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Week 49, 2025

Admitted 144. Still standing 139.

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Dashed line: some of these were already dead when we first looked. We do not know when they died, so the drop is spread evenly.
Products in this cohort
ProductDayStatus
FinfamI built a dashboard to compare mortgage rates across 120 credit unions303Alive
FreshA new terminal editor built in Rust303Alive
HCB MobileFinancial app built by 17 y/o, processing $6M/month303Alive
FanfaInteractive and animated Mermaid diagrams302Alive
MicrolandiaA brutally honest city builder303Alive
PrintcalendarA Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)302Alive
AiroboticistI was reintroduced to computers: Raspberry Pi304Alive
PbnjA minimal, self-hosted pastebin you can deploy in 60 seconds301Alive
StacktowerXkcd #2347 lived in my head, so I built the dependency tower for real302Alive
RFC Hub305Alive
ZalorTurn APIs into MCP servers without code302Alive
Doomscrolling Research Papers304Alive
SidepayA $20/year invoicing tool for solo developers (simple, fast, no bloat)303Alive
GitHitsCode example engine for AI agents and devs (Private Beta)305Alive
AgentdiffDo we need MCPs? Reverse-engineered Slack and Linear API for Evals & RL302Alive
BenrichardsonApple OS 1 inspired personal website300Alive
HavenBanking needs a safer browser301Alive
MCP GatewayUnifying Access to MCP Servers Without N×M Integrations303Alive
HCBNonprofit financial app processing $6M/month303Alive
SmollaunchLaunchpad for developers to ship and showcase their projects304Alive
FlooderMaking Persistent Homology Practical for Industrial Use Cases301Alive
Keenethics LabsChatGPT App That Solves LLM Randomness Problem No One Talks About301Alive
MarvinYour own AI-powered game studio302Alive
AienhancerOnline AI Image Quality Enhancer for Free305Alive
EricliA prediction market where you can bet against my goals303Alive
Bible Note JournalAI transcription and study tools for sermons (iOS)301Alive
CupertinoMCP server giving Claude offline Apple documentation303Alive
Doubao Seedream 4.5Next‑gen image creation and editing model303Alive
UseterminatorPlaywright for Windows Computer Use302Alive
CurioQuestA simple web trivia/fun facts game305Alive
VdrawA free AI Room Design tool that redesigns any room in seconds302Alive
LaminarWe instrumented Claude Agent SDK using a tiny Rust proxy302Alive
NumlaThe notepad that thinks in numbers300Alive
ClaudekitThe missing layer between Claude Code and production-ready software305Alive
Valid HumanCan you spot AI-generated content? (spoiler: probably not)305Alive
HathoraLive Qwen3-Omni API (open-source speech-to-speech)304Alive
PantoA simple Markdown note app with templates and PDF support304Alive
CodeBakeSo that PM tasks aren't extra work304Alive
Mapping DNS303Alive
JournalofaislopThe Journal of AI Slop – an AI peer-review journal for AI "research"303Alive
TabPFN Scaling ModeTabular Foundation Model on millions of rows303Alive
Buy StartupsI made a simple, 100% free marketplace to buy or sell micro-startups302Alive
FirstDistroI lost a $5k/mo customer overnight302Alive
HowoneA Self-Evolving Agentic App Builder (Seeking 300 Beta Testers)301Alive
NthesisWho is hiring" search tool with chat / other features301Alive
Sample Chapter of BookFairShares, an Alt Digital Goods Economic Model301Alive
ProphitThe AI Search Engine For Stocks300Alive
GitHiredFind Your Next 10x Engineer299Alive
7x faster Iceberg ingestionHow we redesigned OLake's writer301Alive
AI Paul Graham299Alive
Diamond or DudVote on and discuss a different stock every week301Alive
QuashA mobile-use agent for Android QA304Alive
QforgeThe Doorstep – Voice RPG301Alive
Ipados CursorA Next.js Recreation of the iPadOS Cursor299Alive
SteadynewsA calm, finite daily news briefing (no infinite scroll, no ads)304Alive
VisualLocal-first data tool304Alive
Systemdesigner.netA free interactive system-design learning platform304Alive
Downloadable Extensions for Postgres.app305Alive
DrftsPhoto app that does just one thing – no stories/reels/algorithm305Alive
LingokuI used Gemini 3 Pro to design my landing page302Alive
OneshotcodegenCut multi-turn AI agent cost/latency by ~80–90% with one small change305Alive
GumroadI wrote a book for software engineers, based on 11 years at Uber304Alive
RakeNow you're thinking in vectors301Alive
MigdalEquations Explained Colorfully (KaTeX and Markdown)303Alive
Cross-Layer Transcoders for Qwen3303Alive
ReisparKnow your employees skills gap and boost retention rate300Alive
NoeticmapI analyzed and visualized 5k near-death and out of body experiences303Alive
SafeKeyPII redaction for LLM inputs (text, image, audio, video)303Alive
ConversiontoolsI Built an Agentic AI That Creates Hosted File Converters304Alive
Net RazorConsoleBuild Interactive TUI with Razor and Spectre.Console304Alive
Scanner SEO Internationalization (Free)300Alive
Ink WebBuild CLI apps with Ink that run in the browser304Alive
TrakkrSearchable AI visibility index (15k+ brands, 500 industries)302Alive
SharpskillI was frustrated of 85% of my technical interviews, I built SharpSkill299Alive
OpenFretGuitar inventory, AI practice, and a note-detection RPG299Alive
ReferralLoopWaitlist platform with viral referral mechanics305Alive
ProbeOps Horizon BrowserTest your site from different countries302Alive
Burla1T row challenge in 76s using 10,000 CPUs304Alive
Zen EnterpriseThe World's First Enterprise Ad-Blocker301Alive
Paper2SongHear Every NeurIPS 2025 Paper as a Song305Alive
Leyzen VaultOpen-Source File Vault with E2EE+Moving-Target Defense303Alive
RendleyRemove silences from video/audio for free303Alive
Honor QuoteA new way to spot AI cheating on schoolwork302Alive
Mental Age TestWhat's your mental age? Try It305Alive
SonuslyMade HN, but for Music – Sonusly302Alive
Geo RacersI built a game where you race from one side of the world to the other302Alive
Meetinghouse.ccA site to find and be found305Alive
LesswrongIs Friendly AI an Attractor? Self-Reports from 22 Models Say No302Alive
FlowsProduct adoption tools suck so me and my homies built Flows303Alive
Gihtub Wrapped 2025302Alive
Letters From the EarthDaily climate data turned into narrative302Alive
TurboSantaStateless secret Santa generator302Alive
Explosion ScratchTiny (12MB) Clipboard Manager for macOS with CLI300Alive
Travel ESIM Comparison301Alive
WorkTabA Workspace-Based Tab Manager for Chrome301Alive
AI Hairstyle ChangerTry Different Hairstyles (1 free try, no login)303Alive
NeurIPS 2025 Poster Navigator304Alive
AzurewebsitesA new AI driven task management tool301Alive
Watsn.aiScarily accurate lie detector304Alive
ConversaiChrome extension for searching past conversations across LLMs300Alive
SupaOpenAI-compatible API hosted on German bare metal (GDPR-compliant)300Alive
StackMarkDocker stack management CLI with auto port allocation300Alive
LingonI made a yule themed secret Santa system for my family304Alive
HolesailOpen-source peer-to-peer tunnels300Alive
isitworththetime.comCalculate if automating saves time300Alive
Salary Calculator Spain300Alive
TestPlanitAn open-source test case management system built for QA299Alive
Tera.fmListen to Hacker News instead of reading it305Alive

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