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

#481
A new context preparation engine tuned toward AI Assisted CLI, i.e. Claude Code

Based, in part, on my work on my open source project, FileKitty: https://github.com/banagale/FileKitty

Other efforts:

- Ways to rip, parse and fuse various content typesinto simple and well-indexed input documentation for use in LLM contexts

- Reverse engineering various AI web chat frontend stacks

- Generalized subagents and commands useful for claude code

- Onboarding SWEs using claude code

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

#482
post #440

I'm heads down building a workflow pipeline builder that executes Wasm Components as part of individual nodes within the pipeline. Think Zapier or n8n, but you either use existing processing nodes or upload your own code, written of course in any language that compiles to Wasm Components. It's week 2 but it works and it's live at https://pipestack.dev

Anyway to reach you?

Tell me it's early days without telling me it's early days...

hi (at) pipestack.dev should work

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

#483
This month I release an updated version of my "Practice Python Projects" book: https://learnbyexample.github.io/practice_python_projects/

Next, I'm working on a TUI app (using Textual) for board games like Tic Tac Toe and Connect Four. These will also have a modified rule that requires forming a square instead of a line.

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

#485
ATProto is helluva complex and inconvenient to work with without supporting libraries, even in a relatively sugary language, like Kotlin. So, I decided to write a (programmatic) code generator that takes Lexicon on input and gives all the HTTP code and data classes you may ever need. If you wonder why Bluesky native apps are crap, that's because they are in TypeScript, not in Kotlin and Swift, which are programming languages of Android and Apple platforms. Maybe, someone will take my code and use it to make an app that feels good...

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

#486

Working on fabric construction blocks (like Lego of clothing), that you can use to build clothing and accessories completely by hand without any tools or machines. Intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_eKc6c5tDw

Brilliant work! Zippers got nothing on this! I am particularly taken by how the "stich" weaves into itself, to flatten the seam.

Now, what about footwear, I'm thinking. Stitched soles + uppers are so much more durable. If you could cut a sole to a person's foot size, then they could construct the upper to their best-fit, best-colour-combo design.

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

#487
post #217

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…

This is an interesting idea. One thing that might help targeting is to have some sort of chemical that attracts the mosquitoes. In that way you can bring your target to you.

I seem to recall reading that mosquitos mainly seek out carbon dioxide...

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

#488
post #483

This month I release an updated version of my "Practice Python Projects" book: https://learnbyexample.github.io/practice_python_projects/ Next, I'm working on a TUI app (using Textual) for board games like Tic Tac Toe and Connect Four. These will also have a modified rule that requires forming a square instead of a line.

This is cool! I am getting back into Python programming after having to work with Angular (with a code base that's a spaghetti mess of poorly used TypeScript), and doing little toy projects like this helps tremendously with bringing back the joy I once experienced with programming.

At the moment I'm building a C++ version of Tic Tac Toe, would be cool to implement it in Python.

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

#490
We recently installed a solar system on the roof, battery included. The app it comes with is okay to answer most questions. But that wont prevent me from shipping my own dashboard based on locally scraped data. Just for the sake of it. Also my homelab machine is bored.
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