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alexpogosyan

25 karma · joined September 13, 2011

Building stuff

email: alexpogosyan@gmail.com

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alexpogosyan··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
I'm bilding Jamful - ios audio looper app. I always loved using guitar looper pedals, so i wanted to have something similar on my phone. Currently it's on TestFlight https://testflight.apple.com/join/W7nD6v5H
alexpogosyan··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
I'm working on https://fractalchat.ai It's an LLM chat interface but instead of single linear thread, in each message you can create anchors that branch off into subthreads. Useful for for digging into related subtopics/tangents without losing the parent thread's context.
alexpogosyan··on Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things
Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

Book about Dan Colussy, who somehow managed to rescue Iridium satellite network when it was weeks away from bankruptcy and being deliberately crashed into the ocean.

alexpogosyan··on Show HN: Sonauto – A more controllable AI music creator
Is there a music-generating AI that takes audio as input? I’m looking to upload simple guitar melodies or chord progressions I’ve doodled and receive an enhanced version back. Similar to how image generators turn doodles/sketches into polished drawings.
alexpogosyan··on GPT-4 Turbo with Vision Generally Available
What software people use to interact with these models via chat?
alexpogosyan··on Ask HN: What was an interesting project you started and finished over a weekend?
I have these pesky touch typing habits that slow me down: pressing a key and its Shift key with the same hand, or not alternating hands for the spacebar. So I've built an app designed to fix these problems. The idea is to show correct shift keys and correct hand for spacebar to press.

https://www.touchtypist.app

alexpogosyan··on Watch Me Make Mistakes
Now I want to see how pg wrote arc, from start to what it is today, all in stypi, of course.

Actually I think this is a better way to learn other people's code. Is there any plugin for emacs that can record your editing?

alexpogosyan··on Apple upgrades MacBook Pro line with faster processors, gfx cards, more storage
They offer optional 1680x1050 glossy or anti-glare 15" screen for $150. I especially like the 1050 part, 16x10 screens are so much better for coding.
alexpogosyan··on Stripe: instant payment processing for developers
I was very excited reading their faq until I realized it's US only service.

Can't wait to see you guys expand internationally. Best of luck.

alexpogosyan··on Ask HN: 3.5 months to make 2,000 USD/month - what should I do?
I don't think ~3 months is enough to build a profitable business. I know a person who learnt programming and built a working program in 8 months or so. It was either an audio converter or id3 tag converter or something like that.

What I would do is get programming experience by building real, bigger programs and simultaneously try to get a job as a junior programmer at (preferably) small company with good programmers.

alexpogosyan··on Opening a Delaware Corporation: an Incorporation Guide for Foreigners
Thanks for sharing. As far as I know there is no double tax treaty between Brazil and the US. Does this mean you will have to pay income tax twice?

Also very interested to know how did you get a US bank account. As far as I know it is not possible to do it remotely since Patriot Act has been passed.

alexpogosyan··on Watch other people code
It could be very useful if he could convince some great hackers to submit screencasts to his website.

For example imagine looking over Alan Kay's shoulder as he creates a program. I think I'd learn lots of new things if I watched something like that.