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Who has the fastest F1 website (2021)

https://jakearchibald.com/2021/f1-perf-part-3/
23•tosh•23m ago•1 comments

Up to date prices for LLM APIs all in one place

https://pricepertoken.com/
43•alexellman•1h ago•23 comments

Show HN: Apple Health MCP Server

https://github.com/neiltron/apple-health-mcp
48•_neil•1d ago•7 comments

Quantitative AI progress needs accurate and transparent evaluation

https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114910028356641733
159•bertman•7h ago•74 comments

Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1030004/898017c7953c0946/
559•madars•16h ago•321 comments

Games Look Bad: HDR and Tone Mapping

https://ventspace.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/games-look-bad-part-1-hdr-and-tone-mapping/
109•uncircle•6h ago•76 comments

Google spoofed via DKIM replay attack: A technical breakdown

https://easydmarc.com/blog/google-spoofed-via-dkim-replay-attack-a-technical-breakdown/
204•frasermarlow•8h ago•71 comments

Celebrating 20 Years of MDN

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/mdn-turns-20/
232•soheilpro•12h ago•34 comments

When photography was born, fascination, obsession, and danger followed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/07/12/flashes-brilliance-history-early-photography-anika-burgess-review/
10•prismatic•1d ago•3 comments

The future is not self-hosted

https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/
12•drew_lytle•1h ago•6 comments

3-JSON

https://rgbcu.be/blog/3-json/
60•RGBCube•4d ago•22 comments

Asciinema: Record and share your terminal sessions

https://asciinema.org
179•phendrenad2•11h ago•47 comments

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https://www.reuters.com/technology/brazil-central-bank-launch-pix-installment-feature-september-2025-04-03/
39•CXSHNGCB•3d ago•58 comments

Rapidus Starts 2nm Gate All Around Prototype Production at IIM-1

https://www.servethehome.com/rapidus-starts-2nm-gate-all-around-prototype-production-at-iim-1/
11•rbanffy•3d ago•1 comments

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https://petetimessix.itch.io/nuclear-reactors
33•ofrzeta•3d ago•7 comments

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367•mfiguiere•1d ago•644 comments

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
76•tosh•3h ago•11 comments

There is no memory safety without thread safety

https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2025/07/24/memory-safety.html
412•tavianator•22h ago•391 comments

I wasted weeks hand optimizing assembly because I benchmarked on random data

https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?p=1160
358•thunderbong•4d ago•132 comments

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https://github.com/modernish/modernish
65•sundarurfriend•3d ago•6 comments

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10•afirium•4d ago•1 comments

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https://positron.posit.co/
200•amai•4d ago•74 comments

Developing with Kiro: Amazon's New Agentic IDE

https://yehudacohen.substack.com/p/developing-with-kiro-amazons-new
40•cebert•4d ago•43 comments

My website is one binary (2022)

https://j3s.sh/thought/my-website-is-one-binary.html
4•smartmic•3h ago•0 comments

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34•NaOH•3d ago•20 comments

Against the censorship of adult content by payment processors

https://soatok.blog/2025/07/24/against-the-censorship-of-adult-content-by-payment-processors/
126•SlackingOff123•10h ago•82 comments

Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgaf022/8016019
357•MattSayar•15h ago•346 comments

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How Anthropic teams use Claude Code

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206•yurivish•12h ago•152 comments

Inter-Planetary Network Special Interest Group

https://www.ipnsig.org
154•OhMeadhbh•17h ago•42 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right

https://trytender.app/
972•risquer•1d ago

Comments

TrainedMonkey•1d ago
Amazing, is there a plan to add comment and a pickup line features?
risquer•1d ago
No, you can share a pic with with your partner by swiping up but I don’t really plan on adding anything new - the plan is actually to open source it and anyone can add anything they want
ceejayoz•1d ago
It needs Facebook's old "poke" feature.
oceansky•1d ago
Joined the android wait-list
risquer•1d ago
appreciate you!
rightbyte•1d ago
Nice. You need to add coop support with P2P chat and so she can swipe right on you for a match.
risquer•1d ago
I’ll message jack dorsey to see if he wants to collab
ozim•1d ago
Meh only to be bought by Elon?
rightbyte•1d ago
If he turns you down you'd might want to consider hotseat coop instead.
vincefutr23•1d ago
Seems like perfect scope for vibe coding. Was that done?
risquer•1d ago
some ai coding tools were used but that's just the development process nowadays
bogzz•1d ago
why? just why even ask that? i don't quite get the ubiquity of the LLM hype here, and at this point it's starting to feel artificial
antonvs•1d ago
People are understandably fascinated by it, and trying to learn to figure out what’s being created by AI and what’s not. The commenter is right about this example, you could certainly vibe code an app like this.
pclowes•1d ago
But how are you going to monetize? Are you looking to raise? Moat seems low to me tbh... ;)

This is great. Props for making something fun.

risquer•1d ago
i heard yc applications just opened today
davidw•1d ago
Is there an AI angle? I think it's not going to get traction without adding some advanced AI features.
consumer451•1d ago
AI-first, or death.

edit: /s in case your inference engine is not capable of understanding the context.

ozim•1d ago
I guess you can make AI agent swipe for you. But before I go into details we need to sign NDA.
bigfatkitten•1d ago
Do you strictly need AI, or can you still get across the line with some blockchain/web3?
elpakal•1d ago
depends on if you have anyone from stanford on your team
swaptr•1d ago
Oh if you wanna add crypto to the mix, Marc would like to talk to you, maybe we can work something out.
RandomBacon•1d ago
blockchain/web3 ?

That's so yesterday.

This comment was written with AI

GTP•1d ago
AI generates a naked version of the pic :D
jwr•1d ago
Also, where are the AI features? What's your AI strategy? And how much tracking data do you generate and sell?

More seriously, thank you for creating this, it's refreshing and fun.

Fervicus•1d ago
Add a button that generates more pics of his wife. Could monetize that too.
Retr0id•1d ago
the premium version lets you swipe right on some other guy's wife
elpakal•1d ago
that’s just Tinder
NewJazz•1d ago
(with extra steps)
pacifika•1d ago
This sounds super posessive.
Retr0id•1d ago
How so?
henry700•1d ago
NOW we've reached peak Reddit leakage.
adamhartenz•1d ago
Definitely needs microtransactions, or loot boxes
ls-a•1d ago
Also are you hiring?
Fervicus•1d ago
Add pics of other women too. Charge the wife so she gets notified if he swipes right on anyone else.
1024core•1d ago
Monetization is easy. Threaten to show them somebody else's pictures: pay up or we'll show you photos of your sexy neighbor (could be AI-generated). And tell your partner.
jkestner•1d ago
Monetize by supplying captchas with images of your wife. Bonus is you can train the self-driving cars not to hit her.
jenders•1d ago
Great idea but cue Tinder trademark lawyers in 3… 2… 1…
suyash•1d ago
and not to forget the patent lawyer for "swiping gesture" patent claim that will hit
risquer•1d ago
sorry... i made an app like "the swiping app"...
wyldfire•1d ago
That would be no problem for OP I'd be happy to write them back. It's not infringing if you're not doing any business.
excalibur•1d ago
Tell that to Nintendo
Wurdan•1d ago
This is commonly believed, but is not actually true. Not generating revenue via the infringing activity might contribute to an argument of Fair Use, but it's not a magic wand that disappears copyright claims.
wyldfire•1d ago
Copyright infringement is totally different from trademark infringement. Please re-read the thread.

They're not using Tinder's marks nor providing a confusingly similar brand.

Unless they copied art from Tinder, they are light years away from infringing on anyone's copyright, so I'd be even more happy to respond to those claims.

AustinBGibbons•1d ago
This is a great idea for toddlers and family photo albums
stemlord•1d ago
There is no such on-screen experience that is good for toddlers, imo
CGamesPlay•1d ago
I think it was ((toddlers and family) photo albums), not (toddlers and (family photo albums)).
sapphicsnail•1d ago
This is adorable and made my day!
jldugger•1d ago
"Take my wife, please!"
durakot•1d ago
Am ready to participate in the seed round.
pharrington•1d ago
PHRASING?
ahartmetz•1d ago
Injecting new capital, eh?
elpakal•1d ago
Only if SAFe and protections are in place
koakuma-chan•1d ago
wtf
bravesoul2•1d ago
Feature request. Ex-wife pics added to the deck and for those you have to swipe left.
rgbaww•1d ago
Wife gets an alert if you accidently swipe right on ex-wife. Modernized Minesweeper.
altbdoor•1d ago
Throw in a timer too, which will be reported as stats to wife :-D
danillonunes•20h ago
With milliseconds precision.
dudeinjapan•1d ago
I dunno I would feel awkward swiping pics of your wife all day, especially if my gf caught me doing it.
wkat4242•1d ago
What if his girlfriend caught him swiping right on his wife? Mayhem
jkestner•1d ago
This is why we have the day phone and the night phone, people.
adastra22•1d ago
I'm sure she's a fine lady, but I don't need to swipe right on pictures of your wife.
vladmk•1d ago
Too bad for you - you’re missing out
swyx•1d ago
i also choose this guy's wife to swipe
bombcar•1d ago
Swiper no swiping!
jwpapi•1d ago
Can i upload my own pictures and share the girls on Tinder my own version of it, where they only see me?

Hey, have you heard about this new dating app thats way better than Tinder?

egypturnash•1d ago
This is the best post I have ever seen on this site.
leptons•1d ago
But... but... there's no "AI" content in it.
giantg2•1d ago
Only thing it's missing is if you both swipe left an AI contacts a divorce attorney on your behalf.
4b11b4•1d ago
or if your wife was in imaginary scenarios
bravetraveler•1d ago
Where's the MRR? Pfffft.
compootr•1d ago
Where's the B2B? they need to add SSO for teams
bravetraveler•1d ago
Totally. Use the form that doesn't work with password managers. Email first, then present both fields.

Very enterprise. Allows for a different SSO product for each domain.

giantg2•1d ago
That's all done with the contract on which lawfirm to contact. Basically exclusivity deals per area and such.
bravetraveler•23h ago
Excellent, also addresses the B2B point brought up by another poster
1024core•1d ago
That's what you think. How do you think it recognizes your partner??
jumperabg•1d ago
What if his wife is AI? Are we swiping right on Grok 4?
ashoeafoot•1d ago
Won't somebroody think of the shareholders ?
tuesdaynight•1d ago
I know that we should only comment if we have something to add to the discussion, but this is really sweet. Congrats!
brtkwr•1d ago
How about turning it into a game by flashing random photos non-wife where a right swipe penalises you?
thimabi•1d ago
There are other comments joking about how this app will never secure funding unless it implements an AI feature… well, problem solved! Just have the app periodically flash AI-generated photos of women similar to the wife.
anal_reactor•1d ago
I have a folder with furry art and when I'm bored I scroll that.
alienbaby•20h ago
When your bored why not go and pay some attention to your wi- .. oh.
abrookewood•1d ago
Very cute. Congrats on the launch.
absoluteunit1•1d ago
This would do so well on some subreddits lol
bobbiechen•1d ago
Wow, I use the Google Photos widget in much the same way with photos of my wife. What a great idea.
999900000999•1d ago
Pivot.

Develop a version that's just pictures of yourself for narcissist.

Use AI to make you look thinner and more in shape.

ibejoeb•1d ago
What did you do wrong?

Serious questions:

    - What's the mobile tech? Is the android version just help up in the store or are you building two native apps?

    - What server side?
risquer•1d ago
Hahaha

SwiftUI and havent made a start on android - it would be compose

No server, everything is on device except for firebase analytics

Larrikin•1d ago
I assume this was a project for getting experience with SwiftUI, but it was a missed opportunity to get experience with KMP and being able to release Android and iOS at the same time.
rolandog•1d ago
Good opportunity for Swipe-right-on-Dev's-wife v2.0!
dotancohen•20h ago
I've never heard of Kotlin Multi Platform until now. I've already discounted half a dozen multiplatform solutions, could you perhaps "sell me" on KMP? I absolutely love other Jetbrains products.
dolmen•1d ago
There is no need for server side. Just host pictures on the phone.

If 2 apps allow to sends pics to the partner, share via local network (extended with Tailscale).

bwfan123•1d ago
lovely app, beautiful idea. might save relationships.
dsauerbrun•1d ago
Does my wife also get this so she can be on the other side? Nevermind... I don't need the sad reality of her trying to swipe left and telling me she thinks the app is broken.
cornholio•1d ago
There is also a "you can only swipe left" mode, which you can unlock for a small subscription fee.

The premium mode also places pictures of your partner's exes and coworkers on their swipe feed and notifies you immediately of any infraction.

AlecSchueler•1d ago
You could try to be a better partner so she swipes right instead?
9dev•1d ago
Now don’t be ridiculous.
socalgal2•1d ago
Or you should just leave a disfunctional relationship
Wurdan•1d ago
Now we have reached peak reddit leakage
9rx•23h ago
Once you have a wife, there is no leaving the disfunction. If you try, an even more dysfunctional partner (the government) will join in on the fun.
xigoi•1d ago
How is that going to make him more physically attractive?
jfyi•1d ago
Sounds like a lot of work. I think I'll just fill it with pics of Hugh Jackman and take it as a an easy win.
nashashmi•22h ago
Swipe left brings a picture of you before you got married.
zacharynewton•1d ago
Finally.... Some wholesome tech
fotta•1d ago
Hmm I granted access to my photos then selected an album but it says "No photos found" after. It also says "PhotoManager has 0 photos" and "DisplayedPhotos has 0 photos". I chose a shared album, if it matters.

edit: okay yeah it doesn’t work with a shared album

kolanos•1d ago
I swiped but your wife didn't match. What gives?
higgins•1d ago
Brilliant.

Question: the TOS references tender.love domain, why did you go with trytender.app for the landing page?

heavyd•1d ago
she big too
aprilthird2021•1d ago
Favorite post in a long while on here. Thanks for sharing!
strotter•1d ago
This reminds me of an old Gallagher (the Sledge-o-Matic guy) joke, where he was throwing out product ideas: "Playboy for married guys... Every month, same girl!"
1234letshaveatw•1d ago
Thanks honey this is great! Wait, who was behind the camera???
smrtinsert•1d ago
Love it, cuteware.
Scrapemist•1d ago
Did you made it for yourself or for your wife?
phyzix5761•1d ago
Yes
Wolfenstein98k•1d ago
Thanks, I've been looking for a way to swipe right on your wife.
growt•1d ago
I also choose this guys wife!
omk•1d ago
This why I love reddit. Oh wait!
Razengan•1d ago
Please don't Reddit HN. We serious here
khazhoux•1d ago
Thank you. I come to hacker news for serious discussions about apps that just show your spouse and you can only swipe right
gpderetta•1d ago
We have plenty of unserious discussions on HN. We just try to avoid reddit-like memeing.
arghwhat•1d ago
HN: All of the negativity and toxicity of a Reddit discussion, without having to get disturbed by something as unproductive as smiling or a laughing!

In all seriousness, the average HN comment thread feel a lot less pleasant than the average Reddit thread. Granted, Reddit has way worse places, but comparing HN to all of Reddit is illogical - HN compares more to a single (large/active) subreddit.

mettamage•1d ago
> In all seriousness, the average HN comment thread feel a lot less pleasant than the average Reddit thread.

I disagree strongly actually. HN'ers to me make sense, in many ways. Redditors are a crap shoot. I go in with the HN mindset on Reddit and it's 50% reasonable and 50% "what the hell am I reading?"

HN is 95% reasonable.

I understand that to some it's an acquired taste but it was home to me from the moment I discovered it.

I don't mind the Reddit-esque comments here. It's on brand for the topic. I get that when someone has a more serious disposition in life, that this topic would feel a bit grating.

> HN compares more to a single (large/active) subreddit.

Yea, agreed.

gchamonlive•1d ago
HN is indeed one of the few places in the web that I think maintains a more community-like platform and it's a home for me too. However I think how reasonable is the general ethos depends on the topic. It goes without saying that tech is it's strong suit, so the 95% figure (which I read as "the vast majority") is reasonable. For other topics like social problems, civil liberties and personal responsibilities is way less reasonable than that, I'd say half-half...

I have fun with a friend of mine sharing ridiculous comments on such topics and there is no shortage of those.

I have to give props to the moderation though. More often than not, these comments are flagged and die really quick.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44531605

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44258152

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43841812

The list goes on...

1234letshaveatw•1d ago
HN is more akin to a college forum- demographics skew more towards professional adults. I prefer it more as well
arghwhat•16h ago
The part of Reddit I go to is roughly equal parts memes, serious discussions and derailed threads.

Here I feel like I just lost the first part, so 50/50 between serious discussions and derailed threads.

Either is moderated to be without anything eye-gouging (again, comparing HN to specific subreddits that would carry similar content, and not reddit as a whole).

Sure, some individuals might prefer things this way, but it's definitely not objectively better as the general attitude towards reddit and against any humor seems to suggest.

Razengan•7h ago
You're both wrong and here's why
gchamonlive•1d ago
Seriously though...
abcd_f•1d ago
Don't forget to add /s after every joke though. This is mandatory.
khazhoux•21h ago
The app itself was a meme!
stavros•1d ago
Wait until you see OP's next app, it's only photos of your mother and I can only swipe left.
skinkestek•1d ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8289007
jamwil•1d ago
Uuuuuuuugh fine
samrus•1d ago
This is obviously the designated fun thread
uncircle•1d ago
Ah yes, the same comment chain memes one can find at the top of every single goddamned thread on reddit. So much fun.
mfro•1d ago
I've never seen somebody get downvoted so hard on HN I can barely read their text. Congrats.
uncircle•22h ago
Go into your profile settings, and enable "showdead". Very controversial comments get censored^Whidden so that's why you don't see them.

Mine's a measly -4 points for saying Reddit is terribly unfunny. I'll be fine.

samrus•16h ago
Maybe the designated fun thread isnt a good fit for you
dotancohen•20h ago
As much as I agree with you (and upvoted your comment on principle), an infrequent well-placed well-timed joke can be tolerated. This was that joke.

I've certainly taken my own chances with Monty Python quotes in the HN comments.

codeTired•1d ago
Reddit is leaking.
ranguna•1d ago
It is, but the original post itself is also pretty funny. So it fits quite nicely
giantg2•1d ago
For some, this might be a psychological torture device.
elpakal•1d ago
I call this guy’s app but for China
SamInTheShell•1d ago
You sir, have delivered upon me an entire "ha ha" that I could not hold in. Thanks.
slmjkdbtl•1d ago
The view is cut off on iPhone13 mini

https://space55.xyz/files/tmp/tender_screenshot.jpg

Traubenfuchs•1d ago
Please don‘t the cat.
subscribed•1d ago
It's platonic
croisillon•1d ago
he accidentally the whole cat
danillonunes•20h ago
He tried that, but due to iPhone mini he accidentally only half of the cat.
risquer•1d ago
oops, sorry will get that fixed! cute cat though
three_22•1d ago
when i press the “settings” button during setup to allow photo access nothing happens. iOS 18.5, iPhone 15 Pro Max
squokko•1d ago
Does this use Apple's face-recognition tech to automatically populate pictures of your spouse, or do you have to add them manually? I was under the impression that third-party apps couldn't access the People albums in PhotoKit.
petesergeant•1d ago
You have to create the album yourself using Apple’s face recognition tech (Select All, Add to Album), and then tell it which album that is
rurban•1d ago
This is the fancy version of no downvote button. Or there could be a good news website with no bad news. Sceptical
buhrmi•1d ago
You should get the "It's a match!" alert on every swipe
GTP•1d ago
Better, change it to "It was a match!" or "It's still a match!".
stavros•1d ago
Lit match emoji.
b_e_n_t_o_n•1d ago
I love this, I wonder if you could make it so your partner could create the album and vice versa? And then you could swipe left on each other with pictures you chose for the other.
kindkang2024•1d ago
Really nice. My wife loves it, Also I.
mbgerring•1d ago
Serious question: does this support polycules
mbgerring•1d ago
As a wife’s boyfriend I need to know
mmaunder•1d ago
That this needs to exist is deeply disturbing.
998244353•1d ago
What?

This doesn't "need to" exist, it's just a funny parody that someone made.

Mashimo•1d ago
What are you even talking about?
bluescrn•1d ago
Left swipes will be added later as a $2.99 microtransaction for a bundle of 5 swipes.
crinkly•1d ago
Can I swipe left when I get divorced?
reactordev•1d ago
Wait till she takes everything in the divorce 10 years from now…
strken•1d ago
This made me realise that I want Tinder but for arbitrary content and able to be shared via links - photos, restaurants, date and times, or whatever.

Create a Google Drive folder for your trip photos, sync it with OAuth, send a link to your group chat, and share the ones that everyone liked.

HSO•1d ago
This would actually be a really good idea except it´s 100% this will be abused in no time and a cesspool of disgusting or disturbing pics "for lulz"

On the other hand, arent infinite socmedia scrolls not already this but for the ux? with the like or bookmark serving as your right scroll?

stavros•1d ago
I don't think the OP meant for this to be public, probably something only for a private group.
blendaddict•1d ago
Isn't that just TikTok and TikTok share button?
samrus•1d ago
But the original idea is to crowdsource preference data and only publish the liked ones. Like screen testing a movie with a focus group. Tiktok doesnt really do that do they? Can yiu access interaction data from tiktok?
Mashimo•1d ago
But most chats like discord / signal / telegram / fb messenger(?) can already react to images you send. Just send them in your group chat, then upload the ones with the most reaction.
samrus•1d ago
Its almost there. The difference is the tinder like UX of swiping to input approval data, and being able to programmatically export the approval data so other apps can use it without you having to do it manually

Its not impossible that those chat platforms can make plugins to do this. But theyd definitely have to build it

arghwhat•1d ago
So a feed of links, videos, pictures or text shared by people that others could somehow vote on emphasize popularity, showing the most voted content on some form of easily accessible landing page...

I feel like I have heard this idea before.

samrus•1d ago
I know you think its just social media smartass, but the guy specifically mentioned getting the opinions of a private group, and exporting the data so as to post the best photos on a completely seperate platform.

Its not social media, its kinda similar, but not public, and its main goal is to export the approval data to be used elsewhere. No ones supposed to keep scrolling on it

blendaddict•1d ago
I know that the youtuber james scholz (jvscholz) mentioned recently that he is working on developing such a project. It even had a landing page. I can't find the link again however and would have to click through all his youtube videos.
arghwhat•17h ago
I'm being sarcastic because Hacker News itself, and more generally Reddit, fits that exact description.
Buttons840•1d ago
How about Tinder that shows content instead of pictures of your date, and then sets up dates with people who like similar content.
JoBrad•1d ago
A lot of guys would be matched…and maybe find some new friends.
Buttons840•18h ago
Actually, such an app could match people for non-romantic dates.
9rx•23h ago
Then people would form meaningful relationships and have no reason to keep returning to your app after the first few minutes of engagement. That is not going to keep the VCs happy.
wizzwizz4•22h ago
Then don't make it VC-funded: make it a charitable foundation or worker-owned cooperative or something.
9rx•22h ago
All joking aside, if you were to make a charitable foundation or worker-owned co-op, how would you overcome the same challenge software itself has? — Letting the world know it exists.

Anyone can code up an application over a weekend. That isn't the problem. VC money is for use in letting everyone else know that you created it. Long, long gone is the age where you could throw something up on the App Store and see the masses flock to it. It takes serious resources to get the word out nowadays.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with building software just for yourself. Not everything has to be shouted on every rooftop. But this specific type of software doesn't work so well if you are the only one using it.

wizzwizz4•21h ago
Word-of-mouth. Say to your users: "if you want this to be useful, ask your friends to use it, talk about it online…". (You'll get low conversion rates from this, but it's free, and it doesn't promulgate an attention economy the way that billboards and banner ads do.) Advertising is effort, but it's not that hard, really: most advertising firms are extremely inefficient at their jobs, but they get paid because the alternative is nobody advertises the thing.

It also helps if your service is still somewhat useful to individuals, in the absence of network effects. So, once the core service (organise meetups between users) is implemented, get to work on aggregating and categorising social events that already exist. (Use standard protocols, to leave the ladder around for others to climb, but keep track of your API consumers: some of them might be hostile anti-social entities like Facebook, whose existences need to be nipped in the bud.) Once you have something genuinely useful, pick a small-ish city, and guerilla advertise in it. If you've done things right, that should be enough.

Now, leave a skeleton crew on it, and move on to the Next Big Thing. You should be able to maintain three or four pieces of infrastructure in this way, some of which you might even be able to charge money for! (But resist the temptation to monetise and enshittify, or even just excessively-tweak, what you've built.)

9rx•21h ago
> Word-of-mouth.

If that worked, why would anyone give up their business to VCs ever? Having VCs is not a fun place to be. It is a horrible situation to find yourself in (unless you are the VC, I suppose).

There was a time where you could rely on word-of-mouth, but those days are behind us. Everyone and their brother is vying for word-of-mouth attention nowadays. The noise is too great. It takes vast resources to emit a usable signal.

wizzwizz4•21h ago
Two reasons:

1. Some businesses can't just be built from nothing-but-software-and-server. You need warehouses, logistics, and all sorts of other fixed costs that exist before you can start recouping your investment. Not everyone has the money to start such a business, despite otherwise having the ability.

2. People aren't entirely stupid. If something's a scam, con, or otherwise a detriment to human flourishing, they're not going to use it unless they have reason to doubt their assessment. Advertising is good at getting people to associate thing with sentiment, which can override their bullshit detectors.

Something that's genuinely-useful, and genuinely-better, can spread without any advertising spending, once it's past the threshold where noise no longer dominates. (For example, Plausible Analytics: I poked around their demo, concluded that it was strictly better than Google Analytics, and (after a couple of chats with one of the founders) started telling everyone with a website about it. I was clearly not the only one.)

I have no idea why anyone would give up their business to VCs if they don't need investment to kick it off, and aren't running a long con.

9rx•21h ago
> You need warehouses, logistics, and all sorts of other fixed costs that exist before you can start recouping your investment.

That type of business is rarely appealing to VCs. VCs seek rapid growth and quick exits. Warehouses are the antithesis of that. Hard to scale and even harder to sell. It is an investible business for the right type of investor, but VCs and investors are not synonymous.

> once it's past the threshold where noise no longer dominates.

You are technically correct here, but we're clearly talking about the stage before you've already overcome the noise floor.

> Plausible Analytics

They claim to be self-funded — in other words, acting as their own VCs. Which is all well and good when you're already rich, but if you're already rich (and not looking to get richer) why not just hire a concierge/matchmaker? What do you need a poor man's app for?

wizzwizz4•17h ago
You don't need to be rich to fund your own digital service business, if the only costs (while you're small) are a server and your own time. You merely need to be not poor. There are many people unable to do that, but people with the time to post on Hacker News probably have the time to start a business.

There are plenty of logistical barriers other than access to money, that prevent people from starting businesses. All these barriers can be overcome by being rich, but that's not the only way they can be overcome. Collectively, we can call these ways-to-overcome-barriers "privilege" (to crib from the language of academic feminism).

openplatypus•20h ago
RE: Plausible, you should have checked their compliance and terms and conditions after checking demo and using it. There are some gotchas to be aware of (lack of DPO, being one red flag). Going umami, matomo would have been cheaper and safer.
wizzwizz4•17h ago
Afaik, Plausible doesn't need a data protection officer. See Article 37 GDPR. (But I'll follow that up with them, in case it's an oversight.) I have read Plausible's documentation, and I haven't identified any problems with their practices.

Umami's homepage requires JavaScript to load, which is a red flag. And, as expected, there's something wrong: it's owned by a US company, which makes it a no-go.

Matomo is excellent and I second your recommendation.

Buttons840•18h ago
If the app could be used to find non-romantic dates, people could keep using it even after finding a romantic partner.
dragonwriter•17h ago
Its not the worst idea, but it seems less of a business and more of a feature for an existing social networking site, which already has the contents and the likes and just needs to add a few pieces for the dating bit.
pwdisswordfishz•1d ago
What do you do when every restaurant swipes left on you?
lesuorac•1d ago
StumbleUpon2?

> StumbleUpon was a website, browser extension, toolbar, and mobile app with a "Stumble!" button that, when pushed, opened a semi-random website or video that matched the user's interests, similar to a random web search engine.[1] Users were able to filter results by type of content and were able to discuss such webpages via virtual communities and to rate such webpages via like buttons. StumbleUpon was shut down in June 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon

SketchySeaBeast•1d ago
I really loved StumbleUpon, but I fear reviving it would lead to nothing but inorganic traffic and malware.
kedean•23h ago
I also fear that the centralization of the web to a handful of websites has made a revival impossible. If 80% of your stumbles are just reddit posts or imgur links, whats the point?
Izkata•23h ago
That you can exclude them?

People seem to have forgotten StumbleUpon had a pretty decent configuration page where you had to manually select what topics you were interested in, and that submitting new pages wasn't as simple as just submitting the URL. On top of that, I'm pretty sure I remember a "block this domain" option if you clicked the arrow next to the thumbs down: https://i.sstatic.net/VLS4c.png

Cthulhu_•23h ago
It'd only work today if it was hand-curated and every submission continuously checked in case the underlying page was altered.

That said, it would work. Whether it would be financially viable is another matter, but going for profitability is ruining a lot of fun.

epiccoleman•18h ago
I loved StumbleUpon but I have this odd feeling that it was sort of the first augur in my life for what algorithmic feeds would do to my attention span. But it really was a cool thing, in those last days of the pre-social media web, to find all those neat little passion project sites.
ecolonsmak•21h ago
I built a small throwaway project that's kinda like that. https://flipr.social/

I should add the links for sharing as a feature update.

BouncySpud•1d ago
Brilliant. Can't wait to prank my gf. Waiting for the andriod
K0balt•1d ago
This is great.

I set it up and was conspicuously swiping in bed. My wife is all hey, what are you doing? I’m all nothing.. put the phone down on the dresser.

No, let me see your phone etc. I relent, she opens the app with sulphur smoldering in her nostrils lol, then she starts poking around, and we have been having a really great night since.

risquer•1d ago
This made my morning! Thank you for sharing
pigcat•1d ago
I did the same thing! We had a good laugh.
makach•1d ago
April first?
reaperducer•20h ago
Whatever she wants.
evenzero•1d ago
i clicked expecting a joke but was not expecting this quality of frontend. kudos!
xlii•1d ago
First glance: in-app purchases. Unfold list - tip, tip and tip (different amounts).

Only anonymous usage and diagnostics gathered.

Not only concept but execution made me smile. Kudos to you!

defraudbah•1d ago
̶B̶l̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶t̶w̶i̶c̶e̶ make 3 quick swipes, 3 slow swipes and 3 quick swipes if you are kept in hostage
PokerFacowaty•1d ago
"helps couples rediscover the joy of swiping" never for a second have I felt joy while swiping
falconertc•1d ago
Sounds like this is not for you then. I think a lot of people have had different experiences with it than you have
henry700•1d ago
that's part of the joke, poking at the useless corporate lingo
MrPapz•1d ago
Ahahahah. Made me laugh hard. Thank you.
prmoustache•1d ago
Aren't all gallery app using swipe as default mode for switching pictures?
paulwilsonn•1d ago
This is such a fun idea - taking something like Tinder and turning it into a tiny act of daily love is oddly wholesome. I’d actually love to see some silly stats tracked, like 'Total swipes right' or 'Days streak'. Nice little personal UX twist.
risquer•1d ago
you can see total swipes and shares in the settings :)
arjvik•1d ago
Made my day!
angrydingo•1d ago
A really nice warm feeling was had by all
OJFord•1d ago
'unable to connect' - are you geoblocking me (UK) or something? I had this with something else here recently, who's it hosted with if you don't mind?
risquer•1d ago
was this the website? it's hosted on cloudflare so maybe they think you're a bot or something?
gw_shadow•1d ago
Amazing! I love a good cheesy app that lets me show my appreciation. Let me know when it's on Android.

I threw together my own thing called Heart for the Android app store a while ago which sends a notification of a little heart to whomever you've paired with. :)

megamix•1d ago
Love it! What about the legal stuff? That Match group is notorious for running after every little violation of their patent or name collision.
rkangel•1d ago
In a similar vein, we used "Kinder", which is like Tinder except it's for choosing baby names - it shows you names that both you and your partner swiped right on.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kinder-find-baby-names/id10684...

Bridged7756•21h ago
Now hear me out, Tinder but for kids. Could go by the same "Kinder" name.
orangepanda•21h ago
Now hear me out.

No.

ronsor•17h ago
This is a horrible idea, but it's probably profitable, so it will be done.
hengheng•1d ago
Can't try because Android phone best phone, but I already have a request.

Can we get messages? It isn't that uncommon where I live to have several instant messaging apps, and having a separate channel for chats with my partner is actually great. Easier to manage alerts and notifications, doesn't mix with the other channels, etcetera.

amelius•1d ago
I want this under my "boss key" :)
impish9208•1d ago
Downloaded the app and paid for premium. Still no wife. Devs pls fix.
HPMOR•19h ago
underrated comment
Msurrow•16h ago
Well with women you just have to act like you don’t care, and stop showing an interest. So stop with the pull requests and start submitting some push requests..

(This is satie for those of you who needs to have it spelled out :-)

m463•8h ago
don't know if fix is ai search, or ai results
ctm92•1d ago
A tender is the cart that contains the coal in steam locomotives, so it's a burden you can't get rid of. Not sure if my wife would appreciate that (if I had one)
imchillyb•1d ago
Tinder, however, is a kindling for a fire. Love is a blaze.

I believe the metaphor is succinct.

Tanjim•1d ago
Lol. But this can be pivoted into something fun and lovely for couples.
darajava•1d ago
Aw I actually gave a tip but the app didn't say thanks :( Also when the Settings menu pops up the underlying photo changes.
risquer•1d ago
dara, thank you so much! I appreciate it more than you know (so does my wife haha)
darajava•19h ago
You're welcome! Congrats on the successful launch
bryanrasmussen•1d ago
this is pretty nice, and sort of sweet, sure shows the meanness of my own Tinder but it's only pictures of Donald Trump and you can only swipe right practical joke I played on some ex-friends.
rolandog•1d ago
Love the idea! Congrats on launching and being #couplegoals!
rufus_foreman•1d ago
OnlyFans but it's just my girlfriend and all she does is complain about how I load the dishwasher.
1234letshaveatw•1d ago
the free trial sucked me in
throwawayoldie•22h ago
...I think you and I need to have a talk, since apparently you're dating my wife.
countfeng•1d ago
Sometimes it is inevitable to choose to swiperight against your will
subpixel•1d ago
I'm too old to have used Tinder, but I connected with my wife on Friendster.

(shakes fist) those were the good old days!

conartist6•1d ago
Clearly needs to be called WifeWallet
cutemonster•1d ago
Or RightWife?
guyroyse•1d ago
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Toby1VC•22h ago
bad ending
nurettin•21h ago
2013 to learn some android I wrote a program which allows my wife to track every call, every sms, payments, and later whatsapp notifications, number of steps, vitals, current location, location history and current vehicle.

It is a hugely unsecure and foolish thing to do, but hilarious when she shows the report pages to her friends.

dotancohen•20h ago
Feature request: Can we have multiple profiles? So the user can do one set of photos with one girl, another set when with another girl.

Maybe have the app recognize nearby Bluetooth devices so that nobody gets hurt if the user forgets to change profiles before meeting.

sagebird•19h ago
ok do pornhub next
sandymcmurray•18h ago
Wholesome and sweet. Thank you! I'll gladly add to the flower fund.
terminatornet•15h ago
Very funny idea, well done!