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Show HN: Replacicon – Create and customize app icons on macOS
Show HN: Replacicon – Create and customize app icons on macOS
Show HN: I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS
1. Click capture text
2. Select an area on screen with text
3. Paste the text anywhere<p>Are there other solutions out there? Yes, the best one that I've found is Text Sniper, it $8 so I decided to learn SwiftUI and release Text Capture for $0.99. This one uses MacOS builtin Vision API under the hood so it should also improve with new macOS releases. Would love to hear your feedback!
Show HN: I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS
1. Click capture text
2. Select an area on screen with text
3. Paste the text anywhere<p>Are there other solutions out there? Yes, the best one that I've found is Text Sniper, it $8 so I decided to learn SwiftUI and release Text Capture for $0.99. This one uses MacOS builtin Vision API under the hood so it should also improve with new macOS releases. Would love to hear your feedback!
Show HN: Kis.tools – A directory of tools that work
Hey HN! Tired of hitting "Sign up for free" buttons only to discover the real limitations after creating an account? Or finding a "free" tool that adds watermarks to everything? Yeah, me too.<p>I'm building kis.tools, a curated directory of tools that:
Work instantly - registration only when technically necessary, have genuine free functionality, keep interfaces clean and focused, process data locally when possible, keep promotional messages or ads minimal and unobtrusive<p>Think of it as a home for tools like Eric Meyer's Color Blender (running since 2003!) - tools that do one thing, do it well, and respect users enough to let them try before asking for anything in return.<p>Every tool is personally tested and described honestly, including limitations. No marketing fluff, just straight talk about what works and what doesn't.<p>Would love your feedback and tool suggestions, especially mobile apps - seems like every 'free' app nowadays sells its core functionality through in-app purchases.
Show HN: Tinder, but to decide what to eat
Hello HN,<p>My girlfriend and I waste too much energy to decide what to eat. Every day, we would text each other, "what do we eat tonight" messages, and go over options and many times spend too much time on deciding. I am an indie dev and created this app to solve my own problem: decide with my girlfriend what to eat for dinner.<p>Initially, I created a simple app, in which we listed all the recipes we ever prepared, and it would propose randomly three of them. We would then choose together one of them. This app[0] turned into a tinder-like app, which would propose every day a set of recipes to my girlfriend and me - we would swipe and go for the first match.<p>If have some time, give it a try and feedback is very appreciated!<p>Cheers,
Kiru<p>[0] <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meal-planner-dinner-ideas/id6451110287" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meal-planner-dinner-ideas/id64...</a>
Show HN: Tinder, but to decide what to eat
Hello HN,<p>My girlfriend and I waste too much energy to decide what to eat. Every day, we would text each other, "what do we eat tonight" messages, and go over options and many times spend too much time on deciding. I am an indie dev and created this app to solve my own problem: decide with my girlfriend what to eat for dinner.<p>Initially, I created a simple app, in which we listed all the recipes we ever prepared, and it would propose randomly three of them. We would then choose together one of them. This app[0] turned into a tinder-like app, which would propose every day a set of recipes to my girlfriend and me - we would swipe and go for the first match.<p>If have some time, give it a try and feedback is very appreciated!<p>Cheers,
Kiru<p>[0] <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meal-planner-dinner-ideas/id6451110287" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meal-planner-dinner-ideas/id64...</a>
Show HN: Tinder, but to decide what to eat
Hello HN,<p>My girlfriend and I waste too much energy to decide what to eat. Every day, we would text each other, "what do we eat tonight" messages, and go over options and many times spend too much time on deciding. I am an indie dev and created this app to solve my own problem: decide with my girlfriend what to eat for dinner.<p>Initially, I created a simple app, in which we listed all the recipes we ever prepared, and it would propose randomly three of them. We would then choose together one of them. This app[0] turned into a tinder-like app, which would propose every day a set of recipes to my girlfriend and me - we would swipe and go for the first match.<p>If have some time, give it a try and feedback is very appreciated!<p>Cheers,
Kiru<p>[0] <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meal-planner-dinner-ideas/id6451110287" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meal-planner-dinner-ideas/id64...</a>
Show HN: Block Sort, a mobile/PWA puzzle game without ads
I like small puzzle games to play on my mobile, (because you can put them away easily as well). But I got really annoyed that a lot of them force feed you advertisements.<p>To counter this I made my own puzzle game, as a progressive web app. This means you can install it on your mobile or desktop as an application, and play offline.<p>After the game is offline ready, no requests should be outgoing except checking for updates of the game. So there is no tracking/reporting going on. This also means I rely on old fashion email to get feedback!<p>The game is build in React + Typescript + Vite, and is open-source at: <a href="https://github.com/matthijsgroen/block-sort">https://github.com/matthijsgroen/block-sort</a><p>Challenges:<p>- I wanted to make the game using open web standards such as HTML + CSS. The game actually features one image, the rest is done in pure CSS (the cubes, buffers and placement stacks);<p>- All animation is done through CSS animations;<p>- All levels are randomly generated, and then proven playable by a solver before a player gets the level on screen. To remove loading times for the high difficulty levels, a process was made to generate these levels offline, and the game only contains the random seeds to reproduce them (and then they are still solved by the game first before offering)<p>- The entire game is statically hosted, so there is no backend involved. This proved challenging for data transfer capabilities. The game now generates a QR Code image containing all encrypted/compressed game data, that can be loaded into another instance of the game.
Show HN: Private, in-browser, CSV-SQL query runner using SQLite-WASM
Upload CSV, and start querying, all locally without any data leaving your browser. Can handle large CSV's easily. Download query results once done. Uses sqlite-wasm binary.
Show HN: Private, in-browser, CSV-SQL query runner using SQLite-WASM
Upload CSV, and start querying, all locally without any data leaving your browser. Can handle large CSV's easily. Download query results once done. Uses sqlite-wasm binary.
Show HN: Private, in-browser, CSV-SQL query runner using SQLite-WASM
Upload CSV, and start querying, all locally without any data leaving your browser. Can handle large CSV's easily. Download query results once done. Uses sqlite-wasm binary.
Show HN: Midnight Reminders via Morse Code
Show HN: Midnight Reminders via Morse Code
Show HN: Midnight Reminders via Morse Code
Show HN: Midnight Reminders via Morse Code
SpawELO – small free matchmaking system for LAN parties
Show HN: Someday, Open-Source Calendly Alternative for Gmail / Google App Script
Free and open-source. Simple alternative to cal.com / calendly, built on Google-App-Script for Gmail users. Built with modern technologies like React, TypeScript, Shadcn/UI, and Vite.
Show HN: Someday, Open-Source Calendly Alternative for Gmail / Google App Script
Free and open-source. Simple alternative to cal.com / calendly, built on Google-App-Script for Gmail users. Built with modern technologies like React, TypeScript, Shadcn/UI, and Vite.
Show HN: Someday, Open-Source Calendly Alternative for Gmail / Google App Script
Free and open-source. Simple alternative to cal.com / calendly, built on Google-App-Script for Gmail users. Built with modern technologies like React, TypeScript, Shadcn/UI, and Vite.