Boom Connections

Follow family& friends without joining social media yourself

What it does

Boom allows you to follow family and friends who have Facebook and Instagram without having to have an account yourself. It's your own private news feed.

Does the same job

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Facebook friends feed2015 · ▲243
Facebook with stories only by friends and pages you follow
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A friends-only photo journal for moments big and small
Swap2017 · ▲89
Instantly follow someone on multiple social platforms
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HN Follow – Follow Your Friends on HN2014 · hn-follow.desh.es · ▲76
Wavechat2019 · ▲142
Record and share micro podcasts w/ your friends
Hive Social 2.02022 · ▲96
Bringing back what you used to love about social media

More life & fun this month

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The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude▲703
Life & fun · 10d ago · louisabraham.github.io
iPhone app takes simultaneous images from 2 lenses, fuses into 1 photo▲329
Photosynthesis fires two of your iPhone
Life & fun · 28d ago · photosynthesis.camera
SoloUno▲310
Take control of hair pulling, nail biting & skin picking
Life & fun · 28d ago · solouno.io
Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states▲295
Scroll through all 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 reachable Rubik's Cube permutations.
Life & fun · 26d ago · everycube.alen.is
Expeditione▲265
The Interactive 3D Encyclopedia
Life & fun · 21d ago · expeditione.fun
Eigendrum - Draw any shape and hear what it sounds like as a drum▲243
Hi HN, I built Eigendrum, a web tool that solves the 2D wave equation for arbitrary shapes so you can hear what they sound like as drums. How it works: * Solves -∇²u = λu using finite element analysis (Kφ = λMφ) on a triangle mesh. * Validated to <0.1% error against closed-form solutions for circles (Bessel zeros) and rectangles. * Sound model factors in strike location, Rayleigh damping, and mallet width. * Includes Kac drums I & II to demonstrate identical sound spectra from different geometries. * No frameworks, build steps, or dependencies. Repo and tests:…
Life & fun · 26d ago · baselashraf81.github.io

Launched alongside, December 2017

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Airmash – Multiplayer Missile Warfare HTML5 Game▲1,535
Life & fun · 2017 · airma.sh
Nomad List 3.0▲1,249
Find the best place to ❤️ live, 👩‍💻 work, and 💃 play
Life & fun · 2017 · nomads.com
Design Principles▲920
An open source repository of design principles and methods
Work · 2017 · principles.design
unDraw▲896
MIT licensed illustrations for your next project
Dev tools · 2017 · evie.undraw.co
Descript▲869
Text-based audio editor and automated transcription
Work · 2017 · descript.com
Magic Leap One▲797
Super stealthy AR startup reveals its first product
Life & fun · 2017 · magicleap.com