I'm trying to get back to verifying some of my old fun ideas. I want to finally build my 3D QR cube (https://deriese.net/qrcubes.html?s=hn) by sending a design to a laser shop, and I also want to find someone with a few termocouples to verify my results to the coffee cup cooling problem (https://deriese.net/coffee.html?s=hn). If anyone wants to help, feel free to send me a message.
Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#482I'm working on a sandbox for Linux terminal work with UX similar to Python virtualenv: https://github.com/wrr/drop
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#483Working on Fronteer, a project management app that (1) integrates messaging more cohesively with tasks and (2) better supports external collaborators - think agency clients, customers, etc.
Some of the biggest pain points we’ve seen is chat being separate from a solid task manager, and the pain of collaborating with people outside your own org.
We’re currently in private beta and hope to open it up to the general public soon!
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#484Still (in fits and starts) working toward a Bitemporal SQLite based (SaaS, for now) software architecture, because of an obsession with this notion of "Sovereign Software". Any SaaS I build should never lock in customer data, for example.
Current state of work: The implementation of the core data model is wrong. I need to throw it away and redo it from scratch.
Whiplash status: WTF, Time. y u move so fast?
This thread made me---forced me---to accept that it's been well over a year of the agony and ecstasy of solo software construction. Or maybe 2026 is moving way too freaking fast. Or it's good to be obsessive I guess.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#485I've been updating my game Blackshift (https://store.steampowered.com/app/741110/Blackshift/).
It released in 2020 but I've never stopped adding things and tweaking it. Recently I added mirrors that spin when you shoot them, called "flip-flops" because they work a bit like flip-flops from computing.
I'm also tinkering with some new game ideas, because I'd like to make something popular that can sustain me financially, and the gaming market, as difficult as it is, does still seem to value human soul and creativity.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#486Have been working on three micro-saas, all built in Elixir/Phoenix:
https://feedbun.com - a browser extension that decodes food labels and recipes on any website for healthy eating, with science-backed research summaries and recommendations.
https://rizz.farm - a lead gen tool for Reddit that focuses on helping instead of selling, to build long-lasting organic traffic.
https://persumi.com - a blogging platform that turns articles into audio, and to showcase your different interests or "personas".
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#487UI for image logic puzzles (nonograms), I’m working on making them prettier and more user friendly.
Some prototypes are already live in my app. Screenshots in the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/nonoverse-nonogram-puzzles/id6748... (the patterns in the puzzles in the dark mode screenshots, i.e. 4th and 7th).
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#489Working on Asfaload, a multisig sign-off solution applied to release artifacts authentication.
It is:
- open source
- accountless(keys are identity)
- using a public git backend making it easily auditable
- easy to self host, meaning you can easily deploy it internally
- multisig, meaning event if GitHub account is breached, malevolent artifacts can be detected
- validating a download transparantly to the user, which only requires the download url, contrary to sigstore
Nearing Alpha release stage.
Code at https://github.com/asfaload/asfaload Info at https://asfaload.com/
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
#490Got fed up that startups and small companies having to pay for Enterprise level compliance and sustainability tools, to be considered as a supplier.
So built Sustalium (https://sustalium.com) which is designed to be easier and faster for micro-small-medium businesses to comply with majority of compliance & sustainability frameworks.