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Show HN: Squire – A Game Night discord bot

https://github.com/RaneWallin/GameNightBot
2•Imz4di•6h ago
Problem: My friend-group meets once a week to play board games. We were looking for a way to track who has what game, how often we play different games, and who wins.

Solution: I decided to make a discord bot to track our games and session. This was a logical approach, since we use discord for planning our get-togethers.

For fun, I also implemented an ask_ai feature using Open AI to ask questions about games and rules.

I used supabase for the backend because it has an easy sign up process, decent free tier, and didn't ask me for a credit card up front.

This is the first time I have used AI (ChatGPT) to do a lot of code generation. I've used it in the past to answer specific questions, but this time I used it more extensively.

Here are some things I learned:

ChatGPT is pretty powerful. I could give it a prompt like "Write a command called /add_game that lets the user add a game to their collection" and it would give me back a fairly complete result. But, it is not without its limitations.

ChatGPT is really bad at remembering what it has already done. I'm still in the process of removing redundant code, especially in the supabase helpers. Every time it needed to use the database it wrote a new helper function instead of using one it already wrote. I ended up with things like create_user, get_and_create_user, create_user_and_get_id, etc.

ChatGPT is terrible at writing tests, at least for python. Most of the tests it wrote would not run correctly. It was more work trying to fix its tests than try to write my own.

ChatGPT will absolutely just make stuff up. We already knew this, of course, but it's worth mentioning as often as possible. I used the ask_ai feature for the following question "Who goes first in Veiled Fate." Veiled Fate has a very specific mechanic for determining who goes first (deal fate cards to each player and the one with the feather goes first). I asked the AI the question several times and it gave me the wrong answer every time, and every answer was different. Some of the more fun answers "the last person to see the stars," "the person who most recently traveled abroad," "the person who most recently went to the forest," etc.

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So, this is still a work in progress. If you have feedback, let me know.

Anthropic Faces Trial over 7M Pirated Books, Damages Could Reach $1T

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/anthropic-wins-key-ruling-ai-authors-copyright-lawsuit-2025-06-24/
3•pyman•8m ago•1 comments

Free AI Hiring Demo – Paraform

https://paraform-genie-magic.lovable.app/
1•lkhoshnevis•11m ago•1 comments

One Year with a Framework Laptop 16 and Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop

https://linhpham.org/blog/2025/one-year-with-framework-laptop-16-fedora-kde-desktop/
2•nmstoker•14m ago•0 comments

Plasma 6.4 Wayland vs. X11, processor and power benchmarks

https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-6-4-performance-wayland-x11-power-cpu-kernel.html
3•airhangerf15•14m ago•0 comments

The Dangers of AI Personalization

https://time.com/7296719/ai-personalization-harm-essay/
2•malshe•15m ago•0 comments

The Mental Model of Server Components

https://saewitz.com/the-mental-model-of-server-components
2•PaulHoule•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A pure photo collage tool

https://imagesplitter.org/merge-images
2•panyanyany•20m ago•0 comments

Attabotics CEO on devastating week that brought bankruptcy

https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2025/7/6/attabotics-ceo-scott-gravelle-opens-up-about-devastating-week-that-saw-bankruptcy-and-tesco-deal
3•bcantrill•24m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Language Server Implementation for SystemD Unit Files

https://github.com/JFryy/systemd-lsp
2•arandomhuman•29m ago•0 comments

Self-Cleaning Ants

https://gbragafibra.github.io/2025/07/06/collatz_ant6.html
2•Fibra•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: WhatsApp Contact Exporter

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/whatsapp-contact-exporter/dlplljmhphnabhmlhjplfgpakefmfhho
2•qwikhost•31m ago•0 comments

Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/06/weedkiller-diquat-organ-damage-study
4•vinni2•41m ago•0 comments

I built a free website for remote workers to find laptop friendly coffee shops

https://studynearme.com/
2•kicksent•42m ago•1 comments

I spent $80 and 14 hours to build this, welcome to my new website!

https://chiraga.io/blog/welcome/
2•chiragagrawal93•50m ago•0 comments

Are Language Models strategic or parrots?

https://www.kennethpayne.uk/p/are-language-models-strategic-or
2•car•53m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Has AWS ever surprised you with a bill?

3•noway_bro•56m ago•0 comments

U.S. Insurers Are Refusing to Cover Climate Change Risk Zones

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Insurers-Are-Refusing-to-Cover-Climate-Change-Risk-Zones.html
4•toomuchtodo•58m ago•3 comments

Pangu's Sorrow: The Sorrow and Darkness of Huawei's Noah Pangu LLM R&D Process

https://github.com/moonlightelite/True-Story-of-Pangu/blob/main/README.md
2•guardiangod•59m ago•0 comments

Sandboxes? In my process? It's more likely than you think

https://dadrian.io/blog/posts/memory-safety-and-sandboxes/
2•dadrian•59m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How is the tech scene in LA?

4•asdev•1h ago•0 comments

Wutopia Lab designs bookshop in China to resemble inside of teapot

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/03/01/wutopia-lab-ceramic-pages-bookshop/
2•neom•1h ago•1 comments

CalyxOS Community update – our progress after the release of Android 16

https://calyxos.org/news/2025/06/26/community-update-android-16/
2•pabs3•1h ago•0 comments

Can Tinygrad Win?

https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/07/06/can-tinygrad-win.html
3•_hark•1h ago•0 comments

Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks

https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat
53•ananddtyagi•1h ago•32 comments

There's a COMPUTER inside my DS flashcart [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq0pJmd7GAA
16•surprisetalk•1h ago•0 comments

Can Digital Poison Corrupt the Algorithm?

https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/can-digital-poison-corrupt-the-algorithm/
2•gnabgib•1h ago•1 comments

Secret Cellular Phone Numbers

https://computer.rip/2025-07-06-secret-cellular-phone-numbers.html
3•zdw•1h ago•0 comments

MCP Generator

https://liblab.com/blog/mcp-generator
2•sagivo•1h ago•0 comments

China Is Quickly Eroding America's Lead in the Global AI Race

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/china-is-quickly-eroding-america-s-lead-in-the-global-ai-race/ar-AA1HNoP4
3•BiraIgnacio•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Modernized File Manager and Program Manager from Windows 3.x

https://github.com/brianluft/heirloom
2•electroly•1h ago•0 comments