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Pietbull··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (November 2026)
Rebuilding my Covid-era realtime social gaming/quiz platform. It’s been steadily growing over past few years (380k people total).

It’s always been a hobby to get people socialising/connecting more, and I’ve been wanting to build something that can put Convex (almost like Firebase) to good use since discovering it.

https://ziago.co

Pietbull··on Launch HN: Channel3 (YC S25) – A database of every product on the internet
Congrats with the launch and good luck! I'm sensing (not speculating on when) a future where AI companions are integrated with all products in reach, so why not?

I'd be weary of paying too much attention to cynicism on here. However, as another guy mentioned, also great feedback and room for improvement mentioned. Cheers

Pietbull··on My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback
Very impressive congrats!
Pietbull··on Ask HN: Do you already see the impact of LLMs on the job prospects for dev's?
No need to search for long, for instance Sonnet recently outranked most GPTs: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/anthropic-clau...

If it's not 'every month', it is at least improving regularly, like every other new revolutionary technology.

Don't understand the downvotes though.

Pietbull··on Ask HN: Do you already see the impact of LLMs on the job prospects for dev's?
LLMs are significantly improving every month (few weeks?), I feel like whatever us devs say on here will be outdated soon.
Pietbull··on GPT-3 is the best journal I’ve used
I'm thinking of creating something similar to OP app (Without the "ChatBot therapist" part). However, what could the actual risk to "Dear Diary, today I cheated on my wife" be if that information is sent to GPT3/similiar anonymously? I.e. no metadata able to ID the user?
Pietbull··on What octopus and human brains have in common
Somewhat related - if you haven't yet, do see the "My Octopus Teacher" doccie on Netflix. Extraordinary creatures are these.
Pietbull··on Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?
Great, would love to hear any feedback!
Pietbull··on Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?
Made a platform for party/drinking games over Zoom.

https://ziago.co

Games run on Realtime Firebase DB, so players join with a link and everyone is kept updated with game flow and other player actions etc.

So far had 10000 people play, and has 9 games and still working on more. The focus for now is on social/turn-based kind of games.

Runs on Vue and Firebase. FB helped me to launch it in a month. Wrote about it at https://codeburst.io/how-i-built-a-real-time-games-platform-...

Pietbull··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
Tx, I'm a designer by trade so that helps.
Pietbull··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
Absolutely, quiz type games will be great on this. Yes working hard on more non-drinking games. Tx.
Pietbull··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
Built a platform for people to play social games with friends and family over Skype/Zoom.

https://ziago.co

So far 8 games, adding more weekly. Games follow the same code patterns, so about a week to add one.

Everything runs on Firebase, needed something to launch quickly with real-time capabilities. Vue on front-end.

Would love some feedback.

Pietbull··on How to play board games online with your friends
I'm currently working on a real-time games platform for more social-type games over video calls.

https://ziago.co

It has a few popular drinking games also. Working on adding more intellectual games soon.

Would be happy for some feedback/suggestions.

It's running on Firebase and Vue.

Pietbull··on Show HN: Building a web app for drinking games over video on shared screens
Hi HN!

Indie Hacker here. I thought of this idea after trying to play drinking games over video with friends a while ago. It didn’t really work, so I thought I’ll build it. I have some extra time with my country being in total lockdown, so trying to make the best of it.

The games require real-time functionality, so I used Vue.js for front-end with Firebase Firestore as the DB. I’m using Firebase cloud functions to do some BE logic, and Hosting also from FB.

I’m pleased with getting to this point in only 12 days, and the reason for being able to deliver so fast is without a doubt depending on platforms/pre-built stuff/serverless/using emoji’s over graphics.

I bought a Vue dashboard/UI kit pre-built, so styling was minimal. Had the domain lying around for the name.

So, here I am after about 12 days, please check it out! And if it sounds like fun, would love for you to test it with friends! Would love feedback, suggestions etc.

Next steps is to add more games, especially family friendly ones, and build a microsite, currently the whole thing is running in an SPA.

It’s at www.ziago.co

P.S If someone is on PH, and thinks it’s shareable enough - would appreciate a mention.

Pietbull··on Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?
THIS. I've been feeling this for the last 4 odd years in tech consulting. "Dreams giving way to fears". Spot on. With me also the "comfort zone" factor. Getting use to how things go and settling in. You're not alone.
Pietbull··on I just found out a subordinate earns 26% more than me, what do I do?
Fair point, in my case we're on exactly the same career track/speciality unfortunately.
Pietbull··on I just found out a subordinate earns 26% more than me, what do I do?
Straight salary, base pay.
Pietbull··on Bitcoin’s Wild Ride Shows the Truth: It Is Probably Worth Zero
Sure, for understanding people's reactions to it - but not understanding financial/technical/economical impact etc.
Pietbull··on Bitcoin’s Wild Ride Shows the Truth: It Is Probably Worth Zero
According to his bio, James Macintosh (author) has a degree in Philosophy and masters in Psychology. Probably not the best basis for in-depth Bitcoin analysis/advice. #justsaying