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Show HN: Structpad: notepad-database hybrid that helps you use abstract thinking
Hello. Briefly about Structpad:
All interaction with app comes down to simple typing, like in a notepad. No buttons, commands or special characters needed. However, you can still build complex structured data.<p>Something about why I'm building Structpad:
I love taking notes and I think it's necessary for deep thinking because our brain is very powerful, but it has one weakness - memory.
I noticed that not only the text itself matters, but also some invisible structure in our minds. There are various tools that try to reveal this structure, such as filenames, folders, tags, links, tables of contents, but they are often complex and unreusable.
So I wanted more structure, less clutter, and no extra clicks.<p>Programming languages use OOP for a higher level of abstraction, to create more complex programs, so why not use something similar for our thoughts instead of plain text? In this way, Structpad reduces the load on memory for the sake of the quality of using the mind.
Show HN: Structpad: notepad-database hybrid that helps you use abstract thinking
Hello. Briefly about Structpad:
All interaction with app comes down to simple typing, like in a notepad. No buttons, commands or special characters needed. However, you can still build complex structured data.<p>Something about why I'm building Structpad:
I love taking notes and I think it's necessary for deep thinking because our brain is very powerful, but it has one weakness - memory.
I noticed that not only the text itself matters, but also some invisible structure in our minds. There are various tools that try to reveal this structure, such as filenames, folders, tags, links, tables of contents, but they are often complex and unreusable.
So I wanted more structure, less clutter, and no extra clicks.<p>Programming languages use OOP for a higher level of abstraction, to create more complex programs, so why not use something similar for our thoughts instead of plain text? In this way, Structpad reduces the load on memory for the sake of the quality of using the mind.
Show HN: Structpad: notepad-database hybrid that helps you use abstract thinking
Hello. Briefly about Structpad:
All interaction with app comes down to simple typing, like in a notepad. No buttons, commands or special characters needed. However, you can still build complex structured data.<p>Something about why I'm building Structpad:
I love taking notes and I think it's necessary for deep thinking because our brain is very powerful, but it has one weakness - memory.
I noticed that not only the text itself matters, but also some invisible structure in our minds. There are various tools that try to reveal this structure, such as filenames, folders, tags, links, tables of contents, but they are often complex and unreusable.
So I wanted more structure, less clutter, and no extra clicks.<p>Programming languages use OOP for a higher level of abstraction, to create more complex programs, so why not use something similar for our thoughts instead of plain text? In this way, Structpad reduces the load on memory for the sake of the quality of using the mind.
Show HN: Reveddit.com: Improving online discourse with transparent moderation
Hi HN, this talk represents a summary of my work over the last four years on addressing shadow moderation with Reveddit.<p>Let me know what you think, good or bad, and I'll do my best to answer.<p>What is shadow moderation? It is any action taken against your content that you aren't told about and aren't able to detect while logged in. I focus on Reddit comments since every single removal is shadow removed— removed comments are shown to you as if they're not.<p>You can try this for yourself on,<p><a href="https://www.reveddit.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.reveddit.com</a><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CantSayAnything/about/sticky/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/CantSayAnything/about/sticky/</a><p>Your content will be removed, you won't be told, and it will be shown to you as if it's publicly visible.
Show HN: Reveddit.com: Improving online discourse with transparent moderation
Hi HN, this talk represents a summary of my work over the last four years on addressing shadow moderation with Reveddit.<p>Let me know what you think, good or bad, and I'll do my best to answer.<p>What is shadow moderation? It is any action taken against your content that you aren't told about and aren't able to detect while logged in. I focus on Reddit comments since every single removal is shadow removed— removed comments are shown to you as if they're not.<p>You can try this for yourself on,<p><a href="https://www.reveddit.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.reveddit.com</a><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CantSayAnything/about/sticky/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/CantSayAnything/about/sticky/</a><p>Your content will be removed, you won't be told, and it will be shown to you as if it's publicly visible.
Show HN: Reveddit.com: Improving online discourse with transparent moderation
Hi HN, this talk represents a summary of my work over the last four years on addressing shadow moderation with Reveddit.<p>Let me know what you think, good or bad, and I'll do my best to answer.<p>What is shadow moderation? It is any action taken against your content that you aren't told about and aren't able to detect while logged in. I focus on Reddit comments since every single removal is shadow removed— removed comments are shown to you as if they're not.<p>You can try this for yourself on,<p><a href="https://www.reveddit.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.reveddit.com</a><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CantSayAnything/about/sticky/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/CantSayAnything/about/sticky/</a><p>Your content will be removed, you won't be told, and it will be shown to you as if it's publicly visible.
PostgreSQL Sessions in Vim
Really just a few lines of code to have a REPL-like experience with Vim and Postgres.
Show HN: Step CI – open-source lightweight alternative to Pingdom and Checkly
In our last post, we showed that there is an easy way to generate automated tests for Rest APIs from your specification.<p>Since the last release, we have added some new features:<p><pre><code> - Generate tests from your API spec in the CLI
- Run tests against gRPC APIs automatically
- Get request and response information when your tests fail
- Generate fake data and use it in the requests
- Bring your own test data (from .csv)
- More intuitive CLI interface
</code></pre>
We built this because we wanted a simple, developer-friendly way to automate API testing without relying on cloud solutions. You can integrate it with Docker, GitHub Actions and Node. Your tests can have multiple steps, with shared context between them. Lastly, you can use it as a library and in combination with other testing tools like Jest, Ava, Mocha (and soon Insomnia).<p>If you want to step out of locked-in cloud solutions, give our tool a try.
Show HN: Step CI – open-source lightweight alternative to Pingdom and Checkly
In our last post, we showed that there is an easy way to generate automated tests for Rest APIs from your specification.<p>Since the last release, we have added some new features:<p><pre><code> - Generate tests from your API spec in the CLI
- Run tests against gRPC APIs automatically
- Get request and response information when your tests fail
- Generate fake data and use it in the requests
- Bring your own test data (from .csv)
- More intuitive CLI interface
</code></pre>
We built this because we wanted a simple, developer-friendly way to automate API testing without relying on cloud solutions. You can integrate it with Docker, GitHub Actions and Node. Your tests can have multiple steps, with shared context between them. Lastly, you can use it as a library and in combination with other testing tools like Jest, Ava, Mocha (and soon Insomnia).<p>If you want to step out of locked-in cloud solutions, give our tool a try.
Show HN: Step CI – open-source lightweight alternative to Pingdom and Checkly
In our last post, we showed that there is an easy way to generate automated tests for Rest APIs from your specification.<p>Since the last release, we have added some new features:<p><pre><code> - Generate tests from your API spec in the CLI
- Run tests against gRPC APIs automatically
- Get request and response information when your tests fail
- Generate fake data and use it in the requests
- Bring your own test data (from .csv)
- More intuitive CLI interface
</code></pre>
We built this because we wanted a simple, developer-friendly way to automate API testing without relying on cloud solutions. You can integrate it with Docker, GitHub Actions and Node. Your tests can have multiple steps, with shared context between them. Lastly, you can use it as a library and in combination with other testing tools like Jest, Ava, Mocha (and soon Insomnia).<p>If you want to step out of locked-in cloud solutions, give our tool a try.
Show HN: Step CI – open-source lightweight alternative to Pingdom and Checkly
In our last post, we showed that there is an easy way to generate automated tests for Rest APIs from your specification.<p>Since the last release, we have added some new features:<p><pre><code> - Generate tests from your API spec in the CLI
- Run tests against gRPC APIs automatically
- Get request and response information when your tests fail
- Generate fake data and use it in the requests
- Bring your own test data (from .csv)
- More intuitive CLI interface
</code></pre>
We built this because we wanted a simple, developer-friendly way to automate API testing without relying on cloud solutions. You can integrate it with Docker, GitHub Actions and Node. Your tests can have multiple steps, with shared context between them. Lastly, you can use it as a library and in combination with other testing tools like Jest, Ava, Mocha (and soon Insomnia).<p>If you want to step out of locked-in cloud solutions, give our tool a try.
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Show HN: Tracking my local bus with a RaspberryPi
Show HN: Tracking my local bus with a RaspberryPi
Show HN: Tracking my local bus with a RaspberryPi
Show HN: Tracking my local bus with a RaspberryPi
Show HN: Open-source OAuth2 & OpenID server Ory Hydra v2
Show HN: Open-source OAuth2 & OpenID server Ory Hydra v2
Show HN: Open-source OAuth2 & OpenID server Ory Hydra v2
Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email
I built this app primarily for my wife, who has tried many mainstream todo-list apps (OmniFocus, Things, and Todoist come to mind) over the years with little success. She isn't particularly interested in setting up a productivity system and the administrivia that goes with it. Even having to remember to look at an app once a day was far from ideal for her. This app is an attempt at a solution for anyone that fits this description, with a focus on alerting over organization.<p>Here's how it works: you create a nudge that's set to trigger at a given date and time, and the app phones you, texts you, or emails you (or all three) at the right moment. Nudges can trigger on a schedule, so something like "call me about monthly bills for the next month on the last day of every month" is quite easy to set up. It also works well (sample size 1, admittedly) as a supplement to a more robust GTD system. I use Things for almost everything, but my most important reminders are set up as nudges.<p>I've worked on this on and off for the last month or so and I think it's ready for a Show HN. There's likely some rough edges in there so I wouldn't use it for anything _critical_ just yet (let me know if you see anything that looks buggy!). I cut a lot of scope in order to release an initial version quickly; here's a list of things I'm considering adding to the app in the near future:<p><pre><code> - Implement something analogous to Pagerduty: create nudges that repeatedly nag you (with something like an escalation policy) until you acknowledge them
- More notification channels: get nudges on Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
- Families (or teams, possibly) share a namespace and can send nudges to each other
- Nudges that collect a response: possibly for polls, a daily diary entry, or habit tracker
- Incoming and outgoing webhooks
- Snooze a nudge so it re-triggers in X minutes
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I work on distributed systems at my day job and haven't done frontend and CRUD things in a long while now, so building this out was a nice change of pace. If anyone's curious, the app is built with: Next.js (in static HTML mode) and Tailwind for the frontend, Go for the API server and background nudge loop, and SQLite (+Litestream) for persistence.<p>In any case, I'm looking for feedback from the HN community here: is this something you would use?<p>TL;DR: schedule reminders for yourself via phone call, text message, and/or email<p>(PS: the free plan doesn't allow call/SMS nudges because I'm a bit wary of spam, but if you'd like to give this a shot and can't [or don't want to] subscribe to a paid plan at this point, send me an email at tim@nudges.fyi for a 1-month code)