Hacker News: richardreeze

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

richardreeze — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:38:50 +0000

I’m working on a 52-part series about retention.

Each week I research one part of retention, teach it, and apply it to two real-world products I built.

I’ve published five lectures so far, and think the series should be useful to anyone here building a product: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFp5nmjrQeug

Google DeepMind reimagines the mouse pointer

richardreeze — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:17:09 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/2054246119635300451

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48123066

Points: 3

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New comment by richardreeze in "Show HN: I made a down detector for down detector"

richardreeze — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:55:14 +0000

Aren't costs higher though?

Amazon's Hits and Misses

richardreeze — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:56:17 +0000

Article URL: https://richardreis.me/amazon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45501593

Points: 1

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New comment by richardreeze in "GPT-5"

richardreeze — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:27:27 +0000

This made me laugh and feel scared simultaneously.

New comment by richardreeze in "Show HN: OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app"

richardreeze — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:03:28 +0000

Awesome project! Would be great if I could set goals like "solve 10 puzzles a day" and have the app track it for me.

Chess.com doesn't offer this option, so would be a neat differentiator :)

New comment by richardreeze in "Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?"

richardreeze — Wed, 14 May 2025 10:53:34 +0000

How much do you (roughly, per month) pay for Gemini's API? That's my main concern with switching to "bring your own API keys" tools.

Show HN: I made a tool to remove Markdown citations from Deep Research Reports

richardreeze — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:48:04 +0000

Article URL: https://cheaprr.com/free/deep-research-cleaner

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43732142

Points: 1

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Show HN: I made Cheaprr – Access multiple AI tools via one platform

richardreeze — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:20:55 +0000

I built Cheaprr based on two premises:

1. AI is now good enough to handle most creative tasks that once required human freelancers. 2. Still, subscription fatigue is real. Many people (myself included) don’t want to pay monthly for tools they use occasionally.

That’s why I created Cheaprr: a platform where you can “hire” AI bots for specific tasks on demand. It brings top AI tools (OpenAI, Midjourney, ElevenLabs, etc) together in one place.

The best part? Instead of paying for a subscription, you buy credits (called "Volts") and only spend them when you need a task done.

Cheaprr is still in beta, and I’m building it solo, so I’d love any feedback!

Website: https://cheaprr.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43648578

Points: 1

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New comment by richardreeze in "Cognitive Behaviors That Enable Self-Improving Reasoners"

richardreeze — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:50:08 +0000

This is fascinating. Reminds me of how people improve at chess by studying a chess engine's suggestions.

New comment by richardreeze in "Show HN: I built a list of Product Hunt alternatives for indie founders"

richardreeze — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 22:57:25 +0000

What's the cost? It only takes a few min to submit on Product Hunt.

I agree that you're better off befriending the PH editorial team (since they decide who gets featured and who doesn't).

But even a simple launch gets you a backlink and "some" traffic. So I wouldn't say "you're doing it wrong" for doing something with no downside and some upside.

Show HN: One-click webpage to markdown Chrome extension (for LLM use)

richardreeze — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:48:05 +0000

Article URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/markie-â-one-click-webpag/odpmahcclbeabdmjhliedophekhoefmi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41736287

Points: 2

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New comment by richardreeze in "AI Companions Reduce Loneliness"

richardreeze — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 03:58:20 +0000

Shameless plug, but I just launched this a week ago: https://sparkaidating.com/

Its philosophy is different from most AI companion apps (one partner, not many + gamified relationship building instead of instant gratification).

Some people really like it. And I'd love as much feedback as I can get.

Show HN: I made a gamified AI dating app

richardreeze — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:41:04 +0000

Article URL: https://sparkaidating.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41571124

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by richardreeze in "Google Illuminate: Books and papers turned into audio"

richardreeze — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 01:03:27 +0000

This is something I don't get about Google.

I saw they launched NotebookLM Audio Overview today: https://blog.google/technology/ai/notebooklm-audio-overviews...

So what the heck is illuminate and why would they simultaneously launch a competing product?

New comment by richardreeze in "Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care"

richardreeze — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 22:00:50 +0000

I forgot who said this, but burnout is only the result of hard work not paying off.

When you work hard and things are going well, you get energized and can work 24/7.

When you work hard and things aren't panning out, you get "burnout".

This coincides with people who work extremely hard and have done so for decades (think of top tech founders... for example Jensen Huang: https://x.com/seanpk/status/1829526623731024055)

If you feel burnt out, chances are you're not getting the results you want. So instead of concluding "burnout is affecting my brain" I think the better reaction is to ask yourself "what needs to change?"

New comment by richardreeze in "Stanford: The Age of AI, Eric Schmidt [video]"

richardreeze — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 03:43:00 +0000

I heard the entire thing and it was great (he gave good tips on hard work, where llms/ ai companies are headed, google's breakup by the doj, etc...)

This coming from someone who never enjoyed Eric Schmidt interviews because he's so media trained.

For once he was honest and unfiltered... And they censored it.

Wish there was a reliable WayBack Machine for every YouTube video lol

New comment by richardreeze in "Stanford: The Age of AI, Eric Schmidt [video]"

richardreeze — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:22:05 +0000

No one archived that video? Dangit it was his best interview

New comment by richardreeze in "Show HN: Simple Science – The Newest Science Explained Simply"

richardreeze — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 20:42:52 +0000

I think a way around this would be some sort of voting/ popularity system?

Papers with code (https://paperswithcode.com/) does this via Github stars sorting.

Sure it doesn't mean something is established. But at least it gives some way to filter through the firehose of papers.

Love this project btw! I think it has potential (and the timing is right now that everyone is looking for the next "attention is all you need")

New comment by richardreeze in "SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube"

richardreeze — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 20:29:30 +0000

It's as simple as "if ads didn't work, YouTube, Facebook, Google, et al wouldn't exist"