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zlwaterfield
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Comment #46102907
I built Radar because GitHub's notifications are noisy and hard to keep up with. Radar lets you customize notification preferences – so you get a message when you're @mentioned, as…
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Built a full-stack QR code app with auth in 15 minutes using InstantDB
I'm genuinely blown away by the developer experience at https://www.instantdb.com Following their tutorial (https://instantdb.com/tutorial), I built this open-source QR code genera…
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Comment #42782277
This is really cool! I can see the list of your supported Connectors on the site. How could I create custom integrations in Pica that would be accessible via the AI SDK?
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Comment #41579144
Plan is to add local LLM support so goal is fully OSS, agree initial wording could have been better.
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Comment #41578292
Agree, wording could be improved. I'm gonna add local LLM support.
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Comment #41578279
Agree - I want to improve the UX, this was just a quick attempt at it. Thanks for the feedback!
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Comment #41578218
Honestly just an oversight. I want to remove that dependancy anyways with an open source model.
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Comment #41578204
Correct but I'm going to loom into a locally running LLM so it would be free.
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Comment #41578202
Not right now. Looking into a mac app. This was just a quick and dirty first go at it.
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Comment #41578198
Agree, I want to add a local LLM set up. The wording there isn't great.
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Comment #41575324
After years with Grammarly, I wanted a simpler, cheaper way to improve my writing. So I built Scramble, a Chrome extension that uses an LLM for writing enhancements. Key features: …
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Show HN: Home Game Poker Settler (Open Source)
I built this for my home game. It’s super simple. But sharing because I wanted to show how fast you can build things these days. The tooling is incredible. From start to deployment…
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Comment #38682543
There’s a bigger picture than just the consumer. If there is not a chance to exit then founders won’t be incentivized to create these companies and employees won’t be incentivized …
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Comment #38682055
This is sad for the overall M&A market. Companies are going to be scared to enter into these agreements because it’s just a waste of time and money when it inevitably ends up like …
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Comment #37054901
A straight up G
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Comment #37054730
That really went off the rails. I lol’d at:“My name is Chris and I am a man of the truth.”
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Comment #36933720
With the advent of AI, a substantial portion of the laborious tasks involved in the 3-tier model will likely be automated, making it less likely for most to move away from this app…
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Comment #36927448
For me it depends on the OS because I don’t mind Apple TV ones but the Samsung OS has subtitles that move around and I can’t stand it.
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Comment #36927423
Agree most are crap. But they are getting better. With the ramp up of embeddings, the data they have access to is more useful and with LLMs they can provide you with plain English …
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Comment #36920860
I’ve worked on a few support sites for companies over the years. In all my research I found >40% of customers never look for the answer before contacting support. That’s why you’ll…
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Comment #36676106
I’m a huge fan of Lunch Money. It’s made by a small team that truly understands the feature-set needed for a full personal finance app. I’ve been on it for 4 years and couldn’t ima…