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Job seekers struggle to tailor CVs to specific job descriptions
Professionals facing redundancy or job searches find it difficult and time-consuming to customize their CVs for each job application, leading to inefficiency and missed opportunities.
X7d agoToolHR & Career
Job seekers lack effective tools to match skills with suitable roles
Job seekers face challenges in identifying fitting opportunities and optimizing applications, leading to inefficient job search processes.
X7d agoToolHR & Career
Lack of structured tools for exploring Advaita Vedanta philosophy
Individuals interested in studying Advaita Vedanta lack dedicated digital companions or resources to explore its concepts effectively and systematically.
X6d agoToolEducation
Need for reliable coordination and verification of multiple AI agents
Individuals and organizations struggle to keep humans in control when coordinating multiple AI agents, verifying outputs, and ensuring reliable infrastructure.
X6d agoToolAI
SaaS founders experience emotional pain from subscription cancellations while building in public
Indie SaaS builders feel significant frustration and demotivation from customer cancellations, especially when sharing progress publicly, highlighting the need for better retention tools.
X15d agoToolBusiness
Indie builders struggle with video editing and audience discovery for consumer products
Solo founders and builders find video editing extremely time-consuming and frustrating, often leading to procrastination, while also struggling to identify and reach the right audience for consumer-facing products across platforms like TikTok and IG.
X6d agoToolOther
Time-consuming manual editing of screen recordings
Users creating screen recordings for tutorials, demos, or content face tedious post-production editing that consumes significant time and effort.
X7d agoToolProductivity
Cost Management and Resource Assistance for High Living Expenses
People struggle with the high cost of living and need digital tools for budgeting, cost reduction tips, and resource finding to manage expenses sustainably. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends7d agoToolFinanceUS
Affordable Meal Planning for Budget-Conscious Diners
Many find eating out too expensive and lack tools to easily plan affordable, satisfying meals at home, missing a budget-friendly meal planning app. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends7d agoToolFood & NutritionUS
Help voters understand and obtain voter ID cards
Many voters need clear guidance on how to obtain and use voter ID cards for elections due to varying laws and requirements. A simple digital tool that helps users check ID requirements, locate application centers, and track card status could improve voting access. [Trending: "voter id card" with 200+ searches in IN]
Google Trends7d agoToolLegalIN
Fix Android devices showing incorrect future update dates
Many users find their Android devices mistakenly displaying wrong future update dates (e.g., January 2027), causing confusion about updates. A tool to diagnose and correct erroneous update scheduling or notification display could help users. [Trending: "android devices showing january 2027 update" with 200+ searches in US]
Google Trends7d agoToolDevUS
Building internal tools efficiently
Companies need to create and maintain internal software tools quickly to streamline operations, but building custom tools is often slow, costly, and requires developer resources.
YC Graveyard1y agoToolB2B
Making a smart TV dumb and then smart
A recent (unwanted) webOS update that got installed on TV prompted me to start going down the rabbit hole of writing new TV software. After a couple of weekends and massive help from 4 different models, finally managed to get v1 working.My daughter enjoys navigating TV through speech while I get to browse on the biggest screen at home.While all of the code was written by ML models, there were decisions I had to help with. In specific: using WebRTC to cut down latency, repurposing vendor logic for buffering voice samples and designing user experience.It was liberating to finally free the TV of bloatware and make it truly personalized!
Hacker News8d agoToolDev
OnKey – I'm a bad singer, so I built an app to show where I'm off-key
Hi allI was pretty terrible at singing, now I’d say I’m bad but not terrible. This is because I’ve been using a singing app (won’t name it here) that scores me on my pitch and timing throughout the song so that I can improve.Lately however, the app I’ve been using has flooded their song list with songs that aren’t originals. I didn’t like this at all as for me, it’s easier to try to improve when you’re singing along to the original.So, I asked an agent (Claude Code) if it could write some code to listen to Spotify and also listen to me and see if it could detect both pitches and score me. It impressed me by writing some Python and showing me my pitch in the terminal!It couldn’t go all the way though and detect the singer’s pitch in real time.So I found the next best setup and built OnKey, a Mac app that needs to listen to the song once (it doesn’t save it) and then when it’s learnt the song (takes a couple of minutes), you can sing along to the pitch track that it’s learnt. OnKey is free to use and open source under the MIT license.It can listen to Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube playing in your browser with the right permissions.During the build I found that someone had done something similar in Nightingale, but this requires a library of songs exported to disk and who has this in 2026 (maybe some of you ;) - but we need to help the normies too).You can check out a demo video on the site of me singing (warning given) here: https://singonkey.appThe app sends out to find the song info (short Shazam fingerprint, and looks up song details), lyrics (from LRCLIB), and checks for updates.The app never sends the music (it doesn’t save this to disk) and your voice. Everything you’d expect to stay private does.It’s still weak in a few places:- when the song’s backing is noisy it’s hard to pick the pitch track out- sometimes it gets a note an octave off- it’s limited to Apple Silicon Macs, M1 or later, and only macOS 14.2 up because extra drivers aren’t required p
Hacker News8d agoToolAI
Corgi, a helpful {agent, terminal} multiplexer
Hey everyone,Inspired by Herdr, I've built an agent multiplexer that I've been using as my daily driver for a few weeks now.I think I improved on the concept in a few ways, focusing on the ergonomics I always wished I had:I show you what the agents are up to, along with a running feed of their activity. There's also a simple shortcut (F1) to go to the next unread agent.I use multiple accounts, so I've added unified launcher for Codex/Claude Code/Pi. Theres some careful ergonomics there: fast search and resume over sessions, inline usage tracking etc.Many small quality of life improvements to the terminal experience: - Links can be copied with a click, so no need to drag-select over many lines - cmd+v just pastes images (even on SSH) - images have a thumbnail preview. - Built-in CPU/Memory/GPU usage tracking, broken down by workspaceI assume you have access to cheap inference (Luna/Haiku/etc). It just reuses the agents to organize things for you: what is this http link? what is this worktree about? what is each agent doing? It's small but it made my environment feel more cozy.On a personal note, I've been on a frustrating sick leave for a while now. I created Corgi to challenge myself, and see if I can go back. The answer is more mixed than I had hoped, but I am happy with the result and thankful for the experience.I hope you like it! a few friends & myself have been using it for a few weeks and it's been pretty nice. There's still a lot to improve and some rough edges, so feedback would be greatly appreciated.Thank you :)
Hacker News7d agoToolAI
Swurf – Swipe through the real web
Hello HN,Swurf allows you to swipe through the real web one page after another. It learns what you like and doesn’t show you the same page twice. The idea came naturally: there’s a seemingly infinite amount of high quality blog posts, random topic rabbit holes, and trending or cool sites that exist which the average person simply will never load on their browser. Swurf solves that by allowing you to rapidly traverse a constantly growing and learning feed of sites that it thinks you’d want to view. Quickly sift through endless pages and find things you like - effortlessly.One of the core drivers for making this project was the desire for real content. The project started as a simple tool for myself to find new and interesting things to learn and read about. Hours spent scrolling on my phone - while it still has its place - is increasingly losing its sense of reward. It’s genuinely hard to put into words exactly how swurfin’ feels but it’s almost refreshing in a sense. I encourage you to try it out and provide feedback. At this time there are no accounts and you can jump in and start swurfin’ immediately. There is a three dot menu button on the bottom right which allows you to submit links, save links, control adult content, and search similar topics. One of the things that’s great about Swurf is that its almost like a group browsing session (though entirely private) where everyone else who is spending time hunting down great reads or solid sites is helping massage the feed for you and you for them - all within your own set of interests.Enjoy and please ask any questions you have as theres plenty of room to grow.
Hacker News8d agoToolDev
Finding affordable microphones for streaming and gaming
Streamers and gamers need recommendations for upgrading from Fifine Am8 to better mics without exceeding 800 reais budget.
X10d agoOtherMedia
Need simple daily automation without complex multi-step workflows
Real automation is just a simple script that pulls calendar, priorities, and dreaded email to draft a one-paragraph daily plan, avoiding impressive but overwhelming dashboards and 14-step workflows.
X1mo agoToolProductivity