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  CryptoList2018 · ▲339

  Curated directory of 210+ cryptocurrency resources 💎

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  Coined2018 · ▲157

  Crypto news, sourced, summarised and delivered on mobile 📱

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  Crypto Central2017 · ▲236

  Bitcoin & cryptocurrency portfolio tracker 💸

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  Blockfolio2017 · ▲257

  Effortlessly monitor & manage all your crypto in one place

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  Coinranking2022 · ▲86

  Simply crypto prices

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  Cryptoeconomics: An Introduction2018 · ▲113

  An expert lecture series on cryptoeconomics

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  AstraPixels▲267

  ​​A pixel-art solar system at its real current positions.​

  Growth · 29d ago · astrapixels.com

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  WorldMap.lol▲197

  Put your startup on the map. Literally.

  Growth · 13d ago · worldmap.lol

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  The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude▲703

  Life & fun · 10d ago · louisabraham.github.io

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  Hey Noah▲641

  A proactive AI executive assistant for founders

  AI · Aug 2026 · heynoah.io

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  Clipto MCP▲640

  Let agents source clips from terabytes of your local video

  Work · 18d ago · clipto.com

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  Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones▲627

  Hello HN! I found that picking out plausible but diverse skin tones for my digital art and game development projects was kind of difficult, and I got curious about if there was a way to define a color space that made it easy. I've built a color picker and procedural generation algorithm based on the space as well as a bunch of other fun js features and demos throughout the page that use the equations. If you find it interesting, I have lots of explanations of how I built it and what properties the space has. The methodology might be a bit shaky, but hopefully the result is as helpful for…

  Life & fun · Aug 2026 · toneyalexander.github.io

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  AdAnt AI▲608

  Claude for viral, high-converting social ads

  AI · Aug 2026 · adant.ai

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  I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device▲598

  I trained a 125M-parameter transformer to autocomplete piano performances in real time (~108 notes/sec on an iPhone 15). The idea is basically GitHub Copilot or Tabnine, except instead of prompting it with code, you prompt it by playing a few notes on a MIDI piano. The model then continues what you played, entirely on-device. The app is free if anyone wants to try it. Happy to answer questions about the model, training, Core ML, or the many things that didn't work.

  AI · 17d ago · simedw.com