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Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by dleink »

popol1991 wrote: post #809

I've been building a chrome extension called Skipper [1] that helps people to organize their browser tabs with AI. For my whole career so far I've been applying ML (as they called it back then) / AI to various domains like drug discovery and cybersecurity. Both were fun but, man, it feels really different to build a consumer app. It's just very exciting to be able to develop something, push it, and get compliments/co…

I've been working things that could be classified as "a11y for ADHD folks" lately, stuff like this really inspires some of my own projects. thanks for the work! (I am doing something much less robust/featured on my workstation with firefox, but I'm going to try this next time I'm on chrome.)

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by jakewil »

I'm building a window manager for macOS. I got frustrated with Divvy having inconsistent resizing on several apps, eg Firefox, and I wanted to be able to fully control window size and position with _only_ my keyboard (like increasing the width/height or moving the window one column to the left).

I should be done within a week or two :)

https://www.bayview.app

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by dleink »

cacozen wrote: post #820

A 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 physiol…

I'll first say that is a very pretty device that I would be glad to introduce to my workspace.

This might be outside the scope of your work, but I'm considering going more extreme with ergonomics. What if the keyboard was split and mounted on my chair arms? What possibilities are there with a keyboard on a free-floating arm, whether it's full-sized or several smaller ones? I like that you use the word "familiar", I'm not looking to reinvent how keyboards work, I just want to rethink where I hold my arms.

A concurrent project, I'm working on finding a chair that fits my specific dimensions. I'm too tall for the average chair and have been searching for solutions. Currently, I use a $40 Coleman camping chair that lets me sit at a 135-degree angle with my laptop on my lap and a portable monitor to the side. However, it offers very little support for my head and shoulders, so I'm looking for a chair that can adjust from 90 to 135 degrees and support my frame.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by username135 »

DropPanda wrote: post #888

Today, kindergarten was closed and I had to take much of the day off to take care of my five-year old daughter. We asked Chat GPT to assume the role of a master board game designer and to lead us through the creation of a novel boardgame, with input from us. She came up with the setting - we are unicorns that need to rescue princes and princesses that have been captured in a scary forest full of monsters. Quickly, th…

This sounds fun! Great idea, thanks.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by username135 »

lemming wrote: post #173
aantix wrote: post #72

A new YouTube app/player, for my kids. It allows us to control the algorithm. It’s all LLM translating to YouTube search queries under the hood. Visually it looks the same. The suggested videos come from predefined buckets on topics they love. E.g. 33% fun math, 33% DIY engineering, 33% creative activities. Video recommendations that have a banned word in the title/desc don't get displayed e.g. MrBeast, anything with…

For anyone wanting interesting YT videos for their kids (and not wanting to take anything away from OP's project), I highly highly recommend thekidshouldseethis.com. It's basically a curated stream of cool videos, and I would feel totally safe letting my daughter browse it alone (she never does because we usually watch them together, but the curation is that good). Videos on all sorts of topics, and good enough to be…

Bookmarked. Thanks

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by hansoolo »

fasteddie31003 wrote: post #683

After years of building virtual things out of code, I want to pivot into building buildings. I'm working on https://buildersqrcodes.com/ to scratch my own itch to easily communicate technical requirements to workers on the ground through QR codes.

I don't know why, but I like your idea

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by ktrnka »

I like to research companies that I'm interviewing with and I've been automating my process lately. It's also been a good opportunity to explore many of the challenges in LLM/RAG applications like user trust, dealing with bias in the information sources, and static vs dynamic graphs.

I was partly motivated by seeing so many good people go through layoffs :( Here's the work in progress if it'd help anyone: https://ktrnka.github.io/company-detective/

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by mnbbrown »

thoughtpalette wrote: post #710
mnbbrown wrote: post #556

Decarbonising buildings and massive warehouses.. It's a very fun mix of hardware (for data collection), and crazy SQL queries to model energy flows between buildings, solar, batteries, etc. Considering just one building is pretty easy: consumption = imported - exported + generated - stored + dispatched. carbon = carbon intensity * imported cost = tariff * imported but then you add a site with a couple of buildings, s…

Also somewhat working in this space. Building a BMS (Building management system) to manage and control everything in commercial buildings. Think Homekit for commercial. There's something like 70% of buildings don't use one and they can be much more environmental friendly. Utilizing https://project-haystack.org/

That’s cool!

Very familiar with BMSs but the lack of open standards and protocols has been extremely frustrating - makes me appreciate how good we have it with HTTP, etc.

Lots say they support BACnet but that’s only if they’ve been configured and the points exported, etc.

Haystack is a great step forward for labelling too but adoption seems fill with complexity :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

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Post by Leftium »

To decide if it's worth investing in a lifetime deal for https://pockethost.io, I'm trying out PocketBase/PocketHost.

I just finished https://github.com/Leftium/spock-stack-spa-starter

Next, I'll take this new "Spock" stack and try rewriting my HN client https://hw.leftium.com/

I'm planning some new features like keeping track of unread posts, which are marked read as you scroll.

Perhaps submit it to the Svelte Hackathon: https://hack.sveltesociety.dev

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