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

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

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Post by Robdel12 »

I’ve been working on [Vizzly](https://vizzly.dev) -- my attempt to make visual quality part of the development workflow, not an after-the-fact testing phase.

Most visual testing tools spin up a recreated environment (copy the DOM + assets, render in their own infra) and then compare diffs. The problem is: that’s not what your users actually see. You end up debugging rendering quirks in their browser instead of yours. I wrote about it here if you’re curious: [Why Visual Testing Needed a Different Approach.](https://vizzly.dev/blog/why-visual-testing-needed-a-differen...)

Vizzly flips that around by focusing on developer workflows first:

- Local TDD: vizzly tdd lets you iterate on UI changes locally, instantly, against real screenshots. - Bring your own screenshots: Works with whatever infra you already have (Playwright, Puppeteer, BrowserStack, CI runners, etc.). - Team review: When you push, every commit builds a visual review dashboard with position-based comments, review rules, deep links, etc.

The CLI/SDK are open, you can even use just the local TDD bits without ever touching Vizzly’s hosted service. The goal is to close the developer ↔ designer gap by making visual review a normal part of shipping features, not a separate QA checklist.

Would love feedback from folks who’ve wrestled with visual diffs before. Does this workflow resonate with you, or do you see gaps I should be thinking about?

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

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Post by officialpage »

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

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Post by dolia »

tamnd wrote: post #790

https://github.com/little-book-of/maths/blob/main/books/en-U... I've been working on a book called "The Little Chronicles of Mathematics, Data, and the Mind of Machines", this is a 100 sections journey from counting stones to thinking silicon. This book is more like a storybook for curious builders. I wrote it for people who love see how things connect, how math become language, how data become memory, and how machin…

Thank you for showing this. I am slowly working on a book with a similar goal as yours. Your book is very interesting and inspiring. Your work might have gone unnoticed by most, but not by me. Big respect for sticking to it and not giving up.

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

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Post by pixelbyindex »

In the recent years, I discovered the joys of self hosting. What started with a single Plex server for my movie collection became a growing suite of open source applications that became my own personal cloud.

At the same time, I quickly ran into several of the limitations involved, ip addresses fluctuation, limited up speed on residential internet, electricity problems, you name it.

I didn't want to pay the crazy prices required for a dedicated server on AWS, and my storage needs were much greater that I was willing to pay for.

So I started a local business that allows you to run your own mac mini and access it with a dedicated ip for whatever purpose you would like: https://www.minimahost.com/

I'm hoping that over time I can grow it to a point that it could replace my software day job.

Oh, and I am about 3 years into an online mobile battle game. Hoping to publish in the next year or so.

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

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Post by blankton »

dbish wrote: post #59

On the side, custom coloring books for kids using nano banana, started with a project for my son, and its a little janky for some photos but have had some interest already: https://bespokebooks.io . I think it needs to be a phone app to really work for most people though, so that's next on my to do list besides some prompt tweaking. Notebook to do it yourself here: https://github.com/dbish/bespoke-books-ai-example I…

Do you also send these books to Germany?

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

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Post by tamnd »

dolia wrote: post #973
tamnd wrote: post #790

https://github.com/little-book-of/maths/blob/main/books/en-U... I've been working on a book called "The Little Chronicles of Mathematics, Data, and the Mind of Machines", this is a 100 sections journey from counting stones to thinking silicon. This book is more like a storybook for curious builders. I wrote it for people who love see how things connect, how math become language, how data become memory, and how machin…

Thank you for showing this. I am slowly working on a book with a similar goal as yours. Your book is very interesting and inspiring. Your work might have gone unnoticed by most, but not by me. Big respect for sticking to it and not giving up.

Thanks! Feel free to DM me if you'd like to collaborate, I would really love to hear more from you. People often ignore this kind of work, but at least I had the courage to share it.

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

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Post by robomiri »

I’m building https://analytics.robomiri.com, a lightweight, privacy-first analytics tool that gives you real insight without turning your users into tracked profiles. It captures page views, content engagement, funnels, and user paths in a minimal UI. My goal is to balance usefulness with simplicity: metrics you can act on, not just dashboards to stare at. I’m leaning hard on defaults like anonymization, flexible retention, and user control over what’s collected.

The hardest parts are always the ones you don’t see: scaling storage & query times, making interpretation meaningful (like “this bounce rate is unusually high”), and doing all of this in a way that’s GDPR/CCPA friendly.

Why do this? Because I believe analytics doesn’t need to feel creepy. You should be able to learn about your users respectfully — see what’s working, diagnose what’s broken — without handing over control or trust.

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