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epaga
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Java developer / team leader at inetsoftware.de by day
iOS developer by night
https://silentshark.app - Tactical map-based WW2 submarine simulator for iOS, Android, Mac, PC, Linux, Web
https://smoothtrack.app - VR-style head tracking app (iOS + Android) for PC sim games. Replaces the need for a $150+ TrackIR system.
https://mindscopeapp.com - Text canvas outliner, thought organizer (macOS, iOS)
http://appstore.com/johngoering - other apps
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"Not Final Cut. Not Logic. An AI agent that clicks buttons." ...and that writes blog posts for you. So tired of this voice.
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It's almost depressing to me how much this post feels like a breath of fresh air if for nothing else than because it's clearly hand-written, not ghost-written by LLM. No repetitive short sen…
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I really like the phrase "bad AI drivers"...AI is a tool, and the stupid drive-by pull requests just mean you're being inconsiderate and unhelpful in your usage of the tool, similar to …
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I do it by double-tapping a word and then dragging the handles… does that work for you?
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(Not the OP, but...) have...have you tried Siri before? It is completely and totally ridiculous. Completely and utterly useless for anything other than setting a timer and turning HomeKit devices on o…
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Yep, implemented the canvas from scratch with SwiftUI, which is a lot of fun though it did have its share of "gotchas", especially in combo with SwiftData. And thanks for the heads up about …
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Look at that, it correlates to Martha Stewart Living subscribers. https://xkcd.com/1138/
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https://mindscopeapp.com - Mindscope 2 (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS) Just submitted it to Apple for review this past weekend... basically Scapple's visual text canvas meets Workflowy&…
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> not very clear how it can be 100% finer than current tips! By being vaporware
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I actually made something quite similar to this with a few friends as an app 14 years ago using Wikipedia data. We called it LineTime, it was a fun little project! (Wow, I even found our video from ba…
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I am and am having the same issue. Edit: And just as I posted this comment, on my second launch, it went through after about a minute of waiting.
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I live in Germany and UPS is asking for 116€ customs / fees for a personal gift package someone sent me worth $47 (40€ which is below the new 45€ de minimis line). Nearly everything in the blog p…
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Mindscope 2 : https://mindscopeapp.com (iOS / macOS) A hierarchical text canvas for organizing thoughts and taking notes. I wrote v1 years ago and now spent about year rewriting it in…
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As the link shows, if you would put it on a t-shirt, you can absolutely expect to hear from Nintendo's lawyers, so the question will just be whether you have the time to put up a fight.
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Hey HN - I'm John Goering - Java dev by day and indie app dev by night. :) I've just started a public beta of Mindscope 2, a mind-mapping thought organizer app for iOS and macOS that’s been …
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Interestingly, for this parallax 3D effect to work, the head tracking needs to basically move "backwards" from typical head tracking since it needs to keep the focal point the same, if I…
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I’ve always wondered why spam and scam emails have been so…dumb and obvious… 99.9% of the time. It does seem like AI may change this and if even the tech savvier ones among us are able to be duped, th…
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"jemandem Aufmerksamkeit schenken", "Aufmerksamkeit auf etwas richten"
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https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/the_website_hacker_news_i... …
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This is a great idea - do you have a more detailed overview of this approach and/or an example? What types of things do you tell it to put into the "artefact"?
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The entire "no link" thing truly was outrageous from the start and, speaking as someone who very much admires Apple for many things, hearing that Schiller opposed the crazy 27% rule but was …
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This unethical stuff is where Trump actually shows true “brilliance”. His Truth Social post that day saying (quote) “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!” immediately gave any insider traders a perfect alibi.…