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Yes I think so!

Thanks! It works great for advertising. I got about 50 clicks on my own products in just one day.

Thanks, I love cars and they have ads irl too, so why not on virtual cars ;)

thats fun I would definitely scan this rather than a generated one

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Interesting perspective, I honestly had not thought about it this way. I work on problems around knowledge transfer but always from the angle of people leaving or transitioning roles where the goal is to preserve knowledge so it does not get lost. Framing it as people effectively training the system that might replace them feels pretty brutal.

Handling the GitHub API limits and fetching data reliably required a solid setup:

Queue/Jobs: Redis and BullMQ handle the background job system to fetch and sync data without hitting rate limits.

Frontend/Backend: Built with [e.g., Next.js, React, and TailwindCSS].

Database: [e.g., PostgreSQL / Supabase] for storing the generated metadata profiles.

I’d love to hear what you guys think about this angle. Does showing a "verified active dev" trust factor actually help you decide whether to buy a tool from a solo founder?

I’ve been watching the micro-SaaS space, and the biggest unspoken trust killer for solo founders is the fear of "zombie software."

It turns out that ~70% of checkouts get abandoned due to a lack of trust signals. 1 in 5 people will abandon a page simply because it doesn't feel secure. For indie software, "secure" means knowing the founder didn't abandon the project 6 months ago.Users find your tool, they're ready to drop money on a yearly sub, but they have no clue if anyone is actually still home.

GitPulse bridges that gap. It gives founders a way to prove their project is alive and gives users peace of mind before hitting "subscribe".

Privacy note: It only reads metadata. For paid users, it processes commit messages on the fly to classify work (e.g., "Maintenance", "Features"), but it never reads, stores, or caches your actual source code. You can even anonymize private repos to show activity without revealing the project name.

Hi HN, Kevin here founder of GitPulse

What is it?

I built GitPulse, a tool that turns your GitHub activity into clean, embeddable badges and developer/repository profiles to show the real "pulse" of your projects. To avoid subscription fatigue, the pricing is straightforward.

Pricing:

1. Free Tier: For public profiles, showing your last 365 days of activity.

2. Pro ($9 Lifetime Deal): A single payment for automated syncs, private repo support (with optional anonymization), and commit classification. No monthly fees.