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Fakeipedia – Wikipedia for worlds that don't exist
Hi HN!Fakeipedia is an automatic world-building platform which takes an imagined world and makes a whole wiki that you can endlessly explore by clicking red links.I came up with this idea a few months ago after playing around with worldbuilding in Gemini, but I didn't want to release it until a powerful enough model could do it justice, and I decided that Argon is creative enough to write articles that are worth reading. I was surprised how well it turned out and how engaging some of the writing actually is.If you want to generate an article there is a nominal charge attached ($0.90), which helps cover AI/Stripe costs, and I think I just about break even. You can also steer the generation ala choose-your-own-adventure books when generating a new article. Everything generated is free and public for everyone to see.I hope you like it and I'm very much open to hearing about new world ideas/features that would make this project better.
Hacker News14d agoToolAI
Esp32sim – Run ESP32 firmware in the browser
Hi HN,I’ve been working on esp32sim, an open-source ESP32 emulator that runs in the browser.The fun part of the demo is that there is no ESP32 involved — the firmware is executing in the emulator.The goal is to make ESP32 software easier to experiment with, test and simulate without always needing physical hardware connected.Source: https://github.com/mikroverk/esp32simI made a short video showing it in action: https://youtu.be/waoWFilTWEcI’m particularly interested in feedback from embedded developers: what would an emulator like this need to support before you’d actually use it for development, testing or CI?
Hacker News14d agoToolDev
Graphicle, a Rust port of Graphify with memory for coding agents
Hacker News17d agoToolDesign & Creative
Things to Do API
I built an api/mcp for local events: pop-ups, one-off events, concerts, etc. currently covering the SF bay area.I've been building a bunch of consumer apps lately around personalization and recommendation and have had a hard time finding this data in one spot. agents can find useful stuff through tool calls / web search, but slow.you can scrape on demand too, but i wanted a faster data set and couldn't find an existing provider for the mix of event types I was searching for.the methodology for it is to find influential accounts/posters/etc. and do a fan out across things that they co-post with.mcp: `claude mcp add --transport http thingstodo https://api.thingstodoapi.com/mcp`I'm considering adding other cities. If you're building something that needs local event data, would something like this be useful and where would you want coverage?
Hacker News14d agoToolAI
Stoke Money – Personal finance app built around a cash flow forecast
Hi HN,I've been through many finance tracking apps, starting with Personal Capital, then Monarch, and most recently Copilot. None of them have worked perfectly for my needs.All of these apps tend to model “cash flow” as the net sum of your transactions during a month, yet while credit card charges are reported immediately, they are typically deducted from checking (cash) accounts the following month when the bill is due. As a result, I've always had to maintain a separate spreadsheet to track my actual cash flow.These apps also have a huge focus on managing budgets, which has never been for me. My spending is rarely consistent month-to-month, so every month I'm comparing my fully justified spending against my budget, and tweaking my budget until I “pass”.So I built yet another finance tracking app. It has the usual components - accounts, transactions, categories - but the core is a cash flow projection engine, and everything else is built around it.Budgets are gone. Instead, each income/spending category is projected forward from your historical activity, but not as a flat monthly number. They land in whatever account you historically use (e.g. checking account for paychecks/rent/bills, credit/debit cards for daily spending). Credit card payments are modeled automatically based on your projected credit card balance. You can set up your own recurring transfers between accounts as well, to model savings, for example.The end result is that the app can forecast how your cash moves, and you can see in advance when any account might run low. If all of your accounts look good for the next 12 months, maybe you don't have a budgeting problem.What’s made the biggest difference for me has been the MCP integration, which I have connected to Claude (but can be connected to any AI agent of your choice). I have asked it to import historical transactions by uploading PDF account statements, categorize/tag all transactions that took place
Hacker News14d agoToolAI
Sphinx – a hook that quizzes you on your AI's code before shipping
FOSS, Basically it plugs into your existing coding agent workflow and every time you push to prod it'll throw up a questionnaire that checks if you understand how the code you're pushing works.
Hacker News13d agoToolAI
Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware
Hacker News14d agoToolAI
Reliable non-AI mod manager for Deadlock game
Gamers need a mod manager for the game Deadlock that is not AI-generated and thus buggy or unreliable.
X13d agoToolDev
App layout changes after updates causing loss of workflow
Frequent app updates change layouts and make urgent tasks confusing as users can't find where features moved, leading to frustration during time-sensitive use.
X19d agoToolProductivity
Messaging between crypto wallets
Crypto users need a website or app to send messages directly to other wallets.
X1mo agoToolFinance
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
Onchain options trading matching traditional brokers
Traders need onchain tech for options on tokenized stocks with real 1:1 matching to Robinhood plus DeFi features.
X26d agoToolFinance
Poor UX in project management tools like Bitbucket for basic actions
Bitbucket makes it hard to disable obvious unusable options and leaves merged PRs listed as open in the list, causing ongoing frustration with GitHub having similar issues.
X15d agoToolDev
Easy tracking of politician corporate donations and anti-district votes
Voters need a simple app to see every instance of a politician taking corporate money and voting against district interests.
X14d agoToolOther
Universal one-time identity verification across platforms
Users are frustrated repeatedly scanning ID and face for verification on every app and want one reusable verified status.
X24d agoToolDev
Enshittification of once-simple popular software tools
Business owners hate bloated, complicated versions of tools like Dropbox, Gusto, Zoom, Loom, Canva, GSuites, Substack, Descript, and YouTube that have degraded over time.
X5mo agoToolBusiness
Track and eject assets from dead crypto L2s
Crypto users need an easy app to track assets stuck in dead Layer 2s and eject them, and are willing to pay.
X24d agoToolFinance
Enhanced sleep tracking insights for Apple Watch users
Apple Watch users seek better actionable insights on their sleep data beyond default reports. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends14d agoToolSport & FitnessUS