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Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Post by 3abiton »

999900000999 wrote: post #202
catchmeifyoucan wrote: post #175

I've been working on an e-ink laptop. I wanted a machine I could stare hours at and feel okay about it. I didn't seem to find a device like that out there. I'm designing everything from the chassis to the software OS. E-ink has its own design constraints. I'm building 5 apps for it: a browser, reader, mail, writer and code editor. It's still a ways to go. Here's a picture of what I have so far: https://www.heyravitej…

Depending on what your goals are just adding a Bluetooth keyboard to an Android E Reader gets you 90% of the way there. https://shop.boox.com/products/go103 I dabbled in hardware and I quickly found you need millions to do anything. However, this definitely is a market waiting for a product. I’d lean towards looking if you can add a custom screen to the framework laptop. That’ll be much cheaper to build and easier. I…

My main gripe with boox is their closed source bloated firmware and no ability to unlock the bootloader.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Post by trevinhofmann »

I recently launched Early Access for my AI-powered service for automated bug reporting, PR review, fearure implementation, a difficult test/documentation/refactor suggestion PRs.

It was in the works for about a year, and I'm now trying to find ways to make it more marketable and useful.

The three main things I'm working on are:

1. GitLab support (GitHub only at the moment) 2. A demo on the landing page that doesn't require any sign-up. 3. Better "vibe coding" experience through the Chat interface for those who want it.

I built it with TypeScript on the front- and back-end, React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. And I over-engineeres it, as one does, with a Redis cache and websockets to push the latest data to web clients so the latest info is always shown without needing to refresh. I'm using the OpenAI API right now, but I want to switch to local models when I can invest in the hardware for it.

Edit: https://mysticode.ai - Would absolutely love feedback.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Post by jimmcslim »

aantix wrote: post #113

A new YouTube app/player, for my kids. It allows us to control the algorithm. It’s all LLM translating to YouTube search queries under the hood. Visually it looks the same. The suggested videos come from predefined buckets on topics they love. E.g. 33% fun math, 33% DIY engineering, 33% creative activities. Video recommendations that have a banned word in the title/desc don't get displayed e.g. MrBeast, anything with…

This is a fantastic idea. Do you end up playing whackamole with YouTube’s URL scheme?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Post by parsabg »

I've been working on a browser use agent embedded within a Chrome extension: https://github.com/parsaghaffari/browserbee

You can use it to check and summarize news and social media, fill out forms, send messages, book holidays, do your online shopping, conduct research, and pretty much anything else that can be done within a browser.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Post by jumploops »

We’re trying to make AI-first apps accessible to everyone.

Here’s a simple app my toddler made to generate toy trains[0].

“Real users” are using it to build personal software tools like finance dashboards, content generators, and educational apps.

Right now the functionality is great for many simple tools, but it’s notably lacking a first-class data layer (coming soon!).

All of the AI-generated code runs in secure MicroVMs, and the front-ends are just static assets, meaning the apps scale to zero when not in use.

We’re currently in the process of making the builder less of a “workflow” and more purely agentic, which should improve the overall success rate.

[0]https://toy-train-generator.magicloops.app/

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Post by hopeadoli »

A mobile app called Trip o'clock (https://tripoclock.com)

An AI-trip planner with a nice twist. It shows you everything you need to know about a place even before getting there: Images, a great summary, cost of living broken down weather conditions etc. It also comes with the usual features you'll expect in a trip planning app (ai itinerary suggestions, travel expenses tracker, group chat for group trips, google places integration for looking up places to eat, things to do, healthcare places and transportation centers, and a private travel checklist). You should check it out today!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

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Post by catchmeifyoucan »

999900000999 wrote: post #202
catchmeifyoucan wrote: post #175

I've been working on an e-ink laptop. I wanted a machine I could stare hours at and feel okay about it. I didn't seem to find a device like that out there. I'm designing everything from the chassis to the software OS. E-ink has its own design constraints. I'm building 5 apps for it: a browser, reader, mail, writer and code editor. It's still a ways to go. Here's a picture of what I have so far: https://www.heyravitej…

Depending on what your goals are just adding a Bluetooth keyboard to an Android E Reader gets you 90% of the way there. https://shop.boox.com/products/go103 I dabbled in hardware and I quickly found you need millions to do anything. However, this definitely is a market waiting for a product. I’d lean towards looking if you can add a custom screen to the framework laptop. That’ll be much cheaper to build and easier. I…

Thanks for sharing! Agree, building hardware hasn't been the easiest thing.

Interesting, I like the idea of a custom screen on the Framework. I'm sure that may come with its own challenges as well :)

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