<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: eibrahim</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=eibrahim</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:30:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=eibrahim" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: ChatSpark – Live chat widget for solo operators]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>ChatSpark is a lightweight, embeddable live chat widget for solopreneurs and small business owners who handle support themselves.<p>Single script tag embed. One dashboard. Real-time messaging via WebSocket. Email/push notifications. Offline mode with leave-a-message form. Optional AI auto-replies from your FAQ content.<p>Built with Next.js, Node.js, WebSocket, PostgreSQL. Deployed on Kubernetes.<p>Free tier: 1 widget, 50 conversations/month. Pro: $12/mo. Business: $29/mo with AI replies.<p>The main design constraint was simplicity. No multi-agent routing, no ticket systems, no onboarding wizard. Paste one script tag, start chatting.<p>Honest limitations: it's single-operator only, no team features. If you have more than one support person, this isn't the right tool. It's specifically for the "I do everything myself" crowd.<p><a href="https://www.chatspark.dev" rel="nofollow">https://www.chatspark.dev</a></p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399667">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399667</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:39:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.chatspark.dev</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399667</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: MailParse – Inbound email to structured JSON via API]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>MailParse receives inbound emails and parses them into structured JSON, delivered via webhook or REST API.<p>You get an email address instantly (or bring your own domain with MX records). When email arrives, MIME is parsed into clean JSON with subject, body (plain + HTML), headers, threading info, and attachments with signed download URLs.<p>Webhook delivery includes configurable retries and request signing. Alternatively, you can poll via REST API.<p>Free tier: 100 emails/mo. Paid plans from $9/mo.<p>One honest limitation: delivery latency is typically a few seconds from email receipt to webhook delivery. Not real-time in the sub-second sense, but fast enough for most integration use cases.<p><a href="https://www.mailparse.dev" rel="nofollow">https://www.mailparse.dev</a></p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381486">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381486</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:37:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.mailparse.dev</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381486</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Zap Code – AI code generator that teaches kids real HTML/CSS/JS]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Zap Code generates working HTML/CSS/JS from plain English descriptions, designed for kids ages 8-16.<p>The core loop: kid types "make a space shooter game", AI generates the code, live preview renders it immediately. Three interaction modes - visual-only tweaks, read-only code view with annotations, and full code editing with AI autocomplete.<p>Technical details: Next.js frontend, Node.js backend, Monaco editor simplified for younger users, sandboxed iframe for preview execution (no external API calls from generated code). Progressive complexity engine uses a skill model to decide when to surface more advanced features.<p>Main thing that was focused on was the gap between block-based coding (Scratch, etc.) and actual programming. Block tools are great for ages 6-10 but the transition to real code is rough. This tries to smooth that curve by letting kids interact with real output first, then gradually exposing the code behind it.<p>Limitations: AI-generated code isn't always clean or idiomatic. Content is filtered for age-appropriateness but its not perfect. Collaboration features are still basic. The complexity engine needs more data to tune well.<p>Free tier, 3 projects. Pro at $9.99/mo.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380314">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380314</a></p>
<p>Points: 12</p>
<p># Comments: 2</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:37:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.zapcode.dev</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380314</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "I keep building projects nobody wants. So this time I'm doing it backwards"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>the linktree-for-side-projects angle is interesting but i think the real problem is distribution, not organization. you can have a beautiful profile page with 10 ideas listed but if nobody sees it, the signal you get back is silence, and silence doesnt tell you anything useful.<p>the voting/interest signal idea is solid tho. the key question is whether the people voting are potential users or just other builders being polite. thats the trap Product Hunt fell into and its really hard to avoid.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:37:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369535</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369535</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47369535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: AICurate – AI news curation platform for associations]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>AICurate lets professional associations create AI-curated news hubs for their members.<p>Problem: Associations spend 10-15 hrs/week manually finding, filtering, and summarizing industry news for members.<p>Solution: Configure industries, topics, and RSS/web sources. AI agent scans, scores relevance, generates summaries, and delivers via branded portal + email digests.<p>Multi-tenant architecture, each org gets isolated config, branding, and analytics. Curation AI is configurable per-tenant so a legal association and a medical society can have completely different relevance criteria.<p>Currently handles RSS feeds and web source discovery. Working on adding direct API integrations with major news providers.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291268">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291268</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:41:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.aicurate.news</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291268</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Elite Coders – AI devs that join your Slack, GitHub, and Jira]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>AI full-stack developers at $2500/mo. Each one gets a unique identity (name, email, avatar) and integrates with your existing team tools.<p>They pick up Jira tickets, plan implementation, write code, push PRs, and respond to code review feedback. The interaction model is the same as working with a remote developer - Slack messages, GitHub PRs, ticket updates.<p>Each agent maintains persistent context about the codebase and team conventions across sessions. They build familiarity with your architecture over time rather than starting cold each interaction.<p>Built with autonomous agents that handle the full dev lifecycle, not just code generation. Currently supports Slack, GitHub, and Jira integrations.<p>Known limitations: works best on well-defined tickets with clear acceptance criteria. Complex architectural decisions and ambiguous product requirements still need human judgment. Performance varies by codebase complexity.<p>7-day free trial, no credit card: <a href="https://www.elitecoders.ai" rel="nofollow">https://www.elitecoders.ai</a></p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254954">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254954</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:36:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.elitecoders.ai/</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254954</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Gold In Egypt – Arabic-first gold price tracker, shabka calculator]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Gold In Egypt (<a href="https://www.goldinegypt.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.goldinegypt.com</a>) is a gold price tracker for the Egyptian market.<p>Shows real-time gold prices in EGP for 24k, 21k, 18k, and 14k per gram. Includes historical price charts, price alerts, and a dealer directory.<p>The main differentiator is the shabka calculator. In Egyptian weddings, the groom's family gives gold (shabka) to the bride, and it's one of the biggest financial decisions a couple makes. The calculator lets you input a budget and see how many grams you can get at current prices across different karats.<p>Arabic-first interface with RTL layout. Responsive web app, price data aggregated from multiple Egyptian market sources.<p>Feedback welcome, especially from anyone familiar with the Egyptian gold market.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47249681">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47249681</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:16:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.goldinegypt.com</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47249681</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47249681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "HN is drowning in AI comments"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Me too.  I am exhausted by all the human slop constantly complaining about comments or posts being ai slop.  I think I have had better conversations with bots the last few months lol.<p>This is everywhere not just HN: Reddit LinkedIn and twitter too.  You are guaranteed to get 2 types of comments on anything you post:
1. Comments accusing you of AI slop (I call them human slop)
2. Comments by AI bots (surprisingly some are helpful and useful) at the end your bot will be a reflection of you.<p>Asshole humans will train asshole bots.<p>ps: I don’t even know how any of these sites can fight these bots.  The LLMs are amazing and with openclaw and similar it’s impossible to detect bots vs humans.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:52:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220517</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220517</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: PartyHub Rental – Marketplace for party equipment rentals]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>PartyHub Rental is a two-sided marketplace for casual event rentals (bounce houses, food trucks, photo booths, etc.).<p>The party rental industry is extremely fragmented. Most vendors rely on phone calls and Facebook pages for bookings. Built this to give both sides a proper platform.<p>The interesting technical problem was the availability engine. Rental items have constraints most booking systems don't handle well: setup/teardown windows that vary by item, travel radius limits based on vendor location, multi-day bookings, and cascading conflicts when one booking shifts. The calendar logic accounts for all of these to prevent double-bookings and ensure realistic scheduling.<p>Stack is a standard full-stack web app. Vendor-side has listing management, calendar, and a booking dashboard. Consumer-side has search with filters, comparison views, and direct booking.<p>Current limitations: category list is fixed for now (bounce houses, food trucks, game trucks, photo booths, general equipment). Vendor onboarding has a manual review step. Payment processing is handled but chargebacks/disputes are still manual.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47211449">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47211449</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:36:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.partyhubrental.com</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47211449</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47211449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "Vibe Coding is the Future of B2B SaaS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The article makes a reasonable case for internal tools but glosses over the elephant in the room: if every company can vibe code their own B2B tools, what happens to the SaaS vendors? The ones that survive will be the ones where the distribution and ecosystem around the product matters more than the code itself. Nobody is going to vibe code their own Stripe or Salesforce, but the long tail of niche B2B tools is absolutely vulnerable.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:41:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208243</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208243</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: AI Wins – Automated positive AI news aggregator]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>AI Wins curates only positive AI developments. The entire pipeline is automated: story discovery, sentiment filtering, summarization with key takeaways, categorization, and publishing.<p>Stack: Next.js, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL. Content pipeline runs via external automated jobs that scan sources, filter for positive sentiment, generate structured summaries, and publish to the database. The app itself is a clean read-only frontend.<p>Eight categories: Breakthroughs, Healthcare, Education, Environment, Accessibility, Research, Creative, Business.<p>Honest limitation: the positive-sentiment filtering isn't perfect yet. Some stories that are more neutral than positive slip through. Still tuning the discovery and classification system.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195896">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195896</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:39:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.aiwins.news</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195896</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Pitch An App – Crowdsourced app ideas with voting and revenue sharing]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Pitch An App (<a href="https://www.pitchanapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.pitchanapp.com</a>) is a platform where users submit app ideas, the community votes on them, and ideas that hit the vote threshold get built.<p>Submitters earn revenue share when their app generates income. Voters get 50% off forever.<p>9 apps have been built through the platform so far.<p>The core assumption: non-technical people have good software ideas but no way to act on them. Community voting serves as demand validation before any development starts.<p>Honest limitations: the vote threshold model means only popular ideas get built, so niche-but-valuable ideas might not make the cut. Working on ways to address that.<p>Happy to answer questions about the model or the tech.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181758">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181758</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:38:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.pitchanapp.com</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181758</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "Workday – "No amount of vibe coding is going to produce an HR or ERP system." [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They're right that nobody is vibe coding a full ERP system. But that's not really the threat. The threat is vibe coders building the 20% of Workday that 80% of small businesses actually use, and selling it for a fraction of the price. The market for small, focused tools that replace one expensive feature of a bloated enterprise platform is massive and growing fast.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:38:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174626</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174626</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The maker movement comparison is interesting but I think it breaks down in one key way: the marginal cost of software distribution is basically zero. 3D printing still requires physical materials and shipping. Vibe coded apps can reach users instantly if there's a discovery mechanism.<p>The real parallel might be the early web era where anyone could make a website but finding them required Yahoo directories and later Google. Right now vibe coded apps have the same discovery problem - they exist but there's no effective way to find or evaluate them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:39:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173071</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173071</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Sitter Rank – Pet sitter booking without 20-40% platform fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Rover and Wag dominate pet sitting but take 20-40% of every booking. Sitter Rank is a direct-booking alternative where sitters keep everything they earn.<p>Owners search by zip code, filter by service type, and read reviews that can only come from completed bookings on the platform.<p>Stack: Next.js, PostgreSQL, Stripe Connect for direct sitter payments.<p>The business model is SaaS (sitter subscriptions) rather than per-booking commissions. Curious if HN thinks this can work against entrenched marketplace players.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157888">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157888</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:09:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.sitterrank.com</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157888</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "Book Review: Vibe Coding by Gene Kim and Steve Yegge"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The part about vibe coding lowering the barrier to building software is well established at this point. What nobody seems to be addressing is the distribution problem that creates. We're about to have an order of magnitude more software being built, but no corresponding improvement in how people discover and evaluate it. App stores were designed for a world where shipping software was hard. We need new discovery mechanisms for a world where shipping is easy.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:39:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47138514</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47138514</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47138514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "Show HN: TeamContext – Git-native shared context for vibe coding teams"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Context divergence is a real problem once you have more than one person prompting on the same codebase. The git-native approach makes sense since thats already where the code lives. Have you seen cases where different team members LLMs generate conflicting architectural patterns even with shared context? Curious how much shared context actually prevents drift vs just documenting it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:39:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132178</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132178</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "Show HN: TabRush – Be fast, publish your ads"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>cool concept. the million dollar homepage model is clever for bootstrapping initial attention.<p>interesting that you mention this is your first vibe coding project. curious where you plan to list it long-term for discovery. product hunt gives you a day of visibility but then what? feels like theres a gap in the market for a place where vibe-coded projects can live and get discovered organically.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:36:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117786</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117786</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "Show HN: KanVibe – Kanban board that auto-tracks AI agents via hooks"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The hook-driven status tracking is a nice pattern. Running multiple agents in parallel and needing visibility into whats happening is a real problem once you go past one or two. The git worktree automation is a smart touch too.<p>Curious about the hook interface - is it specific to Claude Code or generic enough to work with other agent frameworks?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:09:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47055310</link><dc:creator>eibrahim</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47055310</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47055310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eibrahim in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a really important cautionary tale about autonomous AI agents operating without proper guardrails. The gap between 'AI agent that can do useful tasks' and 'AI agent that understands consequences' is still enormous. It highlights why having human oversight in the loop matters — whether it's content review, action approval, or just sanity-checking outputs before they go live. The best setups treat the AI as a capable but supervised collaborator, not a fully autonomous actor.</p>
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