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516 by RoseBuckler | 274 comments on Hacker News.
I've been programming on and off since the age of 16. Unfortunately, I have never been a rockstar programmer. I've always pieced code together from multiple sources to create programs but I've always failed to come up with a solution from scratch of my own and provide any value. I've always wondered how other smart people are able to come up with libraries, services and various solutions from scratch. I've devised countless ideas only to never execute them for various reasons or get started with them only to never fully complete them and see it all the way through. I've already wasted my entire teens and 20s, current 28 years old, working as a software engineer (Full-Stack) at a startup for ~4 years. I've been feeling like a loser and not good enough for this career even though I am a sole developer for Mobile and Web platforms at this startup in a very small team. I've put in countless hours of work every day (70-90 hrs), being on-call almost 24/7, sometimes for straight 7 days for months despite only getting paid on a salary basis on 40 hr work weeks; being a loner helps with working long hours. My salary also hasn't increased much, and feel like I'm severely underpaid based on the # of years of experience but I struggle with evaluating my value in the market to determine my worth. I assumed working hard would pay off but that hasn't been the case at all; I truly believe I've been doing the opposite of "Work Smart, Not Hard". I've been trying to get back to learning DS and Algos so I can apply to places but I struggle with LeetCode, which is making me feel like even a bigger loser for not being able to solve problems. I'm stuck in a rut, wanting to better my skills and earn a good amount of money but unable to concentrate, riddled with brain fog, and unsure of my future. My self-confidence and self-esteem are taking a hit. I am terrible at networking, so I don't have others to reach out to for tips and advice, hence I'm turning to HN. I apologize if this isn't the place for a post like this. How can I turn my directionless life around and find satisfaction with my career?
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New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: I turned my face rec system into a video codec
485 by jacobgorm | 138 comments on Hacker News.
Before the pandemic, my tiny startup was doing quite well selling Edge AI systems, based on our own lightweight AI inference engine, with object detection and face recognition for smart city and smart retail & food service applications. When the real world shut down, there was suddenly nothing to monitor on streets and in restaurants, so I set out to try and evolve our real time face recognition system into a video codec for high quality face-to-face online interactions, as I was not satisfied with the quality of Zoom and friends. I got it to work, and the first release for IOS was just approved on Apple's app store, link: https://ift.tt/bfZ39Ks The way it works is that you create a meeting URL, which you can share out-of-band, for instance via slack or text message. You can also share as a QR code which the app can scan to join a call. You then place your device on a surface in front of you so that the front camera can see you, and it will recognize you face and assign you to your own session, which is broadcast to the meeting channel. If more than one person is in view, both of you will be broadcast but with separate session ids, like if you were on separate cameras. Other meeting participants will show up on your screen and you can start talking. It is optimized for eye contact, meaning that the eyes will actually make it through to the other side as more than just dark pixel clouds, so thinks should feel a bit more personal than the standard Zoom/Teams/or Google Meet call. Because it uses face rec, you can ONLY show your face, and if you disappear from view your audio will stop after a while, to avoid situations like when you need to go the the restroom but forget to mute. This also solves dick-pics etc. The CODEC is not based on H26[45], but is pure AI that runs on the GPU. There is a neural network that compresses the video in real time, and another one decompressing on the receiving end. Finding a tight network architecture that would do this in real time with acceptable quality was a major part of the effort. There are several quality settings possible, but right now it is set fairly high and for 20FPS maxes out around 700kbit/s, though typically uses about half. I've demonstrated good results down to around 200kbit/s, so in theory it should work over satellite links or even Bluetooth. The protocol is UDP with no congestion control but with (Wirehair) FEC to protect against mild packet loss, future versions will detect packet loss and adapt to available bandwidth. The audio just uses OPUS and may click a little bit, I blame AudioEngine or the fact that the last time I wrote audio code was for the game I published for the Amiga in 1994. If you don't have a friend around or multiple devices to play with, there is an "echo test" server mode that allows you to be in a meeting with yourself. Traffic will be peer-to-peer if possible, but otherwise you will be relaying through my tiny Raspberry PI server, so YMMV. I plan to try to switch to something like fly.io soon to improve scalability. There is also a MacOS version coming very soon, and the underlying AI engine also runs on Windows & Linux. Android support is planned. Please take a look and let me know what you think.
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New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: I made $1000 with my app and now making $500/mo
451 by strongpigeon | 141 comments on Hacker News.
Edit: Wow #1 on HN. Y'all are making my day. Hey HN, I'm mostly a lurker on HN who's always super inspired by other people's small project that end-up making money. (Huge fan of Ben Stoke's Tiny Project [0]) After being burnt-out in big tech, I decided to write my own weightlifting app and set myself a humble goal of reaching $1000 in total proceeds. See [1] for my initial launch post. I've now surpassed that goal and am now making about 500$/mo by selling premium features in the app. Android version is coming soon too. Doing the whole thing end-to-end (code, launch, marketing, support) was super gratifying and taught me a whole lot. I have to admit that I got almost teary eyed the first time someone bought one of my IAPs. I'm not making a killing out of the app, and that was never the goal. But the personal satisfaction I got out of it was worth everything. I can't pretend to have derived any life lesson that applies to everybody from this, but this whole mini-journey was worth it for me, and I hope it will be for you too, should you embark in a similar one. [0] https://ift.tt/DZnqG8w [1] https://ift.tt/4udLYUQ
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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
438 by jharohit | 1198 comments on Hacker News.
I have usually kept a short list of games that would be fun if they existed. Long ago one my bullets in the list was a procedurally generated planet-sized planet with a full diaspora to explore. No Man's Sky fulfilled that for me. What are some games that you wish existed?
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New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Bike – macOS Native Outliner
498 by jessegrosjean | 232 comments on Hacker News.
Bike’s most original feature is the “fluid” text editing. Lots of text editors have animated some interactions (cursor movement, insert newline, etc), but I think Bike is the first designed from the ground up to support fluid editing. Give it a try, it feels different. (movie on home page if you don't have Mac) Other Features: • In text mode Bike works like a normal text editor. In outline mode rows are constrained to outline hierarchy. • .bike file format is HTML subset, so files are easy to parse and manipulate. Bike also supports .opml and .txt. • Scriptable via AppleScript. Javascript plugin API also expected in future, though no timing on that. • Architecture needed to support fluid editing also makes Bike faster/more scalable than most (all?) outliners and many text editors. I test performance using the Moby Dick Workout[^1]. Implementation Notes: • View is built using CALayers[^2]. • Animations are performed by Core animation and Motion[^3] lib. • View performance is determined by visible text, not document size. Model representation is interesting in that it’s just a flat list of rows. Each row has a `level` property, outline structure is determined dynamically. View implementation requires that each row has a unique ID. I’m using OrderedDictionary from Swift Collections[^4] to store rows. This is Bike’s performance bottleneck for large outlines. Eventually I may change to augmented b+tree and then should be able to work with gigabytes worth of outline. That will be fun, but not sure it’s actually needed. Already probably fast enough for 99% of use cases as is. Hope you find Bike interesting. I’m happy to answer any questions. [^1]: https://ift.tt/vsR6bkj [^2]: https://ift.tt/HDslkYx [^3]: https://ift.tt/LlJar82 [^4]: https://ift.tt/gPlx9GD
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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is anyone else glad the crypto market is crashing?
602 by blueberrychpstx | 614 comments on Hacker News.
Obviously it's bad if people lose their entire life savings and all that dead horse beating disclaimer stuff. I fancy myself as a somewhat esoteric idea person, and so when I first discovered cryptocurrency a few years ago, I was very excited to explore the mind bending ways we can build __NEW__ things. Instead, JPEGs and skeuomorphic representations of traditional financial vehicles in web3 space. I'm hoping this crash and those in the future rid the space of the toxic backrooms these $30,000 jpegs provide access to and get us to collectively work on building really exciting cool new things. What do you all think?
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732 by techsin101 | 304 comments on Hacker News.
Spoiler: rant. I don't know what happened exactly but I'm pretty sure it's the lack of dislike stats, that now my suggestions and home page of youtube is filled, and I mean FILLEDDD!, with videos that have 4k stock clips, catchy title, but completely lacking in content. Misleading 100%. Not 1, not 2, but like 8/10 videos are now garbage stock footage with bs commentary over nothing. Example: Nasa just discovered truth about solar system!?!?!?! Science has progressed a lot in last 100 years.... So and so first discovered pluto in 1xxx Mayans used to think balbala... Some historians think.... Now scientist finally have answered.... New evidence (2014 research) shows there might be a planet ... No explanation of study because you know it actually requires some comprehension... Insert failed attempt at humor... Leave a comment on your thoughts.. =========== Same script, like 8th grade essay you didn't study for, but multiplied by 100x. We knew it was gonna ruin youtube, people told youtube it was gonna ruin it, and now exactly that happened. Click baity videos with nice stock footage that is barely relevant and half assed 'answers'.
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Why you need to install and use Instagram story saver
It is quite difficult to deny the fact that we live in the age of the Internet.| story saver | According to analytics firm App Annie, a person currently interacts with their mobile phone an average of 4 hours 48 minutes a day.
On the Internet, we communicate, shop, watch the news and even study. The Internet is an integral part of our lives today. A significant part of them is occupied by social networks and instant messengers, in which we spend the bulk of our Internet activity.
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On these sites, we share the brightest emotions, communicate with friends, shoot and edit photos. Social networks have sufficient functionality to satisfy the modern user. At the same time, the development companies themselves are constantly striving to expand this functionality in order to attract even more users and retain the existing audience.
However, the user does not have access to a number of features and functions that could greatly facilitate the use of social networks. For example, one of the most popular social networks today, Instagram, lacks such a simple function as saving a favorite photo or story, you simply do not have the function or ability to do so.
The solution to this problem is to use third-party tools with more advanced functionality. For example, the IG story keeper (just like any other Instagram story keeper) allows the user to save the content they like on their phone or PC.
However, you must be very careful when using third party applications. Various social network extensions and other applications may contain various malware and viruses inside them to steal your data or block your computer.
Also, many companies have a rather negative attitude towards services that expand the functionality of their applications without notifying the company itself, especially when it hurts their income. | story saver
A prime example is YouTube Vanced, an unofficial modified version of YouTube with features like ad blocking and background streaming. The application had a multilingual interface and is not available for obvious reasons in the Google Play market.
However, more recently, the creators of Vanced announced that further work on the project would be halted due to legal issues with Google. However, you can also find various apps that enhance the functionality of Instagram.
Unfold
Unfold is an app to create your stories. Here are 55 fixed templates for creating photo and video collages. Everything is very simple, minimalistic, and stylish.
Doodle Snap
Doodle Snap adds graphic stickers to your photos. Free functionality is limited, but the application has over a hundred different elements that can be used to make photos more visible in the user’s feed. This design is especially suitable for bloggers or photographers.
Hujikam
With Hujikam, you can get photo content from around 1998. Filters imitate the effect of photographic film and Lomography. But you can’t apply filters to finished photos, the app only works in camera mode. However, this is a good way to diversify the feed online, for example, if you have some kind of event and market.
Inflact
Inflact is an Instagram bot that can help you increase engagement and get more followers to your account in the most efficient way. The platform works with four main modules – mass mailing, auto-publishing, hashtag generator, and automatic subscription/unsubscription / likes to attract the target audience. | story saver
With additional tools, you can analyze public user profiles, browse stories anonymously, perform searches, and more. A really useful tool for the user.
And if we are talking about third-party tools for Instagram, then we cannot fail to mention such an application as Layout. Instagram Layout app allows you to create colorful and fun collages from multiple photos. You can rotate, mirror, and resize photos directly from your smartphone. All you need is to download the Layout app. | story saver
Conclusion
Instagram actually has a wide range of apps available to enhance its functionality. Also, Meta Company, which owns Instagram, does not restrict users from developing third-party tools and software to expand the capabilities of the application. However, it is always worth remembering the digital security and legality of using third-party content.
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