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Show HN: Edit videos faster by automatically removing silences
Our team is filled with technologists and creators, and when we record and edit videos, 80% of the time is spent chopping up the video, removing silences, and picking the right takes. So we decided to build a tool that did that for you — or at least get you there most of the way!<p>Our initial implementation is somewhat naïve and uses a user configurable silence threshold that just reads in volume levels. In the future, we’d like to use a frequency-based approach that focuses on the human voice. We’re also open to ideas, so let us know if you have any!
Show HN: Veganize any recipe site with EatKind Chrome extension
Show HN: I made a little digital circuit simulator that operates on PNGs
This is a little toy project of mine that lets you simulate digital logic graphs. It was inspired by Minecraft's Redstone and the Piet esolang.<p>It's got some serious drawbacks-- you write circuits as PNGs and simulate them with a Python interface. It's slow to run and slow to experiment with. And it is certainly difficult to use for people with any kind of color blindness. But despite that, I hope this can still be a fun toy!
Show HN: I made a little digital circuit simulator that operates on PNGs
This is a little toy project of mine that lets you simulate digital logic graphs. It was inspired by Minecraft's Redstone and the Piet esolang.<p>It's got some serious drawbacks-- you write circuits as PNGs and simulate them with a Python interface. It's slow to run and slow to experiment with. And it is certainly difficult to use for people with any kind of color blindness. But despite that, I hope this can still be a fun toy!
Show HN: What do you think of my new social app?
Hey there,<p>First time posting on Hacker News in about 2 years! The reason I’m posting is that I thought I’d write about the product I’ve been building, in hopes it resonates with people.<p>Why build yet another social app? Because I deleted almost all social media around 3/4 years ago as it was just net negative on my life. There was very little that was truly interesting, I didn’t care about looking good to other people and because of the ‘media’ and ads, the apps were all designed to make me spend too much time for what I was getting. I hated it and what it meant for people’s behaviour, including mine and my friends.<p>I also noticed that the vast majority of my friends were pretty much passive on the services, even if they had an account. Turns out that most people felt uncomfortable sharing to people they didn’t know too well, which inevitably happens as you meet new people, add them, and often don’t develop the relationship much further. I had a sense that there could be a better way.<p>In that, I remembered the days of Path and Google+ which had the model of focusing on particular people in your network, both through the feed and in how you shared. Path in particular was a ‘real life’ social network, something that despite being brought to market in 2010 or whatever, seemed to be more relevant today.<p>So problem found, problem solved. I took the journey of learning how to code when COVID hit (I was working in Architecture and Design and was about to start my masters degree at Harvard GSD in Boston), then one thing led to another, my prototype garnered some investment interest, and Circles was born.<p>The idea is very much like the name suggests, it’s about adding your contacts (synced through your phonebook) into Circles that define what the relationship is. This means that you only see things from people you have tagged (rather than everyone) and when you share, you choose exactly who it goes to (rather than all your friends or followers).<p>It also takes cues from other privacy focused social products. Posts are encrypted, reactions and comments are only shown to people who are contacts with eachother, and user profiles only show that which has been explicitly shared to the user viewing the profile.<p>As they were mentioned briefly before, it’s essentially a crossover between Path and Google+ with a wrap around layer of privacy, so the potential revenue has to eventually come through paid features rather than ads.<p>We’re in the app store and google play store (yay, cross-platform JS frameworks), the invite code is ‘FULLCIRCLE’ and download links are below:<p>Landing: <a href="https://oncircles.com" rel="nofollow">https://oncircles.com</a><p>iOS: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/circles-share-more-with-less/id1532621483" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/circles-share-more-with-less/i...</a><p>Android: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oncircles" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oncircles</a><p>I would love to hear your feedback and suggestions on the idea. Hit or miss?<p>PS: If you want to chat about the idea or are interested in working together I’d love to chat. Always interesting to meet people on HN and we have the funds, ideas and drive to continue making cool things that can solve big problems. Send me an email at james@oncircles.com<p>Thanks!
Show HN: Just Launched an App for Dads
Hey there,<p>First time posting on HN. We're looking for feedback from parents.<p>We're 2 dads who started working on Dadditude in the midst of covid lockdowns last year.<p>Being a dad can be a long, emotional, draining, and lonely journey. Through our research we learned that dads want to improve their parenting but are too shy to ask for help, and are tired of reading content online written for mums. We set out to fix that and create a platform that would help dads feel seen, validated, and supported.
By helping dads, we hope to support moms and partners too, because all parents deserve more support.<p>Quick timeline so far:
We started a community of dads on Instagram last Feb to test hypothesis and learn about their needs. We then launched an MVP in April, a super simple app serving weekly coaching guides created with a parenting professional partner.
We made several updates in summer and fall, working like crazy in the background to convince parenting professionals to write coaching guides for us. Especially hard when you're a nobody. But people are kind and we found all the support we needed.
We launched a v1 app mid-December with 50 coaching guides and a more full fledge community board (and a paid membership tier).
We've just added on-demand parenting professional support in Jan.
And last week added a picture board for dads to upload pics of their families, and that's become more popular than the forums!! ← I knew dads wanted to feel more visible but I love these discoveries!<p>Super proud of the work done so far, but still so much to do to smooth out the product experience, and get closer to PFM. So much learning.<p>web: <a href="http://www.dadditude.app" rel="nofollow">http://www.dadditude.app</a>
ios: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1558653576" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/app/id1558653576</a>
android: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dadditude.app" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dadditude....</a><p>(part of the experience is behind a paywall, but you can test nearly all paid features once for free - so long as you register through Apple or Google)<p>All thoughts and feedback welcome in the comments below, especially if you're a parent entrepreneur. TYIA<p>[edited top statement to "<i>can be</i> long..." for the dads here who felt it was too gloomy - it was]
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Show HN: Magistrate – Plaintext legal contracts for developers
I made this because I think that if contracts were written in plain text files and managed more like software, from version control to IDEs, lawyers would work more quickly and intelligently for their clients, saving them money.<p>But the entire practice of transactional law is stuck on Microsoft Word. My clients are mostly technology companies with an appetite for innovation. With their encouragement, I am moving my own legal practice away from formats like Microsoft Word and into plain text.<p>Electronic signatures of plain text contracts is the starting point for that effort. The MVP is this developer API.<p>If the reception to this product is positive, I'll continue to release the products that I build. In time, my hope is that plain text will supplant Microsoft Word in the drafting, negotiation and execution of contracts.
Show HN: Magistrate – Plaintext legal contracts for developers
I made this because I think that if contracts were written in plain text files and managed more like software, from version control to IDEs, lawyers would work more quickly and intelligently for their clients, saving them money.<p>But the entire practice of transactional law is stuck on Microsoft Word. My clients are mostly technology companies with an appetite for innovation. With their encouragement, I am moving my own legal practice away from formats like Microsoft Word and into plain text.<p>Electronic signatures of plain text contracts is the starting point for that effort. The MVP is this developer API.<p>If the reception to this product is positive, I'll continue to release the products that I build. In time, my hope is that plain text will supplant Microsoft Word in the drafting, negotiation and execution of contracts.
Show HN: Web page that parses and explains the label on a bike tire
History: Last year I had to replace the tire on my bike, and I was surprised how difficult it was to find a suitable new tire. There were a lot of numbers written on the casing, so I googled what they meant. In the end I was successful, but I didn't want to do the same work again for the next bike after I've forgotten the details. So I wrote this website.<p>Technically, the web page is kept very simple, no frameworks, no templates, no website builder. It uses HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, and it privides a responsive layout for mobile usage.<p>I'm happy to receive feedback. If you have tried the label of your bike tire, and it doesn't work, please post it as well. Thanks!
Show HN: Web page that parses and explains the label on a bike tire
History: Last year I had to replace the tire on my bike, and I was surprised how difficult it was to find a suitable new tire. There were a lot of numbers written on the casing, so I googled what they meant. In the end I was successful, but I didn't want to do the same work again for the next bike after I've forgotten the details. So I wrote this website.<p>Technically, the web page is kept very simple, no frameworks, no templates, no website builder. It uses HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, and it privides a responsive layout for mobile usage.<p>I'm happy to receive feedback. If you have tried the label of your bike tire, and it doesn't work, please post it as well. Thanks!
Show HN: Web page that parses and explains the label on a bike tire
History: Last year I had to replace the tire on my bike, and I was surprised how difficult it was to find a suitable new tire. There were a lot of numbers written on the casing, so I googled what they meant. In the end I was successful, but I didn't want to do the same work again for the next bike after I've forgotten the details. So I wrote this website.<p>Technically, the web page is kept very simple, no frameworks, no templates, no website builder. It uses HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, and it privides a responsive layout for mobile usage.<p>I'm happy to receive feedback. If you have tried the label of your bike tire, and it doesn't work, please post it as well. Thanks!
Show HN: An in-browser text editor to easily create static HTML
Show HN: An in-browser text editor to easily create static HTML
Show HN: Hibiki HTML – New frontend framework – no scaffolding, no Webpack
Source <a href="https://github.com/dashborg/hibiki" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/dashborg/hibiki</a> | Interactive Tutorial <a href="https://playground.hibikihtml.com/tutorial/" rel="nofollow">https://playground.hibikihtml.com/tutorial/</a><p>I love JavaScript, but for many projects -- especially internal tools and prototypes -- setting up a full frontend JavaScript stack (npm, webpack, babel, create-react-app, redux) and all of their configuration files, folders, and scaffolding is overkill.<p>Hibiki HTML incrementally plugs into any backend, using any template language (even static HTML files) with a single script include. It includes a built-in frontend data model, Vue.js-like rendering, built-in AJAX integration, and a full component/library system.<p>It is also <i>fully scriptable</i> from your backend AJAX handlers. Anything that Hibiki HTML can do on the frontend can be done with a remote handler by returning specially formatted JSON <i>actions</i>. This allows you to write frontend logic (that would normally be JavaScript code) in your backend handlers.<p>Background -- Hibiki HTML is a standalone, open-source, more powerful version of the frontend language that I had built for my internal tools startup Dashborg over the past year. It is a reaction against the extreme amount of scaffolding and configuration required to set up a new frontend project, especially when you're a backend/devops/data engineer who isn't a JavaScript expert. As more Hibiki libraries are written, the advantages will hopefully become even more clear.<p>I'd love to get all of your feedback, questions, and comments. Would love a star on Github if you like the idea. Also, feel free to email me, and/or join the Slack workspace I set up (contact info on Github or the tutorial).
Show HN: Hibiki HTML – New frontend framework – no scaffolding, no Webpack
Source <a href="https://github.com/dashborg/hibiki" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/dashborg/hibiki</a> | Interactive Tutorial <a href="https://playground.hibikihtml.com/tutorial/" rel="nofollow">https://playground.hibikihtml.com/tutorial/</a><p>I love JavaScript, but for many projects -- especially internal tools and prototypes -- setting up a full frontend JavaScript stack (npm, webpack, babel, create-react-app, redux) and all of their configuration files, folders, and scaffolding is overkill.<p>Hibiki HTML incrementally plugs into any backend, using any template language (even static HTML files) with a single script include. It includes a built-in frontend data model, Vue.js-like rendering, built-in AJAX integration, and a full component/library system.<p>It is also <i>fully scriptable</i> from your backend AJAX handlers. Anything that Hibiki HTML can do on the frontend can be done with a remote handler by returning specially formatted JSON <i>actions</i>. This allows you to write frontend logic (that would normally be JavaScript code) in your backend handlers.<p>Background -- Hibiki HTML is a standalone, open-source, more powerful version of the frontend language that I had built for my internal tools startup Dashborg over the past year. It is a reaction against the extreme amount of scaffolding and configuration required to set up a new frontend project, especially when you're a backend/devops/data engineer who isn't a JavaScript expert. As more Hibiki libraries are written, the advantages will hopefully become even more clear.<p>I'd love to get all of your feedback, questions, and comments. Would love a star on Github if you like the idea. Also, feel free to email me, and/or join the Slack workspace I set up (contact info on Github or the tutorial).
Show HN: Electric Tables – an experiment in personal databases
Show HN: Electric Tables – an experiment in personal databases
Show HN: Social network that looks and works more like a forum