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

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

#391
I’m developing X/D Loom (https://xdloom.com), a tool that helps car enthusiasts create automotive wiring diagrams.

About a year ago, I engine-swapped my Nissan D21 hardbody from the Z24 petrol to a TD27T turbo diesel and also installed a whole bunch of accessories, like spotlights, a winch, and an air compressor. But being lazy, I didn’t write down any of the wiring changes I made while doing all of this. So fast forward a year, and now I can’t remember how all the wiring works.

My current project car is a Jeep Cherokee FSJ, and for it, I want to build a completely new loom from the ground up. So to try and avoid making the same mistake I made with the Nissan, I Googled “create automotive wiring diagram”, but all the results were for complex enterprise grade solutions charging $200/month. That’s why I created X/D Loom as a project car guys' tool for creating wiring loom diagrams. It allows you to drag different electrical components onto a canvas, connect them with wires, and export them to a PDF or PNG.

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

#392
I got most of my must-haves for my car maintenance tracking web app out of the way. it already does everything I wanted all the paid alternatives to do, even has SSO integration (only Google OAuth for now). the other must-haves, I do actually need, but I think they can wait. notifications, and an export mechanism for my history (including file attachments). for now I think I'll focus on the other things I've been putting off, like upgrading my car's audio.

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

#394
I continue to be working on kei, my cloud->local photo/video sync engine.

iCloud Photos is fully baked along with implementing their completely undocumented SyncToken. I’m doing some QoL work in the next few weeks, tightening up some early architecture decisions, and then adding more providers (Immich, NextCloud, Google Takeout… else TBD).

Since last time I posted this, two other people contributed and I’m almost at 100 stars! That’s some dopamine.

https://github.com/rhoopr/kei

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

#399
We are working on making our programming language BAML turing-complete. https://github.com/boundaryml/baml

It is a language that is embeddable in other programming languages, with the type system similar to typescript, and a runtime that is similar to Go.

People use it currently for structured outputs with llms but soon we will support orchestration and more.

We are letting some users have an early access preview! Let me know if you are interested in hacking with it!

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

#400
working on https://heylife.ai, an app that gives you proactive advices based on your calendar/taste/hobbies/location

let’s say you are arriving in paris. it will send you advice on how to get to the city from the airport. big soccer game in an hour? will send you advice on prepare it.

you don't need to ask, it will give you before / when you need it.

now working on the sandboxing and scheduling of the advices. releasing it this week if anyone want to give it a shot. (it will be paid only)

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