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Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
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#484https://macroco.sm It’s functional programming for creative thought processes. I’m excited to launch this very soon, and hope you’ll check it out. Thanks!
I didn't quite understand what it is, but hope it goes well!
Thanks! Yes, it's intentionally sparse on details for the moment. I only threw the holding page up yesterday, as I was finally ready to get it running somewhere besides localhost. This is the first time I've shared it but a proper landing page is on the way!
To whet your appetite, it's a visual programming tool which aims to be easy enough for non-coders to use. Users can stack pure function calls together into increasingly powerful workflows, many of which are augmented by AI, then run them on-demand or via an API call.
Macrocosm is being designed to encourage playful exploration and creative discovery. I've been building in my spare time over the past 6 months, excited to launch very soon!
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#485Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is really cool! How did you solve the sandboxing?
Assuming this isn't an attempt to mine cryptocurrency on it :), here's what I did: - Turn the Docker image into a Firecracker VM, I stole the idea from Fly.io [1]. Add all the trimmings like jailer and stuff, don't give it any network interfaces - Run our own shim as PID 0 in the VM, which sets up a bunch of things to make the environment hermetic (time set to 1970, etc), and does some stuff with eBPF to monitor usag…
This seems very comprehensive, thanks for sharing :) I'm working on something similar myself which involves running untrusted user-provided JavaScript... It's a little scary but I'll definitely be taking a closer look into Firecracker. Cheers!
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#486Not live, but mostly implemented. turdness.com The site grew from my personal frustrations with Finland Post Corporation. In four months, three packages were returned and three others were almost returned, most from different parties. Apparently this was due to a systematic error. I did everything in my power to get them to fix it, but to no avail. They did not want to even acknowledge the issues exist. Everything wa…
Name an shame, in a systematic and constructive way. Great idea !
I'll definitely be a contributor once it is live. Not to troll any opponent, but to point out some issue publicly that companies are purposely ignoring (and gaslighting people trying to raise the issue)
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#487Feedback/Ideas welcome since these will (soon) be released as open source projects. https://subatic.com : Cheap/Sustainable open-source youtube alternative. Video hosting on cloudflare R2. (0.36$ / million segments or 2.3 million hours of watch-time per 1$). Transcoding pipeline built in bash/python+ffmpeg. No ads but business model revolves around arbitraging sponsored segments in videos, which can be targeted to co…
More info on subatic.
Idea for the first one came when a client wanted to host some videos which were to receive very high traffic. Easiest solution was youtube but youtube adds friction. All other hosting platforms wanted for bandwidth or number of hours of streams. Cheapest solution I found was transcoding and hosting on cloudflare R2.
I then went down the rabbit hole of building youtube in the cheapest possible way.
The app is built with api endpoints in mind so a future mobile app can be built in future.
Other use cases : video embedding, personal video storage, corporate training materials, hosting courses.
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#488https://github.com/billpg/POP3Listener/
This was going to be part of a larger project implementing libraries for all the email protocols, but I lost enthusiasm for it when I realised how broken email itself is in this day and age.
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#489https://usedigest.com
Been working on this here and there for quite some time. Built it out of a personal need to keep up to date with all the happenings on different websites without feeling like I was missing out. Planning to add many more sources soon.
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#490Like many, I've been on a job hunt for the past year. To streamline this process, I've initiated https://rolematch.me - a platform designed to provide candidates with practical feedback on how to enhance their resumes and align them more closely with specific job advertisements. rolematch.me utilizes the OpenAI API (gpt-4) to perform a semantic analysis of both the resume and job ad, pinpointing skills and requirements, and understanding their semantic implications. It then offers suggestions on how candidates can integrate these skills into their resumes.
Currently, the proof of concept is in its private beta phase (you're welcome to try it out using the invite code konami), and I'm planning to incorporate more features soon.
Please note that neither your resume nor the job description are stored. They are pre-moderated via the OpenAI API (requests to the OpenAI API are not used for further model training but are retained for 30 days for monitoring potential abuse or misuse).