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

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

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Post by enagymo »

Cascade Puzzle, a daily puzzle game inspired by Panel de Pon / Tetris Attack. Swap blocks horizontally to match 3+, trigger chain reactions, clear the board in limited moves.

I originally started this years ago and abandoned it because puzzle generation was hard and I didn't have the proper time to finish it. Picked it back up recently with Claude Code and finally cracked it, the generator uses backward construction (starts solved, reverses moves) so every puzzle is guaranteed solvable.

3 daily puzzles (Easy/Medium/Hard), shareable results like Wordle, no account needed.

https://cascadepuzzle.com

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

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Post by matus_congrady »

https://github.com/stacktape/stacktape

An alternative to tools lik sst.dev or serverless framework, or a PaaS services like Render.com or Flightcontrol.

Deploys to user's own AWS. IaC-first. Has a PaaS-like console UI.

The best features: auto-generates IaC config by scanning your code. Has built-in EC2 runner which is 2-6x faster than AWS CodeBuild.

We've now also implemented dev mode, which is similar to SST. It deploys parts of the stacks that can't be locally emulated (lambda functions, cognito, etc.) with fast re-deploy, and emulates everything else (containers, SQL databases, Redis, DynamoDb, etc.) locally. This means testing/developing is pretty much free, and you have the fastest feedback loops possible.

Whole Stacktape, and dev mode in particular is also very optimized for coding agents with `--agent` flag.

To try it, run `npx stacktape init`

EDIT: Changed the link to github. Stacktape core is now open-source.

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

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Post by fullstackchris »

Verimu - we're trying to help medium and small businesses across the EU get up to speed with the new Cyber Resiliance Act requirements (which start in September!) trying to make it as frictionless as possible - drop in a github action and you are good to go. Web based dashboard coming soon!

https://verimu.com

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

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Post by oliwary »

I am working on my first multilingual word game: https://changeword.org

My previous games have all been exclusively in English, but this one also has Spanish, French, German, Dutch and Swedish. It's a take on the classic word ladder game, with golf scoring mechanics.

Still needs a bit of fine-tuning for the word lists and puzzle generation, but I think it's already pretty playable. :)

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

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

I'm still plugging away on my PostScript interpreter. Right now I'm working on the clip and eoclip operators which has turned out to be much more complex than I expected. Mostly because I am not using any 3rd party libraries nor any AI generated code.

On the house front I'm just about to install an IKEA kitchen.

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

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Post by czottmann »

I'm working on a macOS app that identifies music playing around you, constantly. You can scrobble them to Last.fm, ListenBrainz, LB-compatible sites, a Mastodon account, local Shortcuts workflows, and/or or local files. It also support Apple Music and Deezer.

I built it because most scrobblers only keep track of Apple Music or Spotify plays, but I have streaming stations on all day long, or the radio is on, and those never make it into my playing charts or recommendations etc.

Early days, more to come, public beta is ongoing, and I am looking for testers :)

https://actions.work/listening-post/?ref=hn

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

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Post by liu3hao »

Hi HN, I am working on Circuitscript, a language based on python to describe electronic schematics: https://circuitscript.net/. A basic IDE (called the Bench) to try Circuitscript is available online: https://bench.circuitscript.net/

I have created a usb-uart converter board with the CH340 chip. The complete schematic was coded with Circuitscript and then imported as a netlist into kicad pcbnew to do the pcb layout. The design was produced with JLCPCB and after receiving the boards I tested them and they do work! The design files are here https://github.com/liu3hao/usb-uart-bridge. The circuitscript code file is here https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liu3hao/usb-uart-bridge/re... and the generated pdf from the circuitscript code is here: https://github.com/liu3hao/usb-uart-bridge/blob/main/usb_uar...

The motivation for creating Circuitscript is to describe schematics in terms of code rather than graphical UIs after using different CAD packages extensively (Allegro, Altium, KiCAD) for work in the past. I wanted to spend more time thinking about the schematic design itself rather than fiddling around with GUIs.

Please check it out and I look forward to your feedback, especially from electronics designers/hobbyists. Thanks!

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

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Post by instalabsai »

https://instagit.com

I’ve been shipping AI-written code for 2 years now. I can build something amazing in 40 mins but then spend 4+ hours debugging because the agent has no idea how the libraries it’s calling actually work. Docs are stale, StackOverflow is dead, training data is outdated. Every engineer I talk to has the same problem.

So I built Instagit, an MCP server that lets your coding agent understand any GitHub repo in depth so it can get it right on the first try. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, etc.

No API key or account needed to try it out. Just need to share these instructions with your coding agent to get started:

curl -s https://instagit.com/install.md

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