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subdomainon Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases

I run a newsletter too, so this is cool to see! Not sure if I need it yet (my "knowledge base" is still pretty small), but I'll definitely keep it in mind for the future.

subdomainon Show HN: A WYSIWYG word processor in Python

I love seeing new word processor projects!

subdomainon Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

Riso printing is cool -- there's a small-ish Riso community on the Mastodon server for type design, typo.social

subdomainon Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

Wow, that's really cool -- what places have you done so far?

subdomainon Show HN: RPLY - one Inbox for iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, and Gmail on macOS

Love the website -- I'm definitely going to check it out! The social links at the bottom of the website don't appear to work on my end, they return error messages.

subdomainon Show HN: Cabinet – Kb+LLM (Like Paperclip+Obsidian)

I haven't yet, unfortunately!

I'm happy to offer more feedback- my email is micah.blachman@gmail.com

subdomainon Show HN: Cabinet – Kb+LLM (Like Paperclip+Obsidian)

I love this idea! I agree that LLMs often don't have the knowledge that's actually important (a frustration I have with ChatGPT is that it remembers unimportant things and then over-indexes on them in its responses).

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

That's a really smart idea -- I'd love to try it!

subdomainon Show HN: DocMason – AI Agent Knowledge Base for local complex office files

You should just be able to press delete.

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

Interesting!

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

Cool!

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

That's a really interesting concept! I think there's a lot of untapped potential with phone sensors.

subdomainon Show HN: Prismle – I built an AI assistant you use by forwarding emails to it

I love this idea -- I've been looking for a tool to help me sort/manage email without letting it write my emails (I still want full control). I'm curious to see where this project goes!

subdomainon Show HN: Koriander – Recipe manager that parses ingredients and tracks nutrition

This is really cool!

subdomainon Ghostmoon.app – The Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar

Seems really useful -- I love the website design!

subdomainon "United States Product Office" from the 1960s, anyone familiar?

This is super cool -- I've never heard of it before, but I'd love to help!

subdomainon Show HN: I built a Git extension to capture AI-code context and tied to commits

Looks interesting -- I'm not a developer, but I think it could be helpful for someone like me to understand the reasoning behind the code that AI is generating!

subdomainon Show HN: I built an OS that is pure AI

That makes sense—I think it's really interesting to see the possibilities of new software created purely by AI! I'm happy to offer feedback, my email is micah.blachman@gmail.com

subdomainon Show HN: I built an OS that is pure AI

Seems like a cool idea—I'm always game to try new operating systems! Recently been playing around with Playbit (https://playbit.app/)

Pneuma reminds me a little bit of Yansu AI, a project I saw recently on HN that proactively builds apps with AI (https://yansu.app/)

subdomainon Show HN: For You – AI art floats down a river for strangers to find

That could be interesting! I do think it would be more fun, especially for those types of scenarios, if there was a way to input real, human-created art too. I'm happy to offer more feedback, my email is micah.blachman@gmail.com

subdomainon Show HN: For You – AI art floats down a river for strangers to find

I'm really enjoying it too! Kind of fun to see what flows down the river.

subdomainon Show HN: Crack – Turn your MacBook into a squeaky door

Reminds me of Sam Henri Gold's project: https://www.theverge.com/news/773472/a-bored-design-engineer...

subdomainon Ask HN: How do you find collaborators?

I just discovered this platform for finding collaborators for projects on HN this morning, funnily enough: https://www.codekhub.it/

It seems very small at the moment, and very focused on developers, but it's an interesting premise. I'm a blogger, not a developer, so I don't think I'm quite the target audience.

subdomainon Idea: Medbook and Other Ideas

I think this is an interesting idea and certainly a better use of time than Moltbook (although perhaps AI agents like to waste time instead of being productive just like humans). If someone does decide to make such a thing, I'd also be happy to offer advice!

subdomainon Mode Prologue: Luxury 98% Mechanical Keyboard

Announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57uH9ijWu_M

subdomainon The Optima-l Situation: A deep dive into the classic humanist sans-serif

If anyone knows of any other Optima-inspired typefaces released in 2025 (or 2026), I'd love to hear, no matter how little-known! Otherwise, I hope you learned something from the post!

subdomainon Ask HN: Share your personal website

My weekly tech and design newsletter: https://micahblachman.beehiiv.com/ I'm 12, so any advice would be welcomed :)

subdomainon The Compromises of Free Software

This is my take as a twelve-year-old on FOSS vs. paid software, and what it feels like makes something worth paying for.