jfornear

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   by jfornear 6mo ago

   Hi HN, I built this as a weekend side project to try automating personal finance tasks like expense tracking, reports, and taxes with AI. It’s open source if anyone wants to run it locally or experiment with it: https://github.co
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   Show HN: Open-source personal finance AI that runs locally on your laptop(nullbook.ai)

   2 points by jfornear 6mo ago|2 comments
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   by jfornear 3y ago

   Location: Dallas, TX Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Figma, Sketch, Python, Django, React, React Native, AWS (S3, CloudFront, Lambda), Cloudflare, Heroku, Postgres Résumé/CV: https://read.cv&#x
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   by jfornear 3y ago

   Grid Systems by Josef Müller-Brockmann ( https://amzn.to/3Mzt5AB ) is my favorite design book, but I just use an 8x8 grid since it became the standard on iOS.
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   by jfornear 4y ago

   Cool idea! I would use something like this to discover AI-related Python starter apps and guides to integrate AI into my projects. I built a free Django and React starter repo for https://learndjangoreact.com , and can share som
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   by jfornear 4y ago

   I've been running https://chat.dog for 7 years — don't spend any time on it but it's a fun side project. Building https://mailgrid.app now.
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   by jfornear 4y ago

   I love Django. I was inspired this summer to start an open source project for gaps in their docs like setting up a local development environment, using React for the frontend, deploying to Heroku/AWS, adding Google Analytics, etc. htt
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   by jfornear 4y ago

   I started https://learndjangoreact.com/tutorial to be concise and easy to navigate with good examples.
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   Show HN: Build something new with Django and React(learndjangoreact.com)

   1 points by jfornear 4y ago|0 comments
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    by jfornear 4y ago

    I made https://jfornear.com with Jekyll and GitHub Pages. I haven’t updated it since 2019... I’ve been focused on building https://pinjour.com lately.
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    by jfornear 5y ago

    Readability has improved with the latest typography updates. App looks nice. I mostly read emails but find some newsletters get annoying with too many low-quality updates. I wonder if you could test throttling email notifications for newsle
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    by jfornear 5y ago

    Excited to launch this. If you're into birding, fly fishing, hiking, travel photography, etc., try it out and let me know what you think so far!
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    Show HN: Pinjour – Photo maps for nature, landscape, and travel photography(pinjour.com)

    3 points by jfornear 5y ago|1 comments
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    Launch HN: ReadyKit – Build your emergency kit from the best gear on Amazon

    6 points by jfornear 6y ago|1 comments
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    Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment [pdf](gwern.net)

    10 points by jfornear 6y ago|0 comments
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    Great guide, looks nice on mobile. Most personal blogs on HN could benefit from following this. :)
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    I've been using DGG and find myself switching to Google for maps, images, news, and sports scores and schedules—Google has really built out over the years.
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    I think one way to look at it is that minimum viable products can easily be “viable“ in the short run and still fail in the long run due to lack of vision and willpower, grit, or conviction.
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    Why your MVP “failed fast”(jfornear.com)

    2 points by jfornear 8y ago|3 comments
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    HR professionals will tell you that many people lie about their compensation. This is probably not worth talking about without sharing your pay stubs or tax returns.
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    Created https://chat.dog/startup-school to follow Startup School over the next few weeks!
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    Started an open chat to follow Startup School—will post videos, etc. https://chat.dog/startup-school
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    Building a personal site is initially a design and time management exercise. Set aside a few hours a night, and before getting into Vue.js, CSS, etc., jot down a list of pages, sketch out a layout, and gather inspiration for the visual styl
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    I recently learned this the hard way. I changed my phone number after moving cities, and AT&T just leased my old number to someone else!
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    Intentionally building Chatdog ( https://chat.dog ) to not require a phone number.
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    John McAfee will pay you $100K if you get into his ‘unhackable’ crypto-wallet(thenextweb.com)

    3 points by jfornear 8y ago|1 comments
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    Tesla episode on the Acquired podcast(pca.st)

    1 points by jfornear 8y ago|0 comments
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    No the name just came out of the fun dog icon, which was inspired by Neko Atsume and Big Dogs.
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! This is an early release and there are definitely additional features planned.
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    by jfornear 8y ago

    Hi HN, I started on a new project called Chatdog ( https://chat.dog ) to create an alternative to Telegram, et al. Telegram forces you to download their app and provide your phone number to join a room. Chatdog doesn’t require any