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OpenMower – An open source lawn mower
"Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec"
Related: <i>Should we remove XSLT from the web platform?</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44909599">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44909599</a>
How we exploited CodeRabbit: From simple PR to RCE and write access on 1M repos
How we exploited CodeRabbit: From simple PR to RCE and write access on 1M repos
Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust
Hey HN! Braden here, creator of Whispering, an open-source speech-to-text app.<p>I really like dictation. For years, I relied on transcription tools that were <i>almost</i> good, but they were all closed-source. Even a lot of them that claimed to be “local” or “on-device” were still black boxes that left me wondering where my audio really went.<p>So I built Whispering. It’s open-source, local-first, and most importantly, transparent with your data. Your data is stored locally on your device, and your audio goes directly from your machine to a local provider (Whisper C++, Speaches, etc.) or your chosen cloud provider (Groq, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, etc.). For me, the features were good enough that I left my paid tools behind (I used Superwhisper and Wispr Flow before).<p>Productivity apps should be open-source and transparent with your data, but they also need to match the UX of paid, closed-software alternatives. I hope Whispering is near that point. I use it for several hours a day, from coding to thinking out loud while carrying pizza boxes back from the office.<p>Here’s an overview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jYgBMrfVZs" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jYgBMrfVZs</a>, and here’s how I personally am using it with Claude Code these days: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpix588SeiQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpix588SeiQ</a>.<p>There are plenty of transcription apps out there, but I hope Whispering adds some extra competition from the OSS ecosystem (one of my other OSS favorites is Handy <a href="https://github.com/cjpais/Handy" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cjpais/Handy</a>). Whispering has a few tricks up its sleeve, like a voice-activated mode for hands-free operation (no button holding), and customizable AI transformations with any prompt/model.<p>Whispering used to be in my personal GH repo, but I recently moved it as part of a larger project called Epicenter (<a href="https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter</a>), which I should explain a bit...<p>I’m basically obsessed with local-first open-source software. I think there should be an open-source, local-first version of every app, and I would like them all to work together. The idea of Epicenter is to store your data in a folder of plaintext and SQLite, and build a suite of interoperable, local-first tools on top of this shared memory. Everything is totally transparent, so you can trust it.<p>Whispering is the first app in this effort. It’s not there yet regarding memory, but it’s getting there. I’ll probably write more about the bigger picture soon, but mainly I just want to make software and let it speak for itself (no pun intended in this case!), so this is my Show HN for now.<p>I just finished college and was about to move back with my parents and work on this instead of getting a job…and then I somehow got into YC. So my current plan is to cover my living expenses and use the YC funding to support maintainers, our dependencies, and people working on their own open-source local-first projects. More on that soon.<p>Would love your feedback, ideas, and roasts. If you would like to support the project, star it on GitHub here (<a href="https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter</a>) and join the Discord here (<a href="https://go.epicenter.so/discord">https://go.epicenter.so/discord</a>). Everything’s MIT licensed, so fork it, break it, ship your own version, copy whatever you want!
Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust
Hey HN! Braden here, creator of Whispering, an open-source speech-to-text app.<p>I really like dictation. For years, I relied on transcription tools that were <i>almost</i> good, but they were all closed-source. Even a lot of them that claimed to be “local” or “on-device” were still black boxes that left me wondering where my audio really went.<p>So I built Whispering. It’s open-source, local-first, and most importantly, transparent with your data. Your data is stored locally on your device, and your audio goes directly from your machine to a local provider (Whisper C++, Speaches, etc.) or your chosen cloud provider (Groq, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, etc.). For me, the features were good enough that I left my paid tools behind (I used Superwhisper and Wispr Flow before).<p>Productivity apps should be open-source and transparent with your data, but they also need to match the UX of paid, closed-software alternatives. I hope Whispering is near that point. I use it for several hours a day, from coding to thinking out loud while carrying pizza boxes back from the office.<p>Here’s an overview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jYgBMrfVZs" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jYgBMrfVZs</a>, and here’s how I personally am using it with Claude Code these days: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpix588SeiQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpix588SeiQ</a>.<p>There are plenty of transcription apps out there, but I hope Whispering adds some extra competition from the OSS ecosystem (one of my other OSS favorites is Handy <a href="https://github.com/cjpais/Handy" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cjpais/Handy</a>). Whispering has a few tricks up its sleeve, like a voice-activated mode for hands-free operation (no button holding), and customizable AI transformations with any prompt/model.<p>Whispering used to be in my personal GH repo, but I recently moved it as part of a larger project called Epicenter (<a href="https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter</a>), which I should explain a bit...<p>I’m basically obsessed with local-first open-source software. I think there should be an open-source, local-first version of every app, and I would like them all to work together. The idea of Epicenter is to store your data in a folder of plaintext and SQLite, and build a suite of interoperable, local-first tools on top of this shared memory. Everything is totally transparent, so you can trust it.<p>Whispering is the first app in this effort. It’s not there yet regarding memory, but it’s getting there. I’ll probably write more about the bigger picture soon, but mainly I just want to make software and let it speak for itself (no pun intended in this case!), so this is my Show HN for now.<p>I just finished college and was about to move back with my parents and work on this instead of getting a job…and then I somehow got into YC. So my current plan is to cover my living expenses and use the YC funding to support maintainers, our dependencies, and people working on their own open-source local-first projects. More on that soon.<p>Would love your feedback, ideas, and roasts. If you would like to support the project, star it on GitHub here (<a href="https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter</a>) and join the Discord here (<a href="https://go.epicenter.so/discord">https://go.epicenter.so/discord</a>). Everything’s MIT licensed, so fork it, break it, ship your own version, copy whatever you want!
Left to Right Programming
Left to Right Programming
Obsidian Bases
Obsidian Bases
Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file
Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
I wanted to find a way to use Instagram without ending up scrolling for two hours every time I open the app to see a friend's story.<p>Most screen time apps I found focus on blocking the app itself instead of the addictive feed, so I created this app to allow me to keep using the "healthy" and "social" features and block the infinite scrolling (Reels)<p>After implementing the block on Instagram Reels, I got addicted to YouTube Shorts and Reddit feed. So, I extended the app to cover these as well.<p>To avoid replacing the scrolling for regular feeds, I also added a feature that shows a pop-up when I'm overscrolling in any app. It forces me to stop and think for a minute before I continue scrolling.<p>I built it on Android Studio, using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose for the UI. I use the Accessibility Service to detect scrolls and navigate out of them. Unfortunately, this only works for Android. There is no way (as far as I know) to do this on iOS.<p>I'd love to hear your thoughts
Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
I wanted to find a way to use Instagram without ending up scrolling for two hours every time I open the app to see a friend's story.<p>Most screen time apps I found focus on blocking the app itself instead of the addictive feed, so I created this app to allow me to keep using the "healthy" and "social" features and block the infinite scrolling (Reels)<p>After implementing the block on Instagram Reels, I got addicted to YouTube Shorts and Reddit feed. So, I extended the app to cover these as well.<p>To avoid replacing the scrolling for regular feeds, I also added a feature that shows a pop-up when I'm overscrolling in any app. It forces me to stop and think for a minute before I continue scrolling.<p>I built it on Android Studio, using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose for the UI. I use the Accessibility Service to detect scrolls and navigate out of them. Unfortunately, this only works for Android. There is no way (as far as I know) to do this on iOS.<p>I'd love to hear your thoughts
Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team
The Enterprise Experience
LL3M: Large Language 3D Modelers
LL3M: Large Language 3D Modelers