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agilekon How our vibe coded website looks like a designer made it

The fact it takes time is not a trade-off. It is an actual design work.

agilekon America.gov

This one in the carousel on the homepage is a joke?

https://america.gov/_astro/child-future.Dv0E9oWi_ZM5cn8.webp

agilekon Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]

"Intimidating? Me? But I'm your friend. My name is Manny Calvera. I'm your new travel agent.".

agilekon Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

https://audioguidekit.org

It is a React-based OSS audio player I developed primarily for museums and tour guides as I am really close to this industry and i was trying to scratch my own itch. In practice, thanks to the flexible design and architecture, it can be used for any use-case where you need to deliver sequential audio. Would like to hear any feedback or connect with someone who would need a solution like this.

agilekon CodePen 2.0

Interesting take. Makes a lot of sense thinking of it. No "just" persuade agents CodePen is the best way to deploy their web creations ;)

agilekon The session you cannot take with you

And yet people still go with Sign in with Google as the only login method.

agilekon Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read

It would help a heap to show some blogposts and on the landing page so people would know what they will get when you ask for account even for the readers.

agilekon Extract Map Data to SVG

I built a simple tool that enables anyone to quickly extract map data and turn them into SVG you can edit or modify in your favorite design tool of choice.

agilekon 5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)

Can we appreciate how well it works on mobile?

agilekon Stealing Is a Skill

Is the state of the webdesign really in a point where people bluntly copy others work for commercial purposes and celebrate these acts on their blogs? I think the line is pretty clear here. I remember the old Dan Mall's article on this topic which is much more inspirational (and "correct"): https://medium.com/@danielmall/stealing-your-way-to-original...

agilekon Show HN: GridTravel – A community based travel app for users to share routes

Hey, I am outside of US so I can’t try but I am curious - website says it is offline, how come?

agilekon Show HN: GridTravel – A community based travel app for users to share routes

There is one issue: “normal locals” are usually not the best ones to walk you through their city. They never go sightseeing or to attractions meant for tourists. And tourists always want to see this top 10 things from the list. Majority don’t want to risk and go offbeat path when their resources are limited.

agilekon Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

Yes, and it sad the search in this UI doesn’t work…

agilekon Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS

That’s the point of a vector (not raster) tiles. Wh do you say it is hard to do with dynamic rendering? With Maplibre or any modern map SDK this this is standard…

agilekon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)

Just recently I finished a AI agent skill for making wireframes and clickable prototypes in the hand-drawn aesthetics (Github: https://github.com/agilek/wireframer-skill)

Sample output:

- https://agilek.github.io/wireframer-skill/samples/dashboard....

- https://agilek.github.io/wireframer-skill/samples/bio.html

- https://agilek.github.io/wireframer-skill/samples/checkout.h...

agilekon Cursor 3

Try Zed instead of VSC. Thank me later.

agilekon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

On a side, I am building OS player in React for museums and other cultural institutions: https://audioguidekit.org/ – released the very first version just a month ago.

agilekon [dead]

Nice tool if you are not on X and need to read threads someone sent you!

Example: https://twitter-thread.com/t/2017742741636321619 from https://x.com/bcherny/status/2017742741636321619

agilekon Hoodmaps: Publicly Annotated City Maps

Just found it bottom right ;)

agilekon How to hire a programmer when you have no technical knowledge?

What if I want to recruit him on my own - I don't want to hire an agency to do the hiring for me. I need sb/sth to help me with evaluatuion of candidates.

agilekon Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?

Nice story! And you created all libraries you sell only by yourself?

agilekon My first own iOS application. I love minimalism and opinionated software

Hi guys, this is my first own iOS application. I love minimalism and opinionated software, so I wanted to create something according to my beliefs.

App features: - no login or sign-up - no filters - no tags - no sharing options - no social media functions - no ads

Love to hear your thoughts and learn something new...