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Flight price alert and historical comparison tool for Brazilian travelers
Brazilian consumers face volatile airfare pricing driven by fuel surcharges and currency fluctuations. A tool that tracks price trends, notifies on drops, and compares historical pricing would help travelers time purchases better and save on inflated fares. [Trending: "passagens aereas" with 200+ searches in BR]
Google Trends5mo agoToolTravelBR
Fragmented same-day delivery for e-commerce sellers in Europe
E-commerce businesses lack integrated, affordable same-day delivery logistics across European cities. While Blink tried full logistics operations, a solo builder could focus on SaaS order management + API aggregation over existing couriers.
YC Graveyard5y agoToolE-Commerce
Waffle – Native macOS terminal that auto-tiles sessions into a grid
Hi HN. I built Waffle because I kept ending up with 15 terminal windows scattered across three spaces with no idea what was running where.Splitting/merging in iTerm kind of works but it never felt intuitive to me.With that in mind, I built something to suit my workflow:Waffle is a native macOS terminal (Built on Miguel de Icaza's SwiftTerm) that tiles your sessions into an auto-scaling grid automatically. 1 session is fullscreen, 2 is side by side, 4 is 2x2, 9 is 3x3. Open a terminal, it joins the grid. Close one, the grid rebalances. No splitting, no config.I've been using it a lot recently and one thing I've found really useful is that sessions detect which repo they're in and group accordingly. Each project gets a distinct colour. Cmd+[ and Cmd+] flip between groups. If you have three repos open across eight terminals, you can filter to just one project's sessions instantly. Also, no accidentally closing a window with CMD-W as it gives you a confirmation and requires a second CMD-W to close.Honestly, if you live in tmux, this probably isn't for you but it's really helped to speed up my workflow.Other things: It comes with a handful of themes (and has support for iTerm themes), bundled JetBrains mono, has keyboard shortcuts for everything. Free, no account, opt-in analytics only. macOS 14+.There's a demo on the landing page if you want to see it in action.
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
https://pardonned.comInspired by the videos of Liz Oyer, I wanted to be able to verify her claims and just look up all the pardons more easily.Tech Stack: Playwright - to sccrape the DOJ website SQLite - local database Astro 6 - Build out a static website from the sqlite dbAll code is open source and available on Github.
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
Claudraband – Claude Code for the Power User
Hello everyone.Claudraband wraps a Claude Code TUI in a controlled terminal to enable extended workflows. It uses tmux for visible controlled sessions or xterm.js for headless sessions (a little slower), but everything is mediated by an actual Claude Code TUI.One example of a workflow I use now is having my current Claude Code interrogate older sessions for certain decisions it made: https://github.com/halfwhey/claudraband?tab=readme-ov-file#s...This project provides:- Resumable non-interactive workflows. Essentially `claude -p` with session support: `cband continue <session-id> 'what was the result of the research?'` - HTTP server to remotely control a Claude Code session: `cband serve --port 8123` - ACP server to use with alternative frontends such as Zed or Toad (https://github.com/batrachianai/toad): `cband acp --model haiku`. - TypeScript library so you can integrate these workflows into your own application.This exists cause I was using `tmux send-keys` heavily in a lot of my Claude Code workflows, but I wanted to streamline it.
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS
Hi HN!I recently switched from a Fedora/GNOME laptop to a MacBook Air. My old setup served me well as a portable workstation, but I’ve started traveling more while working remotely and needed something with similar performance but better battery life. The main thing I missed was a simple taskbar that shows the windows in the current workspace instead of a Dock that mixes everything together.I built boringBar so I would not have to use the Dock. It shows only the windows in the current Space, lets you switch Spaces by scrolling on the bar, and adds a desktop switcher so you can jump directly to any Space. You can also hide the system Dock, pin apps, preview windows with thumbnails, and launch apps from a searchable menu (I keep Spotlight disabled because for some reason it uses a lot of system resources on my machine).I’ve been dogfooding it for a few months now, and it finally felt polished enough to share.It’s for people who like macOS but want window management to feel a bit more like GNOME, Windows, or a traditional taskbar. It’s also for people like me who wanted an easier transition to macOS, especially now that Windows feels increasingly user-hostile.I’d love feedback on the UX, bugs, and whether this solves the same Dock/Spaces pain for anyone else.P.S. It might also appeal to people who feel nostalgic for the GNOME 2 desktop of yore. I started my Linux journey with it, and boringBar brings back some of that feeling for me.
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
Home builders in new developments travel far for basic materials like sand
Lack of local suppliers increases time and costs; ideas quickly executed upon sharing, showing acute awareness and action willingness.
X6mo agoOtherLogistics & Delivery
Aspiring developers get traffic to DSA practice sites but few signups, indicating poor engagement
Current DSA learning platforms fail to convert visitors to users despite validation payments; need gamified, effective interview prep tools.
X5mo agoToolDev
No seamless way to import Kindle highlights into Obsidian for note organization
Busy entrepreneurs manually transfer reading notes, losing time; existing Kindle-to-Notion exists but Obsidian users need equivalent integration.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
Service providers endure nightmare invoicing processes
Manual invoicing pipelines are error-prone and time-intensive post-quoting; insufficient automation drives solo builders to automate fully.
X5mo agoToolFinance
Mobile text editing requires app switching
iPhone users inefficiently copy-paste text to ChatGPT for quick edits, translations, or rewrites due to lack of inline AI tools.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
Limited Notion access on Android
Android users cannot conveniently view or interact with Notion notes directly from their home screen without app switching.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
Ineffective debt payoff tracking
People with multiple debts find it hard to track progress and strategize optimal repayment plans manually.
X5mo agoToolFinance
AI agents lack persistent memory
AI agents cannot retain knowledge or learn from previous sessions, forcing developers to restart context every time.
X5mo agoToolAI
AI agents blocked by websites
AI agents built by developers get blocked by websites because they originate from data center IPs, preventing realistic browsing.
X5mo agoToolAI
Tedious personal expense tracking
Individuals struggle with painful and unstructured personal money tracking, lacking intuitive AI-powered categorization and analysis.
X5mo agoToolFinance
AI agents lack episodic memory for past events, timings, and significance
Agents forget 'what happened, when, why it mattered,' limiting complex tasks; builders publicly developing persistent memory solutions.
X5mo agoToolAI
Hard to retrieve saved links
Users save links from various sources but struggle to instantly search and retrieve them without scattered tools.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
Distraction from phone timers
Users lose focus during workouts, cooking, or studying because they must constantly check their phone for timer updates.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
AI tools can't access your actual work data, forcing manual copy-paste between apps
Knowledge workers use AI assistants daily but must manually extract information from Notion, paste it into ChatGPT/Claude, then manually transfer responses back. This breaks context, wastes time, and prevents AI from automating knowledge work tasks like report generation, task management, and documentation. Teams lose the compounding benefits of AI when their most important data stays siloed.
Product Hunt5mo agoToolProductivity