alc90's comments

alc90 | 2 months ago | on: Show HN: Zilnic – a simple daily rhythm tracker

There are links for terms & privacy with this info - but it was only on the login page (so I guess it was easy to miss). I fixed that by adding the links at the bottom of the page also.

Thanks for your feedback!

alc90 | 2 months ago | on: Show HN: Zilnic – a simple daily rhythm tracker

Last year I tracked my days in a spreadsheet. Not in a done / not-done way, but with a 0–100 score based on effort and intent.

Reading 10 pages still mattered even if the goal was 30. That small shift actually helped me stay consistent.

I wanted to do the same thing in 2026, but just rebuilding that spreadsheet (again) was a pain so I stopped fighting it and vibe coded a tiny app instead.

Zilnic is just that: rate your day, add a note, see some simple stats over time. No streak anxiety. No guilt. No “you failed today” energy.

It works with or without an account if you want to try it.

alc90 | 2 months ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)

Location: Romania (EU)

Remote: Yes (EU / US async-friendly)

Background:

10+ years product-focused engineer (Android-first), strong in 0→1 shipping and product/UX execution. AI: Building AI-integrated apps (LLM prompting, UX flows, basic RAG concepts); early-stage, learning by doing.

Recent work: Consumer apps (journaling/coaching/habits), Compose Multiplatform (Android/iOS), subscriptions + distribution experiments.

Looking for: Early-stage AI startup; open to trial/part-time and even unpaid initially for the right project.

Email: [email protected]

alc90 | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: TinyGigs.co – A community and job board for women makers

Not feeling attacked or anything. Thanks for sharing your feedback and feelings.

I also feel like focusing on the gender gap and inequality in tech and trying to fix it in some way is something not that simple to do.

P.S. Men can also apply to any job from TinyGigs.co - but hopefully companies and women alike will feel that on TinyGigs there's a place to connect more easily

alc90 | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: TinyGigs.co – A community and job board for women makers

‍ TinyGigs started as a curated community of women makers (designers, developers, marketers, etc) looking to find exciting new projects to work on, in their spare time or even full time. Based on the feedback received, and also since there doesn't seem to be an open job board focused on women makers the idea for a simple job board to help women everywhere seems pretty interesting and with potential.

Also, the Tiny Gigs job board can be a way to for companies that may feel like there's a gender gap in their teams by having the possibility to reach out to a talented pool of women in tech, design, marketing and more.

alc90 | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Remote·Roulette|Remote jobs deliverd to your inbox biweekly

Hey there - my name is Alin and today I wanted to share with you Remote·Roulette - a biweekly curated email with the best remote jobs - the third project for my personal challenge - "12 Startups in 6 Months".

I'm currently working on another, bigger project called TalkFirst.Today - a chat only dating app but until it will be ready for release I wanted to release this tiny project called.

With Remote·Roulette I wanted to build a fun way to discover new tech remote jobs without having to keep on searching on different job boards.

Looking forward to hear what you think about it.

alc90 | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Likes|Digest – Weekly email digest+searchable list of tweets you liked

Hey there - my name is Alin and today I wanted to share with you Likes|Digest - a weekly email digest & a searchable list of your Twitter likes - the second project for my personal challenge - "12 Startups in 6 Months".

I wanted to build Likes|Digest because I often times I like different tweets as a way of bookmarking - but never get back to them.

So I thought that a weekly email reminder with all of these likes could at lest help me take another look over it. And since Twitter doesn't provide a search feature for all this likes I've also added a search feature (which is still a work in progress).

Would love to get your opinnion on it.

alc90 | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: AlDente.io – A ProductHunt like community for food and drinks

I think it was 50/50 even though initialy I thought that the front end would take longer since I wanted to just use the bare minimum features from Vulcan.js.

Since Vulcan is still an early stage project there were (and still are) some stuff that I needed to change also some stuff in the backend.

Also - there were some problems with the DNS records and almost a day was spent working on it.

alc90 | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: AlDente.io – A ProductHunt like community for food and drinks

Hey guys - today I wanted to share the #1 Startup for a perosnal challenge - "12 Startups in 6 Months"

AlDente - https://www.aldente.io - A ProductHunt like community for food and drinks enthusiasts where users can share and discover tasty new dishes.

The first version was ready in about 7 days of "after-hours" work - meaning about 3 hours per night and I tried to follow Reid Hoffman's rule for the MVP : "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late."

Please check it out and if you have feedback of find bugs please feel free to shoot me a message.

alc90 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are your app monetisation strategies?

I think you could also have this possibility - choose an app category and get the ad spots required.

And still - you could have more control and info regarding your app than just "you had x number of impressions in the last y days".

alc90 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are your app monetisation strategies?

Indeed - Overcast just did this - and that was also one of the main factors that pushed me to want to build this. I guess Marco would prefer to focus on Overcast and not take care of the ads management system - but since AdMob was not an option for him (and neither for me) he had to.

I'm not sure I've understood - what's not scalable? Selling ads by yourself or using a network that helps you sell ads?

alc90 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are your app monetisation strategies?

For example - except for some filters you don't quite have control over what ads are being displayed when using AdMob. What AdMob serves - that's what you display.

With this network - if an advertisers wants to buy an ad slot - but you don't agree with the product or service for some reason you're just going to decline the ad.

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