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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Launching niche service soon, how should I prepare?

Ask HN: Launching niche service soon, how should I prepare? 2 by thedangler | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hello, I've been working on a niche product MVP for little over a month and I believe its ready for beta testing. What are some steps to help with a solid beta launch? Here is my list before launching: 1. Web page demonstrates features and what problem it solves. 2. Join a beta wait list that adds to a community, for support, videos, feature requests. 3. Posting messages on specific communities on social sites like Reddit, discord. 4. Offer lifetime pass for decent price that will give the users a boosted plan. Current issues: I have no idea how to price it out. It will be broken down into 3 plans for most people, then special cases will have 2 additional plans. Some features have real measurable costs for example bots, SMS, etc. Not sure how to mark those up. Make them A-la-cart? I still need to build iOS and Android applications but won't do that without real feedback a...

New ask Hacker News story: Git analytics that works across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket

Git analytics that works across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket 2 by akhnid | 1 comments on Hacker News. I built Gitmore. Connects via webhooks, tracks commits and PRs, and gives you one dashboard. AI answers questions about activity, sends weekly reports to Slack/email. Connect agent to slack which answers your questions directly from your workspace. https://gitmore.io (free for 1 repo).

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: I write and ship code ~20–50x faster than I did 5 years ago

Tell HN: I write and ship code ~20–50x faster than I did 5 years ago 31 by EGreg | 48 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been meaning to write this up because it’s been surprisingly repeatable, and I wish someone had described it to me earlier. Over the last year or so, my development speed relative to my own baseline from ~2019 is easily 20x, sometimes more. Not because I type faster, or because I cut corners, but because I changed how I use AI. The short version: I don’t use AI inside my editor. I use two AIs in parallel, in the browser, with full context. Here’s the setup. I keep two tabs open: One AI that acts as a “builder”. It gets a lot of context and does the heavy lifting. One AI that acts as a reviewer. It only sees diffs and tries to find mistakes. That’s it. No plugins, no special tooling. Just browser tabs and a terminal. The important part is context. Instead of asking for snippets, I paste entire files or modules and explain the goal. I ask the AI to explain the approach f...

New ask Hacker News story: Its now Q2 of the 21st century

Its now Q2 of the 21st century 4 by vinnyglennon | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: I made a lofi page for late night work

I made a lofi page for late night work 3 by onmyway133 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hey everyone I usually listen to lo-fi while working or coding, so I made a small side project to collect the kind of lo-fi music I actually use. It’s free to listen to, built with free music, and I coded it using React. Nothing fancy — just something simple for focus and background vibes. If anyone’s interested: https://ift.tt/C549qXJ Would love any feedback

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why No Dark Mode?

Ask HN: Why No Dark Mode? 5 by lejeanvaljean | 2 comments on Hacker News. Why isn't there a dark mode in HN?

New ask Hacker News story: Svger CLI – Zero-dependency SVG to component tool, 52% faster than SVGR

Svger CLI – Zero-dependency SVG to component tool, 52% faster than SVGR 3 by navid_rezadoost | 0 comments on Hacker News. I've been working on an open-source CLI tool called SVGER that converts SVGs into ready-to-use components for React, Vue 3, Angular, Svelte, Solid, and several other frameworks – all with full TypeScript support and tree-shakable exports. What sets it apart: Zero runtime dependencies – installs instantly, no bundle bloat, high security profile Built-in optimizer that often produces smaller SVGs than SVGO (custom tree-based cleanup, path simplification, transform collapsing, shape conversion) In real-world benchmarks on 600+ icons: ~30s total, ~50ms per file, 20 files/sec throughput – 52% faster than SVGR and 33% faster than SVGO while doing both optimization and component generation Plugin system (already shipped with gradient optimizer, stroke normalizer, etc.) Automated visual regression testing in CI to guarantee pixel-perfect output Parallel processing an...