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Antfly: Distributed, Multimodal Search and Memory and Graphs in Go
Hey HN, I’m excited to share Antfly: a distributed document database and search engine written in Go that combines full-text, vector, and graph search. Use it for distributed multimodal search and memory, or for local dev and small deployments.I built this to give developers a single-binary deployment with native ML inference (via a built-in service called Termite), meaning you don't need external API calls for vector search unless you want to use them.Some things that might interest this crowd:Capabilities: Multimodal indexing (images, audio, video), MongoDB-style in-place updates, and streaming RAG.Distributed Systems: Multi-Raft setup built on etcd's library, backed by Pebble (CockroachDB's storage engine). Metadata and data shards get their own Raft groups.Single Binary: antfly swarm gives you a single-process deployment with everything running. Good for local dev and small deployments. Scale out by adding nodes when you need to.Ecosystem: Ships with a Kubernetes operator and an MCP server for LLM tool use.Native ML inference: Antfly ships with Termite. Think of it like a built-in Ollama for non-generative models too (embeddings, reranking, chunking, text generation). No external API calls needed, but also supports them (OpenAI, Ollama, Bedrock, Gemini, etc.)License: I went with Elastic License v2, not an OSI-approved license. I know that's a topic with strong feelings here. The practical upshot: you can use it, modify it, self-host it, build products on top of it, you just can't offer Antfly itself as a managed service. Felt like the right tradeoff for sustainability while still making the source available.Happy to answer questions about the architecture, the Raft implementation, or anything else. Feedback welcome!
Hacker News6mo agoToolAI
Horizon – GPU-accelerated infinite-canvas terminal in Rust
Tabs, splits, and tmux work fine until you have several projects open with logs, tests, and long-running shells. I kept rebuilding context instead of resuming work. Horizon puts shells on an infinite canvas. You can arrange them into workspaces and reopen later with layout, scrollback, and history intact.Built in 3 days with Claude/Codex, dogfooding the workflow as I went. Feedback and contributions welcome.
Hacker News6mo agoToolAI
What breaks first when your team grows from 10 to 50 people?
We're at ~15 people and things that used to "just work" are starting to crack. Decisions that everyone used to know about are getting lost. New hires take forever to ramp up. Different teams are building on different assumptions. For those who've been through this stage, what actually broke first? And what did you do about it?
Hacker News6mo agoToolDesign & Creative
Secondary school teachers waste time manually writing notes on the blackboard
Teachers, especially in secondary school, waste so much time on putting notes on the board, reducing teaching time.
X6mo agoToolEducation
Indie builders lack collaborators and AI code cleaning
Vibe coders and indie builders struggle to connect with like-minded peers, clean AI-generated code, and ship products faster.
X7mo agoToolDev
Dev teams waste productivity switching between multiple tools
Dev teams lose significant time tab-switching between Jira for tasks, Notion for docs, and Slack for communication, needing an integrated real-time workspace.
X6mo agoToolDev
SaaS founders overpay in payment processing fees
SaaS companies lose 10k-100k annually to high Stripe processing fees without optimization tools.
X6mo agoToolFinance
AI assistants fail to execute tasks across tools
Current AI chatbots only provide answers but cannot perform actual actions, workflows, or integrations across user tools.
X6mo agoToolAI
Privacy risks in saving sensitive AI prompts
Users cannot securely save AI prompts containing sensitive data in cloud-based libraries without risking exposure on servers.
X6mo agoToolAI
Founders build unvalidated ideas based on vibes
Startups waste months developing products no one wants due to validation on assumptions rather than real data.
X6mo agoToolVC & Startups
Sales teams repeat basic demos on unqualified calls
Sales reps waste time giving identical basic product walkthroughs to early-stage prospects who book demos just to learn basics.
X6mo agoToolOther
Social media managers manually block calendar slots for tweet engagement
Scheduling tweets and manually blocking ±10 minute slots on Google Calendar for interaction takes an extra hour weekly.
X6mo agoToolProductivity
PhD students and academics manually handle citations
Researchers are still manually doing citations while others use AI to speed up literature reviews and analysis.
X6mo agoToolEducation
Travelers manually check hotel rates for price drops
Users waste time manually searching for hotel rate drops on the same room and dates, missing savings.
X6mo agoToolTravel
Arabic content creators manually create subtitles and dubbing
Arabic content creators are still manually doing subtitles and dubbing, which is time-consuming for media production.
X6mo agoToolMedia
Video editing takes days even for simple projects, forcing creators to spend more time in post than filming
Content creators, YouTubers, and marketing teams spend 10-20+ hours editing raw footage into polished videos—reviewing clips, cutting takes, syncing audio, color correcting, and fine-tuning pacing. Current tools (Premiere, Final Cut) require deep technical skills and manual work on every frame. Many creators either skip professional editing to save time or hire expensive editors, creating a bottleneck that slows content production.
Product Hunt6mo agoToolMarketing & Sales
Simple social media scheduler
PostSyncer (postsyncer.com) is the easiest way to schedule and manage social media content across multiple platforms. Targets solo creators who find Buffer/Hootsuite too complex. Minimalist scheduling without enterprise bloat.
X6mo agoToolMarketing & Sales
Manage n8n workflows from mobile
Nodera (getnodera.app) lets you manage n8n automation workflows from your phone. Currently n8n requires a desktop browser to monitor and manage workflows. Mobile access means you can check, trigger, and debug automations on the go.
X6mo agoToolDev
Ship MVPs in 2 weeks as a service
KrashLabs helps founders ship MVPs in 2 weeks. Instead of spending months building, they provide a structured sprint process with design, development, and launch support. Targets non-technical founders who struggle to get from idea to product.
X6mo agoToolVC & Startups
Startup cemetery with post-mortem analysis
Rest in Pitch is a startup cemetery that catalogs failed startups with post-mortem analysis. Helps founders learn from others failures before making the same mistakes. Each entry includes what went wrong, market conditions, and lessons learned.
X6mo agoToolVC & Startups