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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
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#252Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#253https://github.com/nickbarth/closedbots/ I was also trying to do a simplified openclaw type gui using codex. The idea being its just desktop automation, but running through codex by sending codex screenshots and asking it to complete the steps in your automation via clicks and keypresses via robotgo.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#254Under the hood it uses a cool legal reasoning agent primarily designed for understanding litigation claims and objectives.
Sometimes I do wish I had a slack channel of like 30 attorneys so I can ask them questions and get feedback.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#255inspired by the karpathy/twitter posts on running (semi) autonomous research loops, I build https://github.com/tnguyen21/labrat to be able to try and replicate some paper results over night. still early stages but I'm getting some use out of it already.
also spending a lot of time thinking about how you "close the loop" on software projects. right now figuring out how you can combine static analysis + review heuristics to let LLMs course correct the codebase when they over-engineer or produced unwieldy abstractions.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#256Why? Many yarncrafters painstakingly build spreadsheets, or try to bend existing general purpose pixel editors to their will. It's time consuming & frustrating.
Along the way, I've solved a bunch of problems:
- Automatic decreases (shapes the hat) / overstitching markers (shows when multiple colors are used in the same row)
- Parameterized designs, like waves, trees, geometric shapes. No more manually moving an object by a couple of pixels, it's a simple click & drag.
- Color palette merging (can't delete a color if you already use it in a pattern!)
- Export to PDF (so you can print it or stick it on a tablet)
- Repeat previews (visualize the pattern as it repeats horizontally)
The core feature that makes this more useful than most general purpose editors is that the canvas is continuous.If you drag a shape near the right edge of the canvas, you'll see it "wrapping around" onto the right edge.
This reflects the 3D reality of a hat!
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#257It started because my wife watches Chinese dramas and new episodes never have subtitles for our language. Turns out thousands of people have the same problem — Arabic speakers watching anime, Russian speakers following Turkish series, Persian speakers catching up on K-dramas.
Supports 40+ languages, works with any video link or direct file upload. There's also a Mini App inside Telegram for a more visual experience.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#258Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#259So I built a test for the same and its called Orlog. You can check it out here: https://orlog-test.netlify.app/
Looking for your feedback.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
#260I am working on https://yakki.ai , a Mac dictation app. I have started expanding what the users can do with it, for the moment you can record your meetings and get insights and notes. I am considering where to take it from here! competition is fierce, so I am focusing on making it better and to serve specific users that provide feedback.