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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#751
I am implementing a single Rust process to which you can connect a zero-knowledge proof of identity, such as can be created with ZKPassword from a physical passport. Each user ends up with a keypair which is:

1) Highly Sybil resistant. Neither the keypair owner nor anyone else can re-use the same underlying ID to link to another keypair.

2) Very high anonymity. While the Sybil resistance requires a nullifier representing the underlying ID to be present in a database (or stored in a public, decentralized form for blockchain use), there is no way to connect that nullifier with the keypair. Even if someone were to use brute force to successfully connect the nullifier with a specific underlying ID, such as a passport, there is no way to connect that ID with the keypair. (In the passport case, even merely brute-forcing the nullifier could only be done by the issuing government, someone who has hacked the government database, or someone with physical access to the passport. This is due to the fact that other passport information than the passport number is included in generating the underlying zero-knowledge proof.)

I understand that other technologies may have similar end-functionality, but this has the advantage that most of the functionality is encapsulated in a single Rust executable that could be easily used in any context, whether distributed or decentralized. (If anyone would like to know more, my contact info is at garyrobinson.net.)

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#752
https://askcrystal.info/dashboard

We aggregated half a dozen plus disparate data sources to create a comprehensive infrastructure map of the PNW power grid. Our goal is to be able to query for and provide informed answers for grid operators, investors, and other energy adjacent businesses in the space.

(For reference): The PNW has the most abundant clean power in the US and is one of the markets with most opportunity as our consumption increases with AI.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#753
Building TenantFit: https://tenantfit.mtxvp.com/, a lightweight tool to help small landlords pre-screen rental applicants.

When you post a listing (e.g., on Facebook, Kijiji), you get tons of “Is this still available?” messages — but no useful info. TenantFit lets landlords collect basic answers (income range, pets, lifestyle) via a public link, then ranks responses to highlight promising leads.

No accounts or sensitive info collected from tenants (landlord does not even see candidate email until they reply), just a quick pre-screen before deeper screening to save time.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#754
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Still working on my books site https://thegreatestbooks.org that I started in 2008. It's been a 1 man team the entire time. I recently made some major algorithm changes that I think greatly improves the rankings. My algorithm code is open source https://github.com/ssherman/weighted_list_rank I do plan on open sourcing more of the code over time. I also have started working on other sites using the same algorithm impl…

Nice! I've been looking for a reliable book ranking site. The main rankings skew to the "classics" that don't always hold up (looking at you Moby Dick) but the books in the genre filters look more interesting.

A couple questions:

* Is this primarily intended for discovering new reads, or for people who've already read the books to debate which is greatest? I found the book descriptions sometimes give away too much, to the point where I stopped reading them for any book I might be interested in reading for pleasure. Examples include The Great Gatsby and Madame Bovary. Perhaps you could have a concise description that stays far away from plot points, and a more expanded description behind a "more" link.

* What dictates whether a series has one place on the list or separate places? Narnia has one for the whole series but Harry Potter has individual listings per book.

* Are ratings and reviews from your own site taken into account in the rankings?

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#755

Working on two projects right now: - LegalJoe: AI-powered contract reviews for startups, at the "tech demo" phase right now: https://www.legaljoe.ai/ - ClipMommy: A macOS tool to help (professionals who record a lot of videos | influencers) organize their raw video clips. Simply drag a folder of "disorganized" videos onto ClipMommy, and ClipMommy organizes the videos into folders / subfolders, adding tags, based upon…

Legal Joe looks great. Nice video. Don't need it now, but it seems very useful

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#758
Partly for my own use but largely for learning purposes, I developed a multi-platform note-taking app using Flutter and Dart. It's a bare-bones mobile-first app that stores notes as *.md files to support SyncThing-based synchronization. The UI is inspired by Android apps like Omni Notes, Material Notes, Noteless, etc., which however are either not multi-platform or not aimed at SyncThing-based synchronization. Obsidian's mobile app, in my opinion, is not as mobile-friendly as these apps. Joplin is the closest I could find but which I did not like.

It's tested only on Android 10 and Windows 11. Bring done with Flutter, it should work on iPhone, Mac and Linux too but would need building, testing and fixing various issues found.

Had I known this would take me 3.5 weeks (dedicated time) and 6100 lines of code (including comments), I would not have done it. Ideal would have been just a week.

Currently closed source.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#759

I'm working on https://tickerfeed.net - a new kind of forum for stock market discussion. After HashiCorp was acquired by IBM I decided to take time off from corporate life and build something for myself. For years I've also been a casual retail investor on the side. Forums like /r/stocks and /r/wsb in the past have been useful resources for finding leads and interesting information. But meme-ification (among other fa…

HTMX is so much fun, and the HATEOAS framework it encourages is a breath of fresh air in web development

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

#760
I'm building a tool that would let one generate Spring Boot integration tests based on Postman collections.

I think there is a gap between exploratory testing and more structured forms of testing. So I am trying to make a tool for that for myself. If I like the outcome I'll open-source it.

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