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

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

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Post by bdickason » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC

Lots of fun toys. Nothing productive :D

Revamped my blog to have a funky 3d background and animated cursor after years of minimalism: https://bdickason.com

A little screensaver inspired by After Dark: https://bdickason.com/static/experiments/flying-stuff/

A little toy using (mobile) screen tilt: https://qwertle.bdickason.com

A funky RTS designed for mobile: https://chasm-nine.vercel.app/

A start of a little 3D RPG: https://misty-woods.vercel.app/

Note: all experiences in varying states of completion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

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Post by jsrcout » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC

joddystreet wrote: post #429

- self-hosted POPSQL alternative - https://github.com/p-raj/collab-sqlc - CleanMyMac alternative based on opensource tools - https://github.com/p-raj/open-cleanmymac - Standup meetings to comic generation - https://github.com/p-raj/standup-to-comics - Configurable Pomodoro - https://github.com/p-raj/open-tomato A few more closed source ones that aren't any close to be in a working state.

I was... not prepared for your standup to comic README. Besides just being a cool idea, you gave me some things to think about and several new rabbit holes to explore.

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

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Post by postdoc74 » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC

A terminal and keyboard based email user agent with support for markdown, all written in Python with Textual https://github.com/juanjosegarciaripoll/pony

Re: 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?

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Post by bdickason » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC

kmike84 wrote: post #416

* plugin for Logic Pro to A/B mix with reference tracks, with ai-based stem splitter (e.g. isolate vocals in ref track, and compare with your vocal track) * plugin for Logic Pro to simulate how a mix will sound on my macbook and phone (I captured real impulse responses for that, sounds very close) * an app for spaced repetition for guitar video lessons / their parts (no idea why platforms like truefire don’t have thi…