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Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by cs02rm0 »

I built what I guess is a LinkedIn alternative: https://sifted3.com/blog/building-sifted3

It's less focused on the social, more on the jobs. With a limit on the number of job applications a user can make; sort of like Twitter, for job application count. And mechanisms to provide feedback to users. Basically trying to address a few shortcomings of LinkedIn as I see them (with other mechanisms in the pipeline).

But it has neither any jobs, nor candidates.

I'm not sure what the strategy should be to resolve that. I've tried a few things that haven't worked out yet.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by JKCalhoun »

benji-york wrote: post #704
JKCalhoun wrote: post #196

Just an old hobbyist these days. I'm finishing up the written manual portion of a "breadboard helper" for playing with (learning) electronics. The current "helper" I am finishing up gives you instructions (and an explanation) for wiring up over a dozen transistor logic circuits with the aid of a small PCB + breadboard [1]. Inspired by Forrest Mims III, Don Lancaster and the "75 in 1" style electronic project kits my…

I'm not great at electronics, but it looks like it alternates turning on the two LEDs.

That's probably it — an astable multivibrator.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by brendoncarroll »

I'm working on Blobcache. https://github.com/blobcache/blobcache

Blobcache is content addressed storage, available over the network. Blobcache allow nodes to securely produce and consume storage. Configuration in similar to SSH, drop a public key in the configuration, and you're done. Blobcache is a universal backend for E2E encrypted applications.

Docs - https://github.com/blobcache/blobcache/blob/master/doc/0.0_B...

I'm also working on Got Version Control https://github.com/gotvc/got

Got uses Blobcache for storing file data.

Got is like Git, if you fixed all the problems with storing large files and directories in Git. There's no "large files provider" to configure separately. All the data for a commit goes to the same place. Got also encrypts all the data you put in it, E2E. If you've run into problems putting your whole home directory in Git, you might have more luck with Got.

Both projects are GPL licensed, FOSS. Contributions welcome.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by vital101 »

I've been fiddling with a long-term niche product for WordPress plugin and theme updates. It's 10(!) years old this year. Working in a code base that old 100% of my own commits is both amazing and terrifying. Past me was not as experienced at current me :)

https://kernl.us

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by ProofHouse »

bilekas wrote: post #688
landsman wrote: post #676

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really nice project. US regulation of food is a joke. Good luck!

> US regulation of food is a joke I don't know if it's a joke, in the EU we do enjoy a lot more strict regulations, good and bad sometimes, but to me the US system just seems more 'reactionary' rather than proactive.

It is ABSOLUTELY a joke. Downloaded Oasis app last night. My ‘Whole Foods’ water, ya turns out I’m drinking levels above what I should of arsenic, amongst other nasty shit

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by pizlonator »

Trying to hunt down a GC bug in https://fil-c.org/fugc

Under ideal conditions (emacs bootstrap running in a loop with FUGC_VERIFY=1) it reproduces about once a day.

Under non ideal conditions it reproduces once a month.

Seems to have something to do with large objects maybe? Anyway, wish me luck. These low-probability concurrent GC bugs are the worst

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by NickC25 »

cjflog wrote: post #10

Currently a one-man side project: https://laboratory.love Last year PlasticList discovered that 86% of food products they tested contain plastic chemicals—including 100% of baby food tested. The EU just lowered their "safe" BPA limit by 20,000x. Meanwhile, the FDA allows levels 100x higher than what Europe considers safe. This seemed like a solvable problem. Laboratory.love lets you crowdfund independent testing of s…

Wow! I'm a food&bev founder and absolutely love what you are doing!

How can I submit my products for testing?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

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Post by UweSchmidt »

lblack00 wrote: post #152

Building an iOS app for metronome sequencing to get faster at playing guitar and reaching "shred" speeds at different subdivisions/time signatures in a single sequence. Planning on adding accuracy indicators and scoring so rushing or dragging can be easily identified when finishing a saved routine. I.e., some post-routine metrics. I've been playing guitar for a little under 6 years and ran into the common problem amo…

Accuracy indicators for rushing and dragging are very useful, but equally interesting would be an indicator that checks for a consistent peaks, so every note is played with equal volume. A dream would be if your app can detect differences in sound (fingernails occasionally scratching the string, fretbuzz).

Is there any way to get notified when your app is done, or do you have a name for it already so we can search for it in a couple weeks?

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