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most Chinese models are now open-source, whereas ppenai, claude, and gemini are closed; for example, deepdeek, the release of its every new model is accompanied by a corresponding …

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I had stopped using Cursor since July 2025, because of its mess pricing policy. Now I use codex & claude code & antigravity, and can not return to using Cursor.

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100% this. I used to default to Postgres for everything. But seeing SQLite handle concurrency so well now—plus having built-in BM25 search and vector support—it really is all you n…

Same experience here. I now think AI writes much better code than me. So I shifted my focus to finding requirements, analyzing possibilities, and making good plans.

Absolutely! Excel is the ultimate business system because it’s a database that anyone can actually use. Excel is the best because it gives people the power to manage data without n…

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I still use TypeScript because I know it best. When AI makes a mistake, I can find the bug much faster. For me, the speed of writing code doesn't matter as much as the speed of fix…

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I think this works well if you’re already a practitioner in a domain and have repeated exposure to its problems. For many indie developers, though, that assumption doesn’t always h…

This describes my situation almost exactly, and it’s what triggered my reflection. I built a “product” starting from keywords, but then realized I didn’t actually know where the us…

That resonates a lot with my experience. I’ve found that discovering keywords is rarely the beginning of understanding a need. Knowing where people with that need actually are — an…

I’ve been using tools like SEMrush and Similarweb to find keywords for small tools, but I increasingly feel stuck: - Most “easy” keywords have very small volume - Harder keywords o…

That quote—'When divination succeeds, credit the universe; when it fails, forgive the interpreter'—is absolute gold. I might have to put that on the website footer!

That 'hybrid' workflow (Physical Coins + Digital Lookup) is exactly what I had in mind for my 'Direct Interpret' mode. I actually already have this live at: https://castiching.com/…

Funny you mention that—visual automation was actually in my original roadmap! I held off on building it because I personally really cherish the manual process. The physical effort …

Love the coin approach for field readings! regarding a 'second pocket' version: You absolutely have to check out Bradford Hatcher ( https://hermetica.info/ ). He is actually the bi…

That 'underwhelmed' feeling is exactly what I was trying to avoid! It makes sense that the character matching worked well—AI is incredible at pattern matching your past data/contex…

OP here. I built this project because I am fascinated by the Yarrow Stalk method—a process that is complex and full of ritual. While most apps are just "click and get answer," my i…

Hi HN, I am an indie dev and I built this tool to scratch my own itch. I spent a lot of time trying to replicate styles I saw on X (Twitter), but I realized that simply copying pro…