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 nbbaier » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:22 AM UTC

subhajeet2107 wrote: post #438

Currently working on https://exitfox.com/ . After recently switching jobs, I became frustrated with the handover process to the new joiner. This experience inspired me to start building a tool that uses Gemini/Claude to ask relevant questions about the project being handed over, streamlines the exit process in a structured format, Now I am adding more features for HR managers and employees around Clearance, FnF etc I…

Do you have any particular prompt foo for Claude Code re: frontend? I'm so tired of the generic designs

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

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Post by protocolture » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:25 AM UTC

kdinn wrote: post #435

Quick, clear, non-partisan analysis of government actions https://sivic.life When I read social spaces like Reddit or X, if the government has done anything contentious you get nothing more than strident left takes, or strident right takes on the topic. Neither of which is informative or helpful. So I am setting up a site which uses AI which is specifically guided to be neutral and non-partisan, to analyse the govern…

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

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Post by fipar » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:28 AM UTC

I spent some weekends and after-work evenings tidying up some ambient and electronic recordings both new and old, and today I finally decided to publish it on bandcamp: https://semicolony.bandcamp.com/

It’s all downloadable for free since I make a living off databases so I don’t need to make money off this. I did this to give some closure to ideas I started working on 30 years ago.

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

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Post by free_energy_min » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:29 AM UTC

WiggleGuy wrote: post #428

Currently thinking about better ways to spread the word about https://theretowhere.com (my website that makes it easier to find apartments and Airbnbs/hotels close to things you care about). I've actually started getting some back and fourth feedback with a couple users, which has kept me motivated and validated. But I need more organic traffic somehow. I've recently released a new usecase ( https://theretowhere.com/…

Looks cool! One use case for travel is ppl like often like to be near public transport, especially places like Tokyo, NYC, etc.

Might be nice to have an easy way to enter all subway stations in a city and create the heatmap based on that.

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

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Post by superdocs1 » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:32 AM UTC

Also built an app that lets you search inside Youtube videos and jump to the specific moments where something was mentioned.

For example: "Paul Graham interview best founders" (surfaces moments where pg talks about founder qualities): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqk9QaV-ag

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

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Post by jondwillis » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:33 AM UTC

alextousss wrote: post #24

My roommate and I are still working on Tornyol, our mosquito killing drone! It uses ultrasonic sonar to detect mosquitoes, and missile control theory to ram into mosquitoes and grind them in its propellers. Our target platform is a 40 grams tinywhoop so it’s safe to fly everywhere and makes almost no noise :). A Roomba for mosquitoes! The main plus compared to traditional systems is that a drone can cover an enormous…

How does this compare in reducing mosquito populations over something braindead like putting some yard waste and water in a bucket for a few days and either adding mosquito dunks or pouring the larvae out?

Or is this more like a stand-in for bug spray/smoke?

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

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Post by cornfieldlabs » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:34 AM UTC

Me and my brother are working a social network with chronological feed and private profiles.

Goal is to build a social network that doesn't harm the user in any way and provides full control over their data.

Here's the waitlist: https://waitlist-tx.pages.dev

Let me know if you have any questions. Email is cornfield.labs@gmail.com

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

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Post by jfil » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:34 AM UTC

Taking a long break, but also working on the following:

What plants you should grow if you want a "second harvest" of beautiful dried seedpods, to decorate your home.

Decorating ideas for the round concrete pillars that many new condominium units have nowadays.

"Juicy" text editor ideas - making the most gamified text editor. The absolute opposite of the zen editor at https://enso.sonnet.io/

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

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Post by tombert » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:40 AM UTC

hx8 wrote: post #410

tombert wrote: post #197

I have been unemployed for the last few months, and there's only so much TV and YouTube I can watch without going utterly insane between interviews, Since WGU just started doing masters degrees in CS, I decided it would be a way to kill large amounts of time while getting at least a little out of it, so I registered for it. I've been a professional software person for like fourteen years, so I was able to knock it ou…

Do you feel like you picked up additional knowledge and skills? The pluses you mentioned are fighting boredom, being affordable, and being credentialed.

Not really, no. I was a bit underwhelmed by the whole thing; it didn't feel like "computer science", it felt like light software engineering, and since I've been doing software engineering for awhile I was able to fly through the work.

I did have a bit of fun learning about some of the more "platform as a service" parts of AWS, that has been something I've been putting off at learning more about for awhile, but overall I don't feel like I learned a ton.

I registered for another masters degree from a different online school to start in October that I think I'll enjoy and learn more from.

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

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Post by anhldbk » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 4:50 AM UTC

I'm working on Beam, a web app that lets you transfer files between nearby devices using QR codes - completely offline, with no servers involved, and leaving absolutely no trace.

Beam is perfect for sharing sensitive documents, transferring files when you can't use USB, email, or cloud storage.

Try it here: https://get-beam.vercel.app