Hacker News: franze

New comment by franze in "Resetting Xbox"

franze — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:54:48 +0000

When I bought my XBox i spent half a day setting up an account and payments.

Good old times. The last time I tried to buy something on Xbox it fails miserable with multiple cryptic error messages - mostly around my credit card.

No problem though to biy the game on my mac via browser and then after a few more settings actually showed up on my xbox.

New comment by franze in "AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news"

franze — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:35:33 +0000

hypothesis: connecting an ai autoblogging script to Google Analytics / Google Search Console:

00 you seed some articles

10 wait for traffic

20 bot fetches GA / GSC

30 bot analysis what works what does not

40 instructed to create more of what works

50 more ai slop that works in search / social

60 Go To 10

aka a "positive" / unchallenged feedback loop

content cost dismissible - cents per article

Show HN: I build an app for you to take a break from AI. RainBreak

franze — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:09:54 +0000

Article URL: https://rainbreak.franzai.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691992

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

SHOW HN: RainBreak App Mac – The AI doesn't need a break. But you do

franze — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:35:28 +0000

Article URL: https://rainbreak.franzai.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48656483

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by franze in "Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site"

franze — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:15:26 +0000

I also hate ads in games, ... and as another serious restriction I only play on thumb slide games (think 2048) that just make me think enough (i want to relax) so I and Fable 5 developed https://squishy.franzai.com/ (Design is Opus 4.8, iOS Frame also Opus 4.8 - as Fable was gone by then).

Now waiting already for a week for Apple greenlighting my iOS update for the level builder...

Show HN: Local Translate CLI for Mac [MIT]

franze — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:15:59 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/Arthur-Ficial/translate

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635495

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by franze in "Did my old job only exist because of fraud?"

franze — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:10:51 +0000

Sounds like Europe....

New comment by franze in "I Stored a Website in a Favicon"

franze — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 12:27:25 +0000

and the obvious Doom Example https://vidferris.github.io/FaviconDoom/favicondoom.html

New comment by franze in "I Stored a Website in a Favicon"

franze — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 12:10:47 +0000

also https://pong-in-a-favicon.franzai.com/ for further favicon (mis)use

New comment by franze in "Show HN: Appaca – AI Workspace for Operators"

franze — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:22:17 +0000

looks good, but can you explain what it does without marketing copy. what does it run where? locally? your servers?

New comment by franze in "Nobody clicks share buttons"

franze — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:10:11 +0000

running my own experiment and the chatgpt button by now gets more clicks than the share buttons ie https://www.veganblatt.com/a/hafermilch-edeka (german)

Calbe Detective Mac App – What's plugged into each port

franze — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:53:47 +0000

Article URL: https://cable-detective.franzai.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546910

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by franze in "Show HN: Solaris the Thinking Ocean Simulator"

franze — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:34:57 +0000

mostly pure three.js

and yeah lem's stories stick with one and solaris i revisit every other year again

Show HN: Solaris the Thinking Ocean Simulator

franze — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:17:49 +0000

Article URL: https://solaris.franzai.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532838

Points: 7

# Comments: 4

New comment by franze in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

franze — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:23:01 +0000

For fun: https://squishy.franzai.com/

For curiosity: https://airplane-ai.franzai.com/ based on Gemma

For profit: optimizing my virtual desktop in the cloud setup for AI First workshops

New comment by franze in "Shepherd's Dog: A Game by Fable"

franze — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:27:58 +0000

No, the reason is that it is a follow up on a (multiple) threads march last year and shows the progress of ai.

New comment by franze in "Ask HN: Show your AI coded games [June 2026]"

franze — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:38:18 +0000

Thx, the general idea was 2048 for kids with some adventure elements. turned then into something completely new. explorative ai development.

New comment by franze in "Ask HN: Show your AI coded games [June 2026]"

franze — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:26:16 +0000

Honestly really great idea and execution.

New comment by franze in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"

franze — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:51:58 +0000

I started a thread if others want to show their AI coded games. -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509243

maybe it becomes a monthly thing, maybe not.

New comment by franze in "Ask HN: Show your AI coded games [June 2026]"

franze — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:50:29 +0000

3D Tik Tak Toe - https://3dttt.franzai.com/ - Opus 4.x