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

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

#791

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?

Sounds simpler than this thing https://steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16d...

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

#792

Previously, 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…

I really enjoyed this game when I played it at Ground Kontrol in 2015 and Two-Bit Circus in 2019(?). Neat data project. I'm kinda surprised they don't add something like Stern Insider app or swipe cards to it, but it's very 80s arcadey.

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

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I 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.

Glad it can of use! You're welcome to share any feedback!

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

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Making 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

Do you mind talking a bit how you attract sponsors? Is it through work? Talks? Online forums? Something else?

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

#796
I’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)

#798
There used to be this site called binarysearch.com that let you compete against friends in solving leetcode-style questions but the devs took it down. I'm working on (https://ternarysearch.com), a site with the same mechanics, but a focus on ICPC-style questions. Hoping the competitive programming scene will take a liking to it, I'd love to build a community around open sourcing an online judge.

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

#799

I’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?

I like Jetbrains-style subscriptions: recurring, but upon cancellation, you still retain access to the last version you paid for.

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

#800

https://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/

Cool. I had no idea this info was publicly available.
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