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Show HN: FreeDemandLetter – A Weapon for Anyone Who's Sick of Getting Shafted
Folks,<p>If you’ve ever been stiffed by a client, contractor, or random jerk, let me tell you: sending a “Please pay me ___” Post-it note ain’t gonna cut it. That’s why I built FreeDemandLetter—and no, I’m not a lawyer, but I sure was a pissed-off contractor who got sick of watching lawyers charge $400 an hour to type three paragraphs.<p>Why You Should Care<p>- $230M in back wages was recovered by the Dept. of Labor last year alone. Who knows how much went unclaimed because people didn’t want to fork over a kidney for attorney fees?<p>- 40% of home-improvement disputes end up in small claims—translation: half of us are basically DIY’ing the legal system.<p>- 26% of renters are out there losing deposits while the landlord buys a new hot tub.<p>Key Features<p>1. State-Specific Templates – Because the law changes faster than your ex’s feelings.<p>2. Quick & Easy – Draft a legal letter in minutes so you can get back to binge-watching Netflix.<p>3. Proven Effectiveness – Formal demand letters often get people to cough up what they owe.<p>I’d love your thoughts, your flame wars, your success stories, or your cynicism. Let it rip.
Show HN: FlashSpace – fast, open-source, macOS Spaces replacement
I've recently launched a new open-source project aimed at enhancing the experience of switching between Spaces/workspaces on macOS. The built-in Spaces feature is often slow and unfriendly. This project is designed to boost your productivity :). Enjoy!
Show HN: FlashSpace – fast, open-source, macOS Spaces replacement
I've recently launched a new open-source project aimed at enhancing the experience of switching between Spaces/workspaces on macOS. The built-in Spaces feature is often slow and unfriendly. This project is designed to boost your productivity :). Enjoy!
Show HN: FlashSpace – fast, open-source, macOS Spaces replacement
I've recently launched a new open-source project aimed at enhancing the experience of switching between Spaces/workspaces on macOS. The built-in Spaces feature is often slow and unfriendly. This project is designed to boost your productivity :). Enjoy!
Show HN: HN as TikTok, welcome to HN hell
Inspired by WikiTok (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42936723">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42936723</a>)<p>After making HN paradise: <a href="https://meet.hn" rel="nofollow">https://meet.hn</a><p>I had to make <a href="https://hnhell.com" rel="nofollow">https://hnhell.com</a><p>Fully created with v0.dev: wanted to make the joke but didn't have time for it. Thanks v0!<p>It's even better as you will probably enjoy some very cursed errors/problems, which is expected in hell.
Show HN: HN as TikTok, welcome to HN hell
Inspired by WikiTok (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42936723">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42936723</a>)<p>After making HN paradise: <a href="https://meet.hn" rel="nofollow">https://meet.hn</a><p>I had to make <a href="https://hnhell.com" rel="nofollow">https://hnhell.com</a><p>Fully created with v0.dev: wanted to make the joke but didn't have time for it. Thanks v0!<p>It's even better as you will probably enjoy some very cursed errors/problems, which is expected in hell.
Show HN: HN as TikTok, welcome to HN hell
Inspired by WikiTok (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42936723">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42936723</a>)<p>After making HN paradise: <a href="https://meet.hn" rel="nofollow">https://meet.hn</a><p>I had to make <a href="https://hnhell.com" rel="nofollow">https://hnhell.com</a><p>Fully created with v0.dev: wanted to make the joke but didn't have time for it. Thanks v0!<p>It's even better as you will probably enjoy some very cursed errors/problems, which is expected in hell.
Show HN: Play with real quantum physics in your browser
I wanted to make the simplest app to introduce myself and others to quantum computing.<p>Introducing, Schrödinger's Coin. Powered by a simple Hadamard gate[0] on IBM quantum, with this app you can directly interact with a quantum system to experience true randomness.<p>Thoughts? Could you see any use cases for yourself of this? Or, does it inspire any other ideas of yours? Curious what others on HN think!<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_gate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_ga...</a>
Show HN: Play with real quantum physics in your browser
I wanted to make the simplest app to introduce myself and others to quantum computing.<p>Introducing, Schrödinger's Coin. Powered by a simple Hadamard gate[0] on IBM quantum, with this app you can directly interact with a quantum system to experience true randomness.<p>Thoughts? Could you see any use cases for yourself of this? Or, does it inspire any other ideas of yours? Curious what others on HN think!<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_gate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_ga...</a>
Show HN: Play with real quantum physics in your browser
I wanted to make the simplest app to introduce myself and others to quantum computing.<p>Introducing, Schrödinger's Coin. Powered by a simple Hadamard gate[0] on IBM quantum, with this app you can directly interact with a quantum system to experience true randomness.<p>Thoughts? Could you see any use cases for yourself of this? Or, does it inspire any other ideas of yours? Curious what others on HN think!<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_gate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_ga...</a>
Show HN: Play with real quantum physics in your browser
I wanted to make the simplest app to introduce myself and others to quantum computing.<p>Introducing, Schrödinger's Coin. Powered by a simple Hadamard gate[0] on IBM quantum, with this app you can directly interact with a quantum system to experience true randomness.<p>Thoughts? Could you see any use cases for yourself of this? Or, does it inspire any other ideas of yours? Curious what others on HN think!<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_gate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_ga...</a>
Show HN: ExpenseOwl – Simple, self-hosted expense tracker
Show HN: ExpenseOwl – Simple, self-hosted expense tracker
Show HN: ExpenseOwl – Simple, self-hosted expense tracker
Show HN: ExpenseOwl – Simple, self-hosted expense tracker
Show HN: ExpenseOwl – Simple, self-hosted expense tracker
Show HN: Transductive regular expressions for text editing
An extension of regular expressions for text editing, with a grep-like command-line tool. If you, like me, struggle with group logic in regular expressions, you might find it useful.<p>I wanted to do this for a very long time. It is more of a sketch or prototype. I'd really appreciate your feedback!
Show HN: Transductive regular expressions for text editing
An extension of regular expressions for text editing, with a grep-like command-line tool. If you, like me, struggle with group logic in regular expressions, you might find it useful.<p>I wanted to do this for a very long time. It is more of a sketch or prototype. I'd really appreciate your feedback!
Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
For the past few months, I've been working on a website that answers two different questions:<p>- Where in my city have the best travel times to all the things and people I care about?<p>- Given a listing, how far is it from all the things and people I care about?<p>Personally this was fueled by my own frustrations when I was apartment hunting in NYC. I was frustrating to have to juggle so many Google Maps tabs when I was evaluating a listing, and it was also annoying to not have full confidence that I was even searching in the right places.<p>I wanted to be close to work, a Trader Joe's, and a major park. Given that public transportation networks can sometimes make close things hard to get to and far things easy to get to, it's not always obvious whether a neighborhood actually even fits my criteria or not!<p>The overarching goal of theretowhere.com is to allow you to make more informed moving decisions while also making things more convenient than they are today.<p><a href="https://ibb.co/pBsX2HjN" rel="nofollow">https://ibb.co/pBsX2HjN</a><p>It can generate detailed travel time breakdowns for individual listings and addresses, making it easier to determine whether a listing is worth applying for without juggling Google Maps tabs.
This is great for questions like “How far is this apartment from my friends, work and dancing gyms?”<p><a href="https://ibb.co/mVBjwPrJ" rel="nofollow">https://ibb.co/mVBjwPrJ</a><p>It also has the powerful ability to heatmap a city based on which parts of it are close or not to the people and places you care about.
This is great for questions like “Where in the city would I be reasonably close to work, friends and a woodworking studio?”<p><a href="https://ibb.co/vCynPSRK" rel="nofollow">https://ibb.co/vCynPSRK</a><p>You can add these heatmaps to sites like Zillow and Streeteasy to make things super convenient (this was very fun to make).<p>The main thing that's on my mind is whether this is useful or not. Like, is this something you would actually use?
I also have other ideas I'd like to eventually intergrate into this (crime heatmaps, noise heatmaps, etc)
Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
For the past few months, I've been working on a website that answers two different questions:<p>- Where in my city have the best travel times to all the things and people I care about?<p>- Given a listing, how far is it from all the things and people I care about?<p>Personally this was fueled by my own frustrations when I was apartment hunting in NYC. I was frustrating to have to juggle so many Google Maps tabs when I was evaluating a listing, and it was also annoying to not have full confidence that I was even searching in the right places.<p>I wanted to be close to work, a Trader Joe's, and a major park. Given that public transportation networks can sometimes make close things hard to get to and far things easy to get to, it's not always obvious whether a neighborhood actually even fits my criteria or not!<p>The overarching goal of theretowhere.com is to allow you to make more informed moving decisions while also making things more convenient than they are today.<p><a href="https://ibb.co/pBsX2HjN" rel="nofollow">https://ibb.co/pBsX2HjN</a><p>It can generate detailed travel time breakdowns for individual listings and addresses, making it easier to determine whether a listing is worth applying for without juggling Google Maps tabs.
This is great for questions like “How far is this apartment from my friends, work and dancing gyms?”<p><a href="https://ibb.co/mVBjwPrJ" rel="nofollow">https://ibb.co/mVBjwPrJ</a><p>It also has the powerful ability to heatmap a city based on which parts of it are close or not to the people and places you care about.
This is great for questions like “Where in the city would I be reasonably close to work, friends and a woodworking studio?”<p><a href="https://ibb.co/vCynPSRK" rel="nofollow">https://ibb.co/vCynPSRK</a><p>You can add these heatmaps to sites like Zillow and Streeteasy to make things super convenient (this was very fun to make).<p>The main thing that's on my mind is whether this is useful or not. Like, is this something you would actually use?
I also have other ideas I'd like to eventually intergrate into this (crime heatmaps, noise heatmaps, etc)