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realty_geek

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Working on a few projects at https://gipeties.com/. You can reach out to me at https://bsky.app/profile/homestocompare.bsky.social
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realty_geek··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (November 2026)
https://chattymaps.com/

An easy way to find a place that works for everyone. Think of it as a doodle for places.

You can also create collections of places, ask for recommendations etc.

realty_geek··on Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller
I have met super intelligent people who speak multiple languages but need a bit of help writing stuff in English.

I have no idea who you are, but I would rather give you the benefit of the doubt then try to get a dopamine hit by attacking you.

realty_geek··on Show HN: Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller
TBH, I think at this point it is the "holier than thou" people pointing out every instance of slightly AI sounding text that are getting annoying.

I was happy reading you post and I imagine there are many many more people like me than the grinch.

realty_geek··on Launch HN: Rivet (YC W23) – Scale and Orchestrate Agents on S3
Ah, another rivet. I initially thought it was a pivot of:

https://rivet.ironcladapp.com/

realty_geek··on No Vehicles in the Park
Thanks for trying it and for being specific about what felt off.

The no-account choice is deliberate because beliefs can reveal sensitive things like religion and politics. But I can see how repeating “no account” makes it feel like a feature you should be suspicious of, instead of explaining the privacy reason once and moving on.

There’s no paid tier or trial that runs out

And yes, a 1–5 scale would be simpler if all I wanted was to record agreement. The idea behind free text and AI is to let people answer in their own words, then map that answer to specific statements they can review and correct—not give them a personality score.

Thanks again for your feedback - I've already removed the “The bundle you were handed” bit.

realty_geek··on No Vehicles in the Park
I jumped at this because I I've been thinking about clarifying rules a lot. Actually, I have been thinking about clarifying beliefs but it's similar.

When someone tells you what they believe in they might think it is clear but a little digging will show how ambiguous any moral or religious proclamation is.

I have been trying hard to figure out a way to force people to be explicit about their beliefs. What I came up with is https://forgemybeliefs.etewiah.workers.dev/. Would love some feedback about how I can improve it.

realty_geek··on OccupySaaS
An open source SAAS for the many real estate website builders out there would be good.
realty_geek··on Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans
I find this very interesting. For years I have wanted to create a project which allows people to introspect more and truly understand what they really believe in. I made the mistake of calling the initial project "forkmyreligion" which annoyed a lot of people.

With the power of AI now I have returned to the idea. Haven't had the time to complete it but in the next week or so it should be ready here:

https://forgemybeliefs.etewiah.workers.dev

realty_geek··on Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
Anyone here doing something interesting with asterisk? https://www.asterisk.org/
realty_geek··on Claude Haiku 5.5
You are not alone.

The hn community is diverse. Of course some people will be tired of it but if enough people are engaging with the pelican test I would say that is likely because it still has some relevance.

realty_geek··on In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults
We need more positive stories like this
realty_geek··on Pi 1.0
Must be super frustrating for you to hear that.

Sounds to me like things people say just to have something to say. True, it is good to listen to feedback but feedback without evidence is only going to waste your time.

Thanks for all your hard work and keep going in the direction that makes sense to you!

realty_geek··on SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today
ooops - not giving up yet.
realty_geek··on Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived
Interesting.

Do you spot any opportunities for new solutions in the real estate space these days?

realty_geek··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
This should be the top comment!!!

It is so incredibly bad that for years I have assumed it must be me or my specific laptop. And then the years go by I just accept it.

Anytime Apple is mentioned "comically bad search" should be mentioned. It is the association I have in my mind.

realty_geek··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
I'm doing a house price guessing game for the UK:

https://housepriceguess.com/

It's just a fun game but can be useful for people wanting to get a better sense of what the real estate market is like at the moment.

I should really have added a bunch more games by now but I've been sidetrack. Mentioning it here has already given me a bit of motivation to do that now.

Any feedback will be much appreciated.

realty_geek··on Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence
Why is this getting downvoted. Is it because of a general anti-cloudflare sentiment?
realty_geek··on iPhone Duo
Can you just use the 2 without a phone?
realty_geek··on [dead]
This is the most exciting direction for LLMs for me. I am already dreaming of the day when you boot to an LLM that proceeds to implement an OS on the fly. Wow - just the thought has me salivating.
realty_geek··on Hy4 preview
Has anyone tried CodeBuddy? Is it worth trying out?
realty_geek··on Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
"marked using a pencil"

Why would you not want to mark paper ballots with pens / ink which will be harder to change?

realty_geek··on Outbid – A Million Dollar Homepage for 2026?
I jumped on the hype and paid $8 for a link on outbid.lol

Was I stupid? Probably...

But at this stage I am experimenting with reddit ads which charge more than $1 for a click so if I get more than 8 clicks I won't be doing too badly.

It's hard to know the value of such small ad spends but everyone has to start somewhere.

Advice from anyone who has figured out an amazing advertising solution will be much appreciated.

https://outbid.lol/product/singlepropertypages.com

realty_geek··on Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
There is a chap in London who does some great work with researching and spreading awareness of air pollution:

https://clara.southlondonscientific.com/

He also runs this repo:

https://github.com/southlondonscientific/aeolus

realty_geek··on The Amazon Tax
Would love a similar post breaking down the rightmove (UK equivalent of zillow) tax. Fortunately there is currently a court case against them that might help. I am also starting a #RightmoveHygiene campaign to encourage people to spend less time on there.
realty_geek··on A domain can now say it is for sale, in DNS
A bit tangential but I imagine some of the smart folks here might have interesting opinions on this. There are a few sites popping up that let you do something interesting with content at a given url by changing the domain name slightly.

The best example is changing the g in github.com to u.

That results in uithub.com making the data there LLM friendly. Is that considered infringement?

realty_geek··on Why Do Fewer Renters Expect to Move?
evidence?
realty_geek··on Let's all meet up in the Y2K
Why is the dentist chair hack not more of a thing?

I need it.

realty_geek··on Cloudflare OS: an open platform for agents, apps, and work
I wonder if some of the ideas in cloudflare OS will find their way into EmDash.

Currently I am quite bullish on EmDash.

realty_geek··on The session you cannot take with you
Fair point. The core issues will remain but I am hoping buzz will provide a small layer of persistence that will make it easier for me to keep track of many different interactions more easily.

I have only just started with it in the last few hours so I could be massively disappointed but I live in hope.

realty_geek··on The session you cannot take with you
Will https://buzz.xyz/ not help with this a bit?
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