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

Biggest challenges: - How to explain the different use-cases/possibilities in a clear way - DX for any hacker who comes across the device with/without hardware experience

We are building a crowdfunding page for agent-run startups. People can co-create business ideas with AI and vote for the ideas they like the most. Agents then run market research and will eventually prototype the proposed ideas. In the future, we also want people to be able to own part of the agent-businesses they have sponsored.

It's inspired by a moment a few years ago when I realized I had no history of what I had worked on in the past.

It let's you quickly get answers to questions like:

- What did I work on last week? - What was that one hacker new post about compiler optimization that I forgot to bookmark last week?

And it has MCP support so it plays well with Claude.

I've used it recently to target specific job applications by adjusting my resume based on what the job application is looking for and what I've worked on in the past... Claude one shots this (because it has context from Memex). And it feels amazing!

Also, the name Memex comes from Vannevar Bush's 1945 article "As We May Think". He originally thought of as a device in which individuals would compress and store all of their books, records, and communications, "mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility". The individual was supposed to use the memex as an automatic personal filing system, making the memex "an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory".

And he created a word - memex - which is a portmanteau of "memory" and "index".

The wikipeida entry here has more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex

It's been a slow start for me. But now, between the cli interface and the MCP connection with Claude I find that I'm starting to use it instead of:

- Bookmarks - Lists / Bug Tracking

And even more exciting it's unlocking capabilities that I didn't have before:

- Can ask Claude to review the last week of work and remind me of things that I might still need to do - Can prevent randomization when someone asks me how to configure a server that I set up a month ago. Now I just ask claude and it checks in Memex. And I can send over a nice .md file

Someone who is physically at a place can scan a QR code and leave a short message in their browser. No app, no account. Messages are asynchronous; staff reply when available. This is not live chat. It's meant for in-the-moment feedback or questions that don't justify interrupting staff or becoming public reviews.

Constraints: async only, anonymous by default, no customer tracking, messages tied to specific physical spots

Free early access until Sept 30, 2026 (+ one extra free month). No credit cards (no payments yet). I'd love to hear your Feedback. Thank you.

https://dropnote.cloud/

I've been working on my newsletter called Tech Talks Weekly[1] where my readers get one email per week with all the latest Software Engineering conference talks and podcasts[1] published that week.

In January, I've released a paid tier[2] where my subscribers additionally get:

1. Access to my internal database of all the talks and podcasts since 2020 (+48,000 in total) where they can search, filter, sort, and group by title, conference/podcast, view count, date, and duration.

2. The list of the most-watched talks over the last 7, 30, 90 days, 6 months, and 12 months based on number of views.

3. Category-based view of new talks & podcasts by tech stack, language, and domain (Software Architecture, Backend, Frontend, Full Stack, Data, ML, DevOps, Security, Leadership and every major language & ecosystem)

[1] https://www.techtalksweekly.io/p/what-is-tech-talks-weekly

[2] https://plus.techtalksweekly.io/