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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#51
An accessible color palette editor for creating branded palettes built from the ground up that pass WCAG/APCA contrast rules (which is much quicker and less of a headache compared to doing manual contrast checks and fixes later):

https://www.inclusivecolors.com/

The current web tool lets you export to CSS, Tailwind and Figma, and uses HSLuv for the color picker. HSL color pickers that most design tools like Figma use have the very counterintuitive property that the hue and saturation sliders will change the lightness of a color (which then impacts its WCAG contrast), which HSLuv fixes to make it much easier to find accessible color combinations.

I'm working on a Figma plugin version so you can preview colors directly on a Figma design as you make changes. It's tricky shrinking the UI to work inside a small plugin window!

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#52
# My over-engineered console.log replacement is almost API/feature-stable: https://github.com/Leftium/gg

- Named `gg` for grep-ibility and ease of typing.

- However Claude has been inserting most calls for me (and can now read back the client-side results without any dev interaction!)

- Here is how Claude used gg to fix a layout bug in itself (gg ships with an optional dev console): https://github.com/Leftium/gg/blob/main/references/gg-consol...

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# I've been prototyping realtime streaming transcription UX: https://rift-transcription.vercel.app

- Really want to use dictation app in addition to typing on a daily basis, but the current UX of all apps I've tried are insufficient.

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# https://veneer.leftium.com is a thin layer over Google forms + sheets

- If you can use Google forms, you can publish a nice-looking web site with an optional form

- Example: https://www.vivimil.com

- Example: https://veneer.leftium.com/s.1RoVLit_cAJPZBeFYzSwHc7vADV_fYL...

- DEMO (feel free to try the sign up feature): https://veneer.leftium.com/g.chwbD7sLmAoLe65Z8

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#54
I've been building high-bandwidth memory streaming interfaces for HBM on VCK5000 & U280 FPGAs in my own language - "SUS".

The goal is to get consistent synthesis to 450MHz such that I can use a narrower 256-bit instead of a 512-bit interface, while maintaining full bandwidth. I've got it working at an FMax ranging 440-490MHz, though there's still some edge cases I need to hammer out.

https://github.com/pc2/sus-xrt

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#55
Testeranto - The AI powered BDD test framework for polyglot projects. There is a implementation now in ts, golang, rust, ruby, java and python. Add the language(s) that you need to your project and launch the server. Testeranto will run your BDD tests in docker and produce a set of results and logs. These logs, test results and your code are fed into an LLM, which fixes your tests for you. In essence, you write the tests and the LLM fills in the code.

AM3 - (Allied MasterComputer or Artificial Mind, version 3) - An attempt to make a symbolic AI that approaches the capacities of a LLM. An LLM makes variations on the same code and schedules those variations to play in "games". The results allow the LLM to make further changes.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#56
It's a personal project, but inspired by OpenClaw (which I find way overhyped), I am building an ambient intelligence layer for investment finance including a 3-tiered memory architecture, sensors (for environment scanning), skills, reasoning agents, and a new agentic UI concept only for that purpose.

I wrote about it here: https://jdsemrau.substack.com/p/pair-programming-superbill-w...

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#57
I used Rust to build a terminal based IDE for parallel coding cli workflow. It works with Claude Code, Codex and Gemini!

My favorite features are: - custom layout and drag and drop to change window - auto resume to last working session on app starting - notifications - copy and paste images directly to Claude Code/Codex/Gemini CLI - file tree with right click to insert file path to the session directly

OH and it works on both Windows and MacOS! Fully open source too!

https://github.com/oso95/Codirigent

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#59
I changed gears and moved into the video games industry at the end of 2021.

I started developing a city builder called Metropolis 1998 [1], but wanted to take the genre in new directions, building on top of what modern games have to offer:

- Watch what's happening inside buildings and design your own (optional)

- Change demand to a per-business level

- Bring the pixel art 3D render aesthetic back from the dead (e.g RollerCoaster Tycoon) [2]

I just updated my Steam page with some recent snapshots from my game. Im really happy with how the game is turning out!

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287430/Metropolis_1998/

[2] The art in my game is hand drawn though

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

#60
I’ve been working on an rss, atom, json feed reader app that strives to make it a simple as possible to isolate what articles are meaningful for you.

For now it uses UX patterns to make it easy to remove uninteresting articles and keeps a record of your read and saved articles. All locally of course.

I’d like to make it into something we can share quality content with one another eventually. For now I’m focusing on making it good enough my entourage will want to use it

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