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Show HN: Pico: An open-source Ngrok alternative built for production traffic
Pico is an open-source alternative to Ngrok. Unlike most other open-source tunnelling solutions, Pico is designed to serve production traffic and be simple to host (particularly on Kubernetes).<p>Upstream services connect to Pico and register endpoints. Pico will then route requests for an endpoint to a registered upstream service via its outbound-only connection. This means you can expose your services without opening a public port.<p>Pico runs as a cluster of nodes in order to be fault tolerant, scale horizontally and support zero downtime deployments. It is also easy to host, such as a Kubernetes Deployment or StatefulSet behind a HTTP load balancer.
Show HN: Attempt to bring a cinematic experience in 256 bytes (WASM)
Show HN: Making GNU Make a better Task Runner
I know this could be considered blasphemous, but I constantly find myself using Make as a task runner. I have written my own task runner in the past, but somehow I always end up using make.<p>I went, and I put together 3 quality of life snippets I use all the time and put it in a single makext.mk file that can be included in other Makefiles and wrote a basic readme for it.<p>This is not meant to be a replacement for other task runners, but I do think it can be useful to some of you.<p><a href="https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/makext">https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/makext</a><p>Check it out and see if it makes sense to you.<p>Thanks for any feedback or comments.<p>Cheers
Show HN: CarCheck – Car Buying Checklist App
Hey HN!<p>A few years ago my brother in-law was looking to purchase his first car. He was struggling to know what to look for when going to car dealerships and felt quite overwhelmed with the financial and practical decisions required. Not that I have any particular expertise with cars or the engineering involved, but through my own experiences purchasing cars and owning them I gave him some advice and "tips". As anyone would.<p>Things only morphed from there, I spent the next couple of years in my spare time learning to code, researching, and developing CarCheck. It's been a journey! Hindsight is 20/20 and some things I would have done differently, but that's part of the fun. I am proud to be sharing my (imperfect) first app with the world and excited to learn from you all for my next project :)<p>I would love to hear your feedback!
Show HN: CarCheck – Car Buying Checklist App
Hey HN!<p>A few years ago my brother in-law was looking to purchase his first car. He was struggling to know what to look for when going to car dealerships and felt quite overwhelmed with the financial and practical decisions required. Not that I have any particular expertise with cars or the engineering involved, but through my own experiences purchasing cars and owning them I gave him some advice and "tips". As anyone would.<p>Things only morphed from there, I spent the next couple of years in my spare time learning to code, researching, and developing CarCheck. It's been a journey! Hindsight is 20/20 and some things I would have done differently, but that's part of the fun. I am proud to be sharing my (imperfect) first app with the world and excited to learn from you all for my next project :)<p>I would love to hear your feedback!
Show HN: An open source framework for voice assistants
I've been obsessed for the past ~year with the possibilities of talking to LLMs. I built a bunch of one-off prototypes, shared code on X, started a Meetup group in SF, and co-hosted a big hackathon. It turns out that there are a few low-level problems that everybody building conversational/real-time AI needs to solve on the way to building/shipping something that works well: low-latency media transport, echo cancellation, voice activity detection, phrase endpointing, pipelining data between models/services, handling voice interruptions, swapping out different models/services.<p>On the theory that something like a LlamaIndex or LangChain for real-time/conversational AI would be useful, a few of us started working on a Python library for voice (and multimodal) AI assistants/agents.<p>So ... Pipecat: a framework for building things like personal coaches, meeting assistants, story-telling toys for kids, customer support bots, virtual friends, and snarky social bots.<p>Most of the core contributors to Pipecat so far work together at our day jobs. This has been a kind of "20% time" thing at our company. But we're serious about welcoming all contributions. We want Pipecat to support any and all models, services, transport layers, and infrastructure tooling. If you're interested in this stuff, please check it out and let us know what you think. Submit PRs. Become a maintainer. Join the Discord. Post cool stuff. Post funny stuff when your voice agent goes completely off the rails (as mine sometimes do).
Show HN: An open source framework for voice assistants
I've been obsessed for the past ~year with the possibilities of talking to LLMs. I built a bunch of one-off prototypes, shared code on X, started a Meetup group in SF, and co-hosted a big hackathon. It turns out that there are a few low-level problems that everybody building conversational/real-time AI needs to solve on the way to building/shipping something that works well: low-latency media transport, echo cancellation, voice activity detection, phrase endpointing, pipelining data between models/services, handling voice interruptions, swapping out different models/services.<p>On the theory that something like a LlamaIndex or LangChain for real-time/conversational AI would be useful, a few of us started working on a Python library for voice (and multimodal) AI assistants/agents.<p>So ... Pipecat: a framework for building things like personal coaches, meeting assistants, story-telling toys for kids, customer support bots, virtual friends, and snarky social bots.<p>Most of the core contributors to Pipecat so far work together at our day jobs. This has been a kind of "20% time" thing at our company. But we're serious about welcoming all contributions. We want Pipecat to support any and all models, services, transport layers, and infrastructure tooling. If you're interested in this stuff, please check it out and let us know what you think. Submit PRs. Become a maintainer. Join the Discord. Post cool stuff. Post funny stuff when your voice agent goes completely off the rails (as mine sometimes do).
Show HN: An open source framework for voice assistants
I've been obsessed for the past ~year with the possibilities of talking to LLMs. I built a bunch of one-off prototypes, shared code on X, started a Meetup group in SF, and co-hosted a big hackathon. It turns out that there are a few low-level problems that everybody building conversational/real-time AI needs to solve on the way to building/shipping something that works well: low-latency media transport, echo cancellation, voice activity detection, phrase endpointing, pipelining data between models/services, handling voice interruptions, swapping out different models/services.<p>On the theory that something like a LlamaIndex or LangChain for real-time/conversational AI would be useful, a few of us started working on a Python library for voice (and multimodal) AI assistants/agents.<p>So ... Pipecat: a framework for building things like personal coaches, meeting assistants, story-telling toys for kids, customer support bots, virtual friends, and snarky social bots.<p>Most of the core contributors to Pipecat so far work together at our day jobs. This has been a kind of "20% time" thing at our company. But we're serious about welcoming all contributions. We want Pipecat to support any and all models, services, transport layers, and infrastructure tooling. If you're interested in this stuff, please check it out and let us know what you think. Submit PRs. Become a maintainer. Join the Discord. Post cool stuff. Post funny stuff when your voice agent goes completely off the rails (as mine sometimes do).
Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant
Pi-card is an AI powered voice assistant running locally on a Raspberry Pi. It is capable of doing anything a standard LLM (like ChatGPT) can do in a conversational setting. In addition, if there is a camera equipped, you can also ask Pi-card to take a photo, describe what it sees, and then ask questions about that.<p>It uses distributed models so latency is something I'm working on, but I am curious on where this could go, if anywhere.<p>Very much a WIP. Feedback welcome :-)
Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant
Pi-card is an AI powered voice assistant running locally on a Raspberry Pi. It is capable of doing anything a standard LLM (like ChatGPT) can do in a conversational setting. In addition, if there is a camera equipped, you can also ask Pi-card to take a photo, describe what it sees, and then ask questions about that.<p>It uses distributed models so latency is something I'm working on, but I am curious on where this could go, if anywhere.<p>Very much a WIP. Feedback welcome :-)
Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant
Pi-card is an AI powered voice assistant running locally on a Raspberry Pi. It is capable of doing anything a standard LLM (like ChatGPT) can do in a conversational setting. In addition, if there is a camera equipped, you can also ask Pi-card to take a photo, describe what it sees, and then ask questions about that.<p>It uses distributed models so latency is something I'm working on, but I am curious on where this could go, if anywhere.<p>Very much a WIP. Feedback welcome :-)
Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
Show HN: I created an app for you to be a more unpredictable romantic partner
Hi All!<p>Love Fuel aims to make you a romantic partner that is full of surprises. A partner that is unpredictable, in a fun and exciting way. The app does this, by giving you +450 surprise-ideas and by being a tool to plan actions.<p>As a happily married man, I didn't understand why there was no apps for already happy couples. Love Fuel focuses on excitement; not therapy; not emotional topics; not reconnecting.<p>One key feature is the reminders. As a technical solo-entrepreneur and married man, I understand we all get distracted sometimes, but that shouldn’t cause problems. Love Fuel has a hidden reminder system to nudge you to surprise your partner and shift your focus to what matters.<p>Please also feel free to check out PAS 1.0, our custom Personality Assessment AI-System. Its goal is simple, analyses you and your partner, and then provide personalized suggestions based on personality psychology. Together with a small group of psychologists here in Scandinavia we have used 2 years developing this new approach to Rec-Psych Systems. Many more features will be coming soon!<p>The app should be out in the US + EU on Apple Appstore now, and Google Play tomorrow.<p>I would love to get some feedback and any advice on my Love Fuel journey!<p>EDIT: A clarification. We do not sell or ever intend to sell data, no matter how lucrative it is, i would rather abandon the project than do that.
Show HN: I created an app for you to be a more unpredictable romantic partner
Hi All!<p>Love Fuel aims to make you a romantic partner that is full of surprises. A partner that is unpredictable, in a fun and exciting way. The app does this, by giving you +450 surprise-ideas and by being a tool to plan actions.<p>As a happily married man, I didn't understand why there was no apps for already happy couples. Love Fuel focuses on excitement; not therapy; not emotional topics; not reconnecting.<p>One key feature is the reminders. As a technical solo-entrepreneur and married man, I understand we all get distracted sometimes, but that shouldn’t cause problems. Love Fuel has a hidden reminder system to nudge you to surprise your partner and shift your focus to what matters.<p>Please also feel free to check out PAS 1.0, our custom Personality Assessment AI-System. Its goal is simple, analyses you and your partner, and then provide personalized suggestions based on personality psychology. Together with a small group of psychologists here in Scandinavia we have used 2 years developing this new approach to Rec-Psych Systems. Many more features will be coming soon!<p>The app should be out in the US + EU on Apple Appstore now, and Google Play tomorrow.<p>I would love to get some feedback and any advice on my Love Fuel journey!<p>EDIT: A clarification. We do not sell or ever intend to sell data, no matter how lucrative it is, i would rather abandon the project than do that.
Show HN: I created an app for you to be a more unpredictable romantic partner
Hi All!<p>Love Fuel aims to make you a romantic partner that is full of surprises. A partner that is unpredictable, in a fun and exciting way. The app does this, by giving you +450 surprise-ideas and by being a tool to plan actions.<p>As a happily married man, I didn't understand why there was no apps for already happy couples. Love Fuel focuses on excitement; not therapy; not emotional topics; not reconnecting.<p>One key feature is the reminders. As a technical solo-entrepreneur and married man, I understand we all get distracted sometimes, but that shouldn’t cause problems. Love Fuel has a hidden reminder system to nudge you to surprise your partner and shift your focus to what matters.<p>Please also feel free to check out PAS 1.0, our custom Personality Assessment AI-System. Its goal is simple, analyses you and your partner, and then provide personalized suggestions based on personality psychology. Together with a small group of psychologists here in Scandinavia we have used 2 years developing this new approach to Rec-Psych Systems. Many more features will be coming soon!<p>The app should be out in the US + EU on Apple Appstore now, and Google Play tomorrow.<p>I would love to get some feedback and any advice on my Love Fuel journey!<p>EDIT: A clarification. We do not sell or ever intend to sell data, no matter how lucrative it is, i would rather abandon the project than do that.
Show HN: A WireGuard Powered Remote Shell
Time to announce Noisy Sockets Shell, the first in a series of WireGuard powered applications I'm working on. Noisy Sockets Shell is an SSH replacement that uses WireGuard for authentication and encryption, and WebSockets for communication.<p>CLI and browser client available.
Show HN: A WireGuard Powered Remote Shell
Time to announce Noisy Sockets Shell, the first in a series of WireGuard powered applications I'm working on. Noisy Sockets Shell is an SSH replacement that uses WireGuard for authentication and encryption, and WebSockets for communication.<p>CLI and browser client available.
Show HN: Open-Source Video Editor Web App
Hey everyone, for the past like six months I've been working on a portfolio project. I got tired of doing easy projects, so I decided to tackle something bigger and more challenging. That's when I came up with the idea of a video editor. This piece of work is intended to showcase my skills and land me a job, but I like to think when working on projects that my idea is so cool that people will like to use it, and I treat every project like a startup idea. Also I havent seen many open source video editors especially on web so that was one of the points why I decided to make that and not something else, but in the end its learning experience and im not expecting much if at all.<p>A bit about the video editor itself:<p>-website: <a href="https://omniclip.app/" rel="nofollow">https://omniclip.app/</a><p>-its free<p>-its open source (MIT Licensed)<p>-its using Webcodecs API for quick rendering<p>-works fully inside browser, client side, no private data is kept<p>-I made some readme with more details, im not expecting contributions but I added bit about it: <a href="https://github.com/aegir-assembly/omni-clip">https://github.com/aegir-assembly/omni-clip</a><p>Features:<p>-Trimming<p>-Splitting<p>-Supports - Text, Audio, Video (mp4) and Images<p>-Clip editing on preview - rotating, resizing, text styling and more<p>-Undo/Redo<p>-Render in different resolutions, up to 4k.<p>Things to know before using this editor:<p>-it is simple editor, but its my main project im working on and improving it.<p>-right now it only works with videos 25 fps and more but not less<p>-only 4 tracks -- its something I could improve quickly but forgot<p>-bug here and there (eg. filmstrip not rendering until timeline scroll moved)<p>-its not working on phones yet (drag and drop API problems)<p>I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback on it.
Show HN: Open-Source Video Editor Web App
Hey everyone, for the past like six months I've been working on a portfolio project. I got tired of doing easy projects, so I decided to tackle something bigger and more challenging. That's when I came up with the idea of a video editor. This piece of work is intended to showcase my skills and land me a job, but I like to think when working on projects that my idea is so cool that people will like to use it, and I treat every project like a startup idea. Also I havent seen many open source video editors especially on web so that was one of the points why I decided to make that and not something else, but in the end its learning experience and im not expecting much if at all.<p>A bit about the video editor itself:<p>-website: <a href="https://omniclip.app/" rel="nofollow">https://omniclip.app/</a><p>-its free<p>-its open source (MIT Licensed)<p>-its using Webcodecs API for quick rendering<p>-works fully inside browser, client side, no private data is kept<p>-I made some readme with more details, im not expecting contributions but I added bit about it: <a href="https://github.com/aegir-assembly/omni-clip">https://github.com/aegir-assembly/omni-clip</a><p>Features:<p>-Trimming<p>-Splitting<p>-Supports - Text, Audio, Video (mp4) and Images<p>-Clip editing on preview - rotating, resizing, text styling and more<p>-Undo/Redo<p>-Render in different resolutions, up to 4k.<p>Things to know before using this editor:<p>-it is simple editor, but its my main project im working on and improving it.<p>-right now it only works with videos 25 fps and more but not less<p>-only 4 tracks -- its something I could improve quickly but forgot<p>-bug here and there (eg. filmstrip not rendering until timeline scroll moved)<p>-its not working on phones yet (drag and drop API problems)<p>I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback on it.