alt Hacker NewsAsk HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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Finishing up at my current employer as a Software Dev. Been here for nearly 4 years, which is about 4 years too long and I am at my absolute limit.
On the good news is I am also leaving the IT industry which is nice
Right now Im working on so many thigs, but none of them as interesting as the things that other people here do.
I manage a small store (https://amigurumis.com.mx) for my SO and im dropping Elementor (too expensive) to use only Gutenberg. Turns out that it is pretty good for simple sites.
Im having some sucess developing new websites for people who cant afford it, or who never though about having one, so i created one for an accountant (https://contadoranual.com) using only WordPress.
DailySelfTrack app: https://dailyselftrack.com/
DailySelfTrack is a customizable combination of habit tracker, health journal and diary.
It should be as powerful as a spreadsheet for self-tracking, but the daily usability should be more on par with a habit tracker app.
For example my use-case would be:
- Journaling in a way that fits into what I need. (Gratitude, bullet point jounal)
- Analysing my health and understand how things might relate to each other. (State of multiple health issues)
- Support for moving closer towards achieving my goals. (Daily focus sessions, no-phone mornings, learning Korean)
Building Smello (https://github.com/smelloscope/smello), a Python library and a local server that capture your outgoing HTTP requests to help you debug API integrations.
The idea was inspired by Mailpit, which I've used for years to debug outgoing emails. A few implementation details were literally stolen from Sentry SDK with an "implement it how Sentry does it" prompt.
Building SiteSecurityScore (https://www.sitesecurityscore.com). A website security scanner that grades your site and tells you exactly what to fix.
It gives you a detailed breakdown of what's missing, step by step guidance on how to fix each issue, and shareable report links. Excellent resource for security teams of all sizes.
Scans HTTP headers, TLS/SSL, DNS security, cookies, and page content. Free to get started, with a REST API for integrating scans into your CI/CD pipeline or monitoring. Also supports capturing and reporting CSP violations.
A service summarising and simplifying EU laws, resolutiins, decisions and so on: https://euforya.eu/
One thing I find especially intriguing is how LLMs can help deal with desinformation:
- I experiment with deterministic settings of local LLMs for the document summary so that sharing a prompt would prove that the output was not tempered with (no desinformation on the service side)
- I add outputs of several LLMs (from the US, the EU and from China) for the "broader context" section so users could compare the output (no desiformation on the provider and model side)
I'm building a client-side-only web page that will (eventually) allow users to build their own image filter and batch-apply it to a bunch of images.
https://kaliedarik.github.io/sc-filter-builder/
No idea if anyone will be interested in using such a (free, MIT) web tool, but I'm having lots of fun putting my canvas library's filter engine (which is inspired by SVG chainable filters) through its paces.
Working on https://housecat.com, AI productivity tools for non technical teams.
https://housecat.com/docs/editorial/why-housecat
The ideas I’m thinking about is: what’s old is new.
We’re seeing a massive influx of people writing software and administering servers for the first time ever. But so many people are jumping (or being pushed) into the deep end without basic training.
Lots of opportunities for us older admin folks to build, teach and help all the new folks.
I'm working on an open source SYZYGY carrier board powered by Zynq 7000 SOC. My goal is to create a simple yet usable platform for SDR experiments. The hardware design is done with KiCad, and everything including the firmware is available publicly.
The most versatile and secure no-code backend platform ever created for building complex web apps. The original goal was to bring junior devs on par with top senior devs in terms of application architecture. I've been trying to create a dev experience that avoids any kind of abstract technical hurdles and makes everything as light, declarative and scalable as possible. Pivoted for AI; which is even better at using it than a junior dev. I started building this project piece by piece 15 years ago.
Bought an e-scooter from Wilfa (under the E-way subbrand). Been reversing it slowly. End goal is to have an Apple Watch only app with stats and maybe some fun gimmicks like using wrist rotation and gestures for switching gears and such.
So far I first sniffed the BT logs from my iPhone but couldn't figure out how authorization works. Recently decided to decompile the android version and with some LLM help I made some progress. Been too busy to test it out but once I crack the authorization I can get started with writing my own Watch app
While I look for a new job working on clean energy hardware, I’m re-habbing a weatherproof 7kWh battery I built for a Burning Man project last year.
I’m adding:
- A control hub that reads data from the batteries and the solar controller
- Remote and on-device UIs that allow a user to control all the hardware from one place
- A LoRa transceiver that allows monitoring the battery and solar status from a distance
Exploring all of this is fun — there’s a lot of DIY solar and battery hardware out there that needs to be able to sync and coordinate, but there’s not a great software solution for this.
Hit me up if you want to hire me, or give me money to work on this :)
SBproxy (sbproxy.dev) - An API and AI gateway as a single binary. Sits between your apps and LLM providers to give you more control.
After the LiteLLM supply chain hack last month I feel pretty good about that choice. Your LLM gateway holds every provider API key you have. That probably shouldn’t be a pip install.
Open source engine take a look!
Working on an AI assisted personal docs management app.
https://distortionlabs.com/papermind
You drag in your statements (mortgage, insurance, car payments ...) and it organizes them for you. There are also reminders for due dates. App is for Mac OS. There will be a companion iOS read only app so you can reference your docs quickly.
All docs are stored in Cloudkit.
I'm building a Redis real-time backup platform with PITR (point in time recovery) to the exact millisecond. Besides downloads it has an emergency recovery option where you connect the Redis client directly to the master-replica to receive the latest version.
The key explorer let's you change data on the fly and receive notifications in real time when a condition is met (if value contains X).
It's build in Rust on bare metal wit isolation between clients and data.
ReplicaSafe.com (nothing there yet, will take a few weeks)
https://neverbreak.ai that fixes failing CI and opens a PR with _proof_. Most "AI CI fix" tools read the error log and guess a patch. We actually reproduce the failure, fix it then re-run the test in a fresh environment to confirm it passes before opening the PR. Each PR includes a short GIF of the fix working. If the test doesn't actually pass, no PR gets opened. Works with C, Python, Go, Node.js, Java on GitHub Actions and GitLab CI. Currently working with few beta users.
I’m building TrackCheck, a small app that helps motocross riders quickly see which UK tracks are open for the weekend.
Tracks usually post updates on Facebook, so riders end up checking dozens of pages manually. I scrape recent posts and use an LLM to infer whether a track is open, closed, or unknown for the upcoming weekend.
Currently Android-only, with iOS in progress:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lynxleap.t...
Too many things
- Tool to auto create dashboards from csv/json files or rest api ( https://EasyAnalytica.com )
- Tool to preview, annotate and share html snippets ( https://easyanalytica.com/tools/html-playground/ )
- Creating agent to edit files with smaller model(<1B) not yet released.
-Prompt assember to create prompts/templates/context and easily share between ai to be released this week.
I’m working on my own markdown IDE / Google Docs competitor with an AI agentic editor that coaches on strategy in addition to proof reading. I made it as a side project. Designed it entirely by taking screenshots, annotating them, and giving feedback to codex. Basically applied everything I learned utilizing Claude code a d codex extensively at work to this side project to see how fast I could ship something that felt complete. Check it out: https://clarus.page
Tritium, the legal IDE: https://tritium.legal
This month we're focused on:
- first-party, native DMS integration;
- provider-agnostic agentic workflows; and
- enterprise-grade redlining
But of more interest to this group is probably our blog! Our latest post is about Gary Kildall's blunder quibbling over an NDA redline with IBM who was looking to give its entire enterprise away: https://tritium.legal/blog/redlining.
My wife and I have been working on a platform for close to year now, called The Influencer AI (https://www.theinfluencer.ai) that helps you generate a consistent AI person, and use them for images and talking video. We've been growing and polishing it based on user feedback since then. You can go from idea of a person in your head, to the finished video of her doing or saying anything you need, all on one platform, with the best ai models for each step leveraged for you.
A backend for an open source bbq thermometer firmware that a mate and I wrote last year for a product that was discontinued (https://github.com/epiecs/free-grilly).
The github repo for the backend is still private atm but we are planning to release soon once we have a gui ready for that new backend. The plan after that is to learn pcb design and electronics and maybe design our own bbq thermometer :)
I got tired of the money wall around cabinet design so I am working on https://cabinet.mycnc.app. Some very alpha features still but getting there.
Making cabinets is not that hard but the industry charges insane amounts of money for it. Since I have to make cabinets for two kitchens I invested in a Sienci Labs CNC so when the cabinets are done I'll have saved money and gotten a CNC out of it which I can then sell or use for other things.
AST-based code edits from LLMs: https://codeplusequalsai.com
It's an LLM-webapp-builder, sure, but different from the rest! I have the LLM write python code when it needs to modify an HTML file for example (it'll use beautifulsoup; then I run the code: it parses the source into a data structure, modifies the data structure, and then outputs the resulting html).
It's also a marketplace where you can publish your llm-powered webapp, and earn $ on the token margins (I charge 2x token rates) when people use your site.
Currently I'm finalizing my static web hosting project for designers and other people who couldn't be bothered to learn a cli, https://webtastic.site and trying to make simple games for iOS. My first game is Merge Mixology, https://apps.apple.com/no/app/merge-mixology/id6760284508?l=...
One aspect of a product I'm working on is a family communications tool meant to bridge generations. My side project is an alternative client for Bluesky that runs as an installable app on many platforms, and cleans up some of the legacy UI complexity in the default client app. I'm looking for application areas like enterprise group communication. If you are working in related areas, especially in product management and strategy, I want to hear from you. Find me at my name .com
I've been building SoberStack (https://soberstack.app). It's the first side project I've taken on in a few years.
It's a free sobriety app for any bad habits I built for myself. Most sobriety apps reset your counter to zero when you slip, but it uses a Github style contribution graph to show you how far you have come. I also use it to track urges, and store a toolbox that is a reminder if why I am quitting something and what I can do instead every time I have an urge.
https://peppy.bot a robotics framework to replace ROS 2, currently working on automatic nodes resolution so pulling a working software for your robot is as easy as doing an `apt get install my_robot`.
The goal is to enable devs from all fields (embedded devs/AI engineers/vibe coders) to work on their own stack without ever having to worry about the other parts of the robot stack.
I am building devlens.io, an open source tool for codebase visualization tool for easy onboarding and easy PR review. The most interesting and loved feature of the tool is blast radius i.e., If I change this component, how far will the effect be propogated ?
github repo if you wanna check : https://github.com/devlensio/devlensOSS website : https://devlens.io
Real challenge to keep it working 24/7. The Android OS, and its modifications are really aggressive, trying to kill everything that runs more than they think it is allowed to.
I made a whole article about it. I hope it will help others: https://dev.to/stoyan_minchev/i-spent-several-months-buildin...
I have always wanted to buy my food directly from farms but the logistics is daunting.
So I am creating an ambitious app that uses agents
Admin: -> handles all financial transactions and manages the app
Subscriber:-> entity who orders/shops
Market: -> the agents that work with the farmers or markets
Catering: -> for any processing or recipes
Delivery: -> handles cold chain, delivery, storage
Initially I will do everything but the idea is to delegate the agents
The basic structure is in place
Gatana: https://www.gatana.ai/
Extremely flexible and configurable MCP Gateway, target users is enterprises/companies/organizations who want secure and managed MCP within their company. Support both Cloud and On-premise.
I'm building a new version control forge around Jujutsu :). I think GitHub is pretty bad in its UX and I want to build something that is a) more opinionated than raw git; b) optimised more around team usage than GitHub is; c) uses nicer algorithms for diffing, merges; d) can be scaled slightly better than Git (in the context of entire teams of developers).
Essentially taking a lot of the good ideas already out there and turning it into a coherent product.
I've recently found the best way to find an apartment to rent in Bangkok. It's the Facebook Groups. Tons of owners post their listings there.
So, I've built a scraper that scrapes posts from Facebook Groups and made those posts filterable/sortable.
Now I'm looking to launch the same thing for US cities. Their Facebook Groups have tons of posts around subleasing/looking for accommodations.
If you are interested, here's the site for Bangkok: https://bangkokprop.com
https://github.com/Swoorup/shadml I got tired of lack of functional features in wgsl.
So making a new language that is a mix of haskell and F# that transpiles to wgsl. It has traits, bitfields, adts, module/imports externs to bind to other wgsl. Was born from a fork called fwgsl.
Very early days though.
Check out https://www.steampunkclock.com - a concept inspired by a drawing toy called a spirograph. I originally coded it in c# over 10 years ago, but was able to port to the web via mostly vibe coding, and even go 3D! Brass, copper, rusty steel, gears and more gears! Really Quite Prodigious my dear chap! Drag to rotate, with zoom etc. I used google antigravity mainly for this recent work. Hope you like it. from Charlie Wallace of Carlsbad CA.
I'm building a simple daily crossword for developers. Just to take a small break from the daily grind.
I'm working on RootCX (https://github.com/RootCX/RootCX), a platform for building and shipping internal apps and AI agents in production.
Think of it like "Claude code on Supabase", but for internal apps and AI agents.
I got tired of choosing the deployment platform, wiring up Postgres, SSO (OIDC), RBAC, audit logs, secret vaults, integrations/tools/MCP, ... from scratch every time I needed an internal tool.
Started a new side quest of helping non technical women learn coding with cursor/claude and more. Hosting a 4 week series starting this week in SF - buildafterdark.com
Hello! Not sure if this is you, but every year I either miss my kids’ summer camp deadline or scramble to grab whatever’s left . I figured there has to be a better way — so I’m building something that helps parents like us get reminders (and maybe even auto-book if this is possible) before camps fill up.
If you’ve been through this rodeo too, please provide your feedback — your feedback will help make next summer a lot less stressful for other parents
A boring solution for a boring problem - Working with PDFs.
I've been making a browser-based PDF editor that runs on-device via Webassembly / PDFium. Many of the hard parts were done by the open source embedpdf project, and I've been adding my own custom tools on top of it.
It does the usual annotation stuff — highlights, comments, stamps, etc. working on some more advanced stuff now - regex search/redact, measurements and takeoff tools for AEC industry.
I'm working on moving as much as possible to self hosted options. Have forgejo, Authentik and Nextcloud set up so far. Slowly finding alternatives for things, I think my next goal is Nostr
I'm still working on my Calendar API. Currently I'm implementing the events CRUD endpoints. I haven't addressed booking / appointment / free slot finding yet, I intend to investigate how other API's handle this. Especially since I want to support multiple resource types (rooms, machines, people, chairs....). Not sure yet if REST will be appropriate there, or if I'm better off picking something like GraphQL there
Last week my friend and I launched https://farmdoor.co.nz
A job board for travellers and backpackers on working holiday visas in New Zealand.
Most NZ job sites are built for employers. Farmdoor aims to flip that: workers can leave reviews of farms and employers, so the next person knows what they're signing up for before they show up somewhere remote.
Built it after seeing firsthand how hard it is for backpackers to find reliable work and how little recourse they have when an employer turns out to be dodgy.
I'm quite excited at the prospect of EmDash from cloudflare unseating Wordpress - especially for creating real estate websites.
I adapted my open source ruby on rails real estate website builder to work with EmDash and can already see a lot of potential.
It's not ready for production use yet but I'm really enjoying working on it:
https://github.com/RealEstateWebTools/emdash_property_web_bu...
I'm working on a simulation-esque mountain biking game in my spare time. I'm making it in Godot and am writing the simulation core in rust. I'm a regular full-stack dev in the daytime, so it's been slow going learning gamedev and working on an ambitious project. Though with how good AI tools are nowadays, I am able to make some progress.
The dream is a game where I have a controllable, real feeling bike, POV gameplay with an action cam feel, simulated dirt, and real feeling Squamish level rolls and freeride features.
I've mostly been trying to get the bike controller to feel right, as it's the most important part. Modeling the inputs (and what to input) in a way that gives the player control has proven to be quite difficult so far. I've got a decent feeling steering controller. I've found so far the best combo to be one stick controlling the rider's hips, and another controlling the lean of the bike. This gives bike body separation, realistic feeling turning, and the ability to flick the rear end in certain scenarios. To have a realistic controller there's no way to let the player control steering, since counter steering is too quick an input and isn't intuitive at all, so the steering controller has to determine the handlebar direction to make that happen and keep the bike stable.
I've been trying to model manuals and hops next, and this is even more difficult. As an avid rider myself, my best days out riding is when I'm controlling the bike like a lever with force through the bottom bracket. Everything comes from this and feels the same when riding well - pumping, jumping, manuals, hops. I've tried multiple control sets, and also different methods of making this happen programmatically with no luck yet. However, before I was applying forces through a multi body CoM tied in code to the bike rigid body. Now I'm trying using a separate player rigid body and I'm hoping this will fix my issues. I think this should give me more separation between the rider and body physics wise, and automatically give me forces against the player when braking, and in compressions.
Then I've still got much more to go to just have the concept evaluated! I want to write a dirt simulation. I found a recent papers on coupling rigid bodies to the MPM technique. I'm hoping to use this to make real feeling dirt as well. The dynamic nature of riding and the terrain is such an important part.
I'm working on my Pact app. A shared habit tracker. I need positive social pressure to stick to good habits. This helps me a lot.
You commit to a habit, invite your friends to join, and keep each other accountable.
Little square for each day/week fills up depending on how many members of the Pact completed it. Streaks are dependent on everyone in the pact completing.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pact-accountability/id67551314...
Hello, I'm building https://chargeradius.com, a web app to help drivers find nearby EV chargers quickly and open directions instantly.
The idea came from wanting something simpler than a map-heavy charging experience when you already know roughly where you are and just want nearby options fast.
It’s built with a Tesla integration, though the core charger lookup and directions can also be used without it.
Still early, but live and iterating.
Arrr. Here's the monthly dose of low self-esteem for all those who struggle to get anything worthwhile done. Currently working on figuring how you get motivated and competent enough as I browse various link from this thread.