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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 pseudohadamard »

ethbr1 wrote: post #712
pseudohadamard wrote: post #657

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, so you're Russian then. If you were American you'd have shot them.

> If you were American you'd have shot them. Archaeological evidence strongly suggests earlier Americans preferred hands, feet, and occasional repurposed sporting equipment. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2xBXm4y70

I was wondering whether I should post a link to that, but figured the shooting fitted better. There's actually a place (or used to be) somewhere near Silicon Valley where you can take your least favourite piece of IT gear and blast it with rented firearms, pretty sure it was in operation at the time Office Space was made.

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

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Post by vladris »

cs_pupil wrote: post #778
vladris wrote: post #435

I'm in the final stretch of self-publishing my debut sci-fi novel Sector 36. Been working at it for almost 2 years. I'm waiting for the final print proofs to make sure things look good before the "official" 1/31 launch date. I vibe coded the book website over the holiday break - https://sector36.space/ I've been serializing chapters on Substack - https://sector36.substack.com/

Cool. Are you self-publishing? Is Saturn9 Press you? What'd you code the site in? Looks clean.

Self-publishing. The site is just HTML/CSS, served through GH Pages, nothing fancy. And it’s vibe-coded.

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

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Post by Nio1024 »

wonger_ wrote: post #799
Nio1024 wrote: post #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?

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

Thanks. I’ll keep this in mind.

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

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Post by 122756041 »

This resonates with me. I've been exploring how digital experiences can shape our attention and reflection.

I recently built a small experimental web app where users engage in a symbolic ritual to reflect on their digital habits. It's inspired by Eastern philosophy and aims to help people think about their time and intentions—no ads, no tracking, just reflection.

If anyone is curious, it's here: https://stillmarkapp.com

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

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Post by retrocog »

preuceian wrote: post #715
retrocog wrote: post #669

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for asking :) Here's some of the features it includes: News & Media: Articles, Newspaper Archive, Videos, Photo Albums, Breaking News, Weather, Aggregated RSS Feeds, Local Radio Stations Community: Events Calendar, Local Forums, Polls, Local Connections, Private encrypted messages. Print-to-Digital Ad Integration: Sales tools for small publisher ad sales teams. Ad project workflow including designers. QR Co…

Would it be possible to see what you’re currently building? I’m very interested.

Of course and thank you for your interest. The first real world use case is here: https://www.upstateweeklynews.com

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

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Post by bunnybomb2 »

koeng wrote: post #118

I’m genetically engineering yeasts to make subtly flavored breads. I’ve already done grape aroma, now working on wintergreen. Also working on a red chamomile (using beat red biosynthesis). Just for fun. Red chamomile tea! The idea is to have niche invite-only genetically engineered flavors that I can bring to parties around SF :) what’s more special than a genetically engineered organism that you can ONLY get if I’m…

Inspiring How cheeky

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

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Post by bunnybomb2 »

deepakrb wrote: post #127

Nowhere near as impressive as some of the things here but I’ve been slowly growing out a daily puzzle website https://regularly.co - I built the first few games for my wife, no subscriptions, no pay to play, no sign up needed. Im launching a new word game next week which I’m super excited about. If you do play it and have any feedback do shoot me message!

You should add candy crush, flappy bird or a actual puzzle game! like jigsaw pieces.

Im not sure if the first two count as puzzles, more games. Lol

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

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Post by bunnybomb2 »

mike-cardwell wrote: post #387

I bought a 300 litre aquarium about 6 weeks ago for the living room. Added soil, plants and water. Have spent the last 6 weeks watching plants grow, and snails that smuggled in on plants, multiply. I over fertilised it and left the light on accidentally for a couple of days whilst I was away and experienced an algae bloom, which was interesting. Added some cardinal tetras and amano shrimp yesterday and have spent a l…

Oh man... you just throwback thursdayed me to my last weeks thought. I really want to get a pet fish, like a betta for my mental health. I feel like it would motivate me when im working on projects to have a buddy near me.

Is cleaning the tank a lot of work? Agh!

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

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Post by bunnybomb2 »

skyberrys wrote: post #732

I just made a orchid journaling app. It lets you create profiles of all your orchids, give the flowers name and track their daily statistics. Kind of like those baby tracking apps for new parents, but all about orchid flowers instead. It's made using flutter so it is supposedly cross platform, but I just made it yesterday and so far I'm only trying our the android version for all my flowers.

What if you made it like plant facebook? So other people could date other peoples plants? Haahaahhaha

super cool idea btw

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