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Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Post by rikroots »

Thank you for asking! Excitingly, I'm working on maintaining and improving my canvas library. Which is not news because I spend much of my spare time doing this exact same work.

However for this months work, I'm adding new stuff to the library - specifically some new OKLAB/OKLCH filters: something I don't think other canvas libraries have yet got around to considering[1]. And this weekend (a 3 day weekend in the UK) I'm spending time fixing the horror-show code for the reduce-palette (dither) filter[2] to see if I can get it to work just a little bit faster ...

(Fans of small PRs should definitely not click on these links)

[1] - https://github.com/KaliedaRik/Scrawl-canvas/pull/94

[2] - https://github.com/KaliedaRik/Scrawl-canvas/pull/96

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Post by tducret »

Hi fellow hackers!

Yesterday, I've built a minimalist solution to let you host Markdown files, while rendering it as html in the browser.

No preprocessing needed (like Hugo, Jekyll, Astro...).

- You just write plain markdown

- Add a script import at the top

- Upload

Check it out > https://www.tducret.com/pure-markdown/

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Post by lifeinthevoid »

I’m working on an Open Source SQLite VFS extension with modern encryption using libsodium. Using the VFS instead of adapting the source like SQLcipher is not straightforward but feasible. I hope that a modern encryption library, extensive testing and using vanilla SQLite source can convince users to give the extension a chance.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Post by y_gy »

Hi! I'm working on https://UpdateMaker.com. UpdateMaker is a super-simple widget for delivering in-app updates and notifications to users.

As a dev, I always want to tell users about our latest updates, but making front-end updates requires a whole production deploy, and a backend notification service is a lot to set up. UpdateMaker makes it easy to manage updates without an engineering cycle.

UpdateMaker lets you copy-paste our widget into your website, and then you can push update notifications to your users. You can customize the look and feel, schedule updates, track user engagement, and make it conditional on pages the user might visit. We manage all the cookie-handling so the user only sees updates they haven't seen before. It's been super useful for us!

From there, UpdateMaker also automatically exports all your updates as a changelog that you can publish for your users or SEO :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Post by sgu999 »

oulipo wrote: post #430

Hey guys! We're engineers/designers from France, and we've built the Ultimate DIY Battery that you can repair and refill! It works with 90% of the bikes/motor brands on the market, so I assumed that some people here might be interested, if they got a non-functional batteries but they still want to use their e-bike? We believe that everybody should have control about stuff they own, and we should fight against planned…

Super cool! Any plan on making different form factors? For electrified cargo bikes, the battery is better placed bellow the cargo [0] so a squarish and flatter pack would be nicer.

[0] This build for example: https://danielbuettner.medium.com/building-a-custom-e-cargo-...

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Post by kukkeliskuu »

Few recent side projects:

- a fact management tool based on a timeline. I have a complex legal situation, so I created a tool to store information about events. I can prioritize and tag the events, attach files to them, and have small workflow on them, and then filter the timeline based on the tags/priorities/workflow states. It is very helpful, because the amount of events and data was too much to handle mentally. I am using Django/HTMX/AlpineJS.

- a dance event calendar for dance events in Finland, where both artists and venues can add events. The data is stuctured, which allows me to make views for each performer, venue etc. Mostly Django, but some HTMX/AlpineJS as well for complex screens

- for the dance event calendar, I have created a support site that uses ChatGPT to handle two first steps for incoming support emails/questions. First it categorizes the question, and then tries to answer it based on FAQ. If it fails, it summarizes the issue (and possibly asks few basic questions related to it) and forwards it to me.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

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Post by minajevs »

I am working on an https://evy.app/

Evy is an app for collectors, both professional and casual, to help them keep track of their items and share it with the world. Currently there are either overly complex inventory management systems, which are overkill for casual collectors, or generic social platforms, which are "fine" for everything, but great for nothing. My goal with Evy is to fill this gap by offering an easy way for any collector to manage their items.

In short, it is an asset management system tailored specifically for collectors.

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