I am working on implementing Double entry accounting system for a D2C startup. It's been a fun learning but a lot of nuances that never seem to end.
Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#812Burned out with the job hunt after a rough year so I'm building out a remote job listing site... because I'm searching for a job. I figured I will build something that scrapes top sites I visit and normalizes job postings and company profiles, to which I can subscribe/save/apply/archive listings, get jobs matched to my resume etc. Just a nice little CRUD app. I figure it's better to launch something then go job hunti…
This is going to be good. He is a terrifyingly smart guy.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#813The Berlin immigration office is notoriously slow and unresponsive. The processing time for a residence permit varies from a few weeks to a few months. During that time, people are left unable to work or unable to leave the country. They never know how long it will take, and it causes some people to give up and leave Germany. I am writing a tool to collect and aggregate data about the processing times. This will help…
Might it be on purpose, to low-key making immigration more difficult / discouraged? Europe seems to be under huge migratory pression.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#814I'm also working on an ESP32 open trivia button platform. The project was for a small class of high school age students I teach in an after-school program but I no longer volunteer there. Part of me wants to just finish it.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#815I am building a web framework in Go that has all of the nice advancements in development experience that React has. Having spent a significant amount of time writing js, I get frustrated when things break and my developer momentum comes to a grinding halt. For everything that Go is, it is not a language that breaks because time has passed. Building this project is my long term bet that with the right tooling, Go can become a competitive language for writing full stack websites.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#816I've been tinkering with my own keyboard layout: https://ladsko.github.io/hexed/ It's hexagonal, compact and optimized for German and English thanks to noted ( https://dariogoetz.github.io/noted-layout/ ) Right now I'm testing key shapes and sizes and the manufacturing of key caps. I thought I needed a resin printer for best results but FDM printed caps with a blob of epoxy resin on top works surprisingly well. There…
This looks really cool! What's the "up/down" key in the bottom row, centre, between the 2 return/enter keys? (I ask because my "dream" keyboard would have a thumbwheel just below/between the 2 spaces bars on an Alice layout keyboard) EDIT: it's a toggle key. The different heights and layout look interesting; did you perform any statistical examination of which symbol keys were most used? Are you intending on using QM…
Thanks!
That would be the perfect spot for a thumb wheel, it's a cool idea.
I myself did not do any statistical analysis, the effort was done by the neo layout project (https://www.neo-layout.org/) and the hybrid English/German variety called noted. I modified it slightly to fit my hex grid.
The height difference makes it possible to hit the edge of the key without pressing the key below. And you'll find the home row more easily just from the bent layout shape. This should also help with hitting the right modifiers.
I want to try Jan Lunge's Keyboard configurator (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtYJYFMWjNM) for KMK but have not made a final decision. If I hit a road block with his configurator I might try QMK. Either software supports layers.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#817Troubleshooting the high loop digital board in an IFR-500 service monitor. We're waiting on replacement parts.
We just got done with a Collins KWM-1.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#818I'm still working on https://reciperium.com where people can write recipes with a custom language and create forks of other recipes and modify them. I'm currently working on supporting images on the recipes. I'm proud of having launched on producthunt and now trying to figure out how to attract more users
I like the idea of recipe-lang. Great you open sourced it!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#819My inbox was full of film related newsletters for special screenings in NYC so I decided to build an ai agent to track upcoming events and publish to a web and social media
Now I don't need to read through all the emails, just check the occasional posts on upcoming events and book if interested
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#820A keyboard that is ergonomic without looking or feeling intimidating (https://github.com/cassiozen/fatbee).
The term "ergonomic" isn't regulated in the US, so the market is full of supposedly "ergonomic" keyboards that offer little real benefits—and in some cases, may actually cause harm.
My main gripe is with split keyboards. The traditional keyboard layout is wrong in so many ways (from the perspective of physiology and biomechanics) that just "splitting in the middle" isn't enough to avoid long-term injury.
Splitting is not wrong, but alone, it's not enough. You need to tackle it from multiple perspectives: Yes, Split the keys, so your wrists aren't bent outward, support the palms so they're not bent upward, and angle the middle part up (like a tent) to keep your forearms from twisting. That twisting is especially bad because it squeezes the carpal tunnel and can lead to nerve and tendon problems.
FatBee is my attempt to incorporate all these elements while creating something that doesn't feel too overwhelming to use.