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A unified feed of emerging software, developer tools, and early-stage market launches.
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May 18, 2026
Curated and generated CC0 datasets for AI training and fine-tuning, coupled with a compliance documentation service.
A free source of high-quality, permissively licensed AI training data, monetized through a paid compliance document addressing EU Article 10 data sourcing requirements.
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May 17, 2026
Serene Bach, a weblog engine rebuilt in Go, designed to run as either a CGI program or a standard HTTP server.
Positioned as a small, self-hosted publishing tool specifically for users who still rely on shared hosting or require CGI-style deployment, despite CGI being considered legacy technology. It integrates modern features like Markdown support and static output generation within t...
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May 16, 2026
Blogr, a GitHub App that automatically commits MDX blog posts to a repository based on a configured schedule, site description, tone, audience, keywords, and topics to avoid. It reads existing posts for voice matching, internal linking, and duplicate topic avoidance.
For developers who never blog consistently. Positions itself against other similar apps by emphasizing MDX file ownership, voice matching, internal linking, auto-deployment (Vercel), SEO/humanization filters, and a 'set and forget' model.
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May 16, 2026
Chuddy, a self-hosted Telegram bot for media downloading, translation, and OCR within group chats, with 60% of its codebase written using Z.ai's GLM-5.1 model.
Self-hosted media downloading, translation and OCR Telegram bot. Emphasizes privacy ('Absolutely 0 telemetry') and user control ('free to edit the code').
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May 15, 2026
In-browser PPO training demo for neural nets.
Demonstrates WebGPU kernel capabilities for machine learning, specifically PPO training, using tinygrad's TinyJit.
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May 15, 2026
TongueType, a local, privacy-focused Whisper dictation application for macOS.
A privacy-first, one-time purchase alternative to cloud-based, subscription dictation services, leveraging local Whisper processing on Apple Silicon.
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May 15, 2026
Ane, a chord-based terminal code editor with one-shot CLI editing capabilities.
A new, efficient terminal-based code editor for developers, offering both interactive TUI and scriptable CLI editing, built in Rust with Tree-sitter and LSP integration.
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May 15, 2026
Shinra Meisin, an open-source, modular tracking pipeline for XR systems, integrating multiple tracking modalities.
A unified, extensible, offline-first open-source alternative to fragmented, proprietary XR tracking stacks, offering low-level control and hardware independence.
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May 14, 2026
An app designed to substitute doomscrolling with task completion, providing 'dopamine from real action.'
A personal productivity tool to combat overwhelm and social media addiction by gamifying useful tasks.
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May 14, 2026
An experimental 'neural window manager' that uses a neural network to predict screen states or primitive window actions (move, resize) based on past frames and mouse input, without explicit programmatic event systems or state.
An experiment exploring the generation of programs and user interfaces directly from neural networks, aiming to replace explicit source code with learned pixel or primitive predictions. It demonstrates a neural network learning window management behavior from examples, without...
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May 13, 2026
HYPD – AI co-pilot (chatbot) for PPC freelancers and agencies, connecting to Google Ads for audits, data analysis, ad copy generation, and reporting.
AI co-pilot for marketers running Google Ads. Positions AI as solving ad-ops and media buying, while human strategy and creativity remain leverage.
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May 13, 2026
AgentKanban for VS Code – Collaborative Kanban board / task management app with Github CoPilot integration, capturing user/agent conversation context.
A task board with agent harness integration, improving agentic coding session quality and reducing friction in organizing concurrent features.
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May 13, 2026
OpenClaw OS – An open-source Claude Cowork built as an OpenClaw plugin, enabling the creation of 'live artifacts' that connect to data sources rather than static datasets.
OSS Claude Cowork Built on Top of OpenClaw. It positions itself as a tool for creating dynamic, data-connected AI artifacts, aiming for a 'one screen that feels like the SaaS tools you already love using,' differentiating from task management tools.
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May 12, 2026
Survser – Affordable Survey Software
A more affordable survey/user research solution compared to existing bloated and expensive tools.
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May 12, 2026
Multi-repo workspace support in Agent of Empires (AoE)
Enhances Agent of Empires (AoE) with full multi-repository workspace support, allowing agents to access multiple repositories with separate worktrees and sandboxes, ideal for organizations with distributed codebases (frontend, backend).
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May 11, 2026
A web game prototyped to highlight phone addiction, which inadvertently became addictive itself.
A demonstration of rapid development capabilities by a senior developer using 'genuinely collaborative prompting' with Opus 4.7 over two days, intended as inspiration or entertainment.
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May 11, 2026
Mosaic, an iOS application that arranges icons by color using an evolutionary algorithm.
A personal project to refresh C++ skills, later completed with the aid of coding LLMs. Presented as a shareable tool.
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May 11, 2026
Hustler Bingo, a small bingo game based on startup Twitter clichés.
A "just for fun" project, explicitly stated as "nothing serious," used to test Vercel, Tanstack Start, and Convex in a low-stakes environment.
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May 10, 2026
An open-source transcription application.
A free, open-source transcription app that achieves faster performance than "wispr flow" when utilizing Groq inference.
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May 9, 2026
Notion-to-site, a tool to sync Notion databases to local Markdown/MDX/JSON files.
A good alternative to paid options like Super.so, built for syncing blogs from Notion, supporting incremental sync and various Notion block types.