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We got a $60k tax penalty for a zero-revenue side project

In 2020, in the middle of COVID, a few friends and I decided that obviously the world needed another presentation tool.Our pain point was simple: we hated fighting with PowerPoint/Google Slides. We just wanted to write content and get nice slides without babysitting fonts, sizes, alignment, colors, and 19 different "Title + Subtitle" layouts that all somehow looked bad.So we built a prototype: a tiny click-together slide builder. Then we decided clicking was too slow and turned it

Sentient: Transform Customer Feedback into Actionable Intelligence with AI

Hi HN! We're excited to share Sentient, an AI-powered customer intelligence platform that transforms raw customer feedback into actionable business insights in under 60 seconds.What is Sentient?Sentient uses advanced neural networks to analyze customer feedback and extract: - Sentiment Analysis (95% accuracy) - Understand customer emotions - Theme Extraction (92% accuracy) - Identify key topics and patterns - Urgency Detection (94% accuracy) - Prioritize critical issues - Churn Risk Predict

Ask HN: Do businesses want to leave the cloud and return to installable apps?

TLDR; is there an opportunity to compete with B2B SaaS software providers who serve small mid-market by providing a one-time licensed, "local", version of software vs a subscription SaaS offering?When I started my computing life, software lived in boxes you bought and brought home. IT was on one to 30 disks that you'd use to run it and, every once in a while, it would ask you to pull find disk 14 and put it in to run some process.Now, we have had about almost two decades where man

Show HN: Venturu – Zillow for the market of local businesses

Hey HN, Joel here, co-founder of Venturu.Imagine trying to buy a house before Zillow. That’s what buying a local business is like today. It's a massive market, but it's completely fragmented and stuck in the 90s.My co-founder, Luis, discovered this firsthand by knocking on doors to buy six of his own businesses. I saw it at industry conferences, where at 29, I’m usually the youngest person in the room. The system is built on gatekept information and a wall of fees designed to keep peop

Show HN: Opensource.Builders 2.0 – find and build open source alternatives

Hey everyone,A couple years ago, I got into programming and fell down the rabbit hole of open-source software. I started realizing a lot of the commercial software I used had open-source alternatives. In 2020, those alternatives were good but not perfect replacements. With LLMs entering the scene, there are even more open-source alternatives now and they're narrowing the gap between proprietary options.LLMs also got me thinking: will people continue using proprietary or opensource applicati

Binary Prediction and Artificial Intelligence = Automation for Businesses

Hi! I recently came across the thought while building and Artificial Intelligence Operating System to automate Business & Employees that I believe businesses at any scale should be using binary Prediction systems in there software. We are seeing a huge scale in these systems right now as Polymarket and Kashi are growing at a very exponential rate. If you are unfamiliar with the methods of these Binary prediction systems let me explain. Polymarket uses as on a scale from 0 to 1, so 0-0.5-1, 0

Show HN: Radkit – Build reliable AI agents with Rust

We (me and my co-founder) have been working on this library for a while and would love to get your thoughts.github.com/agents-sh/radkitradkit.rs/getting-started/Most of the agent librararies out there just adds a huge prompt, put all the tool definitions and call the LLM on a loop hope and for the best.This is not a way to build reliable ai agents. A better way to build ai agents is described in 12-factor agents by Dex Horthy here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Show HN: SecurVO – Compliance management for service businesses

Hey HN! I'm launching SecurVO, a compliance and operations management platform for service businesses like property management, facilities management, and field services.The Problem:Service businesses juggle tons of recurring tasks (inspections, certifications, maintenance), vendor compliance (COIs, licenses), and document expirations. Most use spreadsheets or pay $50-200 per user per month for project management tools that weren't built for compliance work.What We Built:SecurVO handle

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

Raja is devoted to his shelves of books, reflective walks, teaching and writing, and ruminations on love’s labors lost, yet ...

St. Helena shrimper and surfer Robert Gay remembered for his ‘easygoing spirit’

The co-owner of Gay Fish Co. on St. Helena, who was known for his love shrimping and surfing, has died, according to his ...

Downtown's $100M walkway to start construction in December; road closures to last almost 2 years

The first phase of construction will start December, with the first lane closures to go into effect February 2026.

Apple pulls two gay dating apps in China under government order

Last year, Apple also reportedly removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China under an order by the Cyberspace ...

Ask HN: What Value Do Programmers Have If AI Allows Everyone to Write Code?

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, we might soon face a future where AI enables anyone, regardless of their technical background, to write code easily. In this scenario, what happens to the value of programmers?1. From “Writing Code” to “Solving Problems”: If coding becomes widespread, the role of programmers may shift from simply “writing code” to “solving complex problems.” Programmers will need to focus on understanding and addressing problems from a high-level perspective

Show HN: CommoWatch – Alerts for Commodity Prices (Gold, Oil, Wheat, etc.)

Hey HNI’m a solo developer building CommoWatch, a minimal web app to track commodity prices and get alerts when they hit your target.The idea is simple:- You pick the commodities you care about (gold, oil, wheat, gas...)- You set the prices you want to be notified at- You get an email or SMS when it happens.It’s meant to be compact, fast, and useful for traders, investors, or even small business owners who follow material costs.I’m starting small — just a few commodities, hourly updates, and ema

LGBTQ+ business owners stand strong amid wave of vandalism: “Broken windows never break community”

A wave of vandalism struck LGBTQ+ businesses in Denver over the last week, culminating in an attack early Saturday morning on ...

Capital Line construction to kick off on Gay Street downtown by year's end

Gay Street business owners and residents heard the latest updates from Downtown Columbus Inc. on Capital Line construction ...

Trailer filled with $80K worth of whipped cream stolen from business in Guelph

Police in Guelph are investigating after a refrigerated trailer with $80,000 worth of whipped cream inside was stolen from a business earlier this week.

Downtown's $100M walkway to start construction in December; road closures to last almost 2 years

The first phase of construction will start December, with the first lane closures to go into effect February 2026.

Gay-Owned Ice Cream Shop Firebombed Twice in 24 Hours

Minneapolis ice cream shop owner says the Pride flag outside his business may have made it a target -- but it’s staying up.

Building that housed Detroit's oldest gay bar demolished after 2022 fire

The site where the city's oldest gay bar, Woodward Bar & Grill, once stood. It has been demolished in recent days following a ...