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  1. Show HN: Visual Countdown Timer (Open Source) (github.com)

    Inspired by physical countdown timers like TimeTex, I created a minimal open source app with countdowns up to 60min. I used Tauri, vanilla CSS and JS, the app is ~9mb.

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  2. Show HN: Item Size Comparison Tool - Visualize and Compare Sizes Easily (minthemiddle.github.io)

    While checking out the new Remarkable reader, I wanted to compare sizes against other readers. I could not find a simple, non-bloated app that helped. So I built one, together with Aider (Sonnett 3.5 and Deepseek…

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  4. Show HN: Shell demo for non-technical people (shelldemo.martinbetz.eu)

    I created a super simple dummy demo Shell for non-technical people so they can get a feeling how working on a commandline feels like without having to install anything or the fear of breaking things. It only has a few…

    2 points 0
  5. Ask HN: Best Practices for Remote Hackathons?

    I took part in a remote only multi-day hackathon and found it hard to collaborate as in a on-site hackathon and keep sane during the long hours behind the screen. What experiences have you made with remote only…

    1 points 0
  6. Ask HN: Which job criteria is important you when searching a new job?

    When you search a new job, apart from the regular job description (position, technology, Joel test) which criteria are important for you? What makes a good job for you? I feel that a lot of companies still underestimate…

    11 points 6
  7. Ask HN: Favorite Resources for starting to test?

    What are your favorite resources for total testing beginners, no matter which programming language? My three favorites are: 1. Obey The Testing Goat (Python, [0]), 2. Test Driven Laravel (PHP/Laravel, $$$, [1]), 3. the…

    1 points 0
  8. Show HN: Tailwind Button Playground (minthemiddle.github.io)
    40 points 33
  9. Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

    What is your favourite (video or written) tutorial for beginners – in any technology? Mine is Django Girls Tutorial (https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/) because it does not assume any prior knowledge and has a good…

    480 points 202
  10. Replace email newsletters with RSS, get back some control over your attention (medium.com)
    1 points 0
  11. Ask HN: How to create gated static HTML page?

    I do have a static HTML site that I want to make accessible via user/password authentification. I have at least 500 private users. Which options do I have apart from Netlify Pro's Identification (99$+/month), using…

    1 points 5
  12. Ask HN: File based note taking with spaced repetition?

    Text files based note taking has been my prefered way to manage knowledge for several years. NVAlt and markdown files have been a great combination. As I am also writing technical notes (for example when learning a new…

    2 points 7
  13. Tutorial: Add a carousel to your Bolt CMS page (medium.com)
    3 points 0
  14. Tutorial: Building a conference registration app using Bolt CMS (dev.to)
    4 points 0
  15. Ask HN: How to send transactional mails from many addresses

    In a Laravel/Symfony SaaS app I want my clients to send out mails to their customers – my clients can manage their customer information in my app. I am looking for a way they can send emails that are from their own…

    2 points 0
  16. Show HN: Curated list of companies using WordPress (github.com)
    4 points 3
  17. Ask HN: Practical book about modern front end dev?

    Frontend design is totally overwhelming for a backend guy. Yes, Bootstrap is a good start, but as soon as JavaScript enters the room, everything gets totally complicated. There are simply too many tools and…

    2 points 1
  18. Ask HN: Realistic yet entertaining fiction books about hacking?

    I recently read Millenium Series Book 4, The Girl in the spider's web, and found that Lagercrantz' depiction of the hacking Lisbeth Salander was pretty realistic and good. I read quite a few thrillers that came nowhere…

    1 points 0
  19. Ask HN: What are PHP's equivalents to Python's top tools?

    I have been a happy Python user for years and super thankful for the plethora of good tools in the Python environment. However I sometimes have to use some PHP and still feel like I'm in the 90ies when it comes to the…

    3 points 2
  20. TDD with Django – Pycon 2015 3-hour tutorial by Harry Percival (youtube.com)
    1 points 1
  21. German Silkroad clone Shiny-Flakes got busted

    The largest German drug dealer on Tor, shiny-flakes.to got busted last week, police officials revealed this Wednesday, 11.03.2015. The main dailer was caught with more than 320kg (705lbs) of Cocaine. Several other flats…

    6 points 1
  22. Ask HN: Which .NET applications might be (better) on Mac/Linux soon?

    When I read about Microsoft open-sourcing .NET, my first thought were: Cool, finally Pain.NET might run on Mac OS X soon. I'm not sure, whether my hopes are justified, but I bet there are quite a few nice applications…

    6 points 4
  23. Servers for Hackers – The Book (book.serversforhackers.com)
    3 points 1