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nfredericks··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
Hi Tom, I downloaded your app and love your attention to detail, and how it works. I think it's exactly what I've been looking for. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to change the units. I live in Canada and we use both pounds and kilograms here. By default, the app uses Kilograms in Canada, but most weightlifting gyms use pounds. Do you have a plan to add unit settings in the future?
nfredericks··on Office-open-xml-viewer: Office XML document viewer that renders to HTML Canvas
Seemingly vibe-coded
nfredericks··on Bun.Image
Nice to see lots of LLM-generated text
nfredericks··on Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session
Opus 4.5 is still available
nfredericks··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
I built ReceiptBin because I wanted a simple way to track receipts and link them to my budgeting app. There are plenty of apps that already do this, but most of them feel out of place on iOS and lock basic features like OCR and autofill behind paywalls. ReceiptBin uses Apple’s VisionKit and Foundation Models to handle OCR and autofill at no cost. Everything syncs through iCloud, and you can generate reports entirely on-device. There’s also support for widgets and Siri Shortcuts.

If you want to check it out: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/receiptbin/id6761148891

I’m planning to push another update in the next few weeks with bug fixes and some new functionality.

nfredericks··on Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people
I agree. I switched to Codeberg but switched back after a few months. Funny enough, I found there to be more unreported downtime on Codeberg than GitHub.
nfredericks··on DNS-Persist-01: A New Model for DNS-Based Challenge Validation
Might be obvious, but Cloudflare
nfredericks··on A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
This is genuinely such a good take
nfredericks··on Trump's 'Free Speech' Presidency Has Racked Up 200 Censorship Attempts
Would you care to share a source citing the illegal activities?
nfredericks··on Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders
Do you know if booklore syncs the page that you’re on?
nfredericks··on Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges
I bought a Roborock after returning my Roomba, and it was the best choice I ever made. It works amazing, even in a house full of pets.
nfredericks··on Show HN: Open-Source Windows AI assistant that uses Word, Excel through COM
Check out DavMail if you want programmatic access to your mailboxes. https://davmail.sourceforge.net/
nfredericks··on Ask HN: Has anybody else noticed DNSimple's new plans?
Depending on how many zones you have, prices have either gone up or gone down. I have 4 zones on my account and if I switch to the new Solo plan, I will be paying $2 extra per month for the same service.