Might start doing a few posts on Cloudflare WAF as I've been working with it extensively lately. Maybe it'll help me uncover some startup ideas in that space.
I kept finding myself having to write mini backends for LLM features in apps, if for no other reason than to keep API keys out of client code. Even with Vercel's AI SDK, you still need a (potentially serverless) backend to securely handle the API calls.
I've been working on an open source LLM proxy that handles the boring stuff. Small SDK, call OpenAI or Anthropic from your frontend, proxy manages secrets/auth/limits/logs.
As far as I know, this is the first way to add LLM features without any backend code at all. Like what Stripe does for payments, Auth0 for auth, Firebase for databases.
It's TypeScript/Node.js with JWT auth with short-lived tokens (SDK auto-handles refresh) and rate limiting. Very limited features right now but we're actively adding more.
Currently adding bring-your-own-auth (Auth0, Clerk, Firebase, Supabase) to lock down the API even more.
In lieu of chatbots as the primary means of working with AI.
This is an approach that is human centered and intended to accommodate a wide array of possible use cases where human interaction/engagement is essential for getting work done.
I'm writing an encrypted and padded IP tunnel to help people build their own multi-hop circuits to access the internet anonymously, without Tor, and with protection from end-to-end correlation attacks.
Mainly used by my friends right after we have a group lunch or dinner.
You just upload a pic of the receipt after a meal and it parses out the items. We assign who got what and it calculates who owes what.
It also have a working LSP server and generates a sourcemap, so when you get a runtime stacktrace, it gives you the original line in your .agl file as well as the one in the generated .go file.
1. (continuation) Another video, this one about my experiences writing a homebrew PSOne game
2. (useful) a command line tool (or native desktop app) that generates white noise
3. (fanciful) See if I can unpack FFVII's world map data into OBJ models and UV mapped textures. And then from there create a 3D world map in Threejs
4. (stretch) I would love an app where I could look out into the distance, and be informed what's on the horizon. Likewise ships in the sea / planes in the sky. I think it's doable with some OSM data, open APIs and a bit of high school math
Me and another artist are having our fourth live performance of “We Wade Awake” [0] We’ve iterating on it each time, and the latest had a fully dynamic and procedural world generation using Unreal PCG. All input comes from two midi controllers, and we’ve built out a 25 minute experience of a fever dream trip through a surreal Bayou. Some videos and sound in the link.
Earlier today I implemented "bbcodes" for bold, italic, underline, em (grey background color) and strikethrough. They way it works for bold is like this: b[text here]. If you want to apply multiple you can go bui[text here] for example, which would be bold, underline and italic text.
The most important features (for me) are: One Time Payment and 100% local and private. I don't send any data to any server. Just enough to verify license keys.
- Its one time payment, user can import any text, URL or ebooks and use the reader with read along text highlighting or export the audio as mp3 or m4a (audiobook specific format).
- Currently only supports MacOS with Apple Silicon I was doing Windows too but its making development slow, so I'm pausing that for now.
- The most recent feature I added is Global Capture where user can setup some hotkeys to import any text and URL. Text parsing and extracting text is one of the hardest part of this.
- Also, just added the a Reader view to website. Its goal is to mimic the app featuers as much as the browser limitations allow. I don't have a free Tier but a 7 days money back gurantee.
I mostly have a dev and engineering background but the most exciting aspect of this marketing and those stuff. Still trying to figure that.
I'd be happy to hear any feedback and ideas.
Edit: Only English at the moment. Adding more languages is in my plan but its very difficult for me since I don't know any other languages. But I think it would be great to add those as well.
I've been working a ton on some variations and ports of it over the last couple months, but the problem is that I need funding.
So my plan is to setup github sponsors, where for each project people want me to work on, they can donate any amount, and for each $25, I'll work one hour on that project. It'll have a few related projects that all come from a unified vision I have for 90s.dev -- to be a full platform that recreates 90s-era development, from dos and qbasic, to win3 and vb3, not to mention assemblers for those who want it (see my show-hn about hram.dev).
I'm working on an app[0] that makes hosting temporary PDF forms simple, without needing an account or payment. You simply add input fields over any static PDF and publish it to get a link which you can send to other people who may need to fill the form.
The form stays online for 30 days. To keep the forms online for longer, I will be offering paid plans.
My roommate and I are still working on Tornyol, our mosquito killing drone! It uses ultrasonic sonar to detect mosquitoes, and missile control theory to ram into mosquitoes and grind them in its propellers.
Our target platform is a 40 grams tinywhoop so it’s safe to fly everywhere and makes almost no noise :). A Roomba for mosquitoes!
The main plus compared to traditional systems is that a drone can cover an enormous surface in a short time compared to static systems or man-portable insecticide spraying. Our goal is to be competitive with ITNs against Malaria.
Still on a sabbatical building things I enjoy, but it's summer here so have also spent much time in my hammock with cold beers.
Most effort on https://wheretodrink.beer, collecting and cataloging craft beer venues from around the world.
No ambition of being exhaustive, but aiming for a curated and substantial list. Since last month I've added a couple of minor things like maps and "where to go next" sections for each venue.
I'm debating whether or not I should add user accounts, and let people maintain venue bucket lists, venue endorsements.
Also planning to reach out to the venues and ask if they agree to monthly or quarterly one-click information verification emails from us.
Other projects that receive less love are:
- https://drnk.beer, a small side project offering beer-related linkpages, and @handles for Bluesky (AT Protocol)
- https://misplacy.com, just a dumb and wrong AI landing page for now but was thinking to work towards a drop-in solution for SMBs around lost/found management.
- A platform for helping voluntary associations with repetitive administrative tasks (non-english so not linking. Trying to rank the pain points currently)
- A platform for structuring national soccer club history (initial brain dump idea phase)
- A platform for structuring writing prompts and collaborative fiction writing (initial brain dump / mockups)
For the next month or so I think I need to prioritize what to focus on after summer
Always interesting to see what others are building and doing. So thanks for sharing!
I've been pretty frustrated with my 3d print quality, decided to make my self an esp32 based heater control board. It connects to wifi and is based on esphome so you can automate it via home assistant. The prototype worked well enough so designing an integrated pcb and in the process of ordering it on JlCPCB
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You select columns and then just drill down to create further joins. Change the SQL text and it updates the view.
I'm a CS undergrad would love feedback.
As simple and personal as can be. Straight to inbox.
Optimized for coding agents DX through full customization and data appending by url parameters.
https://formvoice.com Appreciate any feedback!
I've been working on an open source LLM proxy that handles the boring stuff. Small SDK, call OpenAI or Anthropic from your frontend, proxy manages secrets/auth/limits/logs.
As far as I know, this is the first way to add LLM features without any backend code at all. Like what Stripe does for payments, Auth0 for auth, Firebase for databases.
It's TypeScript/Node.js with JWT auth with short-lived tokens (SDK auto-handles refresh) and rate limiting. Very limited features right now but we're actively adding more.
Currently adding bring-your-own-auth (Auth0, Clerk, Firebase, Supabase) to lock down the API even more.
GitHub: https://github.com/Airbolt-AI/airbolt
I guess a bunch of yaml for each of the main PaaS services would be nearly that.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44627910
In lieu of chatbots as the primary means of working with AI.
This is an approach that is human centered and intended to accommodate a wide array of possible use cases where human interaction/engagement is essential for getting work done.
https://github.com/markasoftware/i405-tunnel
https://demo.snapreceipts.fyi/
Mainly used by my friends right after we have a group lunch or dinner. You just upload a pic of the receipt after a meal and it parses out the items. We assign who got what and it calculates who owes what.
Makes the receipt splitting part super easy.
The goal is to have it behave like typescript for Go, where any Go program would compile out of the box, but then you can use the new syntax.
Featuring: built-in Set/Enum/Tuple/lambda/"error propagation operators"
It also have a working LSP server and generates a sourcemap, so when you get a runtime stacktrace, it gives you the original line in your .agl file as well as the one in the generated .go file.
I recently finish porting all my "advent of code 2024" in AGL -> https://github.com/alaingilbert/agl/tree/master/examples/adv...
https://github.com/alaingilbert/agl
After that, I'm not sure. I have four big ideas:
1. (continuation) Another video, this one about my experiences writing a homebrew PSOne game
2. (useful) a command line tool (or native desktop app) that generates white noise
3. (fanciful) See if I can unpack FFVII's world map data into OBJ models and UV mapped textures. And then from there create a 3D world map in Threejs
4. (stretch) I would love an app where I could look out into the distance, and be informed what's on the horizon. Likewise ships in the sea / planes in the sky. I think it's doable with some OSM data, open APIs and a bit of high school math
Been fun to push Nanite and Lumen to the limit!
[0]: https://boris.kourtoukov.com/we-wade-awake-live-visual-perfo...
Earlier today I implemented "bbcodes" for bold, italic, underline, em (grey background color) and strikethrough. They way it works for bold is like this: b[text here]. If you want to apply multiple you can go bui[text here] for example, which would be bold, underline and italic text.
[0] https://github.com/ferg1e/comment-castles
https://desktop.with.audio
The most important features (for me) are: One Time Payment and 100% local and private. I don't send any data to any server. Just enough to verify license keys.
- Its one time payment, user can import any text, URL or ebooks and use the reader with read along text highlighting or export the audio as mp3 or m4a (audiobook specific format).
- Currently only supports MacOS with Apple Silicon I was doing Windows too but its making development slow, so I'm pausing that for now. - The most recent feature I added is Global Capture where user can setup some hotkeys to import any text and URL. Text parsing and extracting text is one of the hardest part of this. - Also, just added the a Reader view to website. Its goal is to mimic the app featuers as much as the browser limitations allow. I don't have a free Tier but a 7 days money back gurantee.
I mostly have a dev and engineering background but the most exciting aspect of this marketing and those stuff. Still trying to figure that.
I'd be happy to hear any feedback and ideas.
Edit: Only English at the moment. Adding more languages is in my plan but its very difficult for me since I don't know any other languages. But I think it would be great to add those as well.
Well, kind of.
I've been working a ton on some variations and ports of it over the last couple months, but the problem is that I need funding.
So my plan is to setup github sponsors, where for each project people want me to work on, they can donate any amount, and for each $25, I'll work one hour on that project. It'll have a few related projects that all come from a unified vision I have for 90s.dev -- to be a full platform that recreates 90s-era development, from dos and qbasic, to win3 and vb3, not to mention assemblers for those who want it (see my show-hn about hram.dev).
The form stays online for 30 days. To keep the forms online for longer, I will be offering paid plans.
[0]:https://www.signmypdf.com
Our target platform is a 40 grams tinywhoop so it’s safe to fly everywhere and makes almost no noise :). A Roomba for mosquitoes!
The main plus compared to traditional systems is that a drone can cover an enormous surface in a short time compared to static systems or man-portable insecticide spraying. Our goal is to be competitive with ITNs against Malaria.
Some links :
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/25/supercon-2024-killing-mosqui...
https://manifund.org/projects/build-anti-mosqu
Most effort on https://wheretodrink.beer, collecting and cataloging craft beer venues from around the world. No ambition of being exhaustive, but aiming for a curated and substantial list. Since last month I've added a couple of minor things like maps and "where to go next" sections for each venue.
I'm debating whether or not I should add user accounts, and let people maintain venue bucket lists, venue endorsements. Also planning to reach out to the venues and ask if they agree to monthly or quarterly one-click information verification emails from us.
Other projects that receive less love are:
- https://drnk.beer, a small side project offering beer-related linkpages, and @handles for Bluesky (AT Protocol)
- https://misplacy.com, just a dumb and wrong AI landing page for now but was thinking to work towards a drop-in solution for SMBs around lost/found management.
- A platform for helping voluntary associations with repetitive administrative tasks (non-english so not linking. Trying to rank the pain points currently)
- A platform for structuring national soccer club history (initial brain dump idea phase)
- A platform for structuring writing prompts and collaborative fiction writing (initial brain dump / mockups)
For the next month or so I think I need to prioritize what to focus on after summer
Always interesting to see what others are building and doing. So thanks for sharing!
Also Plex for books (https://www.passagebooks.com/) but that has a much bigger scope.