Hacker News: trubalca

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

trubalca — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:21:19 +0000

I am working on selling my laser cut maps to hotels

themapsguy.com

and improving my language learning app:

lexical.app/white-paper

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

trubalca — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:05:15 +0000

Also building a CW Ham radio from a kit

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

trubalca — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:04:49 +0000

Building a text editor w/ git-like version history

versionary.app

New comment by trubalca in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell"

trubalca — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:19:13 +0000

Thank you, I appreciate it! :)

New comment by trubalca in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell"

trubalca — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:19:02 +0000

I can usually get a map shipped out within a day of the order (depending on what time you order at). I'll have you give me the custom map information here:

preview.themapsguy.com

New comment by trubalca in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell"

trubalca — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:36:51 +0000

I use a CO2 laser yeah

New comment by trubalca in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell"

trubalca — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:23:50 +0000

I sell laser cut decorative maps

TheMapsGuy.com

New comment by trubalca in "App Feedback"

trubalca — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:37:02 +0000

Hi all, I've been working on this collaborative text editor with a buddy for a few days now and we are having a difficult time getting in contact with writers. The primary differentiator is a simple UI for GIT-like functionality including branching, merging, diffs, and pull requests. We feel semi-confident that there is some industry that needs this functionality enough to pay for it but we aren't sure who exactly. Some people we have thought of so far include:

- screenwriters - lawyers - editors / writers - academics - students potentially - anyone who has important documents and cares about version history

We are struggling to figure out how to reach out to these people and subsequently interview them. We are looking for design partners who will guide the creation of the product and hopefully ultimately pay for it. Would love to hear your guys' thoughts on how to find and reach out to these people

App Feedback

trubalca — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:37:02 +0000

Article URL: https://versionary.app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46298911

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by trubalca in "Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years"

trubalca — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:05:54 +0000

Hey, thanks. I'll go fix the toy story bug haha. I am also working on making it quicker by pre-loading the audio. Thanks for the feedback!

New comment by trubalca in "Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years"

trubalca — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:35:56 +0000

Haha, thanks man. If there a particular language you'd like me to add just lmk

New comment by trubalca in "Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years"

trubalca — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:35:18 +0000

Hey thanks! I do hope to add some additional basic grammar instruction in the future... similar to what is in the grammar guides that I mention in the white-paper

New comment by trubalca in "Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years"

trubalca — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:53:44 +0000

Hi there! I'm working on it right now and hope to have it added by the end of the week. I'll shoot you a message here when I've got it added. Or, you can send me an email so I can respond to your there: taylorboan@me.com

Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years

trubalca — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:13:12 +0000

Hey HN, I'm Taylor and today I'm launching Lexical, a language learning app that actually works by teaching the 5,000 most common words in the target language.

Spaced repetition is how I've learned Spanish, French, and Italian in the last 3 years and I couldn't find tools that have the languages that I want to learn in the future, so I built Lexical.

The link goes to my White-Paper describing the language learning philosophy behind Lexical if you just want to try it out you can click "Get Started" at the top of the page. To really experience Lexical at it's best you'll need an account (sorry guys) but I've tried to make it as easy as possible.

I'm a big fan of Hacker News and am looking forward to your comments and hopefully even some beta users.

Here are some old HN posts that inspired my app and white-paper.

Learning is remembering https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32982513

Kanji only requires 777 words https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20721736

Most of language learning is temporary heuristics https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907531

Duolingo sucks https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45425061

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45890795

Points: 9

# Comments: 13