In a crowded "AI space", I continue to work on txtai (https://github.com/neuml/txtai) for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows. It's not as popular as the big frameworks but I believe it's a better solution. Time will tell.
Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#582Getting ready to release a big Halloween update for my survival-horror game for the Playdate, Plight of the Wizard[0]. I just added a spell that targets the closest enemy, which was a fun challenge to implement. Performance optimizations for the hardware have been getting tougher to nail down, so I’m spending a lot of time figuring out inefficiencies in my code to target a stable 30 fps. I’m having a lot of fun releasing updates that make the game more fun. But with more refinement comes the desire to add more content and improved art. I’m trying to take it one step at a time.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#583http://tolvera.is
Tölvera is a Python library designed for composing together and interacting with basal agencies, inspired by fields such as artificial life (ALife) and self-organising systems. It provides creative coding-style APIs that allow users to combine and compose various built-in behaviours, such as flocking, slime mold growth, and swarming, and also author their own.
With built-in support for Open Sound Control (OSC) via iipyper and interactive machine learning (IML) via anguilla, Tölvera interfaces with and rapidly maps onto existing creative computing software and hardware, striving to be both an accessible and powerful tool for exploring diverse intelligence in artistic contexts.
Tölvera has been selected for Mozilla's first Builders Accelerator! Read the announcement:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/14-ai-projects-to-watch-...
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#584Learning some more ATS2 while 3 isn’t yet released. Cool language with linear types (which go further than Rust’s affine types), refinement types, dependent types, proofs & dataviewtypes over C for zero-cost abstractions.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#585I built 3 electric cars from 2018 to 2023 and drove them 20k miles. My own firmware and controllers, with an https://openinverter.org motor controller Now I release my knowledge in bite-sized chunks on my new YouTube channel to help others: What's a battery management system? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QsMoCrSTYc What is the C-Rate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDu1fRtKfsA What is battery balancing? https://…
You are the closest I have found to this, even though it is a digression: Do you know of any communities with self-built airplanes? (especially novel-esque designs for propulsion or wings?) I realise these have far more regulations, but experimental GA is something that really excites me.
I don't have a direct answer for you, but I would checkout any AirVenture Oshkosh groups online. I know people build planes ahead of the event to fly in.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#586I don't have a link for it yet, but I am working on using an HCL-like syntax to write CI pipelines. Ideally it would function a lot like dagger but written a lot like terraform.
The main problems that I want to solve are the really slow feedback loop of complex GitHub Actions / GitLab CI, but without the limitation of having to run it within another CI provider.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#587I invented a programming language where you use Unicode box-drawing characters to draw a structure of boxes and lines: ╓───╖ ║ ! ║ ╙─┬─╜ ┌───╖ ╔═══╗ ┌─────┴─────┤ > ╟──╢ 2 ║ │ ╘═╤═╝ ╚═══╝ ╔════╗ ┌───╖ │ │ ║ −1 ╟──┤ + ╟─┴─┐ │ ╚════╝ ╘═╤═╝ │ │ ┌─┴─╖ │ ╔═══╗ │ │ ! ║ │ ║ 1 ║ │ ╘═╤═╝ │ ╚═╤═╝ │ │ ┌─┴─╖ ┌─┴─╖ │ │ │ × ╟──┤ ? ╟──┘ │ ╘═╤═╝ ╘═╤═╝ └─────┘ │ The language is called Funciton (pronounced: /ˈfʌŋkɪtɒn/) and the above…
Very cool! +1 for hosting on Codeberg so we don’t have corporate lock-in.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#588I've noticed that my son spends way too much time on YouTube or playing Minecraft and one of the few offline activities he enjoys doing on his own is coloring. And since he comes to me every time he wants a new coloring book and we spend about 10 minutes together searching for each picture, I made a website with a collection of coloring books for him. The site is very simple, but to be honest, I haven't had so much f…
Awesome that it's offline, too! Amazing work.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#589I quit my job and depleted savings earlier this year to work on helping others overcome addictive habits and behaviors https://neurtureapp.com
Addiction is rampant right now, from social media and phones to vaping and beyond. People need access to science/research-based resources, not just a “sober” counter, which doesn’t apply to many people and is rarely helpful to those it applies to.
Working with a behavioral scientist and a clinical psychologist on the UX and content of the app at the moment but any thoughts, feedback, connections, or help would be amazing.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#590I built 3 electric cars from 2018 to 2023 and drove them 20k miles. My own firmware and controllers, with an https://openinverter.org motor controller Now I release my knowledge in bite-sized chunks on my new YouTube channel to help others: What's a battery management system? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QsMoCrSTYc What is the C-Rate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDu1fRtKfsA What is battery balancing? https://…
Very nice. Any video of the cars? I
here is a review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7wRu1xcyQY
Those guys channel is worth checking out by itself, they are making Ferrari Testarossa's electric and reviewed our taxi on the side.