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

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

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Post by iryndin »

danroc wrote: post #16

I've been working on an iOS app to help my mom keep track of major awards and film festivals: https://awardedapp.com I had this project for a while in the back burner, and like many of you over the holiday I went back to it with the help of Claude Code... it's been a lot of fun.

Did you have iOS development experience before ?

So, after building this app with Claude - what is your feedback on that? What can be improved/done differently? Could you please share any tips/hints on how to make development of iOS app with Claude easier/better?

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

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Post by iryndin »

sensecall wrote: post #12

https://spud.recipes A tiny web app for busy weeknight cooking. You tap in what ingredients you’ve got, add a time limit + a couple of preferences, and it gives you 3 genuinely doable dinner ideas with step-by-step recipes (no “manage your pantry”, no endless scrolling). It’s early, but people seem to like the “use up what you’ve got” angle. Feedback very welcome.

I've tried it, looks fun!

P.S. You don't have "green onion" in the ingredients database =))

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

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Post by iryndin »

techtalksweekly wrote: post #10

https://techtalksweekly.io/ I'm building a newsletter called Tech Talks Weekly[1] where my readers get one email per week with all the latest Software Engineering conference talks and podcasts[1] published that week. In January, I've released a paid tier[2] where my subscribers additionally get: 1. Access to my internal database of all the talks and podcasts since 2020 (+48,000 in total) where they can search, filter…

Useful! Subscribed!

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

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Post by iryndin »

BrunoBernardino wrote: post #13

I've been working with my wife on Uruky [1] for a couple of months, now. It's a EU-based (early) Kagi [2] alternative (privacy-focused and ad-free search with domain boosting/exclusion rules). We've been using it with friends and family semi-successfully (hashbangs always work if the results aren't satisfactory). It's really difficult to get bigger indexes other than Mojeek and Marginalia to want to work with us and…

So you build your own Internet-scale search engine, that's what you're saying?!

What stack do you use? How much data is in your indexes ?

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

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Post by iryndin »

cromulent2 wrote: post #15

A daily, async version of the dictionary game. Each day, players try to spot the real definition of an obscure word among the fakes submitted by other players the day before. Fake definitions rank on a daily leaderboard. I love the traditional version of the game, but it's not so easy to get a session going. An asynchronous, global format is my attempt to make it more casual and accessible. It's live for about a mont…

Pretty! What tech is behind it ?

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

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Post by BrunoBernardino »

iryndin wrote: post #24
BrunoBernardino wrote: post #13

I've been working with my wife on Uruky [1] for a couple of months, now. It's a EU-based (early) Kagi [2] alternative (privacy-focused and ad-free search with domain boosting/exclusion rules). We've been using it with friends and family semi-successfully (hashbangs always work if the results aren't satisfactory). It's really difficult to get bigger indexes other than Mojeek and Marginalia to want to work with us and…

So you build your own Internet-scale search engine, that's what you're saying?! What stack do you use? How much data is in your indexes ?

Oops, sorry if that wasn't clear, we're not building a search engine index (yet). We'll definitely do it if we get enough people interested in paying for such a product, though. Right now we're using APIs for other search indexes, like Mojeek and Marginalia, then sprinkling some basic local algorithms to tweak the results and apply the preferences to boost/downrank/exclude domains and TLDs (which is everyone's favorite "feature").

Stack-wise, it's very "boring" (as in, it generates and serves the HTML + bits of JS to enhance settings and such), using Deno in the backend and PostgreSQL for the DB.

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

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Post by junaid_97 »

iryndin wrote: post #19
junaid_97 wrote: post #9

II built a free USCIS form-filling tool (no Adobe required) USCIS forms still use XFA PDFs, which don’t let you edit in most browsers. Even with Adobe, fields break, and getting the signature is hard. So I converted the PDF form into modern, browser-friendly web forms - and kept every field 1:1 with the original. You fill the form, submit it, and get the official USCIS PDF filled. https://fillvisa.com/demo/ What Fill…

Sounds useful! How do you handle data privacy concerns?

thanks. All the data stays on your browser-only.

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

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Post by nicbou »

I'm working to fully open-source the website I've been living from since 2020. I'm not as worried about copycat websites anymore since big tech has stolen all of my work already, so I'm losing my audience either way.

I'm also working on a bilingual lease termination letter generator. The good thing with such tools is that they can be verified by lawyers and guarantee that the letter is legally compliant. The hard work only needs to be done once, then it benefits all.

I wish I had more time to make useful stuff, but the loss in traffic to LLMs is wrecking my plans for the future. I don't know how much more of a drop I can sustain.

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

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Post by cromulent2 »

iryndin wrote: post #25
cromulent2 wrote: post #15

A daily, async version of the dictionary game. Each day, players try to spot the real definition of an obscure word among the fakes submitted by other players the day before. Fake definitions rank on a daily leaderboard. I love the traditional version of the game, but it's not so easy to get a session going. An asynchronous, global format is my attempt to make it more casual and accessible. It's live for about a mont…

Pretty! What tech is behind it ?

Thanks! Frontend is Nextjs. Flask, Postgres and Redis in the backend. Hosted on a cheap VPS.

I spent way too much time trying to automate moderation (grouping related submissions, judging similarity, removing offensive submissions) using sentence-transformers and w2v. Finally gave up and settled on using deepseek to moderate for 0.002€ a day.

One thing I'm currently working on is improving the exploration vs exploitation balance in matchmaking (selecting the fakes to present to a player). I want sessions to contain good fakes, but every fake must be played a few times to judge its quality. As a first step, I'm replacing the ELO system for definitions with one that accounts for uncertainty (like Trueskill)

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

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Post by bhu1st »

I have been working on a minimalist and calm work/task tracking app called Dodolr (doo-doo-lr) which supports tasks (dodos), notes and follow-up since last few months. I deliberately didn't build notification or reminders and leave it to the user to be fully accountable for completing their work (moving tasks to terminal stages). I'm building it for 3 local customers. Would be happy to give Early Access to any solo founder and power user who prefer non intrusive tools to keep a tab at their work. The app works well form small 1-3 person team very well.

The landing page is at: https://www.dodolr.com

Please submit the Early Access form if you want an access. Happy to answer questions here as well.

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