Just launched a restricted browser for kids for iOS: https://weblock.online
Now testing on my kids. The idea is that the browser is whitelist-only, so kids can open only approved websites. I receive a notification when they want to visit an unknown website and I can allow or deny it.
Works great for my family, hope it will be useful for someone else.
Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#512I’m working on a small browser extension called Instant Preview.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/majhgbekihmliceijip...
It lets you open links in a side panel, so you can quickly look at a page without leaving what you’re reading. I built it because I tend to open too many tabs when reading docs or search results.
It supports a few simple triggers. My favorite one is long-click: you click and hold a link, and the preview opens in the side panel.
Chrome recently added Split View that you open from the context menu. It works, but for quick checks it feels a bit heavy. You have to right-click, move the mouse, and pick an option.
With long-click there’s no menu. For me it feels faster, more intentional, and better when scanning lots of links.
Most of the work lately is about polishing these interactions and dealing with browser edge cases.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#513SellerMate [https://sellermate.neilvan.com]
I'm currently improving this order queueing and sales recording web app for small coffee shops. Made primarily for my friend's coffee shop. Data is stored locally, and the app is fully functional when offline. There is an optional "syncing" feature to sync data with multiple devices which requires a sign up. This is a Progressive Web App built with Web Components. The syncing is made possible with PouchDB/CouchDB. Completely free to use.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#514I'm working on an OS based on MeshCore with enhanced features(CJK, IME etc).
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#515I run a small logistics platform called Twinjet that is used by mostly food delivery courier companies. One of our main features is parsing emails from food ordering platforms in order to automatically add the delivery job to the company's dispatch board. These parsers need constant maintenance since the ordering platforms change their email formats all of the time.
I'm putting the finishing touches on an AI parser that I hope to ship after the new year. I'm getting very consistent results from Ministral-3b model, which is super light weight.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#516I'm working on porting KiCad to the browser. It's a lot of sweat and tears, multithreading issues and some more sweat. I've updated a port of WxWidgets and now I support all the features KiCad needs with ~200 tests. Right now I have a build that loads in the browser, but I really want to have "multithreading" which means workers in the web. One can use asyncify with emscripten to translate blocking C++ to WASM, but t…
That is very cool. I can't wait to try it out!
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#517Started a newsletter [1] focused on agentic coding updates, nothing else. Other newsletters/blogs cover a lot of generic AI news, industry gossip, and marketing fluff. Having a focused feed is something I wanted for myself and finally I have enough time that I can write this newsletter regularly.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#518I'm working on Watermark'd. We want to give businesses a verified digital identity that works across the globe starting with businesses registered in South Asia (DUNS number that works for the 21st century).
What we do is quite simple 1. Verify the business is registered in the claimed jurisdiction. 2. Verify if individuals have the authority to act on behalf of that business. 3. Provide sharable credentials.
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#519Working on a gnome todo list extension, I like to keep my daily todos very close, it motivates me to stay focused.
You can install it from here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7538/todo-list
Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
#520I've been working on a LLM fiction writing workflow and associated tools. It's built on agentic coding tools with lots of structure, guidance, prompting, and critique. Almost all of the flow is on the filesystem and using a custom command-line tool, making it accessible to agentic programming tools. (No MCP though; it seems superfluous?)
I was fairly neutral about the tool for a while, but lately I've been going all-in on Claude Code, using things like rules and subagents.
It's also built to "rerender" the story, for instance rewriting it (slightly) for voice, translate it, or target different reading levels or background. I'm interested in translating stories for language learners in addition to simply translating into other native languages.
I'm also hoping to create some stories that stretch the medium. Perhaps CYOA (though I'm struggling with understanding what a CYOA is good at), though also other multi-perspective stories with reader autonomy in how to read through the story. LLMs make it easier to overproduce content, so you can give the reader flexibility without feeling regret that much of the content will be skipped, or rewrite passages for readers who jump into stories part way through.
Producing quality content is hard, and frankly kind of expensive, which is why I'm focused on finished products instead of interactive experiences. Though I do look forward to some future opportunity to take these rich characters that are grounded in full stories and find other things to do with them.