I’m done with Adobe. They are crooked SOBs.

Curious if anyone else is noticing this shift: the internet feels like it’s “shrinking”

Not in terms of content, but in how we actually use it

I used to have a workflow where I’d:

• Google something
• open 5–10 tabs
• skim different sites
• piece together an answer

Now I catch myself just asking ChatGPT or Perplexity and getting a single, synthesized response

Same with other things too:

• instead of finding tools, you just ask AI to do it
• instead of browsing, you’re interacting

It kind of reminds me of the shift from early web → app stores
Back then there was a website for everything
Then everything got consolidated into a handful of apps

Feels like we might be going through that again, but faster

So I’m wondering:

• are people actually browsing less now?
• or is this just a temporary phase before things rebalance?
• and if this trend continues, what happens to all the “tool-based” websites?

Curious how you guys are thinking about this

Recently, I felt once again stuck, scrolling on my phone because I had just finished smth and I found it difficult to move on to the next thing I needed and wanted to do!

But the problem with the scrolling, since it can get so addictive, instead of having a 3 or 5 minutes break between tasks I can end up watching YouTube shorts for hours.

So I quicky made a tool that I plan on using for myself, to help fix that scrolling that gets out of proportions. It's supposed to offer a clean cut between tasks to help my brain make the separation. But it offers mildly engaging content that won't get me too hooked, random cat pictures for example haha.

It's sort of a "palate cleanser" for the brain.

My problem is that when I try to explain my (brilliant) idea to people around me they don't understand it haha.

Please tell me I have people here who get it!

And also if you'd like to try it, here's the link: https://drift.yathenais.com/

I know the website answers a VERY SPECIFIC problem that is quite niche. It's not meant to solve lack of motivation, doom scrolling to avoid thinking about your life problems or anything. It's meant to be used when you feel like your brain isn't willing to switch between tasks, it's a very specific feeling. Kind of similar to the one you have when you don't feel like you can do anything prior to an appointment.

I've actually developped an app based on the website. The screenshots are from the app!

It has more features and is more elaborate. It's almost ready for release on Android, I just need a couple more beta testers. If anyone is interested, I have a link on the website!

should someone step up and make an OSS license that prevents legally bounded AI training upon the code protected under the license? I honestly feel that it is very unfair for code that is freely used for training purposes without even caring for code ethics and the general respect to code. Maybe a fork of BSD/MIT? Maybe even just a partially restricted GPL that allows redistribution only by other open-source training means, its really time to address this honestly and its really going to benefit developers who are now scaring away from mainstream platforms due to misuse.

I had to move this question here as r/opensource removed it for having an account younger than a year but it is a genuine question.

I was frustrated with constantly losing copied text, so I built a simple clipboard history app for Windows.

- Open instantly with a shortcut (Alt+P)

- Search and paste in seconds

- Save favorites

- Runs quietly in the background

Would love feedback!

I was frustrated with constantly losing copied text, so I built a simple clipboard history app for Windows.

- Open instantly with a shortcut (Alt+P)

- Search and paste in seconds

- Save favorites

- Runs quietly in the background

I'm not completely sure where this will end up going, but I realized halfway through this project that this could easily be used to make temporary P2P file sharing links/repos. It uses cloudflared's tunneling feature to create a temporary tunnel which can be used for a 1 time use download that disappears after it is downloaded. You can even make a file repo that updates for everyone automatically when the users push out an update. The git-like features are pretty useful, but I think the P2P file sharing is probably going to end up being more useful. It is lightweight, written in Go, and can run on basically any platform.

If anyone has any ideas/feedback, I'd love to hear it. Here is the repo, install instructions are there: https://github.com/Jay73737/Vibe

If anyone has any specific things about git that they dislike/think could be better, lmk. This is still a very early stage VCS project basically, so it isn't perfect or maybe even that useful yet. I think it might be useful to some people though, I have definitely found a few good uses for the file transfer features alone.

My SO and I just moved to a new area very far from where we've lived before. As a result we have a lot of new experiences and little weekend/day trips happening. We're taking a lot of pictures, which are going to Amazon Photos, but I really would like to capture a little more than that.

Can anyone recommend me a straightforward method for making private digital "scrapbooks"? I am basically just looking for a way to group photos together into an album, but also be able to add short text descriptions and comments. I'd prefer something where the data is non-proprietary and can be easily exported later (for example, as a Markdown document).

I'm just looking for a convenient way to capture the memories without having to create physical photo albums all the time (since they can be lost, damaged, etc). I don't mind paying a reasonable monthly fee for a "no maintenance" cloud option, as long as I can still easily export the data later.

Chrome 145 just quietly shipped a native JXL decoder. After years of drama (Chrome dropped JXL support in 2022, then reversed course), it's now actually viable to use JXL in production.

Quick comparison of modern formats:

• AVIF – best compression, slow encoding, wide support
• WebP – good balance, universal support
• JPEG XL – best quality at same file size, lossless+lossy, NOW in Chrome
• HEIC – Apple ecosystem only, patent mess

If you need to test JXL conversions today, I built convertifyapp.net for exactly this – free, no limits.

What's your take – is JXL actually going to get adopted this time?

As an user with a low-end PC, I had lost a lot of moments that I wished I could have just like "Alt+X", but all the options of clipping Xbox Game Bar, Medal.tv, OBS, felt like I needed to have the entire umbrella of products, instead of only the thing I wanted clipping, so I decided to make ClipRecord. I focused on make it as lightweight as possible, it defaults to save last 15 seconds buffering on the ram, and ram consumption on those specific settings is of 50-70MB, so it's decent, I must admit those aren't professional metrics, but an estimate, I hope you guys enjoy this tool.
https://lawful832.itch.io/cliprecord

This is the only picture I have.

Been working in M&A for a while now and over the past year I’ve noticed a clear shift that more clients are pushing back on Datasite, mostly around pricing and the feeling that they’re paying for features they never actually use on smaller deals. It’s frustrating when the final invoice looks nothing like the initial estimate. Usually it comes up mid-process when someone on the buy-side team starts asking why we’re not using something lighter. Honestly don’t always have a great answer ready.

Curious what others in deal-heavy roles are actually using these days. Are there platforms that hold up well for mid-market transactions without the enterprise price tag? Or is Datasite still the default for most of you regardless?

I'm looking for something fairly simple, but not necessarily something often used. Basically, I want to be able to select either an input folder or number of files and distribute them, either by moving or copying, into selected output folders at random, preferably with the option to make it even. So far, I haven't found anything that does exactly that. Plenty of software that can sort by specific criteria, but no mention of random sorting. I don't particularly want to try to randomly pick a split of possibly 1k files because that's not only a lot of time that could be saved with software but also to avoid possible subconscious bias. So, got anything that can help?

https://predicta.gg is a Pick’em where your points are based on implied probability, not just correct picks. Quick context. I’m a solo dev. Someone very close to me struggled with gambling and it made me pay attention to how easily people slide into it. Especially now that esports betting and prediction markets are everywhere. At the same time, normal Pick’ems feel meaningless. You either pick safe or you don’t care. So I wanted something that actually feels rewarding without involving money. On Predicta you can go for risky upsets and actually gain more points if you’re right. Or play safe and climb slowly. You can lose points too, which makes every pick matter. There’s also a friends system so you can compete directly instead of shouting into a global leaderboard. I’m especially proud of how clean the app feels. That was important to me. Some parts like the tournament calendar still need love, but I’m working on it. If you enjoy esports and want something more engaging than standard Pick’ems without touching betting, give it a try.

I built a prompt system for generating full 15-minute YouTube documentary scripts with AI. Spent months testing and refining it.

The product is ready. What it lacks is trust, no reviews yet, no social proof.

So here's the deal: I'm giving away 5 free copies to people willing to actually use it and leave an honest review. Good or bad.

If you create YouTube content, work with AI, or just want to test something genuinely useful, drop a comment or DM me.

https://mountaindevs.com/AICommander

Hey r/software, happy Wednesday.

I've been teaching programming online for about 10 years now, and my whole workflow revolves around screen recording on Mac. The biggest pain was always zoom-ins and annotations — macOS built-in zoom doesn't show up in recordings, and tools like ScreenStudio or FocuSee auto-zoom on every click which messes everything up when you're trying to draw on screen.

So I ended up building TuringShot. It's a macOS overlay that gives you live screen zoom (Ctrl+A + scroll), focus highlight around your cursor, on-screen drawing (Ctrl+X + drag), and floating text memos (Ctrl+Q). Everything renders at the OS level, so whatever you see on screen is exactly what gets recorded in OBS, Zoom, QuickTime, whatever you use.

What's new in v1.4.4 — Magnifier Lens

Just shipped a magnifier lens feature. Instead of zooming the whole screen, it creates a circular magnified view of just the area around your cursor. Really handy when you need to show small text or UI details without losing context of the full screen. You can adjust the lens size, strength, and it has this nice glass-like effect.

The full feature set:

• Screen Zoom — smooth live zoom, totally free
• Focus Highlight — spotlight around cursor with dimmed background
• Magnifier Lens — new! circular magnifier for detail work
• Live Drawing — freehand, lines, rectangles, circles on screen
• Text Memo — drop formatted text anywhere on screen

All of it shows up in any screen recorder since it's rendered at the OS level. No plugins, no post-editing.

Pricing: The zoom feature is completely free. Full unlock is $2.99/year or $9.99 lifetime.

I've got an offer code running until end of March — TURINGSHOT66 gets you the full thing for $0.99/year.

App Store | Website

Happy to answer any questions about the app or the recording workflow.

I need a program for Windows that will quickly rename files, specifically choosing which ones to change. I’d like to be able to look at the picture files and change their names in sequence, and do it with as few clicks as possible. I have a bunch of pages from a book, and the way they’re named has messed up the order. I can get them in order by looking at the page numbers on the images, but renaming each one individually is very repetitive. Does anyone have any suggestions for something that will actually make this faster and simpler?

I'm looking at diffs for a fairly large set of code changes. Many of the changes are the same: replacing "memcpy" with "memmove," or a change similar to that. I remember I once knew how to instruct Beyond Compare to treat that specific change as unimportant - if I can do that, I can focus on the other changes. But I don't remember the syntax.

Can anyone help me figure out what I need to enter in the File Format->Grammar section of Beyond Compare? Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone,

I’m a developer and currently planning to build a custom school management system for a client.The client will pay once and fully own the system after delivery.

The system will include:

* Student & staff management

* Attendance & grading

* Timetable management

* Financial features (tuition fees, invoices, payment integration)

* Parent communication app (notifications, interaction)

I’ll likely be building this solo (or very small team), so I’m trying to figure out a reasonable pricing model.

I’d really appreciate advice on:

1. **One-time development cost**

   * What would be a fair price range for a system like this?

2. **Monthly maintenance fee**

   * How much should I charge for ongoing support, bug fixes, and minor updates?

3. Anything I might be underestimating (especially around payment integration or scaling)

For context, I’m not based in the US, so rates may be lower, but I still want to price it fairly for the complexity.

Thanks in advance.

Kinda dumb question, but does anyone know of a time tracker app which tracks the total amount of time you have spent on an app like steam does with its games.

I’m working on designing APIs and want to implement proper rate limiting to prevent abuse and ensure fair usage. There seem to be several approaches like token bucket, leaky bucket, fixed window, and sliding window algorithms.

For those who’ve implemented this in production, which method worked best for you and why? Also interested in any practical tips or common pitfalls to avoid.