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Show HN: While the world builds AI Agents, I'm just building calculators

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Post by adi_hn07 »

I figured I needed to work on my coding skills before building the next groundbreaking AI app, so I started working on this free tool site. Its basically just an aggregation of various commonly used calculators and unit convertors.

Link: https://www.calcverse.live

Tech Stack: Next, React, Typescript, shadcn UI, Tailwind CSS

Would greatly appreciate your feedback on the UI/UX and accessibilty. I struggled the most with navigation. I've added a search box, a sidebar, breadcrumbs and pages with grids of cards leading to the respective calculator or unit convertor, but not sure if this is good enough.

Show HN: While the world builds AI Agents, I'm just building calculators
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Post by fithisux »

adi_hn07 wrote: post #4
fithisux wrote: post #3

While the world does AI I learn assembly

Really! Is it part of your profession or study?

Hobby, I am a data engineer and definitely I will need to encounter AI. But assembly gives a different perspective of machines, make my brain hard-working and in case of societal collapse you need an assembler. We need more assemblers more cross-platform frameworks (collections of macros) and more emphasis on the way things work, like guides, articles. Not less.

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Post by adi_hn07 »

fithisux wrote: post #5
adi_hn07 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really! Is it part of your profession or study?

Hobby, I am a data engineer and definitely I will need to encounter AI. But assembly gives a different perspective of machines, make my brain hard-working and in case of societal collapse you need an assembler. We need more assemblers more cross-platform frameworks (collections of macros) and more emphasis on the way things work, like guides, articles. Not less.

What a coincidence, I used to be a data engineer too! Then I switched to building websites with NextJS. Totally agree with your point, I feel the same reasoning applies to higher level coding too, the best AI coding agents out there are at most a force multiplier, which means knowing how to code has even more leverage in the age of AI, allowing one person to do the work of an entire team.

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Post by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF »

kstrauser wrote: post #8

Where’s the math actually done, on device or on your server? Feedback: the compound interest calculator doesn’t support continual compounding? That’s surprising, and also the easiest to compute.

I must admit I still don't understand continual compounding
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