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Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#941
In the immediate, I'm trying to add functionality to my blog, that used to exist before I rewrote it.

It used to be a mashed together set of PHP scripts that used the filesystem for data storage/organization, and I had to write raw HTML for my blog posts. A few years ago I rewrote it in Flask (Python), and designed it to use a database.

One piece of functionality I never got around to copying from the PHP version though, was author biography pages. Early on, my blog was designed such that I could publish things written by other people, because a close friend of mine expressed some interest in having his stuff on it. Thing is, he never got around to writing anything. So when updating to Flask/Jinja, I didn't implement this (I did implement minimal authorship code, so the database already stored author identities, and there was HTML to show author name).

I've been in talks with another friend though about doing the same thing, and I mistakenly told him it was already ready (I thought it was), only to discover the lovely URL `/author/NOTIMPLEMENTED`, so I'm finally creating this endpoint and page template.

I'll also have to update the database schema to include licensing, because the current site always reports the same CC license (the one I chose for all my posts).

https://gitlab.matthewrease.net/matthew/blog

If anyone wants to use the code, there's a Docker image too, and you can easily-ish replace the branding with your own.

Outside of that, for the last few months I've been working with someone on a web app for uploading videos to a server/database.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#942
We're (re) building MathBreakers.com, a math game sandbox/platform. It's built on Node/PlayCanvas and is a full 3D game engine including our unique math-based primitives and triggers/cinematic system (similar to Unreal's).

We make math a joy to play with and spark wonder through experience.

Prime numbers literally come to life, sprouting legs and personalities, as signals from the spirit world animate them; but when your best friend is portaled to the spirit world and NullCorp tried to shut down all research, you find yourself battling and puzzle-solving across a myriad of landscapes to bridge the two worlds and get your friend back.

Tests are ongoing! Reach out if you want to take a dip into our infinite universe.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#943
I'm sick of AI slop, and decided to do something about it.

Even with Fable I'm still seeing wrong but plausible answers, which are the worst kind imo.

AGENTS.md didn't quite give me the right boost either, so here's my flow:

1. Asking 2 new sessions to review what I built in my other session along with guides/standards* 2. Having a third session judge the first two. It dedupes, and does a good job of only surfacing the important stuff 3. Ask it to make edits, etc.

Some missing parts that I've been finding improve review are: - current/past session context - indexed codebase - PRs/git history - research/guides/3rd party context*

I had been running this on my own for a long time, and just started to turn it into a product. It's free right now, would love any feedback (roast me). Looking forward to catching some bugs for you guys.

https://gx.run

Thanks for reading!

* OWASP, Google Code Review, etc

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#944
I am working on Aphorio. It’s a web server and container manager plus dashboard for managing resources and more.

On my local desktop the WebSockets can send messages at a speed of 3,250,000 per second. It’s just TypeScript and Node.js with very few dependencies. It comes with a perf tool.

https://github.com/prettydiff/aphorio

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#945
An iOS app that tells you which of your credit cards to use at any store. The part that turned out interesting is getting your targeted bank offers (Amex Offers, Chase Offers etc) without a bank login: a Safari extension reads the offers page you're already signed into in your own browser session, and can tap all the little "add to card" buttons for you. Chase renders theirs inside shadow DOM in a virtualized grid so only the visible tiles exist in the DOM at any moment, which made scraping it way more annoying than it had any right to be. Solo project, about a year in.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#946
I'm working on https://sndlnk.io, a website that allows you to paste in a sharing link from any streaming service and get back a universal link that works with all of them.

It's for those moments where you need to share something and you don't know which steaming service your friend uses. Or maybe for a group chat or social media post where people use different services.

It works with video games too!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#947
post #50

I'm working on https://wireplug.org : wireplug lets you create mesh VPNs using standard WireGuard. Your wg config files stay almost the same, except you no longer have to specify an `Endpoint` for your peers. Instead, wireplug detects all your possible endpoints (including LAN) and coordinates them with your peers for you. It handles NAT traversal and works with the in-kernel WireGuard driver on Linux and OpenBSD. Th…

Sounds interesting. Tailscale without handing off key management?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#949

Lapse (lapse.in) – a little memory space for my AI agents I kept losing thoughts. An idea would show up while walking, half a sentence before falling asleep, some random connection I knew I’d want later — and by the time I found the right app to write it down, it was gone. So I built Lapse for myself. It’s a memory layer that my AI agents can read from and write to. I can talk to it, dump a thought, or send it someth…

This looks very cool, will most likely check it out!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

#950
post #150

I’m building FitBee, a fast, ad-free, no-nonsense calorie and macro tracker for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The app is built with Swift and SwiftUI, with a Python backend. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fitbee-calorie-macro-counter/i...

How have you acquired users? App looks cool.
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