a free startup database designed to make it easier to discover and research companies.The original motivation was frustration with how difficult it can be to find information on early-stage startups. Most databases need accounts, or subscriptions, ro just feel too cluttered. I wanted a website that felt like Wikipedia, no accounts, no subscriptions, no weird metrics, just go in, the info is on the page.The project is still very early, but currently includes:Startup profiles Search and filtering Company categorization Public API (in progress)I'm especially interested in feedback on:What information you look for when researching startups Features missing from existing startup databases API use casesI'd love to hear feedback.
Hacker News2mo agoToolDev
I have a few projects on Github. I am receiving a lot of spam PRs and requests from vibe coders and bots. Most of them to prop up their profiles. The stars are obviously exaggerated too.What other platforms are you using for your projects?
Hacker News2mo agoToolDev
Developers and AI users waste time copying responses from web-based AI chats into other applications like coding tools for implementation.
X2mo agoToolDev
Frustration with slow/problematic computers is widespread but solutions are fragmented. A tool diagnosing performance issues, recommending fixes, and preventing problems could serve DIY users avoiding expensive IT services. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends2mo agoToolDevUS
Developers building games, loyalty platforms, and automated payment apps on blockchain must either require users to manually sign every transaction (terrible UX) or hold keys insecurely, blocking great product shipping.
X3mo agoToolDev
After ten years I’m working on a redesign of my personal tech blog. I want to look at some other blogs with good modern design. Of course searching for ‘well designed blogs’ or ‘webdesign 2026’ brings up endless marketing listicles. Even after wading through the crap, the advice is focused on advertising and product centric sites, not prose heavy sites with good typography.So my question to you is: What are some of your favorite text heavy blogs that are a joy to read?I don’t mean the content (though that helps too), but rather sites where the actual experience of reading is pleasant. Think: good fonts, sticky headers (or not), well formatted code snippets, and responsive images. Slide in navbars vs inline table of contents.Thanks, - j
Hacker News3mo agoToolDev
Developers and builders frequently hit walls when trying to automate processes because of manual OTP/auth steps that prevent full end-to-end automation in tools and scripts.
X3mo agoToolDev
Employees in high-security environments like DRDO interns cannot use devices and must manually open physical books to verify information, wasting significant time that could be saved with local offline digital tools.
X3mo agoToolDev
Setting up Kafka or such enterprise oriented software with their clusters or dedicated servers is heavy and bothering enough that most small teams or indie hackers skip it entirely and making compromise to use in-memory queues.I wanted something in between: a persistent queue that is simple to run (one binary, which makes one sqlite db), gets real fault isolation and crash recovery due to Elixir, easy to inspect (open ezra.db in any SQLite browser and see every task), and requires no new client library - it speaks the Redis Streams wire protocol, so any Redis client in any language just works out of the box.Very short demo video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLYyD3DVWmE]
Hacker News3mo agoToolDev