Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

TLDR the incremental compiler rewrite is finally bearing fruit. Namely, because we no longer have a batch compiler (i.e. we don't bail on the first error), we can

- provide LSP results (hover, goto def, etc) on non-broken parts of your isograph literals, even in the presence of errors

- surface those errors in VSCode, and

- fix those errors with auto-fixes!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tNWbVOjpQw&t=314s) Which is to say, select a field that doesn't exist, and let the compiler create the isograph literal declaring it.

It's a great feeling to see this level of DevEx

Two main differences between this and other Anki-like apps: 1) The words you learn are from YT videos, websites and ebooks you import in the app. 2) The flashcards are optimized specifically for learning vocabulary - cards automatically get audio, images, multiple sentence examples, words definitions etc. It can also create fully monolingual flashcards with just definitions or the words in dialogs.

My biggest flex is that I have users who have done more swipes than me (over 100,000).

This looks like keyboard driven commands, secrets store (to be done) and scripts that you can write and store without spinning up a new server (easier chat ops)

Still in early alpha so after a few more polish it'll be ready, but you can try it right now!

- a videogame. I've got a pretty killer idea in an open niche, but the indie market is so massively oversaturated that it feels impossible to get eyeballs.

- a next-generation post-RSS newsreader. But news is so depressing these days. I think most of the world wants to ostrich and I don't blame them.

- a reboot of Svpply, my own shuttered startup. I'd love to just make (another) thing that's about excellent clothes and shoes and artisanal pocketknives, but the way the economy is going, this feels grotesque. I was lucky to make it the first time when luxury goods were attainable _and_ normal people could pay for necessities; that window has closed.