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Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by cc101 »

untech wrote: post #45
cc101 wrote: post #38

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epiphany-workflow-ii/id1508000... ADHD is a problem for many people in high tech. Epiphany Workflow is a mac program for very bright college students who are in academic trouble caused by ADHD. E provides help organizing and sustaining a directed academic effort. It's particularly good for organizing research papers and compiling class notes into a study guide.

I didn’t tried your app yet, but I think your idea is great, and that this niche is underexploited. I hope you won’t mind a little feedback. There is one screenshot on the app page, it looks fine in general, but I was a bit frustrated by the center-aligned text. Because of alignment, it was hard to read. Wish you luck!

Thanks. I'll redo the screenshot.

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by SirAllCaps »

lgl wrote: post #11

I've launched a Windows app on the Microsoft Store a bit over a month ago. Didn't get any traction here (as windows closed source apps rarely do) but feel free to check it out at https://lumotray.com I have already got a few downloads from the MS store though. "Advertising" was basically just a post here, a couple of posts on reddit and some links sent to friends.

I assume its written in C#? Can I ask which .NET framework/library you used?

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by Ndymium »

As a hobby project, I run Code::Stats[0]. It's a website that tracks what languages you are programming in (via editor plugins) and gives you a profile page with various statistics[1]. It's ad-supported (with EthicalAds) to deal with server costs, or you can buy a support account to remove ads. The site and all the editor plugins are open source, the site is written in Elixir (but I'm looking at integrating Gleam in the future).

Currently it's completely a free time thing; I make negative money on it. My dream would be to have enough paying users to work on it part time (even a little), but that's far away and may never happen. But I like using it myself so I'll keep running it for the foreseeable future.

[0] https://codestats.net/

[1] https://codestats.net/users/Nicd

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by JonChesterfield »

jason_zig wrote: post #25

https://www.zigpoll.com I don't think I made it clear the last couple of submits that it's a purely solo effort which upon reflection is one of the more interesting things about it!

"color pallet" didn't look right. Maybe "colour palette", though it's hard to be sure whether both halves are just American.

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by TrianguloY »

https://github.com/TrianguloY/UrlChecker

URLCheck, an Android app to analyze urls before opening them. With clear urls module, pattern checker module, and a few more.

It got a few points (29) when I posted the "it is now on f-droid" submission (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30256326) but that was it. I've been updating the app since too.

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by lgl »

SirAllCaps wrote: post #52
lgl wrote: post #11

I've launched a Windows app on the Microsoft Store a bit over a month ago. Didn't get any traction here (as windows closed source apps rarely do) but feel free to check it out at https://lumotray.com I have already got a few downloads from the MS store though. "Advertising" was basically just a post here, a couple of posts on reddit and some links sent to friends.

I assume its written in C#? Can I ask which .NET framework/library you used?

Of course. It is indeed a C# (WPF) application that started as .NET6 during development but eventually migrated to .NET7 as it came out shortly before I published it.

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by mike_hearn »

scrapcode wrote: post #49
mike_hearn wrote: post #44

Does anyone know why there are so many dead posts on /shownew? Maybe a fifth of all posts end up dead for no obvious reason. They seem just like any other Show HN thread, and nothing is clearly wrong with the posting accounts either.

"The post was killed by software, user flags, or moderators. [...] If you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you can vouch for it. Click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'vouch' at the top. When enough users do this, the post is restored. There's a small karma threshold before vouch links appear." [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Right, but that doesn't really answer my question. The stories appear harmless and so many are flagged it has to be automated. So presumably it's software driven. But - why? With political or contentious topics it's usually obvious why stories go dead but for /shownew it's not.

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by epynt88 »

I've created VegLog, an iOS app that helps me track my vegetable growing. I wanted an app that would let me compare my harvest over time, and look for patterns in growing conditions to help me maximise growth.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veglog/id6444013681

Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?

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Post by mighty_donkey »

mtmail wrote: post #5

https://flipcoords.com/ The web tool will switch the position of latitude and longitude in text. It's a common issue in GIS industry as there's no agreement which order is the correct one (and tools/software want one or the other). The initial Show HN dicussion derailed into which order is the correct one, second-guessing why the tool could be any useful to anybody and it went downhill (well, flagged) from there.

I love it!
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