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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by ngokevin »

An app to help couples learn each other's languages (https://learncoupling.com)

My wife is Chinese, and I've been learning Cantonese and Mandarin off-and-on on my own for years. For many reasons, I recognize it's extremely difficult to make it work to acquire a language with the help of a romantic partner. I even had a friend who's wife was a doctorate in French language education but completely failed to use her as a resource.

I've identified some of the pitfalls and am developing a system to get native speaking partners more involved in language learner's journeys in a fun and encouraging way (not as a teacher).

This is my second startup! Went through YC once on my first one (related to VR). Been using YC Startup School this time around.

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Post by beatthatflight »

Still building out more of https://www.beatthatflight.com.au - travel sure took a hit with covid, but it's given me time to build more automation to find and list cheap flights over say, a 3 month period in a table to find the cheapest date in a quarter for users. Lets me quickly analyse Jetstar or Qantas or Virgin Australia deals and find the few cheapest flights that match their lowest sale prices, AND sometimes I can find it cheaper than the airline itself.

But yeah, covid. Travel sucks right now.

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Post by ajakate »

Jakobeha wrote: post #10

I'm trying to get creative because I have nothing else to do, but it's hard :). I'm learning different drawing apps and music production apps. My drawing is like a 7-year old (quoted from someone else) but I used to play piano and my coding skills are decent.

What drawing apps are you using? Any success with those? I've tried drawabox.com in the past, and try coming back to it every year or two for a stint. It's definitely helped me improve my drawing, but it's hard for me to stay focused with it...

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by roboben »

https://permapeople.org

A platform consisting of a plant database, marketplace and (soon) a garden planner and log to research, grow, harvest, trade surplus and share knowledge.

If you are into growing plants for food and other human use and doing this in a regenerative way (for example with Permaculture principles) then you should check it out.

Currently working on a concept for the MVP for the garden planner.

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