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Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

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Re: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

#502

Still a work in progress but I’m making my own subway web app. A by-product of this is this realtime subway map of NYC https://donohoe.dev/subway/map/

I started something similar but for Sydney with the ultimate goal of being an agent simulator, simulating everyone going to work etc. Project got a bit unwieldy and is on hold while I mull it's future over.

Re: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

#505
- A Tailwind based design system for my projects.

- A self-hosted comment system for my blog (https://github.com/karthikeyankc/discuss).

- A custom RSS reader with AI capabilities to keep tab of our competitors at work.

- A git-based CMS for my personal blog (which was also built with AI).

Re: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

#506
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/XP9CD2QWRV9P7N

Cloak windows from screen capture! Perfect for keeping things private while screen sharing over Teams, etc.! All other tools in the Store would trigger virus warnings when I tried to install them. Some were positioned to ask for money for basic features. My app is both free with more features and a more intuitive UI and set of keyboard shortcuts!

Re: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

#507
I've been making a set of local- and files-first iOS apps for myself - Photo Gallery, Music and Contacts.

I use Linux on my computer and an iPhone and wasn't happy having to use a cloud to sync my data between my devices. Syncthing/Synctrain + my apps allow me to keep everything on my private network, without ever touching a server or having to self-host something like Immich.

https://j23n.com/public/posts/2026/localios

Re: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

#508

I wrote a pen-plotter GUI and gcode sender in Rust. By hand. Like an animal. I am the only user. Sometimes it's the process that matters, and exercising your brain is important too. I get that there is a lot of existential dread around AI taking our jerbs, and excluding humans from the process of creative work, but... you can still just write code, just for the personal satisfaction. https://github.com/armyofevilrobo…

thank you! I will give it a try with my penplotter. I tried to vibe something like that in the past, but the outcome wasn't at all what I expected.
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