alt Hacker NewsAsk HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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Intelligent loop orchestration: https://watchd.dev
Open Source Invoicing: https://ziglag.com
Better agent-first framework: https://stk.dev
An "agent orchestrator" (or whatever you want to call it) that supports any cli agent. Trying to optimize for reducing cognitive load for working on different tasks at the same time with agents.
Currently doing final polishes on adding support for making it simple and easy to run agents and review the code remotely over ssh.
Adding more and more features to https://mdview.io (the best way to read technical docs). Now I am adding CLI support for the features like publishing, custom slug creation, pdf rendering and more
https://github.com/mbvlabs/andurel
A web framework for Golang that has support for inertia as well as an opinionated set of tools which an agent friendly CLI.
Just released v1.0.0 last week and getting a few QOL features in now!
Nothing, I'm trying to get my passion back, lost it for a couple months now, not sure if it was from the binge drinking
I used to build hardware projects, write code but lately been coasting
Working on a instagram alternative. Trying to figure out how to grow a user base, when my companies goals are 'non-addictive', 'good for you', ad free social media.
I'm building https://supadesk.ai - An AI agent platform to help businesses manage their front-desk.
I launched beta last month with a couple of customers in pilot phase. It has been great learning experiencing building my first AI agent tool and running it in production.
I have ADHD, and my calendar is a graveyard of things that were totally fine right up until they were on fire.
So about to release an iOS app that sends me early notifications about what to actually prepare, or do.
Best examples so far: on my last trip it pinged me the night before with a packing list based on the weather at my destination. Also reminding me to book a table for a dinner planned.
It's here for the waiting list: https://heylife.ai
https://gymify.it to seamlessly integrate exercise into daily life. Let me know if you have any feedback :)
Working on Artifacta, a place for agents to store artifacts they create and share/publish them. Now supports hosted MCP along with a CLI
[1]: https://artifacta.io
Vibe coded a flashcard web app to help me learn Bangla.
Vibe coded with my brother (he did most of the work) firmware for the X4 e-reader to turn it into a word processor and flashcard app
I am building https://EasyAnalytica.com - single place for all your dashboards. It generates dashboards automatically from data without using ai. It supports getting data from google sheets, api's, url's etc. I have recently added support for gsc as data source and i plan to continue adding more in coming weeks.
Koji (https://github.com/iam-mhaseeb/koji) - A dead simple personal website engine for developers focused on simplicity.
Salahmate (https://salahmate.app) - A mobile app that helps Muslims build the habit of praying gently.
combining idea banks/feature request boards with popular product management surveys, with the idea to help people discover better signals from the noise of user feedback, and then follow up with interested users for in-depth research. We used to do this combining several tools for a SaaS product that we sold last year, and I thought it would be useful to build a unified service so everything is in a single tool. An early version (useful but not fully polished) is live at https://www.votito.com
During the last 2 month i've been working on an experiment which have as an objective to see how an AI managing a forum and creating its own rule behave in this environment with human interaction: https://gram.lelabs.tech/
I want fast answers to questions like:
"Why is Zoom lagging?"
"Is the issue my WiFi?"
"What's going on with the Internet?"
So, I built a local Mac utility that runs in the menubar to give at-a-glance visibility into live network and application issues. It's free (for typical uses), battery-efficient, and gives fast and reliable answers.
I’m working on Envelope. https://envelopebudgeting.com It’s a budgeting app that comes with a built in checking account and debit cards. Because your budget can actually decline card transactions it’s a very effective system for stopping overspending.
I’m currently migrating the codebase to Swift 6 and dealing with the new concurrency system.
Java Server Side Rendering Web Framework -- zero external runtime dependencies outside the web server layer -- https://github.com/vadimv/server-components The idea is to provide complete Java-centric modern web UI stack for building internal tools and admin panels.
I am making it easy to embed coding mode AI agents into SaaS applications. We have a WinterTC compatible custom JS runtime that lets the agents write code to accomplish tasks and a SDK to embed agents into your SaaS apps. We help you write skill files on our coding agent against your API and use our frontend SDK to embed the agent into your app a.la Intercom. See https://uraiai.com/
OrcaBot was my Jan+Feb attempt to defeat the lethal trifecta whilst offering all the bells and whistles of a claw like sandbox: https://orcabot.com/blog#breaking-the-lethal-trifecta
This month I've been working on the free desktop version which is available as of today but probably carries a few too many bugs to not be worth promoting just yet.
I ran into the same performance issues when reviewing Next.js apps, so I made a tool that scans Next.js sites and tells you what's slow. It's basically a performance tool that works best with Next.js apps, and highlights things like slow LCP, heavy JavaScript, and third-party impact and gives you suggestions and prioritizes them. Here is the link if anyone wants to check it out:
I'm doing a learning project(strictly no AI): writing a recursive dns resolver from scratch. It's been fun reading the DNS RFCs, implementing the wire protocol, and writing code by hand.
free and open-source invoice generator
https://easyinvoicepdf.com https://github.com/VladSez/easy-invoice-pdf
I've spent a few months building a simple feature management system for .NET - https://featureflags.app. The .NET built in feature management libraries work pretty well. But I wanted an easy to use UI for configuring flags - without having to use Azure.
I'm doing a personal research project into the technical maturity of ccTLDs. So far I've mostly been working with easily accessible public information, which I'm almost ready to publish, but the next phase is going to be trying to identify markers of stack complexity (provisioning etc) which is going to be tricky.
I'd love to hear from anyone else doing work in this area!
An iOS app to help toddlers get bored of smart phones more quickly: https://toddlerphotolock.com/
Continuing partijgedrag again!
In summary, I pull public motion votings and do any kind of processing I want to give people a better insight in how the Dutch parties vote. There's a voting compass that gets a bit busy before elections.
It was a project by Erwin and I would like to continue the work.
I'm looking at the long-term image and have high hopes other countries would enjoy this too
I'm working on https://gaffer.sh in my spare-time. It's been a fun way to learn how to (semi?) effectively work with LLMs and AI coding tools.
Novel app for live music performance (private for me and another big artist, we may release one day). Very unique
Sharable, real-time synced maps, Google Docs for maps basically.
I think the coolest part is the import feature where you can paste a link to a video or article and it pulls out places and enriches them with images and a description. You can also write your own notes, vote on places to go with friends, and apply colors. Right now I am working on user acquisition and experimenting with different marketing approaches.
Still noodling on https://skaldmaps.com, which lets you compare and rank all US ZIP codes, counties, and census tracts to find good places to move to and/or invest in.
Based on an early prototype that helped me find our current house.
An AR ArcGIS Map viewer in Apple Vision Pro. A Pre-listing checklist tool for Apple Vision Pro. A custom widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder for applying relationships to unrelated, unowned data.
I’m building FitBee, a fast, ad-free, and no-nonsense calorie and macro tracker for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fitbee-calorie-macro-counter/i...
Built in Swift, SwiftUI for the iOS app and Python for the backend.
I've been working on an OBDII scanner application for my port of Tock to the Microchip SAMV71. The idea is that it will help prove out the CAN peripheral in a real world environment before I start layering other things like UDS on top of it.
I am working on 2 football game websites, one for world cup https://7-0worldcup.org/,and the other for Top 5 leagues https://38-0.one/ Developing game is easy now, but it is really hard for promotion.
Still a small plattform for groups of gamers to share their library with each other and suggest and vote on games for a game night. I'm planning on a group finder feature where you can publicly search for others to play with you, currently it's more angled at existing groups.
I'm working on an open source e-card app that help people celebrate life moments together: https://cardjoy.app
Rewriting the region drawing code in my LisaGUI project so it does per-word bitwise operations instead of per-pixel calculations. I'm using Claude to help plan and debug it, but I'm being careful to review all its outputs and make sure I fully understand what it's suggesting and why. I don't want to lose all my neurons to this thing...
Job application tracker that gives you role details at a glance, emails you practice interview questions and helps with cover letters https://rolerecall.com
I recently decided to build and run my own training free inference engine... and it worked.
It's called TinyToT: https://github.com/guilt/TinyToT
You basically get a LLM without any training/RL here.
Created a react-doctor style cli to deterministically scan for misconfigurations, missing observability, and security posture. Now working on extending it so vibe-coders can secure their apps too!
All free and open source: https://github.com/DumbMachine/cloud-doctor
https://datetimemate.com/ - An old-school terminal-styled date/time calculator
Compute differences between dates, times, durations and timezones
Underlying CLI and Go library: https://github.com/jftuga/DateTimeMate
Building Package Manager Guard (PMG) - https://github.com/safedep/pmg
With all the supply chain attacks on OSS ecosystems targeting developers, PMG is a practical protection using a combination of threat intel, policy and sandbox.
It’s a package firewall on the terminal really. It has been surprisingly effective against most of the recent attacks.
https://timelinetranslate.com Translate any video or subtitle file into any other language. Launched yesterday and geared towards video editors with a DaVinci Resolve plugin. Delivers more control and ownership of the editorial process compared to other automated dubbing or subtitling.
Working on https://github.com/AqilbekAbilaev/ozendb
Free, open-source and drop-in replacement for Studio-3T. All the featured behind Studio-3T subscription for free in OzenDB.
Released beta version recently. Feel free to check out. Will be glad for feedback)
Note: this involves blockchain VMs. If that's a dealbreaker, feel free to skip. I get it.
I've spent 8 years working on RISC-V VMs for blockchains, recently also contributing to ZK VMs. Modern blockchain VMs are drastically more powerful, and I'm curious how far we can push them. I started porting real game logic to blockchain VMs, running game loop, physics simulation, collision detection, etc., on blockchain VMs. So far I have:
* Teeworlds to CKB-VM: https://xuejie.space/2026_06_16_teeworlds_on_ckb/
* One Hour One Life to CKB-VM: https://xuejie.space/2026_06_29_porting_one_hour_one_life_ga...
* A small ray tracer to Jolt ZK VM: https://xuejie.space/2026_07_10_cpp_ray_tracer_on_jolt_zk_vm...
Source is available for 2 of the 3, I need to clean up the OHOL one.
Some context: CKB-VM [1] is a RISC-V virtual machine I designed for Nervos starting in 2018. Jolt ZK VM [2] is a zero-knowledge virtual machine developed by a16z. Both execute RISC-V code, but due to different design, Jolt ZK VM is a much faster CPU than CKB-VM.
Technically this is a fun challenge. Many techniques I used resemble game development tricks from the 90s on game consoles: fixed point math, banked memory in ROMs, aggressively inlining tricks, etc. I want to push to see where the ceiling is. Right now I'm trying to get a Godot [3] + JoltPhysics [4] game loop running on Jolt ZK VM.
Happy to answer questions about the VM internals, the porting process, or anything in general.
[1] https://github.com/nervosnetwork/ckb-vm
I am writing the AWS SDK for Python that developers deserve: https://github.com/kap-sh/aws-sdk-python
A News Platform aggregator collecting sources of information across the internet (socials, newswires, etc.) and trying to push context to humans in a more digestible form. We are also experimenting with defining lineage of information using AI to help people try to piece the puzzle together as information flows in.
I’ve been playing around with using llms to recommend me books I can get from my local library based on the model’s latent knowledge of books it has ‘read’ and a conversation with it about books I’ve liked.
Something very small and simple compared to other ambitious projects here :)
A TUI to control a crazyflie nano drone. This is mostly a rust learning project - but insanely fun because it leads to something flying through my living room.
https://github.com/yannick-cw/crazyflie-commander