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

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

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Post by runnr_az »

Working on a convoluted app devoted choosing a baby name for your new child... but the underlying library is open source, based on public domain data:

https://github.com/jonroig/usBabyNames.js

We're engineers, we want to make data-driven decisions about what we name our children. My app won't necessarily help you choose a name, per se, but it can assist in eliminating a lot of possible names, giving you a much smaller set of choose from, each of which you can research more. So... like filter by name origin, length, popularity, etc..

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

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Post by esjeon »

These days, I've been working on a small tool to run GUIX as an unprivileged user, so that you can use GUIX profiles as a dev environment builder. I didn’t do any market research, but AFAIK there are similar tools using Nix. Honestly, this is just a toy project for fun. I had GUIX on one hand and Zig on the other, so I figured, why not try something new using both?

Why not Nix? I just don’t like the Nix language. Plus, it seems like they ended up reinventing part of Lisp with their Flakes, which made me even more convinced in using GUIX. The GUIX folks didn't disappoint me, as they utilized the full power of Scheme to design a (internal) DSL that is clean and almost reads like JSON/YAML. I feel quite confident that it’s a better language for building devenvs for most people. The only downside is that it can get really verbose, but, hey, at least you have full control.

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

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Post by drekipus »

I have one that I'm making open source, as a digital montage system.. think of the "memories" feature on Google photos or iCloud.

I basically want that to be open and free. I'll have an app to easily create albums, and have the ability to connect to any storage or montage service you like. You could even make your own app connect to your own storage and montage service, so it can be completely diy. I have a few write-ups but I'm transferring it to notion at the moment so I won't link it just yet.

My other idea is a "bill hamper / consolidation" service, that I'm doing for my sister. She pays me a flat fee each week and I pay all of her bills for her. Gives her peace of mind and allows her to save some money without stressing on paying random bills

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

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Post by tired_and_awake »

I'm a tech exec who misses their physics roots. In my spare time I'm interviewing "materials manufacturers" to come up with a viable startup idea. I'm hoping to build a company that leverages simulation and ML to accelerate material discovery.

Keeping key bits of the idea to myself. If this admittedly vague idea excites you let's find some time to talk.

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

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Post by frankmatranga »

Outside of working hours I’m developing a podcast hosting platform called Soapbox[0]. I had started my own podcast with my college friends and rolled my own RSS feed and site with AstroJS[1]. Then realized I could offer the service to others. Thanks to modern web APIs I’m going to pursue an in-browser recording studio with WebRTC and then in-browser basic audio editing. I’m very excited because it’s my first side project I’m trying to turn into a business (I opened an LLC and everything). I’m gratified because it’s very different work than my day job in fintech. I’m also offering internships to my college’s CS students and mentoring through that as well which is very fulfilling (I’m a recent grad).

[0] https://soapbox.host/ [1] https://wednesdayatninepm.com/

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

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Post by achristmascarl »

i'm working on rainfrog, a database management terminal ui for postgres.

the goal is to be a lightweight alternative to pgadmin/dbeaver. it has vim-like keybindings, shortcuts to preview tables, and session history.

it only supports postgres at the moment, but sqlite and mysql support are on the roadmap.

https://github.com/achristmascarl/rainfrog

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