Working on a way to keep my agents running using email while I'm away from my desk. I want to spend time with the moments that matter, not babysitting agents. I want them to keep working while I'm out. Why can't I just email them?
Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#792Previously, I made a live win probability model for the 5v5 arcade game Killer Queen Arcade from their game events API. Now I am trying to use that model to make: 1. A post game instant replay that shows the most important/pivotal moments from the most recently finished game. Some arcades have a seperate display for observers, it could work well there, or as good filler between matches on twitch streams. 2. A persona…
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#793I ended up making a side project for my side project and built MeasureToCut: https://measuretocut.com I moved last year and started a bunch of DIY projects, and each one turned into a bunch of drawings on napkins and backs of receipts to figure out how much wood/material I needed to buy to avoid "one more trip to store". It tells you how much of a stock material you need, and shows you how to cut it, to minimize wast…
Excited for the 2D calculator. The 1D calculator is very timely because I'll be framing a few walls soon. It is indeed just a circle.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#794Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#795Making rent as an open source developer. Attracting new monthly sponsors and people willing to buy me the occasional pizza with my crappy HTML skills. https://brynet.ca/wallofpizza.html
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#796The idea is to avoid the cancel / resubscribe dance and make things feel fairer for people with tighter budgets.
Not sure if this is naive or practical — has anyone tried something similar?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#797Managed to make long dictations even >10mins appear in All processing done locally with 0 network calls.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#798Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#799I’m currently thinking about SaaS pricing for solo users. Most tools charge a flat monthly fee, but I’m considering not charging users in months they don’t actually use the product. The idea is to avoid the cancel / resubscribe dance and make things feel fairer for people with tighter budgets. Not sure if this is naive or practical — has anyone tried something similar?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#800https://www.401k.live/ Public dataset for exploring 50,000+ 401(k) plans holding $7.5T in assets. You can look inside a company like Google and see what employees invest in (mostly 2035-2055 target date funds) or how much they contribute ($30K - likely using Mega Backdoor Roth) https://www.401k.live/plans/google-llc/