I have been working on a private diary app. All data stored in the device and is available as a SQLite export.
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trk7app.ap...
iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app-ananda/id6446887879?itsct=...
Ask HN: What non-AI products are you working on?
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this is the coolest thing I have ever read. How did you even get into that?
I found a virology textbook at the local Catholic book fair when I was in 6th grade, got hooked, teacher in 7th grade let me order GFP transformation kits to the school that I could do at home, then off to the races from there. I was in this article if you're interested in more deets: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/science/biohackers-gene-e...
I swear I feel like I'm dreaming this thread.
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#273My own photogrammetry pipeline because I'm fascinated by the tech (automatically create 3d models from photos). There are also a huge number of commercial applications but I haven't addressed one well enough yet. https://beholder.vision So far I've built a first pass of the pipeline using C++/CUDA and used it to power a SaaS and desktop photogrammetry app (free for personal non-commercial use). Got some useful feedba…
I would love if someone would make a photometry app that ingests video (such as iPhone video of my house or drone footage of my property) and outputs a 3D gaussian splatting model.
I want it just for fun, but I’m sure it to real estate agents!
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That's so cool! If I may ask, what is your level of education?
I never went to university or anything, but did work for 4 years at UCI in directed evolution / mitochondrial engineering, then 3 years at Stanford on the FreeGenes project (got invited to work at both). Barely passed high school cause I didn't care about my classes there.
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I once met a freelance bespoke industrial adhesive maker. He takes orders from various factories for adhesives with specific properties, then uses his knowledge of chemistry + trial & error to make one that fits the specs provided. Bespoke synthetic DNA is much cooler though.
A bespoke freelance industrial adhesive maker sounds like such a niche job, that's awesome. I would love to see a hackernews-type post with details of how he thinks about making a specific adhesive.
He was a Russian guy, normally living in Russia. HN post is unlikely, but I would love to see folks of this sort post here.
We both happened to be traveling in the same country one New Year's and got to talking.
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#276I’m working on a small side project that allows you to react to any URL with any emoji. https://opinionmoji.com/ It’s mainly an excuse to learn some new things (HTMX, Prisma, DigitalOcean, etc.), as well as get comfortable building and shipping something from scratch on my own. My goal is to eventually see large (and funny) swings in reactions in realtime.
Cool!
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#277I've been building algorithmic trading models for the last 4+ years. After trading them successfully with my own capital for more than a year, I launched https://grizzlybulls.com as an alternative to the traditional hedge fund monetization path. Since launching in January 2022, we've significantly outperformed the market with lower volatility and reduced max drawdown: Model - Return - Max drawdown S&P 500 (benchmark)…
Is it correct to say you need a multiple of 50x the value of SPY to execute this strategy (if the minimum you can hedge with is 1x MES)?
To implement the strategy in the most tax efficient manner without leverage you would want to have an account worth 5 * (S&P 500 futures price). Today that would be about $26,375. MES uses a multiple of 5 while ES uses a multiple of 10.
However, with today's $0 commissions, if you aren't overly concerned about taxes, you can try out this strategy with as little as $500 and simply buy and sell one share of the ETF VOO on signal changes. Alternatively, if you have the risk appetite, you can get started with trading MES futures with less than $10k, though caution should always be warranted when using any amount of leverage.
Re: Ask HN: What non-AI products are you working on?
#278I’m working on a small side project that allows you to react to any URL with any emoji. https://opinionmoji.com/ It’s mainly an excuse to learn some new things (HTMX, Prisma, DigitalOcean, etc.), as well as get comfortable building and shipping something from scratch on my own. My goal is to eventually see large (and funny) swings in reactions in realtime.
Cool! ;)
Damn! The cool emoji I added after the word cool (for wordplay based on your app idea), got removed by the HN form submission process.
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#279A new terminal emulator [0] from scratch. It's native and cross-platform for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This is a product with a history of overpromising on the release date, but I'm being more realistic with the roadmap and streaming progress on Twitch. If it helps think of it as the indie, non-AI version of Warp [1]. [0] https://terminal.click [1] https://warp.dev
Interesting. I recently saw a video about a terminal emulator being developed in Zig by Mitchell Hashimoto. Googled now and found the text of the talk, which links to the video. https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-and-useful-zig-pattern...
Yeah Mitchell and I are friendly competitors. We recorded a discussion [0] on the future of terminals last year.
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#280I'm building https://ambiph.one , an ambient music/white noise/soundscape web app. It's a free alternative to apps which have a monthly fee or are covered in ads. Lots of lovely feedback from people who've found it useful for sleep, tinnitus, focus, ADHD etc Just launched a PWA and now working on more mixing features like spatial audio, reverb and high/low-pass filters to let you create even more immersive sound envi…
Just played with this a bit and it seems like exactly what I’ve been wanting. Can’t wait to try it at work tomorrow. Thanks for this!