https://tonotes.com I’m building a really simple notes app that works on any device in a web browser. I started it after my family complained that every notes app today is way too complicated just to write something down. You just log in and your notes are there. No tracking, no heavy js logic
Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#602CraftMyGame – no-code game engine with multiplayer baked in
I’ve always loved making games but had the pain of rebuilding the same systems every time. Wanted my own editor with reusable components I could iterate on quickly. Most no-code tools felt too limited, so I built my own.
This week I shipped something I’m really excited about: a visual event system (think Unreal Blueprints / Unity visual scripting). It encapsulates the full UI editor—which wasn’t easy to navigate—into something way more approachable. Physics, combat, inventory, dialogue, pathfinding, all wired up visually: https://youtu.be/8fRzC2czGJc
Every game is multiplayer by default (WebSocket with client-side prediction, zero server config).
55+ systems under the hood, but the visual editor is now the main way in. I use it for my own games and improve the editor as I go. Turns out it’s also useful for asset creators who have beautiful sprites but no way to ship playable games, and devs who want to prototype fast without setting up infrastructure.
Some examples:
∙ Survivor-style: https://craftmygame.com/game/e310c6fcd8f4448f9dc67aac
∙ Platformer: https://craftmygame.com/game/f977040308d84f41b615244b
Stack: Next.js, Three.js, sockets.
Challenges now: I believe people can build complete games with it, but now convincing people they can do games with it isnt easy. I also try to get people who want to have games without having to do them so I can continue the project.
If you are curious, and want to give it a spin, it is Totally free. Feedback welcome, especially on first-time experience
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#603I've just pushed a big update to the Lua extension system in Marasi (an open source application security testing proxy). It includes two main updates:
1) Addition of modules that you would want to use directly during your testing (think encoding, encryption, request / response manipulation)
2) Ability to extend the GUI of the application. This was challenging as Marasi the proxy is meant to be used as a library and the GUI is a separate application. Extensions run on the proxy and not the GUI application. Right now I've settled on having the GUI inject its specific render and update methods to handle that bridge.
You can check it out at https://marasi.app or the repo directly (https://github.com/tfkr-ae/marasi-app) but I would recommend download the latest development release as it includes a fix for the UI locking up of there is a lot of traffic going through the proxy.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#604I've been working on https://www.minichessgames.com which I built with my 6 year old (she was the product owner ;). It's a site with a bunch of small puzzles (e.g. imagine a chess board with rocks thrown onto it, then move a single piece to a goal square). Lots of fun building it out. And radioactive pooping knights [1] is _amazing_ if I do say so myself ;).
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#605KeibiDrop: A peer to peer synchronous IPV6 file sync tool.
I always struggle to share files between my devices, or to navigate them. Why do I need servers, or dropbox or wetransfer?
Inspired by croc, rclone, syncthing and magic wormhole, I'm close to releasing KeibiDrop as MPL2.0.
It has a nice slint.dev GUI, works cross platform on mobile, + desktop (via FUSE or no-FUSE), and has post quantum encryption at transport level.
No clear monetization path, but I also tinker with unikraft in order to host a relay server (for key negotiation, or other things) as a unikernel cloud function.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#606I’m building a decision-support tool for comparing cities and countries when considering relocation.
The problem I’m trying to solve is how fragmented and emotional this decision usually is. Instead of blogs and anecdotes, the tool focuses on side-by-side comparisons of safety, cost of living, quality of life, visas, and taxes, so people can reason about tradeoffs more clearly.
No recommendations, no push to move. Just structured information to reduce uncertainty around a high-stakes decision. https://newlife.help
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#607Over the holidays I worked on on a simple family planner for my family (mostly for me as I am very forgetful and wanted one place for our family things to do)
I also wanted to use the opportunity to mostly vibe code it (I got a month free Pro from OpenAI, so heavily used Codex). I also wanted it to be hosted for free so built it around Cloudflare Pages, Workers and KV store. It’s basically a mobile-first weekly view that shows “what’s happening this week” for the whole family. I also wrote a small series about building it and it shows my LLM workflow with the guardrails using AGENTS.md etc.
Write-up here if anyone’s interested: https://michaeldugmore.com/p/family-planner-vibe-coding-rule...
Github repo here: https://github.com/mdugmore/family-planner-public
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#608I’m building Pagecord: “Blog without the slog”.
To goal is to make you write more. Tonnes of features, including posting by email (my favourite way to blog).
I love blogging and I want more people to go back to writing on their own blog and reduce time on the socials. It seems to be striking a chord with people.
Free classic plan, bargain premium plan at only $29/year.
Source available (Rails) at https://github.com/lylo/pagecord
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#609I built Feedgrab, a 100% free web-based RSS reader.
“RSS. Nothing more, nothing less”
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#610A tiny adventure journal for the outdoors: https://gipfelbuch.org/
* Upload a GPX file -> see the route, map and key stats.
* Store every hike, bike ride, walk, or trek in one place.
* Think of it as a “personal notebook” for families, not a leaderboard.
I built it to keep the stories of my own kids’ adventures. It’s still in early‑stage development - if you’d like to test it out or share ideas, drop me a line!