Hacker News: ChintanGhate

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Ask HN: Have you ever cloned a cat?"

ChintanGhate — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 21:00:50 +0000

Day, Dusk & Dawn cats. The idea seems something out of Issac Asimov's foundation.

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Drawing.garden"

ChintanGhate — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:21:27 +0000

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Try turning a patch of the garden into the same symbol!

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Electric eel’s zap can transfer genes to nearby animals"

ChintanGhate — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:01:10 +0000

Origin story of Electro from Spiderman just made a jump from fantasy to science-fiction!

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Langton’s ant"

ChintanGhate — Wed, 17 May 2023 15:56:22 +0000

Here's my implementation from 2014 that let's you spawn more ants on the grid. http://code-art.chintanghate.me/LangtonsAnt.html

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON"

ChintanGhate — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:05:44 +0000

I am glad it's being useful. :)

I used AppleScript for the first two years of this app as well (Can't believe it's been 7 years since I started it). But it's hard to handle complex programs, and handing off data to Swift or Objective-C from AppleScript. So I switched to [ScriptingBridge](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/scriptingbridge). It provides better Objective-C APIs to handle Apple Events.

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON"

ChintanGhate — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 20:14:37 +0000

I have published an app [Exporter](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exporter/id1099120373?mt=12) that does something similar - exports Apple Notes to HTML and markdown with the attachments. Give it a try, let me know if it solves your issue.

Also, why did you select JSON as the output format?

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Ask HN: Burnt out from big tech. What's next?"

ChintanGhate — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:51:10 +0000

That’s an amazing initiative. Best of luck! :)

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Ask HN: Burnt out from big tech. What's next?"

ChintanGhate — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:30:37 +0000

+1 to a vacation. And after that rather than going after what's in demand/hype right now, go after something that you want to use and isn't available in the market, and try to build that. I have found building tools for myself that I and a bunch of other people love to use as one of the most rewarding/fulfilling work.

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Ask HN: Share your favorite YouTube channels focused on mastering a skill/craft"

ChintanGhate — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:56:16 +0000

Not a technical skill, but in the self improvement genre - Colin Murray’s channel https://m.youtube.com/@colinmurrayYT/videos is great for people who like exercising from home, without investing a lot in equipments and weight. Has helped me exercise more regularly compared to past years.

And then for one of my hobbies https://m.youtube.com/@idaemonplasmo for building better model kit aircrafts.

Not sure if they are masters of their craft, but they make their craft more accessible/enjoyable for me.

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Ask HN: What career would you switch into if AI ate your profession?"

ChintanGhate — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:25:02 +0000

Same! would open a small patisserie.

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Use.GPU Goes Trad"

ChintanGhate — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:35:58 +0000

I remember seeing it years ago, still amazed by it. What's even cooler is that it was created almost 10 years ago and I believe it hasn't changed much since then. You can read about it [here](https://acko.net/blog/zero-to-sixty-in-one-second/)

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Names should be cute, not descriptive"

ChintanGhate — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:52:11 +0000

Go for boring descriptive names that create a cute acronym. Win-Win!

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Show HN: Back-up Apple Notes data in Markdown and HTML format"

ChintanGhate — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:27:57 +0000

From version 3.0, you can export notes to HTML format as well, which can also be imported back into Apple Notes with formatting and attachments preserved. Attachments (PEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF & BMP files) are supported Catalina onward.

Show HN: Back-up Apple Notes data in Markdown and HTML format

ChintanGhate — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:24:34 +0000

Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/exporter/id1099120373?mt=12

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26080146

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Show HN: Batch export Apple notes to markdown with attachments on macOS

ChintanGhate — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 05:03:47 +0000

Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exporter/id1099120373?ls=1&mt=12

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22199223

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Show HN: Origin – A typewriter styled, minimalistic writing app for Mac"

ChintanGhate — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:41:53 +0000

It's based on the old school typewriters. :)

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Show HN: Origin – A typewriter styled, minimalistic writing app for Mac"

ChintanGhate — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:31:56 +0000

Sure. Added the description. As far as development goes, this was kind of a personal challenge after reading all the documentation on NSTextView and its layout system. And as for the pricing model, the free version limits you to 250 words per document. And you can remove the 250 words per document limit via an inApp purchase.

New comment by ChintanGhate in "Show HN: Origin – A typewriter styled, minimalistic writing app for Mac"

ChintanGhate — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:28:30 +0000

Origin is an app for writers & content creators. Its strictly a write only app, no editing allowed. Its designed to work exactly like a typewriter to improve focus, & avoid getting stuck / overthink on mistakes. Its main purpose is to get you from an idea to the rough draft as fast as possible.

Show HN: Origin – A typewriter styled, minimalistic writing app for Mac

ChintanGhate — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 07:19:15 +0000

Article URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/origin/id1219259459?ls=1&mt=12

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14076660

Points: 6

# Comments: 5

Marvis+: Alternative for iOS Music App

ChintanGhate — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:51:48 +0000

Article URL: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1137448740?mt=8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12195898

Points: 3

# Comments: 0