u/DaanyalMald

With Sydney Marathon about two months away, I put together a small tool that gives course-adjusted splits based on your goal time:

CoursePace Sydney Marathon calculator

You enter a goal time, choose km or mile, and it estimates splits using the course profile instead of assuming every split should be exactly the same.

For anyone interested, I wrote a short note on the pacing model behind CoursePace.

It’s free, no login, and still early. I’ll add more courses if you find this useful. Let me know which marathon you’d want to see next.

CoursePace Sydney Marathon calculator

Most pace calculators just divide goal time by distance and assume every km/mile should be the same pace. That’s useful, but Sydney has enough elevation and rolling sections that I wanted something closer to an “even effort” race plan.

You enter a goal time, choose km or mile, and it gives estimated splits adjusted by the course profile.

For anyone interested, I wrote a short note on the pacing model behind CoursePace.

It’s free, no login, and still early. I’ll add more courses if you find this useful. Let me know which marathon you’d want to see next.

I’m not a native English speaker, so I regularly rely on Gemini (both Flash and Pro) to draft and reply to chat messages and emails. Because I talk to many different people for different reasons, I usually start a fresh chat thread for each person.

The problem is that every time I open a new chat, the initial drafts are incredibly generic and have that obvious "AI feel." I end up having to spend some time tweaking it just to make it sound like my actual voice for each and every new chat.

I know Gemini has the Memory feature, which is supposed to work across chats, but it still hasn't picked up on my writing style after months of regular use (and 2 months of paying for the Plus plan).

Has anyone else experienced this? Do you have any tricks, workarounds, or specific prompts you use to make Gemini consistently sound like you right out of the gate? Thanks!

https://reddit.com/link/1u1nwpb/video/ksv5ifibwc6h1/player

I’ve been a heavy Reddit user for years, but I also enjoy reading Hacker News. The content is great; I just never loved the default reading experience.

There are already great HN extensions/redesigns like Modern for HN, Orange Juice, and Refined HN. RedHN takes a more opinionated approach: it tries to make HN feel closer to Reddit’s browsing flow, while still keeping Hacker News underneath.

What RedHN includes:

• card-based main feed
• light/dark/system themes
• redesigned sticky navigation and search
• clearer, interactive comment threading
• larger action buttons
• redesigned profile and submit pages
• classic HN fallback toggle
• and more

Voting, replying, hiding, favoriting, logging in, and submitting still go through Hacker News. RedHN is just a UI/UX layer on top.

It’s open source under the MIT license. No analytics, ads or backend (settings and read state are stored locally).

GitHub Repo: fanjin-z/RedHN

Try it: Firefox Add-ons | Chrome Web Store

Feature requests, bug reports, and contributions are very welcome.

RedHN Screen record demo

I’ve been a heavy Reddit user for years, but I also enjoy reading HN. The content is great; I just never loved the default reading experience, especially on mobile.

There are already great HN extensions/redesigns like Modern for HN, Orange Juice, and Refined HN. RedHN takes a more opinionated approach: it tries to make HN feel closer to Reddit’s browsing flow, while still keeping Hacker News underneath.

What RedHN includes:

• card-based main feed
• light/dark/system themes
• redesigned sticky navigation and search
• clearer, interactive comment threading
• larger action buttons
• redesigned profile and submit pages
• classic HN fallback toggle
• and more

Voting, replying, hiding, favoriting, logging in, and submitting still go through Hacker News. RedHN is just a UI/UX layer on top.

It’s open source under the MIT license. No analytics, ads or backend (settings and read state are stored locally).

GitHub Repo: fanjin-z/RedHN

Try it: Chrome Web Store | Firefox Add-ons

Feature requests, bug reports, and contributions are very welcome.

I’m looking for pickleball groups or regular games in Guangzhou, ideally around Tianhe or Zhujiang New Town.

I’m a beginner-ish player, around 2.5–3.0. I recently got into pickleball while remote working in Da Nang and would love to keep playing now that I’m back in Guangzhou. I played some tennis as a teenager, but I’m still pretty new to pickleball.

Does anyone know any beginner-friendly courts, casual open play, or regular sessions around Tianhe / Zhujiang New Town? English, Mandarin, or Cantonese are all fine for me. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!