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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)

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Post by ahussain »

coffeecoders wrote: post #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 upd…

I think this is a huge use case for vibe coding, and something I’m excited to do more in 2026.

There are so many apps I want, that companies are not incentivised to build for me.

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

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Post by denvermullets »

coffeecoders wrote: post #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 upd…

big fan of this and have been doing similar. i just got to a good state with my Linear clone app. im planning to do a REST client soon, how'd that go for you?

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

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Post by vicky_black »

RomanPushkin wrote: post #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.

Wow I love this idea

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

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Post by BitsAndObjects »

A prototype of an auto-following autocue/teleprompter.

Uses local-AI-only. It’s a web app but not using in-browser transcribe. Ive found it to be way better for recording YouTube videos direct to-camera than the existing free apps which just scroll at a fixed speed.

Open source at: https://github.com/ednutting/autocue

Python server does the recording, transcription using Vosk (or choice of other models), and an algorithm for tracking position in the script. Serves a single page that uses a web socket to connect to the backend to render the script and updates like current position.

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

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Post by BitsAndObjects »

ThreatSystems wrote: post #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 in…

If you haven’t already, take a gander at the UK NCSC’s CyberEssentials materials / training.

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

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Post by RichardChu »

I'm building a new email client called Fluxmail: https://fluxmail.ai

You can connect a bunch of Gmail accounts with it and see all your emails together in one place. It also has some features to better organize your emails and automatically categorize them, as well as some AI features for helping you to draft emails.

It's in early access now, would love feedback from anyone interested in checking it out!

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