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Team Performance and Wellness Optimization
Organizations lack real-time, data-driven insights into employee wellness, burnout, and team performance. Managers struggle to identify when team members are overworked or underperforming, and there's no simple way to correlate physical wellness metrics with productivity outcomes.
YC Graveyard4y agoToolWorkplace Wellness / HR Tech
I built a new word game, Wordtrak
Hi HN! Looking for feedback on this 1v1 and daily word dueling game I've built over the last few months.Play here: https://wordtrak.com/Or on iOS here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordtrak/id6760442363 (Android version soon!)
Hacker News4mo agoToolAI
Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks
I built PaletteInspiration.com, a browsable archive of color palettes pulled from artworks by 3,000+ master painters (Monet, Vermeer, Raphael, Van Gogh). Why I built it: every color palette generator I tried converged on the same five muted pastels. Painters spent centuries figuring out color and we mostly ignore that body of work when picking colors for digital design. Please share your feedback on the Color Harmony Explorer - drag the wheel to any color and it shows which hues master painters historically paired with it (not only standard complementary, analogous, triadic, etc.) It is solely based on co-occurrence across thousands of real paintings. Not algorithmic color theory rules - actual empirical pairings.No signup, no paywall, no email capture. Just curious what people think.
Hacker News4mo agoToolAI
Agent-skills-eval – Test whether Agent Skills improve outputs
Hacker News4mo agoToolOther
Mochi.js: bun-native high-fidelity browser automation library
Hi HN,I’m sharing mochi.js (https://github.com/0xchasercat/mochi), a Bun-native, raw-CDP browser automation framework. It's designed to make programmatic browser use more effective by focusing on consistency and measured parity with regular traffic, purely from the JS layer, against stock Chromium.The most common forms of browser automation focus heavily on client-side line by line probes, which are mostly cosmetic. This makes people feel better but it doesn't have much relevance to actual WAF or anti-automation defences.Mochi.js focuses on what actually matters, allowing you to get past captchas, WAF's and most defence mechanisms. In fact, in some cases it actually outperforms chromium forks simply by virtue of not having to lie.The foundation is built on a probe manifest based on analyzing several WAF's and trying to cover most of the ground that matters, and from there building upwards while ensuring every decision is backed by data. Solves turnstile/interstitial automatically, single digit fpjs suspect score, very good client-side results, though browserscan and a few others are known limitations that are fundamentally conflicting with what WAF's probe for.I'll be here if anyone wants to discuss the details, check out the docs and github. It's completely free and open source, MIT, strictly no relationship to any proprietary products whatsoever. No affiliation to patched chromium forks, or SaaS.But I also want to talk about why I built this, because the current paradigm of "bot detection" is fundamentally broken.Traditionally they would probably try to label my repository a malicious tool, or at best, a grey hat one.Let's take Turnstile for example, If you attach a debugger to see what data they are extracting from your hardware, their script intentionally self-destructs. When they try to extract your data—acting as a guest on your silicon, using your electricity, without asking, the indu
Hacker News4mo agoToolAI
Stop playing my matchstick puzzles, start building your own in seconds
Hacker News4mo agoToolDesign & Creative
Finding artists for custom furry NSFW art
Users struggle to find suitable artists for specific custom furry-themed NSFW artwork commissions.
X4mo agoOtherDesign & Creative
Lecture slides need conversion to songs for student memorization
Students struggle to memorize content from lecture slides, and there is no service where lecturers can transform slides into catchy songs that students can sing to aid retention.
X4mo agoToolEducation
No AI tool to automatically optimize weekly grocery bills
Shoppers face high grocery costs without an intelligent co-pilot that compares prices across stores, suggests cheaper swaps, applies coupons, and generates the lowest-cost shopping plan each week.
X4mo agoToolRetail
No effective tool to curate and organize WhatsApp messages and groups
With overwhelming numbers of WhatsApp groups and messages, users struggle to organize and curate conversations, seeking a dedicated software solution they would pay for.
X4mo agoToolProductivity
No native iOS app for OpenWebUI
Users of OpenWebUI, an open-source interface for large language models, are frustrated by the absence of a native Swift-based iOS app, forcing reliance on the web version which is suboptimal on mobile devices.
X4mo agoToolAI
Overwhelmed by memorizing specific app names for smart home devices
Users struggle to remember the unique, brand-specific app names required to control various smart home devices, such as 'August' for the front door, 'myQ' for the garage, 'Nanit' for the baby camera, and 'ecobee' for the thermostat, leading to cognitive overload and inefficiency in daily use.
X6mo agoToolProductivity
Convenient cleaning of gym water bottles
Gym-goers find it hard to properly clean their water bottles during workouts, desiring an on-site cleaning service.
X4mo agoOtherSport & Fitness
Verifying authenticity of resale event tickets
Potential buyers on resale platforms fear purchasing fake or invalid tickets for major events like UEFA matches, needing a reliable verification service.
X4mo agoToolOther
Avoiding unwanted conversations with rideshare drivers
Riders are frustrated by obligatory small talk and human interaction during Uber/Lyft rides and are willing to pay a premium for autonomous options without communication.
X4mo agoToolTransportation
Alexa AI Features Comparison & Setup Guide
Users need clear guidance on Alexa+ features, early access requirements, pricing tiers, and how new AI capabilities differ from standard Alexa. Fragmented documentation across regions creates confusion. [Trending: "alexa+ early access" with 500+ searches in DE]
Google Trends4mo agoToolAIDE
Flight Cost Transparency & Price Prediction Tool
Travelers frustrated by high airfares need better visibility into pricing, alerts for deals, and predictions on best booking times. Current solutions are fragmented or behind paywalls. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends4mo agoToolTravelUS
Cost of Living Comparison & Budget Planning Tool
People need to compare living costs across regions and understand affordability. A tool mapping salary vs. expenses by location helps remote workers, job seekers, and relocation planners make data-driven decisions. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends4mo agoToolProductivityUS
California Cost of Living & Affordability Guide
Specific search for California affordability reveals demand for localized cost analysis, housing price trends, and income requirements. Redditors/job seekers need actionable data to assess feasibility. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends4mo agoToolProductivityUS
Restaurant Operational Inefficiency
Restaurants struggle to optimize kitchen layout, staffing, equipment use, and workflow. Many operate without data-driven insights into their bottlenecks and inefficiencies, leading to wasted time, labor costs, and capacity utilization issues.
YC Graveyard5y agoToolConsumer/Food Service