Show HN Daily Selection (2025-07-29)
- Use Their ID – Use Your Local UK MP's ID for the Online Safety Act
- Companies use AI to take your calls. I built AI to make them for you
- I made a tool to generate photomosaics with your pictures
- Kiln – AI Boilerplate with Evals, Fine-Tuning, Synthetic Data, and Git
- I built an API for extracting YouTube summaries, transcripts and stats
- I built a free tool to find valuable expired domains using AI
- An interactive map for 120k+games,books,movies by story time & location
- Font Awesome 7 launches with new icon packs
- Stop the '+1' Spam: Automatically Filter GitHub Comment Noise
- OpenUX – a free and open alternative to Mobbin
- A semantic code search tool for cross-repo context retrieval
- Vested – A financial analyst for retail investors
- I vibe coded a FREE Crunchbase alternative
- AI Analyzes Your Guitar Playing from Video – Built with Gemini 2.5
Use Their ID – Use Your Local UK MP's ID for the Online Safety Act [Consumer Tech]
314 points, 81 comments
A tool that generates mock UK MP IDs using postcodes to protest the Online Safety Act.
- Takes a UK postcode and retrieves local MP information
- Creates an AI-generated mockup of the MP's ID
- Serves as a protest against the Online Safety Act
- Example postcode provided for testing (WC2B6NH)
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Companies use AI to take your calls. I built AI to make them for you [Life Assistant]
46 points, 20 comments
Piper is an AI that makes phone calls for you, handling tasks like booking appointments or checking orders while you focus on other work.
- Optimized for low latency (~1000ms to first word) to ensure natural conversations
- Custom context engineering keeps the AI aware of call status (transfers, holds, etc.)
- Web app with Chrome extension pending for seamless phone number integration
- Early testing shows success in ~50 calls, though struggles with complex verification
- Aims to enable AI-to-AI communication for routine tasks, starting with phone calls
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I made a tool to generate photomosaics with your pictures [Image]
109 points, 35 comments
A browser-based tool for creating photomosaics from your own pictures without uploading files or signing up.
- Creates photomosaics by combining smaller images into a larger picture
- Runs entirely in the browser for privacy and convenience
- No file uploads or sign-up required
- Designed for easy use, such as creating personalized gifts
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Kiln – AI Boilerplate with Evals, Fine-Tuning, Synthetic Data, and Git [Developer Tools]
7 points, 1 comments
Kiln is a free, open-source AI boilerplate offering integrated tools for evals, fine-tuning, synthetic data generation, and model routing.
- Includes an eval system with LLM-as-judge, eval data generation, and human baselines
- Supports fine-tuning via multiple providers like Fireworks, Together, OpenAI, and Unsloth
- Features synthetic data generation tailored for evals or fine-tuning
- Offers model routing across 12 providers, including Ollama and OpenRouter
- Enables Git-based collaboration with local project data and optional external service integration
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I built an API for extracting YouTube summaries, transcripts and stats [Developer Tools]
4 points, 0 comments
SocialKit is an API for extracting structured data like summaries, transcripts, and stats from YouTube and other social media platforms.
- Extracts summaries, transcripts, and details from YouTube
- Designed for developers, no-code users, and marketers
- Supports YouTube Shorts with plans to expand to other platforms
- Built by a developer with prior successful side projects
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I built a free tool to find valuable expired domains using AI [Business]
5 points, 3 comments
A free AI-powered tool to identify valuable expired domains with traffic, backlinks, or SEO potential.
- No login or paywall required
- Updated daily with fresh domain data
- Combines domain history, traffic, and SEO metrics
- Uses AI-driven insights to filter out low-value domains
- Helps users quickly find high-potential expiring domains
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An interactive map for 120k+games,books,movies by story time & location [Entertainment]
7 points, 1 comments
Interactive map visualizing over 120,000 games, books, and movies by story time and location.
- Covers 120,000+ games, books, and movies
- Filters content by story time period and geographic location
- Interactive and user-friendly interface
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Font Awesome 7 launches with new icon packs [Design]
3 points, 0 comments
Font Awesome 7 introduces hundreds of new icons, redesigned visuals, and performance improvements.
- 300+ new icons
- Redesigned core icons for better consistency and clarity
- Icon Wizard with 40+ modifiers and Duotone conversion
- Improved rendering and file loading
- Seven new Pro+ icon packs (Chisel, Etch, Jelly, etc.)
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Stop the '+1' Spam: Automatically Filter GitHub Comment Noise [Developer Tools]
3 points, 2 comments
A script to filter out "+1" and other noise comments from GitHub issues and discussions.
- Automatically scans Gmail for GitHub notification emails containing unhelpful comments and trashes them
- Includes a browser console script to dim or hide noise comments directly in GitHub discussions
- Helps maintain focus on meaningful discussions in popular GitHub projects
OpenUX – a free and open alternative to Mobbin [Design]
9 points, 1 comments
OpenUX is a free and open alternative to Mobbin for UX design inspiration.
- Free and open-source
- Provides UX design inspiration
- Alternative to Mobbin
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A semantic code search tool for cross-repo context retrieval [Developer Tools]
4 points, 0 comments
A semantic code search tool for cross-repo context retrieval in AI-assisted development.
- Indexes repositories for comprehensive search
- Uses AST for optimal code chunking
- Generates embeddings stored in pgvector for fast semantic search
- Integrates with Cursor/Claude Code via MCP
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Vested – A financial analyst for retail investors [Finance]
4 points, 1 comments
Vested is a financial analysis platform that aggregates data from SEC filings, news, and other sources to provide retail investors with institutional-grade research.
- Aggregates financial and news data from multiple sources
- Generates detailed reports for retail investors
- Plans to expand with job listings, social media, and academic papers
- Aims to democratize access to high-quality investment research
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I vibe coded a FREE Crunchbase alternative [Business]
4 points, 2 comments
A free alternative to Crunchbase.
- No cost
- Similar functionality to Crunchbase
- Focused on startup and company data
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AI Analyzes Your Guitar Playing from Video – Built with Gemini 2.5 [Education]
3 points, 0 comments
AI-powered guitar teacher analyzes your playing from video and generates personalized practice routines.
- Uses Gemini 2.5 Flash for video analysis
- Highlights specific segments for improvement
- Generates customized practice routines
- Open-source project available on GitHub