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Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

#11
https://getselectable.com/

I'm working on Selectable, a mobile-friendly database management app, like dbeaver but for the phone.

Working on this project has taught me so much about how Postgres works under the hood, and has given me a deeper appreciation for the folks who work on database tooling in general.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

#13
I'm working on synthesizing a genome at home! Here is a video with more details, as well as a picture of my home lab. I've always wanted to build life from scratch, and I finally have a chance to do it.

Video on what I'm doing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCiuS1oHnKw

Picture of my home lab - https://x.com/koeng101/status/1844150979484319842

I'm trying to build a DNA assembly company right now (been lots of ups and downs lately...), and one thing I need to do is validate the specs of my oligo pool synthesis provider, Agilent, before I release to customers / raise a seed round. So as a stress-test run of my system, I'm synthesizing a genome, and am thinking about trying to livestream it. The unique technology is variety of ways to assemble and validate DNA from oligo pools for a lot cheaper, pretty much enabling a 10x reduction in DNA synthesis cost vs commercial suppliers. I've worked my ass off for nearly 2 years to get to this moment and am so excited!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

#17
Been working on our startup laudspeaker (an alternative to firebase cloud messaging) [1] as well as trying to write more! I like science fiction thrillers similar to what michael crichton used to write and have been working on a story called Panopticon around encryption, spycraft, and three letter agencies [2]

[1] https://laudspeaker.com/ , https://github.com/laudspeaker/laudspeaker [2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VRI4X5fCUpwurUDvKmvzJpT7...

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

#18
post #8

I'm building a social network for humans[1]. I plan to make each user a verified human and disallow AI content as standard. I will also ensure that each human can only have one account, to eliminate the ability of state actors/rich people spreading online propaganda. 1 - https://onlyhumanhub.com

I’ve been wondering about the opposite! Imagine having thousands of virtual Ai followers.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

#19
post #8

I'm building a social network for humans[1]. I plan to make each user a verified human and disallow AI content as standard. I will also ensure that each human can only have one account, to eliminate the ability of state actors/rich people spreading online propaganda. 1 - https://onlyhumanhub.com

> disallow AI content

How do you know something is AI content?

It is statistically similar to human content.

> each human can only have one account

Sounds like you'll need some eyeball scanners.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

#20
post #18
post #8

I'm building a social network for humans[1]. I plan to make each user a verified human and disallow AI content as standard. I will also ensure that each human can only have one account, to eliminate the ability of state actors/rich people spreading online propaganda. 1 - https://onlyhumanhub.com

I’ve been wondering about the opposite! Imagine having thousands of virtual Ai followers.

I've always wanted to be hugely popular among nobody.
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