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yoginion AI Has a Discovery Problem

Another side of this, which I can think of, is that even a skilled person feels they are not skilled enough. I might be able to see the sky right now, but what if I am not the man standing outside and I am that ant for whom the sky is like this?

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Been experimenting with OpenClaw for 2 weeks. Instead of writing about how it changed my workflows, I asked my agent to write it from its side. Surprisingly entertaining read.

yoginion Show HN: I Wrote a 680-Page Interactive Book on Data Structures and Algorithms

the book looks useful for beginers to visualise and understand concepts better. Alignment of table of contents and FAQ section is breaking on larger screens. I will share this one on Peerlist as well, many devs their might find it useful.

yoginion Show HN: O'Reilly Book Parody Generator MCP Server

haha this is good one. You just gave me one side project idea

yoginion Show HN: A PDF metadata (and text data) extractor

good project with high potential to get SEO traffic, you may want to host it on your personal domain.

You should also consider launching this on Peerlist

yoginion Show HN: Autumn – Open-source infra over Stripe

its so crazy to see so many new tools launching because integrating stripe is that hard. nice demo

few builders i know struggling with this. will share this with them.

yoginion Ask HN: What useful AI tools do you use every day?

why do you think so

yoginion Show HN: TypeScript MCP Server

Is it a private repository? Because link is redirecting to 404. Also you should launch this on Peerlist. Many devs would find this one useful

yoginion Just use what you want

Mantra for life

yoginion Ask HN: What useful AI tools do you use every day?

1. ChatGPT I use it mostly to dump quick ideas and then expand them later by using it as my thinking partner. Also I use chatgpt for brainstorming ideas for marketing campaigns, writing copies etc. I have few custom GPTs created for my every use case

2. Claude I use Claude projects for writing articles and for SEO optimisation

3. Cursor I use Cursor for coding daily. Now quite used to the flow it creates and makes my coding super fast

4. Sora and Gemini For image generation. Mostly I need that to share social media posts

All other AI tools come and go but these are 4 constants for me for last few months.

yoginion Show HN: Promptive – A native macOS utility for system-wide AI actions

this is really good. I was building a chrome extention of the exact same problem but this is a better idea than that.

will give it a try and share feedback. You should also launch it on Peerlist Launchpad.

yoginion Show HN: I made PromptForge – Generate perfect GPT prompts from structured input

i liked the idea but i think you should host it on some domain instead of lovable

yoginion Show HN: Do you know RGB?

haha this is such a cool and fun game.

yoginion Show HN: Comparator - I built a free, open-source app to compare job offers

I was thinking of building something similar along with explaining the salary breakdown and how much in-hand salary you will get from your CTC.

Loved the initial loading animation. You should also launch this on Peerlist Launchpad, many devs gonna love it.

yoginion Ask HN: Who else is tired of these web things?

I have noticed in general people don't like pop-ups or modals, at least during the first-mile experience of the product.

yoginion Product Hunt isn't dying, it's becoming gentrified

The current state of Product Hunt is sad. We launched our site in May 2022 and got an amazing response, very good visibility, and ended up being the product of the day. We also created a lot of buzz with this. Then, we were going out of beta so we launched again in Jan 2024. This time the launch wasn't as good. We got only 10% of the traffic as of 2022 even after being Product of the day again. Lots of spam from people to get fake upvotes. I totally understand that at the scale of PH, this is a hard problem to solve.

But back in 2023, we created a feature in our app called Peerlist Project Spotlight to showcase and launch side projects. But instead of daily we made it weekly. The idea was to give side projects better visibility and prepare projects for a bigger launch on the product hunt, but now people are considering Peerlist Spotlight as an alternative to the PH launch.

yoginion Show HN: A New Kind of Chat Room

I loved the map design, it's quite fresh. But I kept on clicking the purple dot but it did nothing. Maybe because this is an alpha version.

yoginion I made a movie recommendation app based on your mood

I liked the way you added YouTube videos of trailers. This is a nice project, similar one I saw on Peerlist Project Spotlight where someone added a book recommendation based on mood. You should also launch this on Peerlist.

yoginion How to Change Your Problem-Solving Mindset and Boost Creativity

Validating your idea is something with which every person struggles initially!

I am a startup founder, building a product in a professional networking space for the last 2 years.

I still meet many people who think and question why we started this! And many many people resonate with our idea and use our product.

The point is, initially not everyone will get the entire picture of what you are doing, plus when it comes to our friends and family, they genuinely want us not to fail and hence keep finding flaws in our ideas. But, if you get a conviction on your idea, build at least an MVP. Go deeper and understand the depth of the water.

Now about finding a good idea —

I would still suggest starting small! If you are tired of finding a problem to solve, find a product that you really like and start building something similar to that. You will end up building something good and useful.

Building a sie project is a topic very close to my heart! I am building a product around this, happy to share about it if you are interested. :)

Good luck!

yoginion Show HN: I Built an Internal Insight Collection Tool for Teams

Looks good, I have seen many people using Featurebase for this.

One feedback - The first screenshot should have some legit feedback as a product demo, the gibberish in the image is not very appealing.

yoginion Show HN: A VS Code extension to check incompatible CSS

Looks really nice and quite useful! You should launch it on Peerlist

yoginion Show HN: Find and Grab Domains with a Past

Interesting topic! I think old domains will be very useful for SEO purposes.

You should consider adding a demo video or something where I can see how this works!

yoginion Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

First-time founder here!

I have always worked as a developer and have been building products for the past 6 years. But as a founder, you need to know GTM and growth for your product!

Initially, we used to think that we could outsource, but we were so wrong! :D Hence, now learning it on our own.

Happy to take help and suggestions, or if you are up for the discussion around growth, GTM and marketing.

yoginion Show HN: WhatTheDuck – open-source, in-browser SQL on CSV files

Loved the idea and the entire project! Starred it on GitHub.

One suggestion, when I land on the website I would love to see a small example already added. Basic CSV and some SQL queries to run and play with.

It would be best if you also launch it on Peerlist. Many people are working in a similar space there, they also might find this useful.

yoginion Show HN: Lightweight Kanban Board

I liked the simplicity of this Kanban board. We recently worked on a Kanban board for our job board, so this project made me curious. Good one :)

yoginion Show HN: A Spotify-like yearly recap for devs using GitHub contributions

This one is so cool! And congratulations on the PH launch as well. We did something similar yesterday with 1000 days of code at a glance. You can check it - https://peerlist.io/github-recap

But I must say I loved the way unwrapped.dev is built! Kudos to the team

yoginion Ask HN: How to find a useful dev job?

https://peerlist.io/jobs?skills=GoLang

Here are some good Golang developer jobs you might find useful.

yoginion Ask HN: Is anyone using GitHub Copilot in production?

I am using it for the Nextjs application.

Mostly using it as an autocomplete but it is quite good for writing repetitive code and logic. Also the new slash commands are pretty useful.

yoginion Ask HN: Struggling to Find a LinkedIn Substitute?

Hi there,

I am building peerlist.io, its the Professional Networking platform for people in Tech and Startups. Why you should consider Peerlist -

1. It has a good job board with 200+ quality jobs 2. It has verified profiles where you can verify your present work experience 3. A strong community of tech and startup people.

Do check this :)

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Have seen both good and bad opinions around coding bootcamps. Are they worth the time and money?