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I'm an international student in the U.S. Tax filing for Nonresident Aliens on a F-1 or J-1 visa can be quite tricky, especially since there are almost no resources online that cover our situation. What information I could find are posts from tax software companies, and they are usually thinly-veiled marketing posts.

https://collegetaxguide.org/

This year, I decided to make a guide on how to file taxes as a F-1 student or J-1 scholar. I cover not just the basics, but also advanced topics such as:

* How to claim a tax treaty benefit. Most countries have tax treaties with the U.S. where visiting students and scholars can get an exemption on income tax.

* How to determine if you're a resident alien or nonresident. This is a big point, because as a resident alien, you are taxed on global income.

* How to properly declare investment income on a F-1 visa.

My guide is independent, noncommercial, and open source. There are no ads. It's entirely self-hosted and made by me.

Since this is HN, I will share some notes about the tech stack.

I am using Ghost as the content management system (CMS), since it's a best-in-class CMS that is also open source. The frontend is a custom theme that I forked from one of the included defaults:

https://github.com/collegetaxguide/collegetaxguide-theme

The biggest thing that I learned building this is that modern javascript development uses a lot of toolchains. I used to work in Bootstrap and hand-write javascript with jQuery, but those days are long gone.

I tried to optimize the website as much as I can, and I learned about HTML tags. Using a tag, you can serve different versions of an image, and let the browser load the best one. For instance, you can serve the background image of your landing point in AVIF, WEBP, and PNG formats, and if the browser supports it, they will only load AVIF.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/pi...

I know that a lot of the more experienced developers probably already knew that, but it was very cool for me.

Thank you for seeing my Show HN. I'll be around to answer any questions.

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Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 392 for March 30.

Hints and answers for Connections for March 30, #658.

Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle No. 1,380 for March 30.

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Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Proof implementation using Fiat-Shamir Heuristic and Elliptic Curve Cryptography

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Hi HN!

We’re building ServiceOrca — a global platform where users can search, compare, and contact any type of service provider, across any industry.

Unlike Yelp, Angi, or Thumbtack, which focus mostly on local or home-related services (like restaurants or plumbers), ServiceOrca is built for all types of services — from legal to tech, healthcare to consulting — and it works worldwide.

We just launched our pre-launch version, and are onboarding early providers now. The goal is to create a unified, structured, and truly global service marketplace — not limited by location or industry.

Would love your thoughts, feedback, and any ideas on how to make it better!

Thanks

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