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Show HN: I Built Tinyfocus – A Minimal Tool to Help Solo Founders Focus Hi HN, I just launched Tinyfocus, a small productivity tool designed specifically for solo founders and builders. The goal is simple: help you focus on what matters and get more done in less time. Here’s what Tinyfocus does: Lets you track your top tasks and prioritize efficiently. Provides micro dashboards to keep your daily focus in check. Lightweight, no distractions, no fluff. I built it entirely by myself, iterating in public, and I wanted to share it with the community to get feedback. It’s been crazy seeing how a simple tool can make such a difference in daily focus, especially when you’re juggling multiple projects as a solo founder. Check it out here: tinyfoc.us I’d love to hear your thoughts – any feedback, feature ideas, or bugs you notice. Thanks! https://ift.tt/UpBhrue November 30, 2025 at 11:35PM

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Show HN: Zero-power photonic language model–code The model uses a 1024-dimensional complex Hilbert space with 32 layers of programmable Mach–Zehnder meshes (Reck architecture) and derives token probabilities directly via the Born rule. Despite using only unitary operations and no attention mechanism, a 1024×32 model achieves coherent TinyStories generation after < 1.8 hours of training on a single consumer GPU. This is Part 1 - the next step is physical implementation with $50 of optics from AliExpress. https://zenodo.org/records/17764289 November 30, 2025 at 12:15AM

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