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Show HN: Minecraft Creeper meets 90s Tamagotchi

https://github.com/danielbrendel/krepagotchi-game
1•foxiel•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Termiteam – Control center for multiple AI agent terminals

https://github.com/NetanelBaruch/termiteam
1•Netanelbaruch•5m ago•0 comments

The only U.S. particle collider shuts down

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/particle-collider-shuts-down-brookhaven
1•rolph•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why do purchased B2B email lists still have such poor deliverability?

1•solarisos•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Remotion directory (videos and prompts)

https://www.remotion.directory/
1•rokbenko•10m ago•0 comments

Portable C Compiler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_C_Compiler
2•guerrilla•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Kokki – A "Dual-Core" System Prompt to Reduce LLM Hallucinations

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Software Engineering Transformation 2026

https://mfranc.com/blog/ai-2026/
1•michal-franc•14m ago•0 comments

Microsoft purges Win11 printer drivers, devices on borrowed time

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2•rolph•14m ago•0 comments

Lunch with the FT: Tarek Mansour

https://www.ft.com/content/a4cebf4c-c26c-48bb-82c8-5701d8256282
2•hhs•17m ago•0 comments

Old Mexico and her lost provinces (1883)

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77881/pg77881-images.html
1•petethomas•21m ago•0 comments

'AI' is a dick move, redux

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/
3•cratermoon•22m ago•0 comments

The source code was the moat. But not anymore

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1•otoolep•22m ago•0 comments

Does anyone else feel like their inbox has become their job?

1•cfata•22m ago•0 comments

An AI model that can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/ai-model-can-read-and-diagnose-brain-mri-seconds
2•hhs•25m ago•0 comments

Dev with 5 of experience switched to Rails, what should I be careful about?

1•vampiregrey•28m ago•0 comments

AlphaFace: High Fidelity and Real-Time Face Swapper Robust to Facial Pose

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16429
1•PaulHoule•29m ago•0 comments

Scientists discover “levitating” time crystals that you can hold in your hand

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2026/february/scientists-discover--levitating--t...
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Rammstein – Deutschland (C64 Cover, Real SID, 8-bit – 2019) [video]

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Tell HN: Yet Another Round of Zendesk Spam

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Postgres Message Queue (PGMQ)

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Show HN: Django-rclone: Database and media backups for Django, powered by rclone

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Show HN: AI agent forgets user preferences every session. This fixes it

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Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
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Show HN: SSHcode – Always-On Claude Code/OpenCode over Tailscale and Hetzner

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Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget

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3•RickJWagner•46m ago•0 comments

Multi-agent coordination on Claude Code: 8 production pain points and patterns

https://gist.github.com/sigalovskinick/6cc1cef061f76b7edd198e0ebc863397
1•nikolasi•46m ago•0 comments

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html
15•jbegley•47m ago•3 comments
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Ask HN: Launching niche service soon, how should I prepare?

2•thedangler•1mo ago
Hello, I've been working on a niche product MVP for little over a month and I believe its ready for beta testing.

What are some steps to help with a solid beta launch?

Here is my list before launching:

1. Web page demonstrates features and what problem it solves. 2. Join a beta wait list that adds to a community, for support, videos, feature requests. 3. Posting messages on specific communities on social sites like Reddit, discord. 4. Offer lifetime pass for decent price that will give the users a boosted plan.

Current issues: I have no idea how to price it out. It will be broken down into 3 plans for most people, then special cases will have 2 additional plans.

Some features have real measurable costs for example bots, SMS, etc. Not sure how to mark those up. Make them A-la-cart?

I still need to build iOS and Android applications but won't do that without real feedback and an API built.

Any thoughts, feedback, how to figure out price, how to market without making it feel like marketing? Different Prep ideas?

Appreciate your feedback.

Comments

realityfactchex•1mo ago
You probably built enough to start finding out from others. Try to find one person who wants it (or why they don't). Then another, and another.

Some ideas, distilled from [0]:

  1. Find subreddits who would find it helpful to solve their real problems
  2. Build karma there for a week or more, be helpful without advertising
  3. Only if the sub allows self-promo, offer it for free for first 500 people (or however many)
  4. Collect their feedback, build on wahat they demand, always be shipping and listenign (have easy way to receive feedback
  5. Take the top requests on the public issue-lists/ideaboards for your compeitors; nail those
  6. On socials (YouTube, TikToik, post in 2 or 3 consistent formats, don't just copy stuff)
  7. When you find places with people you suspect would be receptive (on social media), suggest "Hi, I made this ____" in a helpful way, don't be overly self promotional, but be modest and share what you have to help
So,

  a) Keep it free long enough for users to know what product is and you to learn what they need
  b) Constantly be listening and improving.
  c) Always be launching
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/MobileAppDevelopers/comments/1pzchh...