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I'm a hobbyist developer (van builder by trade) and built this because I needed hands-free dictation on Linux that actually works offline. TalkType uses OpenAI's Whisper locally — …

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Funny timing — I tried to submit my own Show HN today for a small Linux app I've been building and got blocked because my account is too new. Spent the afternoon reading through HN…

I went the opposite direction. I'm running a 45" LG UltraGear curved ultrawide OLED at 3440x1440. At first I thought the real estate would make me more productive. What actually ha…

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Hacker News itself is a good example — no JavaScript bloat, loads instantly, works on anything. I also appreciate sites where you can actually find what you came for without dismis…

I have Ollama installed on my Linux desktop with Alpaca as the frontend, but honestly I haven't done much with it beyond poking around. I also built a local speech-to-text app usin…

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I'm a Linux user who wanted exactly this but for Linux — so I ended up building it myself. It's called TalkType, it runs Whisper locally for offline speech-to-text. The privacy ang…

I build off-grid camper vans for a living and install solar + lithium battery systems regularly. The technology has matured a lot in the last few years. What used to take a massive…