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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#261
I wrote this little web app over the weekend, the idea was to make you think about your next purchase by introducing a 48 hour countdown. In 48 hours you come back and decide if you really need this product, or if it was just an impulse buy.

All data lives in your browser (IndexDB) - https://buyitlater.vercel.app

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#262
MCP server to give AI agents design taste - https://fontofweb.com/mcp

Agents can search for design inspiration from production websites using semantic search. Since this inspiration comes from live websites, their design tokens; colors, typography usage, layout data are also available.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#264
Designing a conversational UX for Bookmarker.

I was stuck on this conversation problem. First version had a dead-end search box: six starter prompts, one referencing a tool that didn't exist. No follow-ups. No guided flows. Users got an answer and had to invent the next question from scratch.

Now the assistant explores your library with you. Tag discovery, color browsing, weekly digests, smart collections that auto-curate as you save.

Semantic search runs hybrid, keyword matching plus pgvector cosine similarity on 768-dim embeddings. Streaming responses.

Almost there. https://bookmarker.cc/

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#265
I'm building SocialProof (socialproof.dev) — the simplest way for freelancers and small agencies to collect written testimonials from clients.

The problem I kept seeing: freelancers have happy clients but almost no testimonials on their site. Asking is awkward, clients say "sure!" and then never write anything.

SocialProof gives you one shareable link. Client clicks it, fills a short form (name, text, optional photo), you approve it, it embeds anywhere. No login required for the client.

The interesting technical bit: it's entirely on Cloudflare Workers + D1 + Pages. The collection form and embed widget are edge-served globally with no origin server. Been curious whether anyone else is building purely on Cloudflare's stack and what they've run into.

Still pre-revenue (just launched today). If you're a freelancer or run a small agency and have thoughts on how you currently handle testimonials, I'd genuinely love to hear it.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#266
EasyAnalytica.com It lets you view all your dashboards in one place. Dashboard creation is a 3 step away, point to a file, confirm ds, choose template and done. Supports csv/json files, locl/remote url, Google sheets and api's with bearer auth.

i have also started experimenting with qwen3.5 0.8B model, my goal is to create agents with small models that are as robust as their commercial counterparts for specialized tasks. currently trying it for file editing.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

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Project, Time, Expenses, Invoicing and Quoting app. https://heygopher.ai - look for feedback on the Freelance Rates calculator https://heygopher.ai/tools/freelance-rate-calculator

Nice — freelance ops tooling is a real pain point. The rates calculator is a good acquisition hook.

One thing I've noticed building in this space: freelancers are remarkably bad at collecting testimonials from clients (who usually love them!). The workflow ends after the invoice is paid and nobody ever goes back to ask for a written review. Worth thinking about whether that's a hook you could add — "invoice sent, client paid → automated ask for a testimonial."

I'm building something adjacent to that problem: socialproof.dev. Would be curious what your users say when you ask how they handle testimonials.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

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I changed gears and moved into the video games industry at the end of 2021. I started developing a city builder called Metropolis 1998 [1], but wanted to take the genre in new directions, building on top of what modern games have to offer: - Watch what's happening inside buildings and design your own (optional) - Change demand to a per-business level - Bring the pixel art 3D render aesthetic back from the dead (e.g R…

I have been following you on twitter since I saw it. It looks amazing. Recently tried the demo. It is like under 50MB (the demo at least) which is insane these days. Placing building required construction of the building room by room which was tedious. I am sure some people will enjoy that. Will that be the core part of final game?

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#269
I've been ramping up development of https://whodoyouknowhere.io

It is a forum application where each community is invite only. Think a cross between reddit/discord. The invite only architecture reduces trolls, spam, AI slop and promotes more substantive discussions.

Right now invitations are limited to 1 per day for each user in a community. You don't need an invite to join at the global level - but to join any community you must have received an invitation link. Still a major work in progress, right now working on expanding the flexibility of community creation and invitation logic. (allowing bulk invites, adding flexible invitation cool downs, etc).

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