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This kind of daily goal setting reminds me a lot of this podcast, if of interest. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invest-like-the-best-w...


Jack Dorsey suggests a similar technique for goal setting and resolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn9lTpD-yKc&t=2528


Are you recommending the podcast or this particular episode? :)


This particular episode.


Any chance you’re doing this for film photography? I also use a plugin (Negative Lab Pro) for negative inversion of film scans that keeps me stuck on Lightroom Classic. It would be great to get a pipeline beyond Classic but with the ability to jump back and re-edit. Curious if you have more details on what you do/don’t connect into Immich from Lightroom.


Congrats on the innovative product and sticking with development!

How has the translation quality changed / improved since this Show HN a couple years back? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39177467

For languages not using the Roman alphabet, is it required that the user know the characters already? After registering but before starting a trial, I wasn’t clear on this.

Some comparison of who should choose this over Duolingo and why (ie features) could be useful.


Thank! Regarding the translation, Phrasing is Bring Your Own Content. In my initial launch, I used an official translation for the demo, but apparently chose poorly haha

For languages without the Roman script - you can enter in qwerty (or configure it to work with any script). When you tap on a word, it shows you the phonetics; and if you tap on the shapes feature you can see that information for every word at the same time.

The app will be default display everything in its native script intentionally. With a bit of curiosity, you’ll pick up the script soon enough. Normally within a few weeks for easier-from-latin scripts like Greek and Cyrillic, to a few months for harder scripts (although you’ll pick up the basics still in a few weeks).

For Japanese and Chinese, I have more suggestions though. Which language(s) are you learning?


Happy Journelly user here! Finally a great place to store notes/links on my iPhone in a simple but powerful app for rediscovery. That I can bring to my windows / Linux / Mac eMacs.


I’ve looked into a log/journal date tree approach with my various activities across the day (meeting notes, independent work notes, etc) under the date. But then I prefer being able to look through headings that anchor on context first, then dates second (/eventually).

Does your daily log link to other parts of one org file, or other org files?

I’ve asked LLMs their opinions. But curious for yours!

Also thinking about trying denote. The filenames begin with dates, then use tags/keywords to keep the thread on recurring topics.


My daily log file basically looks like this:

* Year

* Month

** Day

For example: * 2025

* January

** Saturday 01/10/26

In each day heading I'll have either a short note (like saying what meeting happened), or a link to a separate org file.

I keep an org file for each JIRA ticket I'm working on, so I'll link it out there. The presence of a link indicates that I've worked on that ticket that day.

Then in each individual ticket file I'll just keep top level day headings with notes of what I've done on the ticket, as well as other headings.

For example, an org file for a ticket would look something like:

* PR 1

#+BEGIN_SRC markdown

I like to pre-write up my PRs in a doc block in markdown in org mode just to use my keybindings. I copy-paste when I create a PR.

#+END

* Monday 01/01/26

- Started work on this today, figuring out where in the codebase to touch

- Straightforward, got a PR out

When I need to find something, I use something like consult-org-heading or consult-outline or consult-line.


This makes a ton of sense - thank you for taking the time to write it out like that. Crystal clear. It’s somewhat different than what I’m solving for and that’s reassuring to see!


I also have a bunch of different org files for work and personal use.

For example, I have a file called tracker.org that is just for recurring habits/tasks that I set up with org-schedule.

I've thought about writing up a blog post about how I use org-mode, since I've been using every day for at least 8 years.


I highly recommend just trying out org-mode and seeing what works best for you.

There are so many things built into org-mode and so many tools built around org-mode that you'll be able to find something that feels comfortable.

My other comment describes what I currently use, but I only really got there after trying out a bunch of different things after a while.


just encountered these in a local public library a week ago. toddlers loved them.


Encountered these miniature wood marble runs in Switzerland. Still on my “wish list.” Sounds like you may enjoy them, too.

https://cuboro.ch/en/


Sticking to the magnetile theme of the OP, my kids and I have spent the most time and most occasions playing with the mangetile marble run kits. It works so well.


Those look super cool, but I'm also not sure I'd be ready to throw down $340 for the 50 piece starter set.


I bought the magnatile-knockoff-version essentially and while not as pure montessori as the wooden blocks, they're 1/10th the price and my 4-year-old is _loving_ this kit: https://amzn.to/3MVXRXg


If you are okay with plastic, Gravitrax is similar, cheaper, and fun. My son and I like to build marble runs together.


Wood's expensive these days. It's probably costing close to a ton just for the nice beech they're made of.


Beech is the cheapest of the common European hardwoods. Even through a distributor it’s only about 1400-1700 € per cubic meter in 5cm / 2” planks. For context, the cheapest construction lumber is about 300-800, oak 2500, american walnut 4000.


Have you tried buying cheap crappy sheathing ply recently?


It’s not great compared to 10 years ago, but the last 3 years it’s been pretty stable. About 11-15 euros incl VAT per square meter at retail prices for the cheapest 3-ply 9mm and 5-ply 12mm softwood ply, brazilian import.

I dabble in furniture, which means I’m looking at baltic birch plywood, at about 40 euros per square meter of 15mm 11-ply sheets. At that pricepoint I might as well buy actual hardwood lumber.


That gets you into the marble run world... which is segment of YouTube... and there are some very impressive setups.

https://youtu.be/qGsD19P16rs

As an aside, there's an app out there is an app for the iPad called "Cuboro Riddles" which is a "how do you make the marble go from here to there using the blocks." Given that there are multiple ways that a block can channel a marble, this is a tricky one.

... and then if you get this over into the lego domain (not as "just something to fiddle with..." it gets you into the GBC. There is a standard for how one connects to another described at https://www.greatballcontraption.com/wiki/standard ... and then at lego conventions people hook them all up. https://youtu.be/avyh-36jEqA


I'm in awe of the video you shared of the set up.


Very cool. I live in the US though. How can I order it?


Looks like their site links to a good number of US stores that sell them, many mom/pop. While there may not be a store close enough to you, perhaps there's one that would ship to you.



Support mom/pop/local shops when possible.

https://cuboro.ch/en/where-to-buy/


I wonder if these are as good as the Cuboro or not. I'm guessing there are big quality differences.


These are beautiful


Thank you.


Link to blog post? Didn’t see it on quick look at your site.


Feature request - a way to filter by age / difficulty from the home page. I see it on individual pages but didn’t quickly see the age listed as a tag. This is a point of friction on most coloring page sites. Congrats on this. I have bookmarked it. Thank you

For others who stumble upon this, another good free site without too many ads:

https://colorango.com/


Thanks for the feedback! Home page filtering for age/difficulty is now on my to-do list. Appreciate the bookmark and the kind words!


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