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

#971
I’m working on https://jobLetterAI.com (still in progress). The idea is to help people generate cover letters based on their resume and the job post.

One thing I’ve found super helpful is showing users what’s missing — like skills or tools mentioned in the job ad but not in their CV. That little “gap check” makes the letters more focused and relevant.

Still building and testing, so if anyone here has thoughts on what actually helps in real job applications, I’d love to hear.

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

#972
post #971

I’m working on https://jobLetterAI.com (still in progress). The idea is to help people generate cover letters based on their resume and the job post. One thing I’ve found super helpful is showing users what’s missing — like skills or tools mentioned in the job ad but not in their CV. That little “gap check” makes the letters more focused and relevant. Still building and testing, so if anyone here has thoughts on what…

As someone on the market, would be really into trying this out!

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

#973

- I am working on a production grade node express, hono, fastify, python, fastapi, flask, django generator that configures all the tools necessary for a production environment and gives you a readymade starter with granular commits that you can directly start building features on. - For node, that means it installs eslint + prettier / biome, - setups all the plugins, - sets up typescript with watch mode using tsx and…

Super interested in this. Please reply when you have something to share! Would love to test.

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

#974

moving off of Ghost to an astro blog b/c I don't write often enough to justify a $110/year fee and I also found out there's no way to moderate spam comments.

I’m running a headless Ghost blog using Astro.

To do the same, move your blog to the free plan on digitalpress.blog (a Ghost hosting provider). Then use the Ghost JavaScript SDK to pull content and build a static site with Astro. You can write posts in the Ghost editor and publish them seamlessly with Astro.

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

#976
post #217

Building a budget home server. Ebay style. There is a lot of gear out there that isn't suitable for gaming anymore but still very sound as home server. Software wise doing proxmox + nixos LXC

Can you share any particular pieces of hardware that appear to be excellent value?

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

#978
Working on restoring my late father-in-law's Lambretta scooter that he bought new in 1958 and rode all over Europe with my MIL before storing it away in a garage in the mid-60s. Frame and bodywork are solid and it's mechanically sound, but is very tired looking. Have disassembled it and am now stripping the faded and chipped paintwork off of everything ahead of a full respray.

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

#980
We all have those tasks in our applications that are not common enough to warrant a project (and another deploy) to make an admin panel, but also are painful to do, because they are tricky or time-consuming. So I'm working on an internal tools building platform to quickly wrangle some admin interface do automate them.

This is currently just a prototype I'm developing, but I'm honestly eager to receive some feedback, as I'm not completely sure about the direction.

https://github.com/luizgfranca/synthreon

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