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While speccing out this spreadsheet tool, I realized that I never had to think about the keybindings. It all just came naturally from Vim. Normal/insert/visual modes, hjkl navigation, dd/yy/p, :w, :q. The usual muscle memory works.It supports CSV/TSV import and export, and a native .cell format that preserves formulas. The formula engine handles SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX, and IF with range references.The codebase is a Cargo workspace: a pure cell-sheet-core library (no TUI dependency) and a cell-sheet-tui crate on top of ratatui. Early days, but it's usable.To try it out: cargo install cell-sheet-tuiFeedback of any kind is greatly appreciated!
Hacker News4mo agoToolDev
I'm working on a coding agent for building iOS apps. It's built on openspec and xcodebuildmcp. It's free and open source.
Hacker News4mo agoToolDev
Developers waste significant time generating clean, production-ready UI components using shadcn/ui libraries, slowing down prototyping and development cycles.
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The tech industry was built on juniors learning via repetitive tasks now done by AI in seconds, leading to zero new seniors and autonomous agents competing with untrained professionals.
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Hacker News4mo agoToolDev
CLI-only access to powerful AI code assistance tools frustrates Linux developers who prefer intuitive graphical desktop applications.
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With the recent changes around Localstack pricing/licensing I've been hunting for alternatives. I decided that it might be a fun experiment to try rolling my own. SQS is a service I use heavily so I chose that as the first service to implement. I have more services planned and in development.A few things I think are cool:4MB Docker Image SizeInstant StartupAWS Sigv4 AuthenticationA little admin UI that can be helpful for development/troubleshootingMost of the SQS API implemented, the rest will soon follow :)
Hacker News5mo agoToolDev
Solo developer, no audience, no network, no community presence.I've shipped working products (open-source) but every distribution channel has a cold start problem. you need traction to get traction. Even posting about your work requires reputation you can only build by posting. For those who built something with no existing audience to launch to: what specifically worked to get your first real users? Less interested in theory, more in "I did X and it actually moved the needle."
Hacker News5mo agoToolDev
I, like many engineers, dream about turning my love to programming into a side business. Nothing crazy, but enough to replace an average SWE income. And I, like many engineers, fell into the "build, and they will come" trap.I tried to build, calibrate, engage in SEO, talk to customers, but I can't seem to find traction. On one hand, people say that you need to build to solve a problem. You find a problem in a niche, say accounting for plumbers, and build for that, then you just go and market to these people. On the other hand, I see people who advocate for "I just built something that I needed, and it got traction". There are multiple examples for both camps, but the problem is that they contradict each other.This leads me to believe that most people either get lucky and then apply a framework in retrospect to justify their luck, or they simply don't tell the whole truth.I want to escape a salaried coder job, more so with the "push" of vibe coding across the board. But I have no idea how to approach a business. I refuse to believe that everyone who succeeded with a side project and replaced their job - is a liar, but maybe the truth is that it does not take 7 months, but 7 years?Anyone got something helpful to share in that regard?
Hacker News5mo agoToolDev
Developers in Brazil need a simple tool like Vercel for creating and deploying projects easily, considering local infrastructure, payments, and latency issues that make international platforms suboptimal.
X6mo agoToolDev
Developers specify large APIs manually in OpenAPI YAML, leading to inconsistencies across stack. Need tool to define once, generate runtime/client artifacts automatically.
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Developers repeatedly disrupt their coding flow by screenshotting code, pasting into AI tools like Claude, and manually explaining issues, which is slow, token-expensive, and breaks concentration.
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Builders have endless ideas but get constrained by infrastructure costs, time spent on decisions, and speed limitations from cloud providers that are supposed to support but instead shape development for survival over innovation. Current solutions are insufficient for small-scale operations.
X5mo agoToolDev
Developers waste time manually generating type schemas from JSON for 20+ languages during development.
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Graduates master algorithms but struggle with practical issues like CRUD APIs, deployment pipelines, and why code works locally but fails in production.
X5mo agoOtherDev
Builders sharing product demos publicly from live apps risk exposing real user data, as manual blurring is time-consuming and screenshots are limited.
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Users struggle with complete Office removal leaving registry/file remnants. Automated cleaning tool could fill gap left by Microsoft's basic uninstaller. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolDevUS
Poor test coverage forces manual writing of test cases which takes weeks; need reliable automation for generating comprehensive test cases.
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Developers find AI tools slow and annoying for iterative code modifications because the AI frequently ignores instructions, making manual editing faster despite long-term skill atrophy risks.
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