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Show HN: Dillo 3.1.0 released after 9 years
As commented before[1], I've been working on the past months to get the Dillo
back to life and today I'm happy to release the 3.1.0 version, after almost 9
years since the last one.<p>[1]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847613">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847613</a><p>During this time:<p>- A new mailing list was created[2] which is beginning to get
some messages and patches. It is available in gmane via NNTP at
gmane.comp.web.dillo.devel.<p>[2]: <a href="https://lists.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/dillo-dev@mailman3.com/" rel="nofollow">https://lists.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/dillo-dev@mailman...</a><p>- A LiberaPay page[3] which received the first donations (thanks!).<p>[3]: <a href="https://liberapay.com/dillo/" rel="nofollow">https://liberapay.com/dillo/</a><p>- Some more bugs where fixed and new features where added (details in the
release page and/or changelog).<p>Thanks to all the people that contributed with patches and tests. Now let's see
if we can make it land in some distros!
Show HN: Hamilton's UI – observability, lineage, and catalog for data pipelines
Hey HN – Stefan and Elijah here from DAGWorks (<a href="http://dagworks.io/">http://dagworks.io/</a>, YC W23).<p>If you don’t remember us from our previous HN launch (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35056903">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35056903</a>), we’re the authors of Hamilton (<a href="https://github.com/dagworks-inc/hamilton">https://github.com/dagworks-inc/hamilton</a>), an open-source library for building self-documenting, modular dataflows in python that works for data, ML, LLM pipelines, & even web-workflows.<p>We’ve been developing this UI for a while and we’re excited to say we open-sourced it! It comes out of the box with the following capabilities, and only requires a single line code change to get:<p>1. Execution + metadata capture, e.g. automatic code profiling<p>2. Data/artifact observability, e.g. summary statistics over dataframes, pydantic objects, etc...<p>3. Lineage & provenance of data, e.g. quickly see what is upstream & downstream of code/data.<p>4. Asset/transform catalog, e.g. search & find if feature transforms/metrics/datasets/models exist and where they’re used.<p>While the UI currently only self-populates for Hamilton dataflows, we’re looking to expand to other frameworks (we’d love your feedback!).<p>Check out the following video for an overview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VIVSeN7Ij8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VIVSeN7Ij8</a>, as well as the documentation: <a href="https://hamilton.dagworks.io/en/latest/concepts/ui/">https://hamilton.dagworks.io/en/latest/concepts/ui/</a>.<p>We’re looking for feedback/adopters – feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Show HN: An Open Source project for enhancing AI Agents in taking action
Show HN: Lightsaber Battle – May the Fourth Be with You
Hey folks, join me in a lightsaber battle! I love Star Wars and may 4th is a special day for me, so I made this little thing. You can change the saber color and background. Let me know what you guys think and May the Fourth be With You
Show HN: SpRAG – Open-source RAG implementation for challenging real-world tasks
Hey HN, I’m Zach from Superpowered AI (YC S22). We’ve been working in the RAG space for a little over a year now, and we’ve recently decided to open-source all of our core retrieval tech.<p>spRAG is a retrieval system that’s designed to handle complex real-world queries over dense text, like legal documents and financial reports. As far as we know, it produces the most accurate and reliable results of any RAG system for these kinds of tasks. For example, on FinanceBench, which is an especially challenging open-book financial question answering benchmark, spRAG gets 83% of questions correct, compared to 19% for the vanilla RAG baseline (which uses Chroma + OpenAI Ada embeddings + LangChain).<p>You can find more info about how it works and how to use it in the project’s README. We’re also very open to contributions. We especially need contributions around integrations (i.e. adding support for more vector DBs, embedding models, etc.) and around evaluation.
Show HN: I built a site to share code boilerplates
While looking for some code boilerplates i realised there isn't really an easy / efficient place to browse. Boilermate.site was made for the community to share them and give a vote!
Show HN: I built a site to share code boilerplates
While looking for some code boilerplates i realised there isn't really an easy / efficient place to browse. Boilermate.site was made for the community to share them and give a vote!
Show HN: I built a site to share code boilerplates
While looking for some code boilerplates i realised there isn't really an easy / efficient place to browse. Boilermate.site was made for the community to share them and give a vote!
Show HN: I built a free in-browser Llama 3 chatbot powered by WebGPU
I spent the last few days building out a nicer ChatGPT-like interface to use Mistral 7B and Llama 3 fully within a browser (no deps and installs).<p>I’ve used the WebLLM project by MLC AI for a while to interact with LLMs in the browser when handling sensitive data but I found their UI quite lacking for serious use so I built a much better interface around WebLLM.<p>I’ve been using it as a therapist and coach. And it’s wonderful knowing that my personal information never leaves my local computer.<p>Should work on Desktop with Chrome or Edge. Other browsers are adding WebGPU support as well - see the Github for details on how you can get it to work on other browsers.<p>Note: after you send the first message, the model will be downloaded to your browser cache. That can take a while depending on the model and your internet connection. But on subsequent page loads, the model should be loaded from the IndexedDB cache so it should be much faster.<p>The project is open source (Apache 2.0) on Github. If you like it, I’d love contributions, particularly around making the first load faster.<p>Github: <a href="https://github.com/abi/secret-llama">https://github.com/abi/secret-llama</a>
Demo: <a href="https://secretllama.com" rel="nofollow">https://secretllama.com</a>
Show HN: I built a free in-browser Llama 3 chatbot powered by WebGPU
I spent the last few days building out a nicer ChatGPT-like interface to use Mistral 7B and Llama 3 fully within a browser (no deps and installs).<p>I’ve used the WebLLM project by MLC AI for a while to interact with LLMs in the browser when handling sensitive data but I found their UI quite lacking for serious use so I built a much better interface around WebLLM.<p>I’ve been using it as a therapist and coach. And it’s wonderful knowing that my personal information never leaves my local computer.<p>Should work on Desktop with Chrome or Edge. Other browsers are adding WebGPU support as well - see the Github for details on how you can get it to work on other browsers.<p>Note: after you send the first message, the model will be downloaded to your browser cache. That can take a while depending on the model and your internet connection. But on subsequent page loads, the model should be loaded from the IndexedDB cache so it should be much faster.<p>The project is open source (Apache 2.0) on Github. If you like it, I’d love contributions, particularly around making the first load faster.<p>Github: <a href="https://github.com/abi/secret-llama">https://github.com/abi/secret-llama</a>
Demo: <a href="https://secretllama.com" rel="nofollow">https://secretllama.com</a>
Show HN: I built a free in-browser Llama 3 chatbot powered by WebGPU
I spent the last few days building out a nicer ChatGPT-like interface to use Mistral 7B and Llama 3 fully within a browser (no deps and installs).<p>I’ve used the WebLLM project by MLC AI for a while to interact with LLMs in the browser when handling sensitive data but I found their UI quite lacking for serious use so I built a much better interface around WebLLM.<p>I’ve been using it as a therapist and coach. And it’s wonderful knowing that my personal information never leaves my local computer.<p>Should work on Desktop with Chrome or Edge. Other browsers are adding WebGPU support as well - see the Github for details on how you can get it to work on other browsers.<p>Note: after you send the first message, the model will be downloaded to your browser cache. That can take a while depending on the model and your internet connection. But on subsequent page loads, the model should be loaded from the IndexedDB cache so it should be much faster.<p>The project is open source (Apache 2.0) on Github. If you like it, I’d love contributions, particularly around making the first load faster.<p>Github: <a href="https://github.com/abi/secret-llama">https://github.com/abi/secret-llama</a>
Demo: <a href="https://secretllama.com" rel="nofollow">https://secretllama.com</a>
Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Show HN: FileKitty – Combine and label text files for LLM prompt contexts
Show HN: Browser-based web design platform with code import and CSS filters
I built a web-based app for building websites. The main unique features are:<p>1. The ability to copy and paste any HTML and CSS into the editor with no limits. I was never able to find another app that could do this without some form of limitation.<p>2. CSS filtering, which means you can click on an element to view and edit the CSS selectors and rules that apply to that element alone. In many cases I've found CSS naming conventions like BEM to become irritating at certain scales, so this is an alternative solution. This part of the app needs some more development work but the concept is there.<p>3. Lightweight UI that leaves most of the development to code. I tend to get annoyed with UI's that try and address every styling possibility because it feels like I'm spending too much time learning the app, when it would have been faster to just type a couple lines of CSS.<p>I would love to hear your feedback. There is no sign up and is <i>not</i> mobile-friendly.<p>Hit [C] on the keyboard to open the code editor or hit the "<>" icon in the toolbar.
Show HN: Browser-based web design platform with code import and CSS filters
I built a web-based app for building websites. The main unique features are:<p>1. The ability to copy and paste any HTML and CSS into the editor with no limits. I was never able to find another app that could do this without some form of limitation.<p>2. CSS filtering, which means you can click on an element to view and edit the CSS selectors and rules that apply to that element alone. In many cases I've found CSS naming conventions like BEM to become irritating at certain scales, so this is an alternative solution. This part of the app needs some more development work but the concept is there.<p>3. Lightweight UI that leaves most of the development to code. I tend to get annoyed with UI's that try and address every styling possibility because it feels like I'm spending too much time learning the app, when it would have been faster to just type a couple lines of CSS.<p>I would love to hear your feedback. There is no sign up and is <i>not</i> mobile-friendly.<p>Hit [C] on the keyboard to open the code editor or hit the "<>" icon in the toolbar.
Show HN: Browser-based web design platform with code import and CSS filters
I built a web-based app for building websites. The main unique features are:<p>1. The ability to copy and paste any HTML and CSS into the editor with no limits. I was never able to find another app that could do this without some form of limitation.<p>2. CSS filtering, which means you can click on an element to view and edit the CSS selectors and rules that apply to that element alone. In many cases I've found CSS naming conventions like BEM to become irritating at certain scales, so this is an alternative solution. This part of the app needs some more development work but the concept is there.<p>3. Lightweight UI that leaves most of the development to code. I tend to get annoyed with UI's that try and address every styling possibility because it feels like I'm spending too much time learning the app, when it would have been faster to just type a couple lines of CSS.<p>I would love to hear your feedback. There is no sign up and is <i>not</i> mobile-friendly.<p>Hit [C] on the keyboard to open the code editor or hit the "<>" icon in the toolbar.
Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists
For a long time (after devouring Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto), I've noticed a gap in the productivity tool market—most tools don't cater well to repeatable checklists. Task managers handle one-off tasks effectively, but falter with routines. On the other hand, project management software often feels overly complex. What I wanted was in the Goldilocks Zone between Todoist and Jira.<p>For my own personal use, I created StepList. I've used it to assist and track workouts, my daily workday, software deployment and setup, household management, and more. Over the last year I've prepared StepList for sharing with others, and it's finally ready. It's designed to be unobtrusive and straightforward, allowing you to focus seamlessly on your tasks.<p>Key features include:<p>Easy List Creation: Quickly make lists with basic formatting options.<p>Search and Access: Find your lists and those shared by others.<p>Efficient Execution: Perform tasks swiftly, whether on a computer or mobile browser.<p>Flexible Scheduling: Set up lists to be done once or on a recurring basis, with email reminders.<p>Simple Delegation: Assign lists via email, no StepList account needed for collaborators.<p>StepList is fairly vanilla Rails 7 app. I've found Hotwire to be a powerful tool for building apps that work well on mobile and desktop (though in a few key places, I eschew it to keep things fast).<p>StepList is free to use, with a $5/month premium plan for unlimited scheduled, delegated, and private lists.<p>- Drew
Show HN: An extension to track your Wikipedia adventures
Wiki Journey tracks your daily Wikipedia rabbit holes in a tree format.<p>Available on Firefox and Chrome:
<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wiki-journey/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wiki-journey/</a>
<a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wiki-journey/lehenbcbjcnkhkikgopniimobmmdcfog" rel="nofollow">https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wiki-journey/lehenb...</a><p>It's open source, feel free to contribute!
<a href="https://github.com/demegire/wiki-journey">https://github.com/demegire/wiki-journey</a>