Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026) • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by conrs » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC

I'm figuring out stepping stones in getting closer to user data autonomy. A natural starting place is our professional history.

So, I'm building a compatibility layer; something that works with everything - including your own vibe-coded personal CRM.

It's already helping - even something as simple as correlating calendar events with new connections so that you always know where you met someone.

https://tend2thrive.com if you're curious; It's live, so DM me if you'd like an account rather than just hitting the waitlist.

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

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Post by usmanity » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC

A slop detecting browser extension for LinkedIn because I have to use it these days to find a job, I was getting tired of seeing all the AI slop content.

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

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Post by bmmcginty » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC

I'm writing an add-on for the NVDA screen reader to allow users of Jaws to "seamlessly" migrate to it. Also a financial tool that answers “how much money can I actually spend?” by forecasting your cash balance through upcoming bills, cards, income, and transfers. (I'd love to turn this into a product, but I think the market is full as it is.) I also just completed a bare-bones web-to-mumble system because the app for the iPhone is...lacking. https://github.com/bmmcginty/wumble (To be clear, "I" is AI with human testing and reading over the code.)

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

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Post by zacharyfmarion » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC

I left my job a few months ago and have been building https://oristudio.pages.dev. It’s an origami design workspace that runs in the browser. Super niche but I’ve been really loving just working on a passion project I can use for my hobby.

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

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Post by nephihaha » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

I'm working on a guidebook. Not putting it online to get scraped!

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

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Post by ashot » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC

I'm working on codecast. Something that started as a way to index / search and sync agent sessions from their jsonl files has turned into a high level desktop/mobile orchestration and product / steering layer above agent sessions. It's a huge productivity boon for me and for teams that have adopted it.

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

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Post by red_hare » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC

I'm in the process of planning an indoor-outdoor wedding in NYC so I made a little weather history explore tool

https://12seasons.nyc/explore/

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

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Post by dchasson » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC

My dotfiles.

Specifically, I'm working to stop working on them.

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

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Post by petegordon » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC

Tandem bike physics game with device motion, controller gyro and multiplayer. Open source.

https://tandemonium.jimandi.love

Steam play test: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4482940/Tandemonium/

Open source: https://github.com/petegordon/tandemonium

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

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Post by relssiegp » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC

iamflimflam1 wrote: post #358

I'm working on a totally vibe coded clone of Elite - https://github.com/atomic14/harmless - so far it's pretty playable. You can try it out here: https://harmless.atomic14.com I'm planning on doing it Open Vibe Code. Add an issue and I'll set Claude on it. PRs will be rejected out of hand. I don't want your code. I want your words. It's just a bit of fun to see what's possible.

That seems like a fun idea, but are you going to vibe code this indefinitely? What if Claude fails because of to the increasing complexity of the code, are you gonna abandon the project?