I'm working on a private social media app for (me and my) friends who workout together. Making a beta version of the app with flutterflow (low-code, bit buggy) to see if it is what I think it is.
Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#382I'm going to be a dad next year, so I've been thinking about how to baby-proof areas of my house while allowing my cat freedom of navigation. My wife is an English teacher, so I've been building little educational games for her to try in the classroom. My latest attempt is a proof-reading game https://frogs.cool Currently I'm using wikipedia articles but I'm working on adding a variety of age appropriate texts in dif…
FWIW, most baby proofing you can do after month 12, after some minimal baby proofing at 6 months (depending on kid and space). They truly can’t get into much trouble before 4-5 months. Much of what I worried about prepping for was far easier to do once you actually have the issue at your feet but you have time.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#383my wife and I have a new side project: we're opening a bookshop! the last local store is closing due to retirement and we figure the community demand is still there. we're negotiating the lease, sorting out how to order a lot of bookshelves, and source the initial inventory. i'm currently figuring out how to connect our point of sale system to our accounting software. good times. :)
That sounds pretty cool!
What kind of margins do book stores typically have?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#384my wife and I have a new side project: we're opening a bookshop! the last local store is closing due to retirement and we figure the community demand is still there. we're negotiating the lease, sorting out how to order a lot of bookshelves, and source the initial inventory. i'm currently figuring out how to connect our point of sale system to our accounting software. good times. :)
You are wonderful!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#385A new robotics framework - https://basisrobotics.tech/ Very testing and production focused. Biggest competitor is ROS though there’s some others popping up now. Our first public release is going to be within a month, I’m excited.
Cool! I’ve been looking for ROS alternatives
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#386I'm working on my scifi novel. I had started writing it when LLMs started taking off - I had been doing AI for two decades and I was well-placed to be in a good position to profit with the rise of LLMs, but I ended up gaining nothing much and I was depressed about it - so I started writing instead. Been picking at it for about a year before befriending an editor who encouraged me to keep writing. He's helped me devel…
What is your GTM strategy?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#387my wife and I have a new side project: we're opening a bookshop! the last local store is closing due to retirement and we figure the community demand is still there. we're negotiating the lease, sorting out how to order a lot of bookshelves, and source the initial inventory. i'm currently figuring out how to connect our point of sale system to our accounting software. good times. :)
That sounds pretty cool! What kind of margins do book stores typically have?
at full retail price, you're often looking at 40-50% for books...but then everything goes on sale at some point. sideline merch (think the stuffed animals in the kids section) can get 60%+. but after rent, expenses, etc. we're just hoping to break even in year 1. the math suggests its possible but we're about to find out empirically. in the end, most evidence also suggests there are a lot easier ways to make $30k net a year. but it's a community project as a much as a business.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#389my wife and I have a new side project: we're opening a bookshop! the last local store is closing due to retirement and we figure the community demand is still there. we're negotiating the lease, sorting out how to order a lot of bookshelves, and source the initial inventory. i'm currently figuring out how to connect our point of sale system to our accounting software. good times. :)
You are wonderful!
thanks! my wife and i both really like local bookstores and often stop into them when we travel. and you know, you only live once...so why not.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#390I am trying to use a decoder encoder to generate rift transforms for delta compression of binary file updates.