Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass
8 by pattle | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Thursday, 12 February 2026
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion
Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion
4 by Katherine603 | 9 comments on Hacker News.
I've developed a simple AI-powered British accent generator. Enter or paste your text, select the voice that best fits your project's tone, and generate speech for free. It supports up to 500 characters and offers 8 distinct, lifelike voices. Everything runs entirely within your browser. I'm primarily seeking feedback on output quality, user experience, and any technical improvements worth exploring.
4 by Katherine603 | 9 comments on Hacker News.
I've developed a simple AI-powered British accent generator. Enter or paste your text, select the voice that best fits your project's tone, and generate speech for free. It supports up to 500 characters and offers 8 distinct, lifelike voices. Everything runs entirely within your browser. I'm primarily seeking feedback on output quality, user experience, and any technical improvements worth exploring.
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu bar (open source)
Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu bar (open source)
15 by nixus76 | 8 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN! Nick here – developer of Itsyhome, a menu bar app for macOS that gives you control over your whole HomeKit fleet (and very soon Home Assistant). I run 130+ HomeKit devices at home and the Home app was too heavy for quick adjustments. Full HomeKit support, favourites, hidden items, device groups, pinning of rooms/accessories/groups as separate menu bar items, iCloud sync – all in a native experience and tiny package. Open source ( https://ift.tt/zpbseV1 ) and free to use (there is an optional one-time purchase for a Pro version which includes cameras and automation features). Itsyhome is a Mac Catalyst app because HomeKit requires the iOS SDK, so it runs a headless Catalyst process for HomeKit (and now Home Assistant) access while using a native AppKit plugin over a bridge protocol to provide the actual menu bar UI – since AppKit gives you the real macOS menu bar experience that Catalyst alone can't. It comes with deeplink support, a webhook server, a CLI tool (golang, all open source), a Stream Deck plugin (open source, all accessories supported), and the recent update also includes an SSE event stream (HomeKit and HA) - you can curl -N localhost:8423/events and get a real-time JSON stream of every device state change in your home. Home Assistant version is still in beta – would anyone be willing to test it via TestFlight? Appreciate any feedback and happy to answer any questions.
15 by nixus76 | 8 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN! Nick here – developer of Itsyhome, a menu bar app for macOS that gives you control over your whole HomeKit fleet (and very soon Home Assistant). I run 130+ HomeKit devices at home and the Home app was too heavy for quick adjustments. Full HomeKit support, favourites, hidden items, device groups, pinning of rooms/accessories/groups as separate menu bar items, iCloud sync – all in a native experience and tiny package. Open source ( https://ift.tt/zpbseV1 ) and free to use (there is an optional one-time purchase for a Pro version which includes cameras and automation features). Itsyhome is a Mac Catalyst app because HomeKit requires the iOS SDK, so it runs a headless Catalyst process for HomeKit (and now Home Assistant) access while using a native AppKit plugin over a bridge protocol to provide the actual menu bar UI – since AppKit gives you the real macOS menu bar experience that Catalyst alone can't. It comes with deeplink support, a webhook server, a CLI tool (golang, all open source), a Stream Deck plugin (open source, all accessories supported), and the recent update also includes an SSE event stream (HomeKit and HA) - you can curl -N localhost:8423/events and get a real-time JSON stream of every device state change in your home. Home Assistant version is still in beta – would anyone be willing to test it via TestFlight? Appreciate any feedback and happy to answer any questions.
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