Show HN: TimerVana a Local-first scheduler for real world routines https://bit.ly/4cNMJ9d

Show HN: TimerVana a Local-first scheduler for real world routines Hi HN, I’m the creator of TimerVana. It's not just "another timer app". The engineering analogy is a lightweight task scheduler for things people do in the real world. A normal timer models one countdown. TimerVana models a small dependency graph in JSON: some steps run sequentially, others run in parallel, and everything can converge on a target finish time. You can also combine multiple timers (e.g., combine a timer with all the steps to cook a steak + a timer for roasting vegetables). I originally built it because I often set multiple timers and alarms when cooking and got tired of repeatedly juggling separate alarms to get a main dish and several sides ready together. The same model also works for workouts, study sessions, morning routines, and other repeatable processes. The iPhone app is local-first by design [0]. You can create, save, and run timers entirely on your phone without an account or cloud sharing. If you want the networked features, the companion website lets you browse and download timers, upload your own, and share them with other people. Everything available today is free. I may eventually add optional AI-assisted timer creation as a paid feature, but I haven’t settled on the business model or pricing. I'm more doing this to solve my own problem and hope it will help others as well. I’m interested in whether the underlying abstraction makes sense: does a sequence of dependent and parallel timed steps help you? I’d also appreciate feedback on the balance I took between the completely local experience and the optional sharing layer (I was partially inspired by the old iOS Workflow App, which was acquired by Apple and is now called Shortcuts). Of course, any other feedback very much appreciated. [0]: https://apple.co/4zXnb3g... https://bit.ly/4xcAWbQ September 4, 2026 at 11:47PM

Show HN: Interactive map of the Japanese address system https://bit.ly/4xbIziG

Show HN: Interactive map of the Japanese address system I had a hard time understanding the Japanese address system. Parts of addresses have suffixes like fu, shi, ku, chōme, ban and gō. Which suffixes are used varies between regions in a way that seemed random to me. I couldn't find a map of the system with a modern visualization, so I made one. It also shows whether an area has a governor or a mayor. For example Tokyo's wards have mayors and Osaka's don't. You can click around or drop the pin to explore, or write an address in the search bar. https://bit.ly/4iLta4P September 4, 2026 at 07:42AM

Show HN: Word42, a wordprocessor inspired by MS Word and Abiword https://bit.ly/461SZGu

Show HN: Word42, a wordprocessor inspired by MS Word and Abiword https://bit.ly/461I7IH September 4, 2026 at 05:39AM

Show HN: Reactor Atlas https://bit.ly/3Vc6aSN

Show HN: Reactor Atlas Hi HN, I'm a nuclear engineer and tech entrepreneur. After working for 3 years in the National Atomic Energy Commision (CNEA) in HPC software for nuclear simulations, I co-founded ratherlabs.com, a software company providing blockchain solutions for startups. Rather Labs business reached ~6 million usd in annual revenue in 2024; now demand is decreasing as our niche clients are using AI to launch their MVPs. Now I'm joining my scientific background with my entrepreneurial inclinations to think of problems related to the energy industry. Nuclear is experiencing a renaissance now (it was in a dark age when I was studying after the Fukushima event) so I think this is the right moment for me to jump again into the field. Reactor atlas is an interactive nuclear reactor map and an intelligence layer on top of it. The basic layer indexes: - power reactors - research reactors - fuel facilities with their history and projection, by country. The project is solving a fragmented information ecosystem, where operational and commercial data is hard to conciliate. Also, I'm monitoring nuclear news associated with each of the facilities, political declarations that may affect the nuclear landscape and geo-phisical news (like earthquakes) that could affect operation. On top of the operational + news layer, I'm creating an intelligence layer that will help institutions of different types make faster decisions by subscribing to very specific alerts. As an engineer, I used to code in fortran and c++ when I was working at CNEA, and later I participated in the first Rather Labs projects architecting complex async systems, mostly using MERN stack. I'm no longer coding anymore. I'm focused on designing robust systems with AI agents. I mainly used Claude Fable 5.1 to develop reactoratlas.com, deploying on vercel and using mostly nextjs, threejs, postgreSQL and some cron jobs to query and update data. I miss coding as in the old days, but I haven't code a single line in this project. And I strongly believe we humans shouldn't code anymore: our responsibility is now on designing and supervising AI systems. Thanks for your attention! https://bit.ly/3US1Vf6 September 3, 2026 at 01:33PM

Show HN: I made a word building game supporting anagrams and one handed use https://bit.ly/4yk2BIL

Show HN: I made a word building game supporting anagrams and one handed use Hi everyone, Wanted to share a game I built. It's called Unscramble! and I believe it's the simplest word building game. Rules: You get a few letters on screen. You need to make one word with all the letters. Tap a letter to select. Tap again to deselect. Faster you go, better you score. If you enter anagrams of the word it's looking for, it gives you extra points. If you are stuck, you can either "Ask Friend" or get Hint. You get extra points for getting the word fast but you don't get penalized for taking too long. I believe the simplicity of the game along with big touch buttons makes it perfect for one handed use. There's 6 difficulty levels in the game, and settings for things like toggling the timer, relaxing background music, sound effects, haptic feedback, removing the background animation. If you want to try: https://apple.co/4yiPgQP... Would love to hear feedback to improve it. September 3, 2026 at 03:37PM

Show HN: The cheapest GPU cloud – H100s at $2.04/HR, H200s at $3/HR https://bit.ly/4qOPIDS

Show HN: The cheapest GPU cloud – H100s at $2.04/HR, H200s at $3/HR https://bit.ly/3TcRgLw September 3, 2026 at 03:50AM

Show HN: Redactle LLM Leaderboard https://bit.ly/4qSxpO3

Show HN: Redactle LLM Leaderboard I got nerd sniped and ran a bunch of evaluations to see how well models could play Redactle. It turns out Gemini flash is in a league of it's own in both performance and cost. It's able to one-shot every eval in a just a few seconds. https://bit.ly/4zXqOq0 September 3, 2026 at 01:11AM

Show HN: Open source ML programming language playground https://bit.ly/4dk3Tez

Show HN: Open source ML programming language playground After joining a ML Study group and trying Google Colab I decided to create my own array programming language to help me learn and visualize machine learning. There are many demo repos using this language which has become more general purpose. Under active development. See github link in footer. Built in Tour, Demos, Tutorials, Glossary, etc. Can use this same UI on a local system to program Apple Silicon, NVIDIA GPUs, or to use Ollama models for context aware help in the REPL. The system architecture is documented in the wiki: https://bit.ly/4xbfGDb https://bit.ly/4yckKIf September 2, 2026 at 11:05PM

Show HN: Markdown Gatekeeper – one current source per topic for AI agents https://bit.ly/46A48hN

Show HN: Markdown Gatekeeper – one current source per topic for AI agents https://bit.ly/3V8pmAQ September 2, 2026 at 03:48AM

Show HN: Gopdfrab – Open-source PDF/A processing for Go https://bit.ly/4gABnpO

Show HN: Gopdfrab – Open-source PDF/A processing for Go https://bit.ly/4h8jDCP September 1, 2026 at 07:34PM

Show HN: Three Pins a daily 3-hole golf game in the browser https://bit.ly/4cWgTH7

Show HN: Three Pins a daily 3-hole golf game in the browser https://bit.ly/4cT7zDU September 1, 2026 at 06:45PM

Show HN: Notes Plus – A Markdown Apple Notes Clone with Latex, Excalidraw etc. https://bit.ly/4xxc8Mm

Show HN: Notes Plus – A Markdown Apple Notes Clone with Latex, Excalidraw etc. tldr: clone of Apple Notes, but every note is a local Markdown file. Hi, I used a summer of unemployment to actually finalize a hobby project, a literal clone of Apple's Notes, with open access to the filesystem, meaning each note is just a markdown file. Then implemented renderers for Excalidraw, Latex, AsciiMath, mermaid diagrams, PlantUML, Graphviz, Vega Lite, mhchem and footnotes (a feature i need a lot in texts). It can also show notes in vertical lists, like swimlanes, I call it "JIRA view" ;) Free for now (might monetize later if successful, with $19 one-time payment, NOT subscription)! I'm not 100% sure about the legal aspect of this, but i will try to even list it in the Appstore. The binaries are signed / notarized by Apple. *PLEASE NOTE:* This is an early alpha! SO BACKUP YOUR STUFF OR JUST WORK WITH COPIES! There are issues! I'm posting this here to collect hurtful user feedback. There's a bug report button in the app, and it will notify you about available updates. Thanks, I kindly request any form of feedback! https://bit.ly/4h4VBJR September 2, 2026 at 12:17AM

Show HN: A Curated Library of Hero Sections from Fast-Growing Startups https://bit.ly/4qPG0B9

Show HN: A Curated Library of Hero Sections from Fast-Growing Startups https://bit.ly/4qXbYvp September 1, 2026 at 03:36AM

Show HN: Saccade – Live semantic browser truth for AI agents https://bit.ly/3SDsfsO

Show HN: Saccade – Live semantic browser truth for AI agents I build one this application is to resolve the most of the agent cannot handle the brother they extremely slow. So I come up with this idea, we install one of the extntion on chrome or edge to give continuously compile the tabs authorized by the user into semantically meaningful objects with stable identities, and push page changes as deltas to the local Node.js Broker. The Agent reads the full truth or delta of the specified tab via MCP and executes actions using object IDs bound to document. The preliminary result shows that it is very close to the performance of Playwright in terms of token use and speed. The only problem with this one is that at the very first time, it is going to send the full truth, and after that, for any page changes, it only sends the data. So, after the first read, the continuous operation of the page reaches the millisecond reaction loop. It can also upload filled forms, downloads, and all kinds of stuff. I want somebody to check and use it. If it is possible plz give me some feedback. https://bit.ly/4qPDIC8 September 1, 2026 at 12:35AM

Show HN: ScoutLayer – a simple API to find contacts from a domain https://bit.ly/4gO40Ai

Show HN: ScoutLayer – a simple API to find contacts from a domain https://bit.ly/3So4d4Z August 31, 2026 at 03:21AM

Show HN: Break 5, the addictive, free 5 minute, daily word game https://bit.ly/4i3xdcE

Show HN: Break 5, the addictive, free 5 minute, daily word game No 3rd party analytics, no tracking, no data sharing. Just a fun, free game where everyone plays the same daily puzzle, in which you are challenged to turn one five-letter word into another five-letter word, changing one letter at a time. https://bit.ly/4gGFe4O August 31, 2026 at 01:05AM

Show HN: What Apple's OS updates silently change in the on-device AI model https://bit.ly/3SkNQpT

Show HN: What Apple's OS updates silently change in the on-device AI model https://bit.ly/4xikhUl August 31, 2026 at 12:41AM

Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription https://bit.ly/4wSN0i3

Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription I signed up for a paid service to get my phone, addresses, and vehicles off the public internet. It didn’t work. So I built remove-your-data, an open-source repo that tells your agent exactly what to do to remove your personal information online. https://bit.ly/4iDwKOp August 29, 2026 at 11:31PM

Show HN: SSH Ache – open-source desktop SSH client with SFTP, tunnels and MCP https://bit.ly/4izMh1J

Show HN: SSH Ache – open-source desktop SSH client with SFTP, tunnels and MCP https://bit.ly/3T7pkbX August 29, 2026 at 08:42PM

Show HN: Metis – An agent harness pushing DeepSeek to Opus-tier coding (82%) https://bit.ly/4xCnH55

Show HN: Metis – An agent harness pushing DeepSeek to Opus-tier coding (82%) https://bit.ly/4cfDqOV August 29, 2026 at 03:36AM