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

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

#21
I’ve been vibe-coding replacements for the tools I actually use every day. So far: a Notepad, a REST client, a snipping tool, a local gallery and lightweight notes for iPhone.

The motivation isn't novelty. It's control. I don't need ads, onboarding flows and popups, AI sidebars, bloated menus, unnecessary network calls , etc. A notepad should never touch the network. A REST client shouldn’t ship analytics or auto update itself mid-request.

No plugin system. No extensibility story. Just plain/simple software.

As I build these, I have been realizing how much cognitive overhead we’ve normalized in exchange for very little utility.

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

#23
TurboOps.io - a workflow engine for humans!

https://turboops.io/platform/public-tracker

Our first offering is a tracker for makers, small businesses and contractors to show job status. Create a real time status page for your products, build trust and reduce customer inquiries.

We’re working on email notification support right now and have evidence (tracking numbers, job pictures, contracts/documents, etc) support coming next week!

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

#24
I vibe coded https://domainhq.ai entirely in a few days with Opus, as in, this was a secondary focus and I never bothered to write any specs. Halfway through I had to ask it to convert it all to React because it was vanilla HTML and I didn't realize (that is not a flex).

I have a .ai domain that I feel is somewhat premium, and seemed to be getting lowball offers from domain brokers. And those I spoke to didn't seem like they were very up-to-date with market news and trends. Exploring services like Namebio were very limited and expensive; the subscription usage for building this was less than the price of a monthly membership (the domain is a different story!).

Domainhq.ai suggested its own domain to buy with its brainstorm feature, and tracks domain sales and expired domains, with reports generated by Claude as it perpetually analyzes price history over time.

The domain was a bit of an investment but I do like it, and the app itself is running 24-7 on a spare Macbook I wasn't using, so I plan to host it myself without paying for cloud servers, and the LLM features are using my personal subscription rather than API credits.

I do plan to add registrations and paid subscriptions (at a fair price, and will make things robust then); I get the irony here, but I also encourage anybody else who needs a niche tool to play around with their own vibe coding sessions to get something usable. Stuff like this does make me question the longevity of tech as a stable career.

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

#25
Last month I worked on some new features (like unlocking units) and some fixes to my browser autobattler https://lfarroco.itch.io/mana-battle . I've been working on adding an async PVP mode to it (using Supabase db and edge functions), should be up in the next few weeks. Learned a lot about shipping Electron apps and using shaders with webgl, might write a blog post about it later

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

#27
I'm building a training platform for cyber security and secure development practices. Mainly to address the junior to mid engineer gaps of "depth" across general cyber security and software engineering skills. I've encountered quite a few folk who have surface level knowledge but when having to problem solve production ready problems are blocked quite quickly, it's depth of knowledge which is missing. If anyone is interested reach out in a preview / providing some thoughts, reach out - my emails in my profile!

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

#29
https://interviewcop.com - let me know what you think. The idea is that we have so many cheating apps that it hurts both businesses and legit software engineers like myself. I'm trying to solve this problem and make interviews great again. I'm looking for sales cofounder and funding. I have a demo that works like a charm, and I'm very close to rolling this out.

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

#30
I'm making a concave split ergonomic keyboard that we plan to run a clinical trial on for hand/wrist RSI. Was originally planning on releasing it in Jan but it's getting delayed until sometime in March. Concurrently waiting on ethics board approval to run a preclinical trail for when it's ready.

https://taiko.taikohub.com

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