2012 · archive

Launched in May 2012

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MM
my Mac app just got fireballed▲436
Life & fun · 2012 · daringfireball.net
HL
Habit List - my first iOS app▲282
Life & fun · 2012 · habitlistapp.com
SA
Simperium, a realtime data layer▲208
Life & fun · 2012 · simperium.com
IM
I made $8000 in one day on the Mac App Store▲190
Commerce · 2012 · aptonic.com
M1
My 1-year project, iPad IDE with GitHub and Heroku integration▲183
Dev tools · 2012 · worqshop.com
HR
Hacking recruiting - Coder's Coffee▲180
Life & fun · 2012 · coderscoffee.com
MF
My first web app - Resumonk - A beautifully simple resume builder▲175
Life & fun · 2012 · resumonk.com
AD
A directory of single-page sites and useful apps▲164
Life & fun · 2012 · thetoolbox.cc
HF
HackerNew for Chrome▲150
I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
Life & fun · 2012 · chrome.google.com
MF
My first web app, DailyDo.it▲142
Life & fun · 2012 · dailydo.it
IL
I love Essential Mixes. So I made this.▲125
Life & fun · 2012 · mixture.fm
WT
Want to learn design? Try Design Lab.▲122
Life & fun · 2012 · trydesignlab.com
MF
My first personal app - HackerNews for iPhone/iPad▲107
Life & fun · 2012 · hackerno.de
CC
clipboard.com, the best way to save anything online▲104
We are longtime members of HN and this is our only submission requesting feedback from the HN community on our product, Clipboard which we have been developing for the past year. Clipboard is a service to save anything online using a bookmarklet or browser extension (think Dropbox for content on the web). Clipboard is built using open source technologies, including Riak, Redis, NGINX, Node.js, and jQuery. One of our core differentiators is how we preserve the visual look and functionality of the original source, which is evident in the sample clips from github here:…
Dev tools · 2012
PP
PDF parsing in Racket, my weekend project▲101
Work · 2012 · planet.racket-lang.org
MR
My Resume 2.0▲99
Life & fun · 2012 · about.peterdevos.com
DS
Drapache - serve a dynamic website from your dropbox▲98
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
SO
Snaketron, online multiplayer Snake▲96
Life & fun · 2012 · snaketron.com
SP
Stallion - Python Package Manager▲93
Dev tools · 2012 · perone.github.com
OW
Organized Wonder▲92
Life & fun · 2012 · organizedwonder.com
SI
shortcutFoo is an effective way to learn shortcuts (Vim, TextMate, etc)▲86
Life & fun · 2012 · shortcutfoo.com
TD
Test Drive The RubyMotion Console From Your Browser▲84
Life & fun · 2012 · pieceable.com
IC
I converted my Backbone/Rails app Cloudedit to Parse in 5 minutes▲82
Life & fun · 2012 · jamesyu.org
SI
Server installs simplified (and built from source)▲79
Life & fun · 2012 · rayburst.com
WP
Wovyn, physical world sensors for developers▲78
Life & fun · 2012 · kickstarter.com
AW
A weekendproject, disposable web chats▲74
Create a chat, copy the URL, paste it wherever you want. Perfect for those that would like to continue a discussion on a social network without having to sign up for anything. http://beta.mss.gs/#!/page/home
Life & fun · 2012 · beta.mss.gs
JM
JSON5 — modern JSON▲64
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
HP
HTML5 Piano - with its own data URI synth▲64
Life & fun · 2012 · mrcoles.com
WA
We allow teachers to print out "Scantrons" and scan for results via fax▲62
Life & fun · 2012 · kiteedu.com
JO
Javascript operating system▲57
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
JA
Joint, a real-time Node.js framework for single page apps▲56
Dev tools · 2012 · github.com
GH
Gistlicious, hot or not for code▲54
Dev tools · 2012 · gistlicious.com
C
c▲54
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
WE
WebGL Enabler for iOS▲53
Life & fun · 2012 · demoseen.com
JE
JSONP - enable cross-domain requests to any JSON API (w/ AJAX)▲51
Dev tools · 2012 · jsonp.jit.su
WP
Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad▲50
Work · 2012 · mtholking.tumblr.com
QT
QuestCompanions, temp labor for MMORPGs▲48
Life & fun · 2012 · questcompanions.com
LI
libsaas, it's libcloud for SaaS▲46
Life & fun · 2012 · libsaas.net
BY
Boost your productivity with Trello, Hipchat and Github▲46
Dev tools · 2012 · needforair.com
IH
I have no friends so I created Strangers for Dinner to make friends▲44
Life & fun · 2012 · strangersfordinner.com
PI
Pinterest + iTunes + Youtube Mashup▲44
Life & fun · 2012 · migueldev.com
AR
Awesome rent search website in the UK▲42
Life & fun · 2012 · cravify.com
AG
Add gestures to a web app in 2 minutes▲40
Life & fun · 2012 · kinesis.io
DA
DemoJS, a JS-specialized demoparty in Paris▲39
Life & fun · 2012 · demojs.org
LL
Lunchspire, lunch dating for hackers, made in 6h▲39
Life & fun · 2012 · lunchspire.com
OW
Our weekend project - Pinstagram.co▲37
Work · 2012 · pinstagram.co
WB
Web-based CoffeeScript REPL/console▲36
Life & fun · 2012 · larryng.github.com
AO
An open source website preview generator tool using webkit (live demo)▲34
Dev tools · 2012 · previewtool.raphaelcruzeiro.com
AC
A CLI for Google distributed as a ruby gem▲34
Dev tools · 2012 · kerrick.github.com
MI
Moki is a recruiting platform built on Twitter▲34
Life & fun · 2012 · trymoki.com
MS
Million Short Day 2 and 171,686 unique searches later - Version 2▲34
Thx to everyone for overwhelming support and feedback. We lauched V2 today on Day 2. ______Version 2 additions: (ordered by demand) -Open search browser plug in -Settings to Add sites (like Wikipedia.com back in) -Settings to exlude even more sites -favicon added -Quick links to alter 'removal slices' -Settings for Adult filtering -Removed sites now in alpha sort order ______Quick stats: 171,686 Total Unique Searches 148,477 Absolute Unique Visitors 420,963 Pageviews peaked at 1,500 concurrent users +plus: Got some HN Love Got some Reddit Love Got some Techcrunch Love
Life & fun · 2012 · millionshort.com
MF
My first Open Source project -- Teaching my son Lua▲33
Dev tools · 2012 · github.com
OS
Our startup got featured on HN and BetaList: Statistics, comparison.▲32
Life & fun · 2012 · blog.elastic.io
FD
Find days out near you in the UK▲31
Life & fun · 2012 · daysoutnear.me
FS
Facebook stockvalue (prettified)▲26
Life & fun · 2012 · facebookstockvalue.com
DA
DoodleOrDie - "a game of telephone with doodles" in Node.JS▲25
Life & fun · 2012 · doodleordie.com
HM
HTML7 - Modern HTML▲24
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
TL
Tributary, live visual coding you can share▲23
Dev tools · 2012 · enja.org
YE
Your Email Assistant in the Cloud▲22
Life & fun · 2012 · tray.io
DD
Desktoppr - Dropbox Wallpaper Syncing▲20
Life & fun · 2012 · desktoppr.co