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Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by lippihom »

bichiliad wrote: post #378

I'm working on an app called ScreenHint. It lets you take a screenshot of a bit of your screen, which then floats there above your other windows until you dismiss it. It's essentially a clone of the sadly-abandoned Snappy, if you're familiar with it. There are a lot of things I wish it could do still, but I'm worried that I'm missing some ease-of-use and polish items still. The app is free and is currently on the mac…

This is great - it drives me crazy that the native MacOS screenshot only hovers for 2-3 seconds before disappearing.

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by lgrammel »

gsuuon wrote: post #404
lgrammel wrote: post #343

I’m working on ModelFusion, a TypeScript library for working with AI models (llm, image, etc.) https://github.com/lgrammel/modelfusion It is only getting limited traction so I’m wondering if I’m missing something fundamental with the approach that I’m taking.

I had it starred! It looks like a nice set of tools for building a multi-modal AI app - I'll give it a try when I flesh out a discord AI gaming app I was working on. Is the multi-modal aspect (image, audio, language) the main focus? Maybe putting that a bit higher in the readme would help it stick - the intro section was a bit too dense and I ended up skimming it. As for traction, I wonder if there just isn't much in…

Yes, good point, JS/TS is definitely behind Python. That might explain some of it.

I expect most models to become multi modal in the future and am building towards. A lot of the core logic of agents will nevertheless be text based imo, so that’s a central piece, but I already added text to image and speech to text, and plan to add text to speech next.

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by lgrammel »

patwoz wrote: post #389
lgrammel wrote: post #343

I’m working on ModelFusion, a TypeScript library for working with AI models (llm, image, etc.) https://github.com/lgrammel/modelfusion It is only getting limited traction so I’m wondering if I’m missing something fundamental with the approach that I’m taking.

This looks awesome! Keep sharing. I think many newbies are looking exactly for something like that including me to get startet with AI :)

Thanks :) I’ll post here when I have larger updates.

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by jupenur »

I'm trying to solve the problem of "how can I trust an e2ee messaging app on the web". Basically, the issue is that while e2ee messaging apps (think WhatsApp, Signal) assume no trust in the server, the user still has to trust the client -- and on the web, the server controls the client. Desktop and mobile platforms solve the trust issue in multiple ways: code signing, app stores, reproducible builds, publicly available hashes etc. On the web, none of that's possible. That's why Signal doesn't have a web client. WhatsApp does, but using it defeats the point of e2ee.

My proposed solution is to use Service Workers to cache a web app in the browser and employ clever tricks to prevent the server from pushing updates to either the Service Worker or the caches. This way the user can then control any updates and verify new versions using means that are already familiar from other ecosystems: comparing hashes, trusting only signed code, etc.

The goal isn't to develop a new e2ee messaging app. Instead I'm prototyping something that resembles an auto-update framework like Squirrel [1], only for web apps. Ideally it will be largely "plug and play", i.e. you could take the existing WhatsApp web app, serve it using the updater framework, and your users would now have a trustworthy version of WhatsApp.

So far I have a small amount of PoC-level code validating several small parts of the larger concept. For instance, I'm fairly confident that I will be able to reliably prevent forceful server-controlled updates, which is a core requirement. Right now I'm in the process of formalizing a threat model, hoping to spot any gaps before I move forward with the implementation.

Feedback on the idea in general would be highly appreciated, but I'd also love to hear any more specific concerns regarding technical solutions, UX, etc.

[1] https://github.com/Squirrel

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by cfu28 »

Super early stage still, but I’m building a progressive web app that lets you see all of your medical records across your doctors in one app. The goal was to build an app that focused on privacy and offline-first functionality - storing your medical records on your device, not in the cloud. It’s missing a few core features (like backup and sync to a self hosted server, encryption at rest, etc) but it already (should) work for 3000+ healthcare providers in the USA.

https://www.meremedical.co

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by todd3834 »

catlover76 wrote: post #423
todd3834 wrote: post #275

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Thanks for that feedback! I will add a monthly option today.

Hey, IDK if you'll see this, but is there an email where we can send more extensive feedback or generally contact?

Hey! Yeah my email is in my profile. Feedback is super appreciated!

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by lcall »

https://www.onemodel.org aka OM: available and in daily use, but progress is slow until health improves. A highly effective (desktop) knowledge manager, text UI, Free (AGPL), using Scala and PostgreSQL (working to move to Rust). Something like an efficient combination of mindmap, zettelkasten and GTD in one, with much greater ambitions including for linking instances for collaboration; see site links to screen shots for some idea of how I organize/categorize things. Low-volume announcements email list available (under "community").

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by _louste »

https://spheria.ai

Currently working on Spheria - a Personal AI that learns from your data to be able to speak for you.

For a long time, I've been thinking of alternate ways to make my knowledge searchable by anyone at any time and forever (docs, posts, links, books, libraries...). Thought that putting a chat interface that acts as a safe guardrail would make the experience nicer.

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by alpakha »

binarysneaker wrote: post #136
alpakha wrote: post #119

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1. Agreed, I'll likely hide them by default. The results from Gayot/Eater are incredibly noisy, and I doubt most people are interested in seeing restaurants from Gayot's "Top 10 dog-friendly date brunch spots this holiday." 2/3. I was experimenting with numeric pins but have now switched back to pins which vary by size depending on the restaurant awards. I also increased the pin count to 50 by default. Can you try it…

Awesome! The pin count increase has improved the situation, but it's still noticeable. I'm using Vancouver/CA as the test if that helps.

I see what you mean now. This has become an interesting experiment in UX. I updated the platform to leave any previous pins on the map (even if they're no longer in the top 50 results). Hopefully it works better now!
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