Did It Survive?

Cohorts

Week 1, 2026

Admitted 196. Still standing 186.

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Products in this cohort
ProductDayStatus
Dosaygo22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite275Alive
OpenWorkersSelf-hosted Cloudflare workers in Rust273Alive
HowbrowsersworkAn interactive guide to how browsers work270Alive
BalajmariusVibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code276Alive
EnrollA tool to reverse-engineer servers into Ansible config mgmt273Alive
LfflWebsite that plays the lottery every second271Alive
NilchMy not-for-profit search engine with no ads, no AI, & all DDG bangs276Alive
BusterMQThread-per-core NATS server in Zig with io_uring273Dead
ShepherdSee what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read276Alive
CorviontOffline tiles and routing and geocoding in one Docker Compose stack271Coasting
ApoorvI built a "Do not disturb" Device for my home office271Alive
CleoseleneServer-rendered multiplayer games with Lua (no client code)270Alive
StetsonblakeVibe Coding a static site on a $25 Walmart Phone271Critical
Wario SynthTurn any song into Game Boy version273Alive
Textonly48-digit prime numbers every git commit273Alive
TraceformerAn LLM-Powered PCB Schematic Checker (Major Update)270Alive
TryfluxI built a tool to create AI agents that live in iMessage270Alive
QuickclipI built a universal clipboard that syncs realtime on multiple devices274Alive
FoundertraceChain of YC startups founded by its employees271Coasting
VoklitI built an international calling platform for the past 6 months271Alive
CustompasteI built a clipboard tool to strip/keep specific formatting like Italics272Alive
SummitLocal AI meeting insights275Alive
TidyTidy Baby is a SET game but with words275Alive
EvidexAI Clinical Search (RAG over PubMed/OpenAlex and SOAP Notes)276Alive
CookieI remade my website in the Sith Lord Theme and I hope it's fun275Alive
TaskerAn open-source desktop agent for browser and OS automation273Alive
Brainrot TranslatorConvert corporate speak to Gen Alpha and back275Critical
Quantum Tunnel270Alive
RambnbRAMBnB.xyz P2P marketplace for RAM rentals275Alive
JeevanA game to document my electronics learning journey.271Critical
ShadowlightA voice-driven murder mystery and heist inside Minecraft274Critical
AleyanThe ASCII Side of the Moon276Alive
ShoogleI built "Google" for searching Shadcn blocks on the web272Alive
OfferGridAISide-by-side comparison of real estate offers from PDFs272Alive
UserjamGenerate your personal HN recap for 2025274Alive
Til.reThe URL is your timer, no signup required271Alive
IpchatChat with people who share the same Internet connection (= IP address)273Alive
Magic CSVTransform CSVs with plain English, no formulas274Coasting
Tetris Time275Alive
GojjuA Fun Programming Language272Alive
WatermelonsonA solar system simulation in the browser276Alive
C-TURTLA turtle graphics game273Alive
FluxerOpen-source Discord-like chat272Alive
MatchmathMatchstick Puzzle Game in the Browser276Alive
HeimdalI made R/place for LLMs270Alive
CursivefontgeneratorUnicode cursive font generator that checks cross-platform compatibility273Coasting
DisclassI Built a Tool to Turn YouTube into Structured Courses276Alive
SvgAn SVG Inspection Tool273Alive
JotOffline, source available notetaking/assistant app272Coasting
Underpriced AISnap a photo, get instant resale value with AI271Alive
DucklangAchieving 100x more requests per second than NextJS273Coasting
LeftouterjoinsPrivate voice-to-text for macOS using Apple's SpeechAnalyzer270Alive
FriggeriI built a portable Yahtzee device with custom PCB and WASM simulator274Coasting
Hy MotionText-to-3D Motion Generator (Hunyuan 1.0 wrapper)272Coasting
WebscensionMVP Guide for Startup Founders273Coasting
ADSBeeAn open source dual band embedded ADS-B receiver for anything273Alive
UpDownSimple website uptime monitoring276Dead
StartboardA simple little browser start page and bookmarks organizer272Alive
Tools for HumansPublic Tracker for Workflows273Alive
AcademiaAre the Riemann Hypothesis and Navier-Stokes the Same Problem?276Alive
KweggI built a tool to save and version-control my thinking from ChatGPT273Dead
TextunwrappedI created a 2025 Wrapped for WhatsApp Conversations275Alive
Isit2026yet.comA single-serving site for the New Year274Alive
Bill My CloudA simple no-nonsense AWS cost estimator274Coasting
BriefmymeetingGet a brief before every meeting (open-source)270Alive
Svelte Check RsI built a 30x faster svelte-check in 2 days with AI271Alive
FuseCells2,500 handcrafted levels logic puzzle game with leaderboard274Alive
StatpeckerAnalyse 1M rows of CSV on device272Critical
ExosphereInference API that adapts to your SLA and quality constraints272Critical
PdftomarkdownPDF to Markdown that preserves layout, images, and tables272Coasting
WeftA reactive and interactive Python experience271Dead
Lock InA goal Mac tracker controlled by typed commands272Alive
MapmatesA small web app where people appear on a world map271Alive
DroidDockBrowse Android files on Mac with a Finder-like experience273Alive
JssfrI made presets for Darktable which mimic Fujifilm's Film Simulations272Alive
Words.zip (Infinite Word Search)273Alive
Collage87.comFree photo collage/grid maker (no login, no watermarks)272Alive
IlovecsvI built an "ilovepdf" for CSV files (and I called it ILoveCSV)276Alive
DiscontinuumAn Interactive Fiction made during Claude's "20% Time"270Alive
Minimum Viable Parents (MVP)275Coasting
Make 67A tiny maths game275Alive
Alexjacobs08The Lobste.rs invitation tree, visualized276Alive
SsrnI analyzed 297k HN posts – your fate is sealed in 2 hours275Alive
KeyByKey.appDaily piano game for practicing playing melodies by ear276Alive
GumroadSelf-hosted video clipper architecture (Next.js, N8N, FFmpeg, Docker)272Alive
Video to JPGExtract frames in browser with blur detection273Alive
ScreenCraftScreenshot and PDF API Without the Puppeteer Headaches275Alive
ZScreenshotCapture any viewport size without browser resize273Alive
Agent37Monetize your Claude skills with shareable links276Alive
MerchantA lightweight ecommerce back end on Cloudflare Workers273Alive
Exponential CMS 6.0.11PHP 8.5 Support for a CMS Born in the 1990s272Alive
Marathon Cope 2025Your peak fitness, whether or not you ran it274Alive
Mini Apps BuilderA no-code way to build Telegram mini apps272Coasting
Latent SignalCurated feed for AI news273Critical
LinkversityA pet link saver OSS project that keeps growing273Coasting
PhilippdubachRunning Analytics on 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite274Alive
PhotoweatherI built a weather alert system for photographers273Alive
AwaazRevolutionary public opinion app for understanding society276Alive
AI-SDK for Rust276Alive
Signing RoomStateless Bitcoin Multisig Coordinator275Alive
AivirtualstagingI made AI virtual staging tool for real estate listing275Alive
StudyBuddyAI study tool275Alive
DevCompareA live, auto-updating comparison of AI coding tools275Coasting
MeterScrape sites and keep content in sync automatically (no LLM)276Coasting
ShardiumOpen-source "Dead Man's Switch" for crypto inheritance276Critical
RevertlyVersion control for Shopify products276Dead
StakpakPackage Manager for Agent Skills: Publish, Discover, Install Everywhere276Critical
VeredictlabsClient-side encrypted AI detector using model ensembling274Alive
qq-pwnA browser-based idler game274Alive
JilebiThe Best Way to use MCPs with coding agents273Alive
Social Network for Gamers272Alive
ForesightRolling dice with 2025 weak signals272Alive
CheerAdLet your audience support your website with paid messages272Critical
GoogleapisA Bloomberg terminal for finding fresh powder (DuckDB WASM)272Alive
HappymailMake email great again271Alive
Chatbot Without Safety Alignment271Alive
Startup investing game271Critical
BhaviavelayudhanAn authority gate for AI-generated customer communications271Coasting
Log VoyagerView 10GB+ log files in browser without crashing RAM270Alive
Seatplan.ioDrag-and-drop seating charts for weddings and events270Alive
FefiI'm building Bloomberg for retail investors with my 16 year old brother270Alive
InDatabase Engine with Index Seek a.k.a. MS Access270Critical
BreachLabCan you hack our AI?272Dead
PocketwiseA privacy-first, double-entry finance tracker272Critical
DBPiperAffordable Sequin alternative ($15 vs. $1000)273Critical
ExplorerFind interesting things around you via Wikipedia273Critical
WreckruiterCheck a recruiter before you respond273Dead
PursuedScan job posts to identify tech and pain points273Critical
SwologA text based workout log272Alive
StretchBreakA simple web app to solve planning time off272Alive
FormstrNotion-like private Markdown pages on Nostr276Alive
AutogramgeneratorGenerating self-enumerating pangrams with constraint solving on the Web273Alive
AgentexportsShare Claude Code and Codex CLI Transcripts271Alive
EzFileChangerClient-side WebP converter (no server uploads)271Alive
MergehelperBuilt my first-ever macOS app – a tiny statusbar app for your PRs/MRs273Alive
MetarefreshI made a tool to strip GPS and EXIF metadata from photos client-side271Alive
ZenodoEarth.Org.UK public data snapshot including home energy timeseries273Alive
EasylangLaw of Large Numbers or Why It's a Bad Idea to Go to a Casino271Alive
AllscreenshotsA developer focused screenshot as a service API273Alive
ArvoTypeScript toolkit for event-driven agentic systems and mesh273Alive
KaggleI built a render pipeline to generate 'impossible' CCTV training data271Alive
LoveatfirstnameA calm baby-name decision tool (not a generator)271Alive
SitewatchFast checks for SSL, DNS, HTTP status, and security headers271Alive
Chess HeliosAn automated tutor to help you understand chess276Alive
EveeRAG chatbot platform at 1/4 the cost of Chatbase273Alive
Konstantly 2.0AI-powered course creation for teams271Alive
Easy Habits274Alive
Chaos Chess960 Bullet built in 37 days with Google Antigravity274Alive
SakshatkaraiA Live Chat Resume Editor that updates PDFs in real-time271Coasting
VeenewA social chat app built around tiny, focused conversations275Critical
Neko.jsA recreation of the first virtual pet276Alive
NoCall.chatI built a service that calls businesses for you275Critical
AppealpropertytaxonlineI built an AI tool to automate property tax appeals for $29274Critical
DownmarkTurn webpages into distraction-free Markdown273Critical
ZoylaYour backend will fail eventually274Coasting
DonePingSimple Recurring Tasks271Critical
UserjamI built an AI tool to summarize your 2025 on HN274Alive
The InvoiceA free, no-signup invoice generator for one-off invoices272Coasting
LinklynxI built a Netflix-style link-in-bio because link lists felt dead272Coasting
vmuxRun Python in Cloudflare containers in 3s274Alive
PixelPointingBenchmarkSimple tests reveal surprising gaps274Alive
DynamicHorizonDynamic Island for macOS275Alive
Cloud Chamber in Browser275Alive
Perfetto2LLMA tool to pass system traces to an LLM274Alive
Snippets.devOpen-source, local-first PWA code scratchpad270Alive
CreimakeAn AI Agent with a 32-Layer Psyche (Dreams, Trauma, Defense Mechanisms)270Alive
MiddleViewerA native macOS app for technical interview feedbacks276Alive
ShredonoI built my own Metronome Desktop App275Alive
Brennerbot.orgGeneralizing the scientific methods of Sydney Brenner275Alive
JoshOpen-source macOS app to install and manage MCPs275Alive
Image Gen10 AI image providers unified in one Claude Code plugin275Alive
NumgatePhone number validation API focused on fake signups270Alive
VectorVidConvert Videos to RAG-Ready Chunks (No UI, No DB)270Alive
FinancialahaFinancial calculators with no tracking, no signup, no email gates275Alive
Spectral LabAn optics simulator in WebGL270Coasting
StrivemathCreate PDFs in ChatGPT natively. Convert Latex to pdf and download270Coasting
AnnaaiI built an AI optimized for venting, not working270Dead
ThinkclubPrintable monthly calendars as high‑quality PDF270Coasting
PhilippdubachBuilding a No-Tracking Newsletter from Markdown to Distribution276Alive
Ibniz LiveOne Line Audiovisuals on the Browser275Alive
RespectlyticsPrivacy-Paranoid Mobile Analytics with Built-In Intelligence271Alive
TechTools23 Free Browser-Based Productivity Tools276Alive
AirTask PMManage projects effectively276Dead
VidexSummarize YouTube without the fluff275Critical
Min. CalendarMonthly business hours image maker for small shops275Coasting
ReelbaseCreate Viral TikTok Slideshows in Seconds (Reelbase.io)272Alive
BrandGet company brand data API272Alive
Square Face GeneratorA Flash-free tool to generate avatars272Alive
cspressoCLI tool to scan a website & generate/evaluate a CSP header272Alive
LeaveNoteA privacy-focused instant messaging QR code application272Dead
DentistAIAI receptionist that answers dental practice calls 24/7272Alive
Local LiftI built an AI dispatcher for emergency plumbers272Alive
OpenGradSelf-directed, AI-facilitated graduate programs270Alive
FountainDataProduct, revenue, and GTM Intel from user conversations272Alive
AI Motion Poster1-click static image to animated poster272Alive
SmallailabI'm student building best AI slide designer273Critical

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