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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)

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Post by schappim »

I have been working on Print Relay[1], a cloud-based print relay system that enables remote printing to any printer connected to your local network.

PrintRelay consists of a cloud server and lightweight clients that connect printers to the cloud via WebSocket.

We use the excellent SaaS PrintNode at work, but about twice a year we have connectivity/routing issues between AWS ap-southeast-2 and their servers OS. PrintRelay is my attempt to not need PrintNode. Because of this PrintRelay is PrintNode API compatible.

1. https://github.com/schappim/print-relay

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

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Post by azdle »

My meta side project for building other side projects: https://bodge.app/

I've always had a bunch of small side projects that I want to do that aren't worth the overhead required to actually put them together & keep them maintained. So, I built a small Lua-based FaaS platform to make each individual project less work whenever inspiration strikes. So far I've built:

* A current-time API for some hacked-together IoT devices: https://time.bodge.link/

* A script for my wife that checks her commute time and emails her before it's about to get bad.

* An email notification to myself if my Matrix server goes down.

* A 'randomly choose a thing' page. https://rand.bodge.link/choose?head&tails

* A work phone number voicemail, the script converts the webhook into an email to me.

* An email notification any time a new version is released for a few semi-public self-hosted services.

* Scrapers for a few companies' job listings that notify me whenever a new job is posted matching some filters.

* A WebPush server that I eventually want to use for custom notifications to myself.

* An SVG hit counter: https://hits.bodge.link/

Since I'm already maintaining it for myself, I figured I might as well open it up for others. It's free to play with, at least for now.

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

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Post by nullbound »

the__alchemist wrote: post #46
nullbound wrote: post #40

I am devoting 2026 to focus on my rpg. The one differentiator here is something I am still not seeing: proper use of LLMs in games. The current batch is all lazy asset generation, maybe logic coding and what not, but not anything that could make the world actually feel alive. Obviously, it all comes with its own sets of issues, but I am working through those as they come. But it is still a slow move solo.

What is your 2c on some of the recent backlash about AI assets in games? Is that a vocal minority (game artists and similar ec), or is that part of a broader trend?

I think the artists have a valid bone to pick and I think some of the backlash is mostly coming from that quarter. The actual gamers are more repulsed by established studios using AI for asset generation, because it comes across as a lazy money grab. But gamers are both flexible ( will jump through a lot of hoops to do what they want to do ) and and set in their way of 'just want to have fun'.

On the other side of the spectrum are indies, who can afford to experiment a little more so you get more interesting uses ( like 'voicelines' by AI come to mind ).

I know what I want to believe, but it is hard for me to call it ( I think it is a temporary trend ), because I might be a little too close to it. After all, gamers have been conditioned to endure a lot over the past decade and mostly shrugged off most of the assaults on their favorite past time.

If I were to compare it to something.. it is almost like using LLMs for email summaries ( which is still what most bosses seem to be most pleased with ). There are better use cases. I think those were not explored yet.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

vulkoingim wrote: post #13

Built my own Spotify recommendation egnine after getting tired of Spotify’s repetitive recommendations. You get to choose the genres you're interested in, and it creates playlists from the music in your library. They get updated every day - think a better, curated by you version of the Daily Mixes. You can add some advanced filters as well, if you really want to customise what music you'll get. It works best if you f…

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

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Post by piekvorst »

Acme [1], a text editor for programmers. It’s a very unusual tool and I have collected hundreds of notes (as well as dozens of bugs and inconsistencies) from the past two years of using it. Now I feel fully assimilated, I do not take as much notes and it feels the right time to start organizing the knowledge, to put ideas together.

I think that Acme is very underrated in its domain (a tool for experts). The coverage is minuscule. That’s why I am thinking about blog posts, maybe video tutorials. I do not know what should it be exactly.

I do not have any time estimates. I have a very demanding main job (I work as a software developer) and young family that I need to take care of. This project demands focused efforts and selectivity that I can barely satisfy. But I wouldn’t give up, the thing is totally worth it. If it’s going to take years, so be it.

If you have any comments, send me a letter at kalterdev@gmail.com. Have a good day.

1: https://9p.io/sys/doc/acme/acme.html

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

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Post by written-beyond »

jwally wrote: post #78

I updated a really outdated, but surprisingly popular repo for linear programming: https://github.com/JWally/jsLPSolver I'm tinkering around building "JARVIS" (I didn't want to come up with a clever self deprecating name - this works) - a personal project to manage my life. Integrates into Google Mail, Google Calendar, Trello, GroupMe, EveryDollar. Basically it nags me to do grown up thing and is a better UX than Goo…

I genuinely dread using calendars. They're all too confusing for me. Problem is I am considered an adult, and everyone wants you to use a calendar.

Googles Calendar is intimidating and confusing, same for all of them. I don't know what I want, but something with less red tape.

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

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Post by anishgupta »

mondobe wrote: post #48

I've been working on a music-making website since late spring. This is my first real frontend project, and I'm writing it in pure Rust using Leptos (so far, haven't had to write a single line of JavaScript!) Most of my work so far has been on the actual music-making interface, but I'm beginning work on the backend now. I've only worked with Django before (for a school project at Georgia Tech), so I'll be deep in the…

Fellow yellow jacket here! This is great start, I'd love to see mondobe evolve into something like cursor for music production. I've done music making on DAWs like fl studio and i wish if we could reduce some friction there for users
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