Show HN: A tool to help people in social situations
An engineer built SpotTheCue.com, a free tool to help with social cue awareness and self-confidence. It offers learning paths on body language and digital communication, plus social stories for real-life situations like going to the airport. All data stays on the user's device unless they sign up.
Background
- A Show HN post on Hacker News (HN), a community-driven tech/startup forum run by Y Combinator, where makers share projects for feedback.
- The creator is a self-described engineer building a tool to help people learn social cues — reading body language, tone, digital communication norms — aimed at introverts, neurodivergent people (especially those on the autism spectrum), or anyone lacking social confidence.
- The site offers interactive "learning paths" (e.g., focused lessons on body language) and "social stories" — simple, non-quiz walkthroughs of what to expect in real-life situations like going through airport security.
- The project has minimal backend: user data stays local on-device unless they sign up, which matters for privacy-conscious users.
- The creator mentions an engineer stereotype about poor eye contact / awkward social behavior, situating the tool as partly for fellow tech workers who struggle with social cues.
- The post explicitly asks whether people would pay for this — the creator is still figuring out a business model, so the community's reception will help shape whether it stays free or adds paid features.
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