I got back into church a couple years ago and would try taking notes with Apple Notes. It was a struggle trying to type notes while focusing on the sermon. Honestly, it would have been easier to write it in a notebook but in the end I built this iOS app to solve that problem.

You can record audio during a sermon (or upload files), and it transcribes using Whisper, then generates summaries, flashcards, and reflection questions tailored to Christian content.

The backend is Spring Boot + Kotlin calling OpenAI's API. Instead of deploying the backend through one of the cloud providers directly I decided to go with Railway. Users are notified with push notifications when their transcription and summary are completed. The iOS app uses SwiftUI and out-of-the-box SwiftUI components.

I worked with Spring Boot + Java a few years back when in fintech so it was cool to try writing something in Kotlin. I'm also a full-time Flutter dev that has been trying to get into Native iOS development and felt like I found a good use case for an app.

Currently only available in the US/Canada App Store. There is a free 3-day trial that you can use to give the app a go.

The goal was helping Christians retain more from sermons and build stronger biblical literacy.

Happy to answer questions about the architecture, AI prompting approach for Christian content, or anything else.

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bible-note-journal/id675227330...

Hey HN,

I built something that allows you to build arrangements for songs. You can create your own song too, and build setlists. It even comes with click tracks for each arrangement.

I’ve been toying with an idea for a dating platform that mixes game mechanics with profile presentation. The core twist is that users solve puzzles on the site, and their performance affects how their profile photo is styled.

Here is how it works:

Everyone uploads normal photos, but the platform uses AI to change only the clothing. Nothing about a person’s physical traits is edited. At the start, the system puts you in hilariously cheap or awkward outfits as a kind of lighthearted baseline. As you do well on the puzzles, your clothing in the photos automatically improves and becomes more stylish.

The entire system is transparent, so every user knows the outfits are game rewards rather than reflections of real wealth or fashion sense. The idea is to create a fun progression system that people can show off while also offering an easy conversation starter. Think of it like cosmetic upgrades in a game, but applied to dating photos in a way that stays respectful since it only changes clothing.

I’m curious how people feel about this kind of playful twist in a dating environment. Would it make the whole experience more engaging?

I'm a reporter with Eater, and I'm curious about the rumors that Mark Zuckerberg delivered "homemade soup" to recruit folks to Meta.

Has anyone heard of this happening to someone they know, or experienced it themself? I'm curious to hear some personal or second-hand stories.

From Fortune: https://fortune.com/2025/12/03/mark-zuckerberg-hand-delivering-soup-poach-talent-openai-sam-altman/

Another story on the topic: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-soup-story-openaai-employee-recruiting-attempt-2025-12

I don't know if we're ready to pull the trigger yet, but curious if other folks are looking at alternatives.

The WAF is great, but recent events have made it obvious that having a single point of failure entirely defeats the purpose of DNS being a distributed/decentralized service.

Is anyone doing anything creative here? We like the features that the WAF provides - but not at the expense of global outages. If you have a 3 9s availability SLA, you've just blown 90% of your allotted downtime because of Cloudflare's WAF.