Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by linsomniac » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:34 AM UTC

I've really gone hard into 3D printing over the last 3 months. I dabbled with it the last 5 years, but on Father's Day this year I got a Bambu P1S with AMS and can do 4 different filaments. Total game changer, nearly "fire and forget", and the multi-color has been a lot of fun. Most recently I figured out how to design multi-color objects out of logos, and have printed coasters for my work logo, my SIL's work logo, etc. Learning Plasticity or another CAD as an alternative to TinkerCAD which is what I've used so far.

It's been a lot of fun, and my wife has sold a few things out of it on her Etsy shop. I've had the printer running nearly continuously since I got it, including a few weeks where I was printing parts for a circular sock knitting machine for someone local who reached out through a Facebook gifting community.

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

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Post by Alex-Programs » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:34 AM UTC

anonzzzies wrote: post #642

Alex-Programs wrote: post #133

I'm working on https://nuenki.app/ , a language learning tool. It teaches you a language while you procrastinate by inserting translations of appropriate-difficulty sentences into webpages as you browse HN etc. Currently trying to reduce costs by switching from using DeepL (high quality, low latency, high cost) everywhere to a hybrid that also uses Claude (high quality, high latency, low cost) for text that is far fr…

Are you adding safari support? It's fairly trivial technically as there is a convertor template for xcode to chrome extension -> safari extension.

I'd like to, but I don't have a Mac. I'll probably do it in the future, but right now I'm focused on other parts of it.

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

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Post by andrepd » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:35 AM UTC

notpushkin wrote: post #658

nicbou wrote: post #583

I built an English-speaking website that helps immigrants settle in Berlin.[0] It has been my full time job for a while. Most English speakers know about it, but it's nearly invisible to Germans, who would also benefit from the content and tools I have worked on. I'm currently adding an automated AI translation feature to my custom static site generator, so that I can translate the website to multiple languages and r…

Thank you for building this! I’ve discovered it a while ago and has been showing it as an example of what a good government website should look like. It’s a joy to read and explore, even though I’m not considering moving to Berlin :-) Any suggestions to anybody starting another website like this?

Man, it's an example of what a good website should look like, period.

It's clean, fast, readable, accessible, works without js. The information is presented directly and to the point.

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

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Post by s-d-m » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:43 AM UTC

Working on local_jira[0] / jira_gui[1]

This is a project I started to scratch an itch I had at work. We use jira there, and our setup is such that it takes about 8-10 seconds to load a page. So to make things more usable, the local_jira downloads the data from the server, saves it in a local database, and make it available. jira_gui is a simple gui for it.

[0] https://github.com/s-d-m/local_jira [1] https://github.com/s-d-m/jira_gui

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

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Post by simonorzel26 » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:47 AM UTC

I've been developing ngtly.com (ngtly.com/berlin for context), a platform that automatically curates nightlife events across major European cities—currently covering 23 cities with populations over 300,000. Over the past couple of months, we've attracted about 1.5-2k unique visitors per month, with around 200 returning users. The service is entirely free for nightlife enthusiasts, aiming to provide comprehensive event listings without ads or data collection.

I'm running this project solo, and while it's been rewarding, there are challenges in scaling and sustaining it—like covering operational costs (~€20 per city per month) and expanding to more locations. I'm planning to eventually monetize through partnerships with promoters and venues, but for now, I'm looking for feedback or suggestions on improving the platform and reaching a wider audience without compromising on the user experience. Any insights or critiques from the community would be greatly appreciated.

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

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Post by bluehatbrit » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:50 AM UTC

PLG88 wrote: post #676

bluehatbrit wrote: post #579

My last job had an internal tool for deploying all, or a reduced set of, their platform into a kube namespace. We called them One Time Environments and used them for testing and development. They were fantastic, really fast to spin up, and pretty cheap to run as they were on our own hardware. I've never found anything similar that doesn't cost an absolute bomb of money. Now I've moved to an early startup and I'm real…

If you are going down the open source angle, why not use OSS zero trust auth, starting with OpenZiti - https://openziti.io/ ?

We're doing this as an internal tool so right now the priority is to make it useful for us. We use tailscale already so we've decided to support that initially. But the auth is setup in a pretty modular way, so anyone should be able to write a different provider for whatever auth system they want to use. I've not come across OpenZiti before but I'd imagine it would be possible to write one for it.

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

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Post by ninefoxgambit » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:52 AM UTC

I specialize in building templates and component libraries. I’ve recently launched https://www.shadcnblocks.com which is a set of 200+ block components for Shadcn UI. The recent growth in popularity of Shadcn UI is extraordinary.

I’m also reworking and relaunched https://www.wickedblocks.dev which has nearly 200 free blocks for Tailwind. We’ll be released some optional premium sets here soon.

Finally we are about to release a set of 3 templates for 11ty at https://www.zerostatic.io where I build niche templates for SSGs. I believe these will be some of the best template available for 11ty and I’m keen to see if this niche has a serviceable market.

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

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Post by padraigf » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:53 AM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #669

Real estate search for homes in Ireland where you can travel by bike, train, and walking. Most Irish (and other) property websites just give you a road map, this starts off with a public transport and biking map, and has color-coded rail commute times, etc. It was something I built for myself years and years ago and then ignored, but when I put it online so my wife could use it, other people started to as well. I los…

Some feedback: looks nice, but an instant turn-off for me is the requirement to sign up before I try it out. It meant I didn't try it out, and seems unnecessary.

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

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Post by old-priate » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:54 AM UTC

Building an AI negotiation tool for B2B purchasing [0]. It automates the interactions with potential suppliers and summarises the best bid submissions.

Currently struggling with how to get any sales but there are some good resources like Aaron's cold outreach video [1]

[0] https://www.m2mmart.com/ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kh_fpxP1yY

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

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Post by Alex-Programs » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 9:56 AM UTC

noiwillnot wrote: post #660

Alex-Programs wrote: post #133

I'm working on https://nuenki.app/ , a language learning tool. It teaches you a language while you procrastinate by inserting translations of appropriate-difficulty sentences into webpages as you browse HN etc. Currently trying to reduce costs by switching from using DeepL (high quality, low latency, high cost) everywhere to a hybrid that also uses Claude (high quality, high latency, low cost) for text that is far fr…

Some feedback: I was about to try now (paying) but currently I can only install it in my desktop (no iOS support), and I am very worried about the idea of giving full access to a close-source unpopular extension with not-very-clear ownership. I think it would go a long way to create some trust to show who are you in the webpage and maybe open source the extension too (the backend is not as importa nt).

That's a fair point, I should mention who I am on the website. I didn't even think to include that!

Here's my github: https://github.com/Alex-Programs

I'm considering open sourcing the extension. I don't want people to be able to copy it wholesale, but realistically that's unlikely and I'm going to write some blog posts on the technical details anyway.