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Show HN: I made a meta-dashboard to track my key metrics without wasting time

Hacker News - Sun, 05/04/2025 - 10:20am

I started working on my ideas a few months ago. I've shipped 4 apps so far. I love my numbers, so every morning I'd go through the payments dashboard, analytics, bug reports, feature requests, and everything else for each app.

I wished for a single place to view it all, so I built Motherboard. It runs locally in the browser and tracks any visible data point from any website with just a click. A single dashboard for everything. Life's good.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43886864

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Show HN: I built Gridagram, a daily word puzzle, for my word-game-nerd wife

Hacker News - Sun, 05/04/2025 - 10:18am

Hi HN - I'm excited (and a bit nervous!) to share a game I built called Gridagram.

My wife is a huge word game nerd (Wordle, Spelling Bee, you name it!), and I wanted to create something fun for us to play daily that combined a couple of mechanics we enjoy: finding words in a grid and solving anagrams. It started as a personal project but evolved into something I thought others might enjoy too.

You're presented with a 4x4 grid of letters. Find words by connecting adjacent letters (like Boggle).

Finding words scores points and contributes to revealing letters in a hidden "Mystery Word" (an anagram of 8-10 letters).

The more words you find, and the faster you find them (streaks!), the more points you get. Longer words give bonus points.

Score milestones help reveal and eventually order the Mystery Word letters.

Once you think you know the Mystery Word, you can try to solve it for a final bonus score.

There's a new puzzle generated each day.

I built this using React, TypeScript, Vite for the frontend, and Firebase Hosting for deployment. The grid generation and dictionary logic are handled client-side.

This is still very much a work in progress, and I'd absolutely love to hear any feedback you have – gameplay balance, UI suggestions, bugs, anything!

You can play it here: https://playgridagram.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43886851

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Bought my first domain name

Hacker News - Sun, 05/04/2025 - 10:14am

Article URL: https://www.mtende.blog/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43886821

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Classic GTA Sites

Hacker News - Sun, 05/04/2025 - 10:12am

Article URL: https://classicgtasites.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43886810

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Ask HN: Do CS grads become more open-minded as they age?

Hacker News - Sun, 05/04/2025 - 10:04am

By that, I mean they grow more receptive to new or different approaches to programming or conducting research.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43886766

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