Hacker News: emurph55

Show HN: Snapalabra - AI Assisted Language Learning and Practice

emurph55 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:09:11 +0000

Article URL: https://app.snapalabra.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46557786

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by emurph55 in "Show HN: Review code as it is written"

emurph55 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:06:07 +0000

yeah, I am not really convinced of any real practical use myself tbh. I just wanted to try it out!

Show HN: Review code as it is written

emurph55 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:34:51 +0000

An experimental little npm library for creating a quick feedback loop when writing code. I usually run any code changes through an AI checker before sending them for real review to catch any obvious problems.

I'm also a big fan of ollama and local LLMs and so I had the thought of automating the task locally. And since I am doing all of this locally, (and for free(ish)) why wait until the code is ready to submit for review. Why not just keep the tool running on all changes!

I was curious to see how well such a tool might work so I put together a basic version. I've found it to be slightly helpful in certain cases so far. Obviously results will vary greatly depending on what model you choose to use. I have had decent results using gpt-oss:latest on a mac mini.

The basic idea is that it runs a quick check on any code when a file is written to, and when code is committed.

I expect there are quite a few bugs etc but it has been running smoothly enough for me so far.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836350

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Show HN: On-the-Fly Code Review

emurph55 — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:30:49 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/whatever555/ollama-watcher

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45827537

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Ollama-watcher – On the fly code reviews using Ollama

emurph55 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:00:02 +0000

Just an experimental little npm library for creating a quick feedback loop when writing code.

The basic idea is that it runs a quick check on any code when a file is written to, and when code is committed.

I expect there are quite a few bugs etc but it has been running smoothly enough for me so far.

https://github.com/whatever555/ollama-watcher

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45813920

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: A Vim plugin for displaying information on NPM packages

emurph55 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:18:32 +0000

A simple plugin that dislays information on npm plugins within vim.

Plugin "https://github.com/whatever555/npm-package-info"

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43574845

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by emurph55 in "Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news"

emurph55 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:22:59 +0000

Really enjoy this method. Please add Irish if you can! TG4 could be used as possible source material: https://www.youtube.com/@TG4TV/videos

Show HN: Generate Geocities style pages on any subject

emurph55 — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:30:02 +0000

Article URL: https://thedeadweb.eu/?q=AI%20%20software&style=geocities

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43548708

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by emurph55 in "Testing the latest AI tools for prototyping and building simple websites"

emurph55 — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:56:30 +0000

yeah, it usually functions like a simplified wikipedia. It is more useful for simpler subjects in its current form, but ultimately its just a bit of fun

New comment by emurph55 in "Testing the latest AI tools for prototyping and building simple websites"

emurph55 — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:46:54 +0000

On a slightly related note, I have created a tool for generating web pages based on any subject using different "themes". You can create one here with a "Mario-Bro's" theme for example: https://thedeadweb.eu/?q=honey&style=mario-bros

New comment by emurph55 in "Show HN: TheDeadWeb.eu – Explore an AI generated web"

emurph55 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:09:32 +0000

Some quick examples of some different themes: Subject: Large Hadron Collider:

Minimalism: https://thedeadweb.eu/?q=large%20hadron%20collider&style=pur...

Mario-bros: https://thedeadweb.eu/?q=large%20hadron%20collider&style=mar...

Vim: https://thedeadweb.eu/?q=the%20large%20hadron%20collider&sty...

Andy Warhol: https://thedeadweb.eu/?q=the%20large%20hadron%20collider&sty...

Show HN: TheDeadWeb.eu – Explore an AI generated web

emurph55 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:07:32 +0000

If you are visiting an unexplored page, it might take a few seconds to generate. Once your page has loaded, it is then cached (server) for all users. You can theme your experience by interacting with the "Theme" button on the top right of the screen. It is currently a fun WIP, and results do vary.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43504349

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Show HN: The Dead Web

emurph55 — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:06:29 +0000

Article URL: https://thedeadweb.eu/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43482419

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Free Pilot – AI Autocomplete plugin for Vim

emurph55 — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:11:01 +0000

A simple autocomplete plugin for vim/neovim that can connect to Ollama (local) or OpenRouter (remote) AI models. I built this (with a lot of help from Claude) just because I was curious to see how well it would function. While the Ollama results have been pretty disappointing for most cases, it can work ok when connected to models from OpenRouter. Qwen 2.5 [https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen2.5-32b-instruct] was one (kinda) free model that returned some ok results. I've just been using locally, so expect some issues for now!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261116

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by emurph55 in "Show HN: Detective Stories -Lateral thinking detective game with Deepseek player"

emurph55 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:45:25 +0000

Any stories that have been written by AI are marked as such (they are categorized as user submission stories where the author is credited as the AI model). Interestingly the lowest ranked story on the site is one of those, although that was created with an older model. I had never thought of the site as being an "AI product" personally. I just wanted an excuse to play around with web sockets initially, but if I can improve the AI player maybe it will eventually go more in that direction.

New comment by emurph55 in "Show HN: Detective Stories -Lateral thinking detective game with Deepseek player"

emurph55 — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:29:54 +0000

that's pretty funny. Yeah, its far from perfect in terms of implementation at the moment. I was more curious to see if it was capable of understanding the game more than anything for the moment. Previous attempts with other models had proved to be disappointing. I will tweak the prompts to resolve that issue soon enough though. Like you say, it should be bread and butter for this.

New comment by emurph55 in "Show HN: Detective Stories -Lateral thinking detective game with Deepseek player"

emurph55 — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:29:32 +0000

I have had this lateral thinking game online for a while. The jist of the game is that one player asks a "host" a series of questions in order to reach a full understanding of what happened in a story, based on an initial premise.

I have tried in the past at adding AI players but could never get reliable answers. However, as AI has improved, I decided to give it another go. At the moment it is connected to deepseek v3 with some basic prompts, and it looks to handle the task pretty well. Not yet perfect but it definitely does form an impressive understanding of the stories, and the game itself.

Show HN: Detective Stories -Lateral thinking detective game with Deepseek player

emurph55 — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:29:32 +0000

Article URL: https://detective-stories.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42994749

Points: 13

# Comments: 7

New comment by emurph55 in "SimpleQA"

emurph55 — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:57:59 +0000

I've tried using older models to create a cpu player on this lateral thinking game (https://detective-stories.com) and they were surprisingly bad at giving answers. I am curious to see how well the more recent models will do.

New comment by emurph55 in "Show HN: Vanity. A Vim plugin for managing color schemes"

emurph55 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:38:50 +0000

Quick guide to getting started:

Install with vundle:

Plugin 'whatever555/vanity'

To cycle through available color schemes call :VanityNextCol. When you come across a colour scheme you LIKE call :VanitySaveFavColorForFileType to add it as a favourite. When you come across a colour scheme you LOVE call :VanitySetDefaultColorForFiletype to add it as the default colour scheme for that filetype.