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

jamesyun — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:30:03 +0000

Hmm interesting idea, although not sure if my users would want to share their location with strangers. It's more designed to be a thing you do at home or on a walk (my favorite) to keep your communication skills sharp.

Part of the beauty of the app is that it's pseudo-anonymous. Nobody knows it's you (unless they can recognize your voice). I think that helps relieve some of the pressure with public speaking.

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

jamesyun — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:21:59 +0000

Feedback noted! (rly appreciate it btw)

You can just record a short dummy audio to get through the onboarding flow.

Microphone access is pretty central to the app. Even feedback to other speeches is given via audio (no text feedback). Though reading this makes me understand users may want to just listen and write text feedback. Especially if they're warming up to become speakers themselves.

I definitely don't want microphone access to block you from listening to others. Will be updating this. Thanks!

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

jamesyun — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:10:35 +0000

It's in the works! I developed the app in React Native, so should be fairly straightforward. My test android device is coming in the mail this week, an Android version should be out within the next month or so.

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

jamesyun — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:44:30 +0000

I'm building Orate, a free public speaking app:

• Users are given a prompt and have 2 minutes to answer.

• Speeches are reviewed by AI and other users.

Speaking eloquently "off the dome" is an incredibly useful skill, improving all your interactions with other people. And like a muscle, you can train it with dedicated practice until it becomes effortless.

It has been very fulfilling to listen to other people's speeches, knowing that we're helping each other pursue our shared goal of becoming excellent communicators.

If you're looking to improve your public speaking, I recommend you give it a try! https://apps.apple.com/il/app/orate-practice-speaking/id6761...

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

jamesyun — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:09:13 +0000

I'm building Orate, a free public speaking app:

* Users are given a prompt and have 2 minutes to answer.

* Speeches are reviewed by AI and other users.

It has been very fulfilling to listen to other people's speeches, knowing that we're helping each other pursue our shared goal of becoming excellent communicators.

If you're looking to improve your public speaking, I recommend you give it a try!

https://apps.apple.com/il/app/orate-practice-speaking/id6761...

Gemini 3 Deep Think is now available in the Gemini app

jamesyun — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:35:00 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3-deep-think/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46156234

Points: 4

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New comment by jamesyun in "Using an 8K TV as a Monitor"

jamesyun — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:21:35 +0000

I use a single ultrawide at home and dual-monitors at work.

Initially thought having one monitor experience was more seamless, but I do miss implicit window organizational aspect that dual monitors provide. And screensharing on the ultra-wide is a pain.

New comment by jamesyun in "New – Set Up Your AWS Notifications in One Place"

jamesyun — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:33:26 +0000

Full disclosure: I'm one of the engineers that worked on this service.

AWS User Notifications allows configuring EventBridge events to be delivered via Console, email, mobile app, and/or AWS Chatbot.

Aggregating notifications while respecting data sovereignty via Notification Hubs was especially tricky to get right. Hope you guys enjoy.

Feel free to share your thoughts and suggestions, good chance the PM will see them.

New – Set Up Your AWS Notifications in One Place

jamesyun — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:11:55 +0000

Article URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-set-up-your-aws-notifications-in-one-place/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812615

Points: 2

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