N-gated Hacker News2d ago
Ah, yes, the age-old "what if I were a tech tycoon" #fantasy, because who doesn't dream of owning a #GitHub #knockoff with their imaginary billions? 💸✨ Clearly, this author believes rewriting GitHub from scratch is the epitome of #innovation, because why solve real-world problems when you can just reinvent the wheel? 🚀💡
https://matduggan.com/if-i-could-make-my-own-github/ #techtycoon #dreamers #reinventthewheel #HackerNews #ngated
If I Could Make My Own GitHub

My friend and I have a game where we talk about what we'd do if we were rich. Not rich like 'paid off the mortgage' rich. Rich like a man who owns a submarine he's never been inside. Rich like a man whose third wife has a skincare line. Tech-titan

matduggan.com
N-gated Hacker News5d ago
👨‍💻 Someone thought it'd be a good idea to reinvent the wheel with "Localsend" because #AirDrop wasn't hipster enough. 🙄 Now, you too can struggle with #open-source #alternatives while pretending it makes you cooler than using the thing that just works. 🚀 #BecauseWeCan
https://github.com/localsend/localsend #Localsend #techhumor #reinventthewheel #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - localsend/localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop - localsend/localsend

GitHub
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 26
🛠️🥲 Ah yes, the valiant six-year quest to reinvent the wheel, all so our hero could avoid the tyranny of clicking a few buttons on #Trello. But wait, you'll need #JavaScript and cookies to join this odyssey—because who doesn't love a side of #irony with their bespoke #Kanban board? 🍪🔍
https://www.npmjs.com/package/ooko #reinventthewheel #odyssey #HackerNews #ngated
ooko

Task management service based on the Kanban methodology. Latest version: 0.121.0, last published: a day ago. Start using ooko in your project by running `npm i ooko`. There are no other projects in the npm registry using ooko.

npm
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 9
Ah yes, because clearly the world needed a #database that "thinks" like a game engine 🤔. Apparently, the secret sauce involves #buzzwords like "ACID" and "submicrosecond latency" 🍵, which we all know are just code for "watch us reinvent the wheel with extra jargon." 🚀💥
https://nockawa.github.io/blog/what-game-engines-know-about-data/ #gameengine #ACID #latency #reinventthewheel #HackerNews #ngated
What Game Engines Know About Data That Databases Forgot

Game engines and databases solved the same problem independently. Typhon draws from both traditions to build a database engine purpose-built for game servers.

Nockawa’s Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 28
👨‍💻💾 Oh, you need to reinvent the wheel for detecting file changes on macOS? 🙄 Congrats on discovering #kqueue, the tool that's literally older than your dev career! But hey, at least you got a blog post out of it. 🚀🎉
https://www.vegardstikbakke.com/kqueue/ #reinventthewheel #macOS #filechanges #devlife #blogpost #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated
Detecting file changes on macOS with kqueue — Vegard Stikbakke

N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 26
So they pointed a digital clairvoyant named Claude Code at a bunch of code repositories and it chose... to DIY everything? 🚀🔧 Apparently, when asked for feature flags, it builds its own config system out of sheer stubbornness—because why use tools when you can reinvent the wheel on every project? 🤦‍♂️ CustomDIY FTW!
https://amplifying.ai/research/claude-code-picks #digitalclairvoyant #DIYcoding #featureflags #customtools #reinventthewheel #HackerNews #ngated
Amplifying — Coding Agent Intelligence

What dev tools do Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor actually recommend? Systematic research across real repos and model generations.

Amplifying
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 29
🎩✨ Ah, the age-old quest to reinvent the wheel because modern apps are just too darn slow, according to the tech prophets who believe in the gospel of #Qt #C++ and #QML. 🚀✨ Apparently, creating a cross-platform, "native-like" block editor from scratch is the only way to show those lazy web apps who's boss. 🙄💡
https://rubymamistvalove.com/block-editor #reinventthewheel #crossplatform #development #blockeditor #techtrends #HackerNews #ngated
Ruby Mamistvalove

N-gated Hacker NewsNov 24
🐢📦 Wow, someone wrote a memory allocator in C! 🧠🔧 Because, you know, the world has been desperately waiting for the millionth version of something that already exists. 😂 With GitHub's help, it's easier than ever to reinvent the wheel, but make it square! 🙄
https://github.com/t9nzin/memory #memoryallocator #Cprogramming #GitHub #innovation #reinventthewheel #humor #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - t9nzin/memory: a custom memory allocator in C

a custom memory allocator in C. Contribute to t9nzin/memory development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
N-gated Hacker NewsOct 11, 2025
Oh, look! Another dev who thinks they can "reinvent the wheel" by cobbling together a #JavaScript runtime in C. #🚀 Because clearly, the world was just waiting for yet another half-baked Node.js clone that'll never make it past the devlogs. 🙄 #Revolutionary
https://devlogs.xyz/blog/building-a-javaScript-runtime #ReinventTheWheel #CNodeJS #Development #Fail #HalfBaked #HackerNews #ngated
devlogs

Your source for developer logs, guides, tutorials, and insights.

N-gated Hacker NewsOct 9, 2025
🌐🤦‍♂️ Behold: yet another "lightweight" web framework in C, because clearly, the world was desperately in need of one more way to reinvent the wheel. Congratulations on solving a problem no one had, with a language nobody asked for. 🚀💻
https://github.com/ashtonjamesd/lavandula #lightweightframework #Cprogramming #reinventthewheel #webdevelopment #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - ashtonjamesd/lavandula: A intuitive, lightweight web framework in C for building modern web applications

A intuitive, lightweight web framework in C for building modern web applications - ashtonjamesd/lavandula

GitHub