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Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by Quiark »

nullderef wrote: post #847

I built an app that no one wanted to use, unfortunately. It helps people reduce phone usage by displaying things like cats in your screen, the screen time police, annoying cookie banners, and more. Users complained the app was too annoying, so I've revamped it after asking for feedback properly [1]. Learning more about user research, UX, marketing (even making TikToks!) and so on has been pretty neat. Learnings are:…

This seems really nice to me. Of course people are going to click it away to get their dopamine but that's just reality.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by arcadium3D »

conductr wrote: post #893
arcadium3D wrote: post #341

I'm building a fast, lightweight 3D house modelling tool. Revit/AutoDesk are hugely cumbersome and expensive. Sketchup died when Trimble took over. I'm glad to say it's gaining traction - here's an unsolicited post by Adam Wathan the creator of Tailwind: https://x.com/adamwathan/status/1889134672866582617 And here's the site: https://arcadium3d.com/

I’m going to give this a try. I build as a hobby, working my way up to building my own home, and it feels like cad software of all types is always too complicated for me. I shouldn’t need to be an expert in this tool to design a simple house that’s just a few boxes. I generally don’t like AI, but I could see having a chat prompt “making changes to a car file” that I’ve described in my natural language could be a kill…

great! I hope you enjoy it. That's exactly the issue - you shouldn't need to be an expert.
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