Nowadays, I am working on learning robotics from a software engineer's lens on weekends. I got a yahboom one hand robot with Nvidia jetson nano orin gpu.
So far i have setup the robot and next i am going to run basic apps on it.
I am also going to document video and blog the journey.
If someone else is also playing with robots would love to learn
Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#832My first iOS app, a book reading tracker. I used to set a timer every time I was reading a book, but I decided to create an app for myself to track the time, log sessions, organize my books into bookshelves, see progress, etc. - https://bookreadinghabit.com/ - https://apps.apple.com/app/book-reading-habit/id6742913266
Very cool, checking that out :)
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#833An app for parents to motivate their kids by awarding them points for good deeds. There are existing apps out there, but I tried them and didn't like them, so I'm building my own. This is a side project for me and I only get to spend a few hours a week on it. Currently in beta testing and I hope to launch around July. https://whirl.digital
Some 20 years ago my kid's first grade teacher did something that motivated the kids to read a lot. Each kid had a small notebook where they would list books they read and the date. The parent had to sign off on each item on the list. When they completed 10, they would be eligible to pick a toy from a basket of dollar store junky toys she had in class. I think it was not just the toy (because they could get enough to…
My teacher also did this same thing, I wonder if it was something that teachers widely practiced?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#834been building a free, simple save-later and notes app: https://eyeball.wtf/
you can do all the usual stuff (save any link with one click, tag your stuff, add notes to each link). i'm not sure what to do next with it, open to suggestions.
i also made a IMDB of the creator economy, a free database of indies making cool things: https://indieworld.io/
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#835I just finished shipping a weekend project that I really needed:
yt2brave[0], a MacOS app that automatically opens YouTube links in Brave Browser for a better browsing experience on YouTube (no ads). It's compatible for Safari, Google Chrome and Edge. It is magic.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#836https://preview--tool-millions-accessed.lovable.app/launchpa...
For the tinkerers of the world: drop your tool, we handle auth, payments, usage. You get paid per run.
For the consumers: don’t like selling your data just to convert a file? You’ve found your home. No tracking. No ads. No dopamine hacks (only regular dosage).
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#837I bought a cheap doorbell camera. It uses an app called Aiwit which I frankly don't trust. So I'm going to spend a few hours seeing if I can get a raw feed which I can host on my own server and block this thing from any external access. Or I'll just return it.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#838https://preppear.com
Magically remove ads from any recipe website, save to your collection and automatically generate meal plans
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#839I've been working on a platform for car collectors to manage their car collections. https://capsured.com
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
#840I've been collecting and digitizing vintage print advertisements and publishing them ( https://adretro.com ). I have tens of thousands of ads in the collection and it would take me many lifetimes to complete, but I've been using AI to extract and catalog the meta data. I can get through about 100 ads/day this way. One of my favorite ads, a computer from 1968 that "answers riddles": https://adretro.com/ads/1968-digi-c…
> One of my favorite ads, a computer from 1968 that "answers riddles": https://adretro.com/ads/1968-digi-comp-digi-comp-1-table-top ... Went to take a peek and my phone content blocker apparently did what it’s supposed to do…
I think it's a problem with the cache, seems to be intermittent I'll take a look.