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Neomacs: Rewriting the Emacs display engine in Rust with GPU rendering via wgpu

https://github.com/eval-exec/neomacs
1•evalexec•1m ago•0 comments

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Open in hackernews

Show HN: PlantGenieAI – AI app to identify plants and give care advice

3•jackhy•6mo ago
Hi HN!

I'm a solo builder and a plant lover. I kept struggling to identify my houseplants correctly, and even when I knew their names, I wasn’t always sure how to care for them properly. Watering too much, not enough light… you know the drill.

So I built PlantGenieAI, an iOS app that does four things:

1. Instantly identifies plants from a photo (95%+ accuracy)

2. Gives tailored care guides based on species

3. Lets you chat with an AI assistant — ask anything like: “Why are my pothos leaves turning yellow?” “How much sunlight does a fiddle leaf fig need?”

4. Smart reminders for watering, fertilizing, and more

I originally built this for myself, but it's now live on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plantgenieai/id6747911595

Would love feedback — on product direction, UX, or growth ideas.

Thanks for reading, and happy plant parenting!

Comments

Terretta•6mo ago
Cool idea and cute icon, but for growth ideas (ha!), the user has to decide:

How does this beat asking ChatGPT about a photo: What is this and how do I care for it? Especially when wanting $5 for 20 identifications (and more).

I am a fan of purpose-built apps, but it's tough to beat the "general" nature of ChatGPT that's already installed and now even bindable to Siri.

As for the smart reminders (not shown in your app page, probably should be, to help answer the first question) — to my initial surprise, ChatGPT can make you an iCal file. Works better than its built in reminders.

Btw, I got a kick out of:

> struggling to identify my houseplants correctly

As if they were immigrating under false identities. :-)

PS. Rights King... You're consistent with the puns, that one is great.