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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)

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Post by dondoron »

hedayet wrote: post #444

"Does a launch make any impact if there's no audience?" We've found most early-stage startups ignore social media until after a launch. Things like “$0 spent on ads” sound cool, but they don’t help if no one knows your product exists. I'm building Appents to provide a done-for-you social media solution for startups. Would love feedback: https://appents.com/

I'm not an entrepreneur, just a developer with some side projects and zero marketing skill. So this would be ideal for me. However, given my non-entrepreneur mindset, I immediately think it's too expensive / does not pay off for me when I don't see any pricing indicators. It would be great to see some success stories with numbers.

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

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Post by kleiba »

BrunoBernardino wrote: post #485

My wife and I continue to work on Uruky, a EU-based Kagi alternative [1]. Since last month we got deals with a couple more search providers but we’re still waiting for EUSP/STAAN to provide us with an API key (we have progressed through a few more forms and signatures and legal stuff, though). We’ve continued to get some paid customers and have exited beta last week, given everyone seemed to be quite satisfied and th…

Given the notorious European branding, consider renaming it eureuky ;-)

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

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Post by stuartdev »

Working on Book Reading Habit: https://bookreadinghabit.com

Built it because I wanted to read more, but most reading apps either feel too passive or turn everything into social noise. What worked better for me was making reading easy to start: short 5–10 min sessions, pick up where you left off, minimal friction.

So the app is basically centered around habit formation, with stuff like notes, progress tracking, session extension, shelves, and simple organization.

I care a lot about keeping it quiet: no ads, no feed, no unnecessary clutter.

Still early. Mostly trying to understand what actually helps people read more consistently.

Currently only available for iOS, but might release an android version in the future.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/book-reading-habit/id674291326...

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

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Post by gunju84 »

YesBox wrote: post #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 R…

Curious, What u used to do earlier ? before changing gears?

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

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Post by milind-soni »

enoch_root2 wrote: post #263

I built a reader companion for Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle to keep track of where the characters are on a map, and having useful info like chapter summaries and Wikipedia articles to read. https://baroque-cycle.fyi

Hey Im making storytelling in jsonmaps.dev I think that could be also really useful for something like this! Let me know what you think

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

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Post by liu3hao »

Hi HN, I am still 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/

In the past month, as suggested by the previous user, I have added support for kicad schematic libraries. The kicad schematic libraries files are converted into circuitscript format and can be directly imported into circuitscript code. To support the large number of components in the kicad libraries, I had to improve the import functionality and also implement some caching to speed up the imports. With the kicad schematic libraries available now, it provides a larger library of components that can be used in circuitscript projects. The converted libraries can be found here: https://gitlab.com/circuitscript/kicad-libraries

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 if you are also exploring alternative ways to create schematics. Thanks!

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

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Post by robinweller »

I’ve been building Adversa [1], a tool that monitors competitor websites and explains what actually changed.

Most monitoring tools alert every time anything changes. That usually ends up being navigation tweaks or small copy edits. After a while the alerts just get ignored.

Adversa focuses on meaningful updates instead. It detects changes across competitor pages and uses AI to summarise what changed and why it might matter.

I originally built it because I was manually checking competitor pricing pages and changelogs. I also wanted something practical for smaller SaaS teams. A lot of existing tools are either enterprise-priced or the free tiers are too limited to be useful.

Still early and trying to learn what people actually want from this kind of tool.

[1] https://adversa.io

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

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Post by bojangleslover »

Currently moving Carolina Cloud to Kubernetes. I had built a custom orchestrator but really want the freedom of pod movement as well as KubeVirt's live migration capabilities. My ultimate plan is to open a second location in South Carolina at a cheaper colocation and then drain the nodes one by one, moving them to there, and leave my prior colocation. Kubernetes will make this possible.

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

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Post by gunju84 »

tourist_petr98 wrote: post #524

I just became a father and feel like it could be helpful if I have an app tracking my son's status. He has premature birth and we're all very worried about him. I don't want my son's data to be sent to any 3rd party so I vibe coded: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bebilog/id6759827652

For Android?
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