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  1. Ask HN: What company could create an iOS/Android competitor worth adopting?

    That includes a new app store that users would trust and developers happy to develop for. That's the part that seems impossible right now.

    4 points 9
  2. I Never Wrote Code. Now That's the Point (alisor.substack.com)
    2 points 0
  3. Layout Detector MCP (github.com)
    2 points 1
  4. How Much Can You Lose and Still Be You? (alisor.substack.com)
    1 points 1
  5. Ask HN: Ideas on how to train a simple AI model of myself to be stored locally?

    What I'm trying to get at is a starting point for a local app with a GUI that is for the "afterlife" that my family can use after I'm gone. I see services like "StoryFile Life" and "HereAfter AI" that basically ask you…

    1 points 3
  6. Ask HN: Have you used a startup SaaS or PaaS that suddenly went out of business?

    There are tons of new services launched daily. I'm curious if anyone has any stories about trying to get in early with a startup, only to have it die out and scramble to migrate.

    2 points 0
  7. Ask HN: Can Apple pivot from Chinese “sweatshops” to more humane manufacturing?

    I'm an Apple guy: iPhone, iMac, Apple TV, etc. It's all very convenient for me. But I feel guilty after reading all of the articles about Apple's manufacturing facilities. The stress, low-wages, even suicides. I know…

    5 points 7
  8. Ask HN: Why do you use a VPN?

    Almost every YouTuber I see is sponsored by some type of VPN company, so it's obviously a lucrative vertical. I've been on the internet since the late 90's and still can't wrap my mind around any reason to pay for a VPN…

    38 points 81
  9. Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build, that you can't be bothered to?

    No matter how small or un-monetizable, what's that one product or website you'd love... yet, just don't have the time to make yourself, or may not know how to?

    18 points 47
  10. Ask HN: Conference room microphone setup for video calls?

    We have a conference room that fits ~16 people. I wont mention the brand, but the conference audio hardware we use for Hangout/Zoom calls has 2 separate wired microphones at each ends of the large table, with the main…

    1 points 1
  11. Ask HN: What would happen if an AWS data center was suddenly wiped out?

    For example, North Korea nukes North Virginia. I'm wondering how AWS currently backs ups data in regions... and with a scenario like that, how would it play out for the huge amount of East coast customers?

    2 points 2