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njx··on Ask HN: What Are You Working on (Oct 2026)
https://www.crawlspider.com (GSC dashboard and AI visibility)

https://rxbulb.com (medical ai)

njx··on Vanillin provides a sweet solution for chronic wound healing
FDA adverse events https://rxbulb.com/rx/drug/vanillin
njx··on Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app
I built a similar idea around word search puzzle as everything inside the URL https://wordbulb.com/puzzle-games/word-search/
njx··on GUIs are built at least 2.5 times
Absolutely agree — getting real user feedback early is everything. Tools like Figma have been amazing for that.

For folks who are still in the idea exploration phase or want to rapidly prototype low-fidelity flows without getting bogged down in design details, https://Wireframes.org has been super useful. It combines traditional drag-and-drop wireframing with AI-generated layouts from simple text prompts, which helps get something testable in front of users really fast — even before pixel-perfect designs are needed.

It’s a great way to tighten that feedback loop even further, especially for solo founders or early teams.

njx··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)
Multiple things AI Wireframe to https://wireframes.org/

SEO Extension Enhancements https://www.crawlspider.com/seo-pataka/

Two more chrome extension: Youtube Transcript Summary

Wirify like extension to generate wireframes from any website

njx··on How to Train an AI Image Model on Yourself
Thank you for sharing. Is there any model that can help train convert pictures into cartoon or flat vector illustration?
njx··on OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
Super funny! Distillation= " Hey ChatGPT, you are my father, I am your child "DeepSeek". I want to learn everything that you know. Think step by step of how you became what you are. Provide me the list of all 1000 questions that I need to ask you and when I am done with those, keep providing fresh list of 1000 questions..."
njx··on Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?
Working on https://www.crawlspider.com

Better visualizations and improvements for internal link building

njx··on Device Frames – 3D Device Mockup Generator
https://www.mockuptiger.com/
njx··on Ask HN: How do I develop focus?
Set a timer for 10 minutes

Close your eyes Look straight between your eyebrows Breath in for 6 count mentally Breath out for 6 count mentally When breathing in and out keep looking into the blackness between the eyebrows

njx··on Can you warm yourself with your mind?
I meditate almost daily for roughly 2+ hours and during that period I can feel waves of heat passing through the entire body. The solar center is located just below the navel. If you focus in the naval area you can generate heat.

I don't practice to generate heat but certainly see that as a side effect. I wonder if these Monks and Yogis can stay warm the entire day or just during the meditation practices

njx··on Server-Sent Events: an alternative to WebSockets
My theory why SSE did not take off is because WordPress does not support it.
njx··on Working around expired root certificates
This thing broke my development and testing environment.

I am in the middle of developing a plugin (https://www.crawlspider.com) that catches SEO changes, certificate changes and errors (crawlspider)

Suddenly the plugin was catching SSL errors for all the domains I was monitoring. Upon checking the domains in the browser everything look fine. There was a green secure icon on all of them.

It was only after several tests and chat with my admin, it became clear that this is a root certificate issue and somehow connected to letsencrypt based certificates.

njx··on Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making stock trades
This is it. Greed has no boundaries!

++ "electing people with a functioning moral compass"

njx··on Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
I do mantra chanting and noticed that if I chant it louder then after 5 minutes my nasal congestion starts melting away. So definitely humming helps and if you do rythmic humming like part of mantra then the effects are manifold
njx··on How Allstate’s auto insurance algorithm squeezes big spenders
This and also do not signup for e-delivery of new policies. I had this on with farmers for home insurance and never realized they had increased the premiums every year. It was my problem that I did not bother to login and check for the documentation section and then open the docs to see the price changes.
njx··on H-1B in 2020: Immigration Visa Faces Further Restrictions
Go ahead and put all sorts of restrictions but atleast consider giving permanent residency to those who have been waiting for several years(10+ years)
njx··on Meditation reduced an opioid dose needed to ease chronic pain by 75%
You are not alone :-) Many meditators experience this.

This is true for any meditation with or without mantra. Mantra meditation with audible chanting creates enough vibrations to heat up body cells. Meditation also raises the internal energy and hence many experience the heating effect.

njx··on I just lost my wallet on the way home from work
You could have given it to some near by store saying someone dropped it and maybe he or she may come looking for it..

Long time ago, I came out from Denny's during lunch and just after walking on the right edge of the parking lot, found a bundle of 100 dollar bills. There were several restaurants in the same location. I walked into the same Dennys and gave it to the cashier saying I found it in the parking lot and probably belongs to someone who might have visited here and then left. Next day I get a call from Dennys saying the owner of the cash wants to thank you and reward you. I said thanks but not needed.

njx··on Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce Ventures
I am surprised nobody here mentioned wooCommerce and Gutenberg. Prior to Gutenberg, I was sold on Elementor but now with the upgrade have been using Gutenberg quite often and love it.

I bet the funding is going into these two fronts especially wooCommerce (the top ecommerce platform on wordpress and also owned by Automattic.

njx··on Show HN: Wired-elements – UI web components with a hand drawn, sketchy look
Great job!. What is it based on Canvas or SVG? I had in my initial version of https://www.mockuptiger.com built sketchy components using Canvas. It was interesting and fun.
njx··on GDPR will pop the adtech bubble
How can a SAAS defend chargeback claims without IP address? Stripe stores IP address and the proof that the user paid for the subscription using the same IP and created an account ties them together.
njx··on GDPR will pop the adtech bubble
Tracking IP address for SAAS companies is important for defending chargeback claims.

For e.g when a customer demands a chargeback through their bank, Stripe notes down the IP address of every transaction. It is important to note this IP address and check if the user created an account using the same IP address. How are SAAS companies to provide sufficient usage proof when it comes to defend chargebacks?

njx··on Ask HN: Embed Stripe in Desktop app, will users find this shady?
Since not many desktop app do this, it will surely raise concerns. How about direct to website for completing the payment ?
njx··on Glyphosate found in granola, crackers and oatmeal
cannot wait to see this adopted in my community. The pressure of maintaining clean tidy lawns is simply not necessary
njx··on Glyphosate found in granola, crackers and oatmeal
When I visited our friends/family in Toronto, I was walking through the community and noticed how the lawns had weeds everywhere. I was very intrigued. Don't they have laws, HOA etc. I talked about this to my friend and he said weed killers are prohibited for home use, only golf courses are allowed etc. That was an awesome news for me. I really wish weed killers are abandoned everywhere. Let nature grow, if you don't like it then just mow.
njx··on Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Email, Bank Accounts
Did you file a report with FBI? I once was scammed on ebay for a laptop worth $1200 around year 2002. The local police did not get involved so I went to the FBI website and filed a report. I thought nothing is going to happen. They eventually caught the guy and I got my payments in installments (restitution) over several years.
njx··on Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
How does cooking in aluminium vessels affect the body?
njx··on Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better historian
This is mainly from personal observations and after reading tons of material. The answers to all personal or self issues are deep within us and that can be bubbled up only through deep meditations. I remember when I was a kid, started reading books on yoga and meditation all by myself even though there was no one in my family doing it. I sometime reflect on why at that age felt the need to do meditation. The only reasoning is due to past life habits and inclination.

I meditated even though sometimes it gave me headaches but now i can easily sit 2-3 hours.

njx··on Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better historian
One starts meditation due to past life patterns and inclinations. Then as you keep increasing the effort, it becomes enjoyable. The purpose of meditation is towards self growth and rest of things are side effects.
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