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

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

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Post by azdle »

nbbaier wrote: post #928
azdle wrote: post #64

I'm working on https://bodge.app/ I'm calling it a "Micro Functions as a Service" platform. What it really is, is hosted Lua scripts that run in response to incoming HTTP requests to static URLs. It's basically my version of the old https://webscript.io/ (that site is mostly the same as it was as long as you ignore the added SEO spam on the homepage). I used to subscribe to webscript and I'd been constantly missing i…

Cool! This reminds of https://val.town

Oh, interesting! Thanks for that link, I hadn't managed to come across that when I was looking for existing alternatives.

I'm not sure I would have actually started building this if I knew that was an option. Hopefully their existence is telling me "there's a market, go for it" and not "there's already a better alternative, don't do it", heh. Though their pricing tiers really tells me I need to optimize my sandboxing. I don't think I can match those request limits at those prices just from the CPU cost of my per-request sandboxing overhead.

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

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Post by sunnyb23 »

Currently working on a project that essentially manages comments on social media channels similar to the current products out there (Sprinklr, Buffer etc) but with a additional layer.

I use AI coupled with Semantic Caching (cost control), NLP and content moderations that would speed up community management for users. It has a manual mode, semi agentic mode and fully agentic. It not only generates responses it contextualises it and understands from your comments who the key contributors are and how you're being perceived.

It can help you identify your promoters (potential customers) and also guide you content that works. It's essentially an evolution from the current community management tools and AI tools which currently focus on content generation. It speeds up community management massively with the advanced filtiration and ML in the backend.

What do you guys think?

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

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Post by techtalksweekly »

I'm working on Tech Talks Weekly newsletter (https://www.techtalksweekly.io/) where I send a weekly email that includes all the talk recordings published in the past 7 days from nearly every software engineering conference.

Each issue includes: - Featured talks of the week highlighting the must-watch talks of the week. It includes a short human-written video summary. - New talks including the complete list of all the talks that have been uploaded in the past week. These are grouped by conference and ordered by view count.

From time to time, I build talk compilations, for example: - https://www.techtalksweekly.io/p/50-most-watched-software-en... - https://www.techtalksweekly.io/p/100-most-watched-software-e..., which made it to the HN front page.

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

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Post by cjflog »

gxs wrote: post #916
cjflog wrote: post #31

Currently a one-man side project: https://laboratory.love Last year, PlasticList found plastic chemicals in 86% of tested foods—including 100% of baby foods they tested. Around the same time, the EU lowered its “safe” BPA limit by 20,000×, while the FDA still allows levels roughly 100× higher than Europe’s new standard. That seemed solvable. Laboratory.love lets you crowdfund independent lab testing of the specific p…

If I were a billionaire, one of my many pet projects would basically be a 100% privately-funded-by-me organization that does nothing but test consumer products - either directly or by third party It would be so boring - no funding accepted, everything would be freely available, no political initiatives, no recommendations, nothing. Just a treasure trove of data A man can dream - kudos to you for actually making it a…

For an individual acting on their own, single tests for phthalates and BPA/BPS/BPF normally cost ~$500. Laboratory.love tests three samples from different lots to ensure reliability (as PlasticList found variation of up to 59% between lots of identical products). Thanks to volume pricing and operational efficiency, we're able to target $425 per sample ($1,275 for triplicate testing). This covers not just the chemical analysis but also product acquisition, shipping, and operational costs. Right now there is only about 10% margin left as breathing room.

My partner lab specifically offers 300+ unique tests across the following categories: Contaminants, Elemental, Allergen, Preservatives and Additives, Microbial, and Phytochemical, Vitamin, and Actives"

So yes, expansion is definitely possible! If a billionaire wanted to fund a project like this it could certainly convert dollars into data, it's just a matter of choosing which products and contaminants to start chewing through first to ensure the data creates positive change in the real world.

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

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Post by saintofthevoid »

Solo building a conversation network https://thevoidterminal.com

I wanted a modern message forum that removed the need for discovery and rather presents the user with posts they might like in a unique UI. The purpose is to connect users and spark conversations.

It is also strictly human only, no bots ever.

Reception from early users so far has been great, 80% of users actively contribute, average session length of 15 mins, 5 times a week per user. Most users post within seconds of joining.

So far its only has around 133 users after a month of the app being up but I am proud of what I have made and really think there might be something to this. We will see! Check it out if you are interested and tell me what you think.

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

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Post by jkrubin »

mmmaantu wrote: post #395

I have been working on a new Python HTTP client which is 100% Rust-based (sync+async). Using reqwest under the hood and providing everything it has to offer to Python land + much more. Also including mocking capabilities. Here: https://github.com/MarkusSintonen/pyreqwest Started from the poor state of many Python HTTP clients and poor testing utilities there is for them. (Eg the neglected state of httpx and its all p…

Oh Hi! Very cool. Looks very similar to my project's reqwest wrapper. maybe we should team up!?

https://github.com/jessekrubin/ry

https://github.com/jessekrubin/ry/tree/main/crates/ryo3-reqw...

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

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Post by contentlead »

Been tinkering with ways to make content creation feel less like a chore and more like flow. Right now I’m building an AI-assisted tool that helps teams turn scattered notes, brainstorms, and half-written briefs into ready-to-publish content plans. It’s wild how much time gets wasted just organizing ideas instead of creating them.

What’s interesting is how much context matters. The best outputs come from systems that understand who it’s for, what channel it’s on, and what outcome you want. That’s the layer we’re trying to automate intelligently.

Curious to see if others here are exploring similar territory

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

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Post by bze12 »

shomp wrote: post #879
bze12 wrote: post #397

I’m working on a concept art gallery for app icons: https://001.graphics I think app icons are an underrated artistic format, but they’ve only been used for product logos. I made 001 to explore the idea of turning them into an open-ended creative canvas. There are 99 “exhibit spaces” in the gallery, and artists can claim an exhibit to install art within. Visitors purchase limited-edition copies of pieces to display a…

This is a really cool idea. So the pieces that are on display are able to be bought and used as the icon to the app? I think I get what you mean but I'm not sure. And these are... not NFTs right?

Yes exactly. Not nfts, just collectibles within the app.
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