Show HN Daily Selection (2025-03-28)

• Dish: A lightweight HTTP and TCP socket monitoring tool written in Go
• Xorq – open-source Python-first Pandas-style pipelines
• StoffelVM – A WIP VM for Multiparty Computation
• I made a tool that builds your portfolio in seconds from GitHub.
• No one cares about observability costs
• YTS – Search YouTube from the CLI and watch videos in mpv
• Frida-MCP – Claude reversing itself using frida
• SVAR – Open-Source, High-Performance Svelte UI Components
• Palo Alto Police Arrest Reports
• I built a free voice translation tool using OpenAI
• Calculating prices in work hours, not dollars
• I Challenge You to a Regex
• First large scale evaluation of 4o Image Generation from OpenAI

Dish: A lightweight HTTP and TCP socket monitoring tool written in Go [Developer Tools]

21 points, 0 comments

A lightweight HTTP and TCP socket monitoring tool written in Go with multiple reporting channels.

• Lightweight, 0-dependency binary executable
• Monitors sockets provided via JSON file or remote API
• Supports reporting to Telegram, Pushgateway, Webhooks, and custom API endpoints
• Used in production for 3 years after starting as a learning project
• Recently refactored for better code quality

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Xorq – open-source Python-first Pandas-style pipelines [Developer Tools]

14 points, 4 comments

Xorq is an open-source Python-first data pipeline tool designed to address SQL/pandas mismatches and improve research-to-production workflows.

• Built on Ibis and DataFusion for seamless multi-engine expression handling
• Supports caching with .cache operator to avoid wasteful recomputations
• Portable UDF engine with pandas dataframe compatibility
• Enables YAML serialization for expressions
• Simplifies building Flight endpoints by composing UDFs
• Apache 2.0 licensed for open collaboration

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StoffelVM – A WIP VM for Multiparty Computation [Developer Tools]

6 points, 0 comments

A virtual machine designed to make secure multi-party computation accessible to developers.

• Early-stage development with VM core built
• MPC functionality not yet implemented
• Seeking feedback and potential collaborators

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I made a tool that builds your portfolio in seconds from GitHub. [Developer Tools]

10 points, 1 comments

A tool that automatically generates a portfolio from GitHub in seconds.

• Instantly creates a portfolio from GitHub data
• Saves time by automating the portfolio-building process
• Ideal for developers showcasing their projects

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No one cares about observability costs [Developer Tools]

10 points, 4 comments

A product to reduce observability costs by intelligently shaping and routing data, pivoting to focus on security needs.

• Streamlines and filters logs to cut observability expenses
• Targets both SecOps and DevOps with structured, noise-free data
• Easier to use than existing pipeline tools
• Supports automatic security detection and multiple data sources/destinations

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YTS – Search YouTube from the CLI and watch videos in mpv [Video]

3 points, 0 comments

Search YouTube from the command line and watch videos in mpv.

• CLI-based YouTube search
• Stream videos directly in mpv
• Lightweight and efficient

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Frida-MCP – Claude reversing itself using frida [Developer Tools]

3 points, 1 comments

Claude reversing itself using Frida.

• Uses Frida for dynamic instrumentation
• Focuses on self-reversing Claude AI
• No additional details provided in post

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SVAR – Open-Source, High-Performance Svelte UI Components [Developer Tools]

3 points, 1 comments

Open-source, high-performance Svelte UI components.

• Open-source
• High-performance
• Svelte-based UI components

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Palo Alto Police Arrest Reports [Research]

8 points, 7 comments

Extracts and visualizes Palo Alto Police arrest reports from PDFs on an interactive map and table.

• Extracts case reports from daily PDF files
• Displays cases on an interactive map
• Shows case details in a table format
• Open-source with code available on GitHub

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I built a free voice translation tool using OpenAI [Audio]

4 points, 0 comments

Free voice translation tool using OpenAI for real-time language conversion.

• Instantly translates voice input between languages
• Auto-detects the speaker's language to avoid misconfiguration
• Built with OpenAI's Whisper and TTS for accurate transcription and speech synthesis

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Calculating prices in work hours, not dollars [Finance]

9 points, 2 comments

A browser extension that converts product prices into work hours based on your hourly wage to help make more mindful purchasing decisions.

• Converts prices into work hours using your hourly wage
• Displays converted values directly on product pages
• Aims to reduce impulse buys by showing the true time cost
• Currently in waitlist phase for early access

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I Challenge You to a Regex [Entertainment]

5 points, 5 comments

Test your regex skills with a fun challenge game.

• Compete with friends in regex challenges
• Designed for regex enthusiasts
• Interactive and engaging gameplay

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First large scale evaluation of 4o Image Generation from OpenAI [Image]

3 points, 1 comments

First large-scale evaluation of OpenAI's 4o Image Generation.

• Evaluates performance of OpenAI's 4o image generation
• Large-scale assessment of capabilities
• Focus on image generation quality and features

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