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Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

#652
I'm working on https://docx-editor.dev/, the open-source, mit licensed word editor library.

We are building this because we such library it in our core business, and a lot of other engineers seem to need it too. We have contributors showing up with bug reports and fixes, and real interest from people building apps around .docx docs.

My previous show hn post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947229) got a lot of skepticism because we're developing heavily with AI, but with active community feedback and proper ai oversight (mostly me), I'm super proud of what we have now.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

#654

I've been working on cardcast.gg. It gives you the ability to play Magic: The Gathering with your friends remotely using a webcam. I got back into MTG back during the pandemic after a long hiatus and Spelltable is what brought me back. My playgroup lamented more features and something tailored to our needs, so curiosity got the better of me and here we are. :) I've never worked with computer vision before, but I went…

this is awesome. just to let you know, on your demo page "rats", the swamp is occasionally detected as plains.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

#655
I am in the process of launching my poultry RFID tags, “eFlock Smart Poultry Tags”. They allow farmers to count and identify all of the birds that they have. The project goes along with a mobile app, Manger, a tool that can be used to gather data about livestock (not just poultry). Tags should be available sometime this week, perhaps early next week on Amazon. Here’s a video of scanning: https://youtu.be/wilixJiyPYA Tags on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWTB1DR9 Manger app: https://www.manger.app/

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

#659
I got tired of the paywall surrounding cabinet design so I created https://cabinet.mycnc.app. Just finished validating the door / drawer front gcode generator by milling a kitchen's worth of doors on a hobby grade CNC.

My thinking was that the money I saved doing the cabinets myself would be enough to pay for the Sienci Labs Longmill that I bought for the project.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

#660
Having some progress on CircuitScript, a python like language for describing electronic schematics as code: https://circuitscript.net. Try the language through the online IDE at https://bench.circuitscript.net

In the past 2 months, I have added support for exporting to the .kicad_sch format. Multi-sheet designs are exported as separate .kicad_sch files, one per sheet. The pin types has been updated to be similar to KiCad's and to better support ERC rules. Setting the GND symbol pin as a type of power_input was a real headache for me, eventually, I decided to define a new pin type, power_reference.

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. With code, the design intentions become explicit and reviewable.

Feedback welcome, especially from anyone else frustrated with graphical schematic tools!

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