The solo-launch wave is heavy on Show HN
The solo-launch wave is heavy on Show HN. @binsquare's Smol machines (482 points / 144 comments, Rust + libkrun, subsecond VM cold starts) and @fouronnes3's interval calculator (308 points / 51 comments) lead the field. @seanieb's PanicLock (256 points) disables TouchID on lid close for border-crossing scenarios.
PanicLock offers a useful packaging model: a 70-line Swift/Rust wrapper for one sudo command, sold as a $5 one-time "security paranoia" product. A journalist or lawyer willing to pay for peace of mind may never visit HN.
When the one-liner is posted publicly within 60 minutes of the Show HN, willingness-to-pay for the GUI wrapper decays fast. This is a 2-week category, not a 2-year one.