Hacker News: adangit

Show HN: Illustrative – AI pipeline that turns books into graphic novels

adangit — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:27:58 +0000

I like the idea of taking one thing and turning it into another—very much inspired by NotebookLM and wondered what it might take to generate full graphic novels, with consistent characters, narrative flow, story arc, etc.

Developed a 7-pass scripting enrichment system (beat analysis, adaptation filtering, character deep dives) before generating any images.

Dual backend: Google Gemini for scripting (2M context window) and either Gemini or OpenAI for image generation with 3-tier model fallback (comparing the performance of both).

It's not great. Would love feedback on the pipeline.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47535297

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Learn Arabic with spaced repetition and comprehensible input

adangit — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:24:02 +0000

Sharing a friends first-ever Rails application, dedicated to Arabic learning, from 0 to 1. Pulls language learning methods from Anki, comprehensible input and more.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47378251

Points: 70

# Comments: 24

Show HN: Whiplash – macOS menu bar app to track concurrent CLI agent sessions

adangit — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:39:49 +0000

Whiplash sits in your macOS menu bar and gives you a live overview of all your concurrent agent sessions and their status across iTerm, Ghostty, or Terminal. A little open source, utility that I hope helps you too.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47270152

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by adangit in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

adangit — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:01:40 +0000

Mostly just proud of my domain: https://arv.in

New comment by adangit in "Hashcards: A plain-text spaced repetition system"

adangit — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:03:58 +0000

Working on a Rails FSRS app, similar focus on healthy defaults, trying to find the 80/20 of what Anki does today: https://cadence.cards, free side project.

New comment by adangit in "3D ASCII Model Viewer"

adangit — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:55:02 +0000

Figma plug-in, using three.js—fun to play with.

3D ASCII Model Viewer

adangit — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:55:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1530223431472150953/3d-ascii-model-viewer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44673034

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by adangit in "Spaced repetition systems have gotten better"

adangit — Sun, 18 May 2025 19:24:43 +0000

I’m solo-building a free Anki alternative using the Ruby FSRS gem: http://cadence.cards/welcome

Would love any feedback—I’m aiming for a more focused, restful take on what I like most about Anki. Styling is done with Tailwind.

New comment by adangit in "Spaced repetition systems have gotten better"

adangit — Sun, 18 May 2025 19:16:15 +0000

For Ruby folks — I’ve forked the FSRS gem to fix an issue where new cards were being spaced 60 days apart instead of 60 seconds:

https://github.com/arvindang/rb-fsrs

Originally adapted from the Python version linked here.

New comment by adangit in "OpenAI Ruby API library"

adangit — Tue, 06 May 2025 04:42:34 +0000

Really glad to see official support for Ruby. It’s still my default language—the one I reach for first, and the one I move fastest in. Ruby still reads like a thought to me. Glad to see others recognizing that too.

New comment by adangit in "Ask HN: Why Don't More Product Teams Collaborate on Domain Models?"

adangit — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:16:55 +0000

I'm not calling out engineer's—not my intention. Incentives not matching is real, cognitive overload is real. But I see domain modeling as a collaboration tool, not as an extra step or critique. I feel it's a common language and a steady foundation for all product partners to work from.

Ask HN: Why Don't More Product Teams Collaborate on Domain Models?

adangit — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:40:56 +0000

I'm a product designer with a front-end background (Rails, Swift) trying to deepen my understanding of domain modeling.

I see domain models as a shared foundation between product, design and dev. But I don't see it happening on teams, ever. It helps me understand what's possible, anchors feature flows in what's possible, avoids over designing.

So why aren't more product teams collaborating on ERDs? Sometimes when I ask for a schema or ERD to get oriented, I get blank stares. Are there different ways developers think about data modeling beyond ERDs?

Is collaborating on the domain model a good entry point between design and engineering? What does that collaboration usually look like in your org?

Would love to hear how others approach this, especially from engineers who work closely with designers, or designers who’ve gotten better at it over time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43711132

Points: 3

# Comments: 4

Show HN: A fresh take on Anki and spaced repetition

adangit — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:35:49 +0000

My goal is to support Anki learners with a fresh-take on the tool. One that’s opinionated, easier to use, and not paywalled like Quizlet and other tools.

Markdown + LaTeX support, export as JSON or CSV, start/stop your review anytime.

Still early days, but I’m excited to share it. Would love feedback, thoughts, and ideas—especially if you’re interested in collaborating.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43562534

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by adangit in "Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?"

adangit — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:11:10 +0000

I have my first Swift/SwiftUI app up on TestFlight! I've always been slightly irked by how Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Yelp manage bookmarking places, so I'm creating a to-do list app that pulls from MapKit and automatically organizes your saved places by neighborhood and city for easy retrieval and in-the-moment decision-making.

https://cerca.me