Recent submissions

Comment · 4 months ago
Understandable frustration. It would make sense to have this enabled by default for one of the auto modes. But it seems to apply to all modes and no way to turn it off.
Comment · 4 months ago
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/73125

It's a new capability of the AskQuestion tool that they added.

Comment · 9 months ago
Dots Journal, a privacy focused lifestyle tracker for iOS.

https://dotsjournal.app

I’ve been suffering from migraines for the past few years and wanted a dead simple way to log when they happen, as well as any other contributing factors I could think of. Inspired by the simplicity of spreadsheets, I built a grid of events, and as you tap on cells, you log “dots”. Those dots, over time, reveal patterns.

I’ve already identified several contributing factors to my migraine triggers using it. It’s been so genuinely useful I wanted to share it with others hoping they might also benefit.

The next big release is coming out later this week which includes visualizations, charts, and on-device analysis of your journal to provide insights.

Comment · 9 months ago
Volunteering is a great way to get out of a slump. Service of any kind is really great at gaining new perspective and finding value in life. It helped me realign my life years ago, too.

But I ended up taking it too far. Boundaries start to get blurry, my value started to get wrapped up in my service, to the point it became “well if I stop serving I’ll be worthless”. Which is a tough feeling to face, especially when a subset of the people you end up serving, while appreciative, really end up not caring that much about you as a person. They’re not in a place to give you emotional support, usually.

All that to say, balance is the spice of life. Service is great. Just be sure to balance it out with another source of replenishment.

Comment · 10 months ago
Having migraines on and off the past few months, I wanted a way to try and narrow down triggers. All the existing apps out there were overly complicated. So I built something simpler.

https://dotsjournal.app

It’s an iOS app to help tracking events and stats about my day as simple dots. How many cups of coffee? Did I take my supplements? How did I sleep? Did I have a migraine? Think of it like a digital bullet journal.

Then visualizing all those dots together helps me see patterns and correlations. It’s helped me cut down my occurrence of migraines significantly. I released the full app last month and have been learning the difficulty of marketing and social media.

Comment · 10 months ago
It’s certainly helped me find specific triggers. Usually if I’m not getting enough sleep or have high periods of stress. That’s when I know it’s time to slow down and rest for a day or two.
Comment · 11 months ago
Also work in the FX space and could never find a good FIX specification resource. Always had to rely on whatever the broker shared with us, but it always felt incomplete. This is a super useful resource. Thanks for sharing!
Comment · 1 year ago
I’m curious why you see this as a problem created by capitalism, rather than another cause?
Comment · 1 year ago
Having migraines on and off the past few months, I wanted a way to try and narrow down triggers. All the existing apps out there were overly complicated. So I built something simpler.

https://dotsjournal.app

It’s an iOS app to help tracking events and stats about my day as simple dots. How many cups of coffee? Did I take my supplements? How did I sleep? Did I have a migraine? Think of it like a digital bullet journal.

Then visualizing all those dots together helps me see patterns and correlations. It’s helped me cut down my occurrence of migraines significantly. I’m still just in the public beta phase but looking forward to a full release fairly soon.

Would love to hear more feedback on how to improve the app!

Comment · 1 year ago
Oof, 4 years living with that, I’m so sorry! It’s been so frustrating not knowing when/if I’ll have one, regaining some amount of control eases the pain a bit.
Comment · 1 year ago
That’s precisely how I started too! But opening the spreadsheet on my phone to try and log something got to be tedious. Especially while actively having a migraine. I figured an app could ease the difficulty a lot.

I appreciate your interest!

Comment · 1 year ago
I’ve been suffering from migraines for the past year and the health system hasn’t been too helpful in diagnosing why. I’ve got some meds, but they’re expensive and not without side effects. So I’m building an app to try and figure out how to avoid the triggers in the first place.

https://dotsjournal.app

Sort of like a digital bullet journal. You setup some rows of events you want to track, then just tap for when/if that events happens. It’s already helped me spot certain triggers for my migraines, which I can now minimize. My wife has been finding it helpful to diagnose sleep problems. I think it might be super helpful to others with trying to understand lifestyle choices and how it impacts their wellbeing.

About to roll out the beta. Hoping to have a full release by the end of the year.

It’s my first iOS app in 8 years! Learning SwiftUI after UIKit has been quite the shift.

Comment · 1 year ago
I’d be interested to try it but it seems you have to sign up to a paid plan just to see how well it works. Some sample videos associated with each voice might be a good idea.

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton