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mRNA Toolkit

Hacker News - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:59am

Article URL: https://mrna.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43780904

Points: 1

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Show HN: Storied - Journal via email by just hitting reply

Hacker News - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:58am

Hey everyone! I built Storied to make journaling feel effortless.

Each day, you get a prompt by email. You just hit reply, and that becomes your journal entry. No blank pages, no pressure, no excuses— just writing.

Would love your thoughts or feedback! https://storied.email

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43780900

Points: 2

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Lustre v5.0.0 Released

Hacker News - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:52am
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High-quality search engine without LLM-generated results?

Hacker News - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:42am

I'm looking for a search engine that prioritises or only returns results from high-quality/trusted sites and no AI generated slop.

Especially for medical questions it's a frustration to wade through AI-generated crap.

If such an engine doesn't exist, I'm keen to talk about how one would build such a search engine.

Or is the only solution to limit your searches to specific sites you trust?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43780807

Points: 1

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Creating your own federated microblog

Hacker News - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:37am
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Ctrl-Z: Controlling AI Agents via Resampling

Hacker News - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:37am

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.10374

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43780784

Points: 1

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ING’s global CTO has been in the role for a year and in that time has been working his way through four layers of tech

Computer Weekly Feed - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:15am
ING’s global CTO has been in the role for a year and in that time has been working his way through four layers of tech
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Mandiant’s latest annual threat report reveals data on how financially motivated cyber criminals, such as ransomware gangs, dominate the cyber security landscape

Computer Weekly Feed - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:15am
Mandiant’s latest annual threat report reveals data on how financially motivated cyber criminals, such as ransomware gangs, dominate the cyber security landscape
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Ask HN: Built my own license key system, now facing the pricing dilemma

Hacker News - Thu, 04/24/2025 - 4:57am

Like many developers here, I've wrestled with the "build vs. buy" decision for various infrastructure pieces. Recently, I needed a license key system for a project. Looking at options like keygen.sh, I found the pricing models... well, let's just say they felt steep, especially for smaller projects or indie devs.

Driven by that frustration (and maybe a bit of NIH syndrome), I decided to roll my own: https://keymint.dev

It handles key generation, validation, and some basic management. It scratched my own itch, and frankly, building it was a fun challenge, touching on aspects seen in many HN discussions over the years – crypto security (Generating Cryptographically Secure License Keys), management (Ask HN: How do you manage license keys?), and the general complexities involved.

Now comes the ironic part. After sinking significant time into making it robust, I'm considering putting a price tag on it to support ongoing development and hosting. And suddenly, I feel like I'm becoming the very thing I initially reacted against.

Looking through past HN threads about license keys confirms this isn't a simple problem:

* There's a clear need (many "Ask HN" posts on how to manage/generate keys). * Security and avoiding cracked/forged keys is paramount (*Man charged for selling forged license keys*, *Pentester found Steam bug*). * Reliance on third-party services can be risky (*Tell HN: DigitalRiver/MyCommerce stopped paying vendors*). * Monetization itself is a recurring question for tool creators (*Ask HN: (How) Should I monetize this?*). So, before I go down the path of potentially becoming "another expensive licensing service," I wanted to put keymint.dev out to the HN community.

I'd genuinely appreciate it if some of you would be willing to kick the tires:

* Does it solve a real problem for you? * How does it compare (functionally, usability-wise) to other tools you've used or considered? * What features are missing? * And yes, eventually – what *would* feel like fair pricing, avoiding the "outrageous" levels that pushed me to build this in the first place? You can sign up and try it out at: https://keymint.dev

I'm here to answer questions and looking forward to any feedback – harsh or kind! I want to see if this thing I built actually provides value before figuring out how to sustain it without repeating the cycle I disliked.

Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43780593

Points: 1

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