Hacker News: janpmz

Namecheap has been down for six hours

janpmz — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:22:34 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/namecheapceo/status/2087931259389464611

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290724

Points: 17

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Show HN: Listen to audiobooks like you read, at your own pace

janpmz — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:21:45 +0000

Article URL: https://listendock.com/sentence-mode

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49168594

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by janpmz in "Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes"

janpmz — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0000

The diffusion codes all have a distinctive style where the qr code "melts" into the picture. I wanted to have more dedicated codes.

New comment by janpmz in "Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes"

janpmz — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:51:48 +0000

With simple prompting it works sometimes but less reliably. I implemented a healing and strengthening algorithm which can improve codes that don't scan quickly.

Show HN: Beautiful QR Codes

janpmz — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:21:45 +0000

Article URL: https://scanwayy.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905030

Points: 20

# Comments: 15

New comment by janpmz in "Show HN: Ilya's 30 papers, explained in audio"

janpmz — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:41:11 +0000

Thanks! Links are one cards and on the episode pages too.

Show HN: Ilya's 30 papers, explained in audio

janpmz — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:10:03 +0000

Hey HN!

I have turned Ilya’s 30 papers into AI audio overviews (and videos). Each paper gets explained chapter by chapter.

I think this is a good starting point to get an overview before reading the full original PDFs.

I recently added the multi-speaker podcast style explanations like in NotebookLM. If anybody has a good suggestion for a new format, let me know :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853028

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by janpmz in "30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format"

janpmz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:39:41 +0000

Ok, thanks for the viewpoint, that makes sense. I use AI summaries every day and find it very valuable. But I also see the trend e.g. on Reddit, that people are very dismissive of ai content.

New comment by janpmz in "Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro"

janpmz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:33:02 +0000

Both Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text now have local models that are good enough to get the job done. Kokoro for TTS, Parakeet for STT and Fluid-1 for text formatting (I use it with FluidVoice). I hope this is a trend that continues for other applications.

New comment by janpmz in "Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained"

janpmz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:12:56 +0000

Isn't the EU rather like a single point of failure?

New comment by janpmz in "All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face"

janpmz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:04:00 +0000

I wonder if they also have a seeker pointed at my face then, because I don't want that shining into my eyes.

New comment by janpmz in "30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format"

janpmz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:48:26 +0000

Why do I get downvoted whenever I post something here? Do you think its too spammy? Because its AI? Do I have a downvote bot following me?

New comment by janpmz in "30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format"

janpmz — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:35:22 +0000

After seeing this for the first time, I've build PdfToMp3 to listen to these papers. It has now evolved into ListenDock. Fun fact: PdfToMp3 existed before NotebookLM and I already had "overviews", but I called them teacher explanations.

Here is an example of a "Teacher Explanation" of the paper "Quantifying the Rise and Fall of Complexity in Closed Systems: The Coffee Automaton"

https://listendock.com/e/quantifying_the_rise_and_fall_of_co...

New comment by janpmz in "Prefer duplication over the wrong abstraction (2016)"

janpmz — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:37:18 +0000

> If they diverge

This is the key, if they are very similar but used by different consumers the chance that they will diverge in the future is very high. And once they do they will break the abstraction.

New comment by janpmz in "I used sound waves to make espresso. It could cut coffee‑brewing energy use by ¾"

janpmz — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:19:59 +0000

Don't show this to the EU, or they will force us drink only ultrasound espresso from now on.

New comment by janpmz in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"

janpmz — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:34:33 +0000

I've been building a PDF -> MP3 tool (web, iphone, android): https://listendock.com/

Then a little calorie-radar-alert app that motivates you to stay on diet before going into a shop: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stay-lean-calorie-navigation/i...

And to test the hypothesis if the motivation actually works with "fast flashing images" I built this experiment: https://fitfatflix.fit/

When openClaw came out I build a game like map around it to orchestrate tasks: https://memefields.com/

And not published, I build a little recommender app of activities I can do only today or only this time of the year where I currently am, so I don't miss good things.

And some other stuff I'm working on right now :)

New comment by janpmz in "Show HN: NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm"

janpmz — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:06:38 +0000

You know what would be cool, a "different suggest" that acts like different algorithm.

Show HN: ListenDock now supports free TTS and bring-your-own API keys

janpmz — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:46:26 +0000

Article URL: https://listendock.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448574

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by janpmz in "Show HN: Stay Lean – Calorie Navigation"

janpmz — Sun, 03 May 2026 05:48:07 +0000

I had fun making this :)

Show HN: Stay Lean – Calorie Navigation

janpmz — Sun, 03 May 2026 05:47:44 +0000

Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stay-lean-calorie-navigation/id6762153463

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993771

Points: 2

# Comments: 1