Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025) • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by lobsterthief » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 11:54 PM UTC

alextousss wrote: post #249

phkahler wrote: post #223

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Any problems with the blades getting dirty?

Not our highest priority concern haha

I imagine once everything else is tuned with your product you could make a hot-swappable blade assembly that can be quickly swapped out and later cleaned. Like if the entire guard and blade assembly came off, that would be super convenient.

Would add some weight and complexity but if it’s purpose-built it would probably be less stress on the Drone than constantly pulling props off.

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

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Post by la_mezcla » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 11:54 PM UTC

On Raft consensus protocol in Zig - https://github.com/cocky-punch/raft

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

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Post by lobsterthief » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 11:56 PM UTC

justinl1996 wrote: post #318

I've been working a website for searching openwrt routers across multiple marketplaces https://routerprices.net

Love this! Did you make Diskprices.com or just inspired by it?

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

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Post by jvm___ » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 11:59 PM UTC

atlasunshrugged wrote: post #106

alextousss wrote: post #86

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Glad to hear we could be of help! Some of our tech could be used for defense, but traditional defense companies and ukrainian startups already do low-cost shahed interceptors.

My impression is the solutions are still somewhat lacking/necessary -- I know Frankenburg, Eric Schmidt's stealth startup, and surely the primes are all working on it but given how many shaheds are still getting through (plus all the drone action at the frontline) I imagine there's still a market for low-cost; especially if they're largely autonomous

Just imagining how you'd test this in America. Just launch your target autonomous flying drone and then have the second one intercept it. Can you book range time at white sands?

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

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Post by waldrews » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC

Is it ever going to be possible to hear this question without thinking about the DOGE "five things you did this week" email?

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

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Post by exfil » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 12:01 AM UTC

b8 wrote: post #284

Looking for a job and trying to get clients for my new security consulting startup. May start up a local malware cleaning service, but I don't think I'll get any clients since I can't afford a storefront and there's a few small computer repair stores near me. I live in a rural part of Louisiana, so yeah idk.

Add backup and out-of-band communication into your portfolio and you're good.

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

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Post by lobsterthief » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 12:02 AM UTC

delduca wrote: post #110

On my 2D game engine https://carimbo.site First game in progress https://reprobate.site Any feedback is welcome!

This is really cool! The first game works great on mobile too.

I would suggest speeding up the speed that the text renders on the screen. The average person reads 250-300wpm, but you could probably speed this up a bit more and just leave it on the screen long enough to ensure the lower bound is met.

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

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Post by lobsterthief » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 12:03 AM UTC

wonger_ wrote: post #263

I'm working on a webapp for home inspectors. Early phases, no demo yet, just occasional updates and screenshots: https://wonger.dev/nuggets#n166 It's been tough to find work, so I figured I'd revisit an old SaaS idea. I worked for a home inspector in the past and saw a need for better (cheaper/faster/easier) report software. Even if the business side flops, I'd still be satisfied with the experience. I've learned a l…

Very cool idea, best of luck! This is the kind of “unsexy” software that has the potential to make boatloads of money. And it’s still fun to build.

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

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Post by stevage » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 12:04 AM UTC

Building a database of film, tv, games etc based around historical setting: in what year or historical period was the thing set, and where.

It's early days but it's fun

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

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Post by lobsterthief » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 12:07 AM UTC

enjeyw wrote: post #275

nine_k wrote: post #269

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I can't help but immediately think about a counteracting piece of software, which asks an LLM for variations of a paragraph, or a phrase, or a few synonyms, and types it the way a human would, with pauses, typos, navigation, rearranging pieces via copy-paste, etc. Not that your software is going to be useless. But as long as there is an incentive to cheat, new and better tools that facilitate cheating will crop up. S…

Yeah it's a good call out. I think it's a (more) winnable battle though. For both a keystroke based AI detector, and software designed to mimic human keystroke patterns, performance will be determined by the size of the dataset they have of genuine human keystroke patterns. The detector has an inherent leg-up in this, because it's constantly collecting more data through the use of the tool, whereas the mimic software…

Interesting idea! Could someone use the software to train an LLM prompt that will get around it? By learning what passes and what doesn’t and then having the LLM train on that