The best Hacker News stories from Show from the past day
Latest posts:
Show HN: I made a Pinterest clone using SigLIP image embeddings
Click an image to get similar images.<p>I crawled Tumblr and used SigLIP to get vector embeddings for many images.<p>When you click an image, it finds the most similar vector embeddings in the database, and returns the corresponding images.
Show HN: Host a planet-scale geocoder for $10/mo
For the uninitiated, a geocoder is maps-tech jargon for a search engine for addresses and points of interest.<p>Geocoders are expensive to run. Like, really expensive. Like, $100+/month per instance expensive unless you go for a budget provider. I've been poking at this problem for about a month now and I think I've come up with something kind of cool. I'm calling it Airmail. Airmail's unique feature is that it can query against a remote index, e.g. on object storage or on a static site somewhere. This, along with low memory requirements mean it's about 10x cheaper to run an Airmail instance than anything else in this space that I'm aware of. It does great on 512MB of RAM and doesn't require any storage other than the root disk and remote index. So storage costs stay fixed as you scale horizontally. Pretty neat.<p>Demo here: <a href="https://airmail.rs/#demo-section" rel="nofollow">https://airmail.rs/#demo-section</a><p>Writeup: <a href="https://blog.ellenhp.me/host-a-planet-scale-geocoder-for-10-month" rel="nofollow">https://blog.ellenhp.me/host-a-planet-scale-geocoder-for-10-...</a><p>Repository: <a href="https://github.com/ellenhp/airmail">https://github.com/ellenhp/airmail</a>
Show HN: Host a planet-scale geocoder for $10/mo
For the uninitiated, a geocoder is maps-tech jargon for a search engine for addresses and points of interest.<p>Geocoders are expensive to run. Like, really expensive. Like, $100+/month per instance expensive unless you go for a budget provider. I've been poking at this problem for about a month now and I think I've come up with something kind of cool. I'm calling it Airmail. Airmail's unique feature is that it can query against a remote index, e.g. on object storage or on a static site somewhere. This, along with low memory requirements mean it's about 10x cheaper to run an Airmail instance than anything else in this space that I'm aware of. It does great on 512MB of RAM and doesn't require any storage other than the root disk and remote index. So storage costs stay fixed as you scale horizontally. Pretty neat.<p>Demo here: <a href="https://airmail.rs/#demo-section" rel="nofollow">https://airmail.rs/#demo-section</a><p>Writeup: <a href="https://blog.ellenhp.me/host-a-planet-scale-geocoder-for-10-month" rel="nofollow">https://blog.ellenhp.me/host-a-planet-scale-geocoder-for-10-...</a><p>Repository: <a href="https://github.com/ellenhp/airmail">https://github.com/ellenhp/airmail</a>
Show HN: Host a planet-scale geocoder for $10/mo
For the uninitiated, a geocoder is maps-tech jargon for a search engine for addresses and points of interest.<p>Geocoders are expensive to run. Like, really expensive. Like, $100+/month per instance expensive unless you go for a budget provider. I've been poking at this problem for about a month now and I think I've come up with something kind of cool. I'm calling it Airmail. Airmail's unique feature is that it can query against a remote index, e.g. on object storage or on a static site somewhere. This, along with low memory requirements mean it's about 10x cheaper to run an Airmail instance than anything else in this space that I'm aware of. It does great on 512MB of RAM and doesn't require any storage other than the root disk and remote index. So storage costs stay fixed as you scale horizontally. Pretty neat.<p>Demo here: <a href="https://airmail.rs/#demo-section" rel="nofollow">https://airmail.rs/#demo-section</a><p>Writeup: <a href="https://blog.ellenhp.me/host-a-planet-scale-geocoder-for-10-month" rel="nofollow">https://blog.ellenhp.me/host-a-planet-scale-geocoder-for-10-...</a><p>Repository: <a href="https://github.com/ellenhp/airmail">https://github.com/ellenhp/airmail</a>
Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game
I've been spending a lot of my spare time over the last year creating this little racing game. It's built in PICO-8, which is a really fun “fantasy retro console” that's been mentioned on HN several times. The console has strict limits and I wanted to see how far I could push them<p>The source code for the game is over here: <a href="https://github.com/maxbize/PICO-8/tree/master/Driftmania">https://github.com/maxbize/PICO-8/tree/master/Driftmania</a>. It's a bit of a mess, but I'm happy to answer any questions on it or development of the game. Cheers!<p>EDIT: For those not familiar with PICO-8, there's only a few inputs: arrow keys, Z/C/N, and X/V/M
Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game
I've been spending a lot of my spare time over the last year creating this little racing game. It's built in PICO-8, which is a really fun “fantasy retro console” that's been mentioned on HN several times. The console has strict limits and I wanted to see how far I could push them<p>The source code for the game is over here: <a href="https://github.com/maxbize/PICO-8/tree/master/Driftmania">https://github.com/maxbize/PICO-8/tree/master/Driftmania</a>. It's a bit of a mess, but I'm happy to answer any questions on it or development of the game. Cheers!<p>EDIT: For those not familiar with PICO-8, there's only a few inputs: arrow keys, Z/C/N, and X/V/M
Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game
I've been spending a lot of my spare time over the last year creating this little racing game. It's built in PICO-8, which is a really fun “fantasy retro console” that's been mentioned on HN several times. The console has strict limits and I wanted to see how far I could push them<p>The source code for the game is over here: <a href="https://github.com/maxbize/PICO-8/tree/master/Driftmania">https://github.com/maxbize/PICO-8/tree/master/Driftmania</a>. It's a bit of a mess, but I'm happy to answer any questions on it or development of the game. Cheers!<p>EDIT: For those not familiar with PICO-8, there's only a few inputs: arrow keys, Z/C/N, and X/V/M
Show HN: Dstack – an open-source engine for running GPU workloads
Show HN: Dstack – an open-source engine for running GPU workloads
Show HN: Frontend Fuzzy Search
I have spent several years working on search engines in the backend and have now utilized that experience to develop a fuzzy search library for the frontend. It's fast, accurate and can be used for all languages. It should be easy to integrate into your Javascript / Typescript projects. If you test it and find any edge cases that did not work for you please let me know.<p>The implementation is based on 3-grams by the book, augmented with a novel trick of sorting the characters within the 3-grams for enhanced accuracy. For a detailed explanation you may refer to my related blog post at <a href="https://www.m31coding.com/blog/fuzzy-search.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.m31coding.com/blog/fuzzy-search.html</a>.<p>Happy Coding!
Show HN: Frontend Fuzzy Search
I have spent several years working on search engines in the backend and have now utilized that experience to develop a fuzzy search library for the frontend. It's fast, accurate and can be used for all languages. It should be easy to integrate into your Javascript / Typescript projects. If you test it and find any edge cases that did not work for you please let me know.<p>The implementation is based on 3-grams by the book, augmented with a novel trick of sorting the characters within the 3-grams for enhanced accuracy. For a detailed explanation you may refer to my related blog post at <a href="https://www.m31coding.com/blog/fuzzy-search.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.m31coding.com/blog/fuzzy-search.html</a>.<p>Happy Coding!
Show HN: NeuralFlow – Visualize the intermediate output of Mistral 7B
Show HN: NeuralFlow – Visualize the intermediate output of Mistral 7B
Show HN: NeuralFlow – Visualize the intermediate output of Mistral 7B
Show HN: Galactic Compass – an app that points to the galactic center
I made a single-serving iPhone app with a floating green arrow that always points to the center of the Milky Way, 26,000 lights years away. It’s weirdly grounding. I’ve never made an app before, so here’s how it worked with ChatGPT.
Show HN: Galactic Compass – an app that points to the galactic center
I made a single-serving iPhone app with a floating green arrow that always points to the center of the Milky Way, 26,000 lights years away. It’s weirdly grounding. I’ve never made an app before, so here’s how it worked with ChatGPT.
Show HN: Galactic Compass – an app that points to the galactic center
I made a single-serving iPhone app with a floating green arrow that always points to the center of the Milky Way, 26,000 lights years away. It’s weirdly grounding. I’ve never made an app before, so here’s how it worked with ChatGPT.
Show HN: Galactic Compass – an app that points to the galactic center
I made a single-serving iPhone app with a floating green arrow that always points to the center of the Milky Way, 26,000 lights years away. It’s weirdly grounding. I’ve never made an app before, so here’s how it worked with ChatGPT.
Show HN: Gitlab Meeting Simulator 2024
Gitlab's meeting recordings on YouTube have tens of thousands of views by people pretending to work. Now you can appear to be in the meeting using your own webcam.
Show HN: Gitlab Meeting Simulator 2024
Gitlab's meeting recordings on YouTube have tens of thousands of views by people pretending to work. Now you can appear to be in the meeting using your own webcam.