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Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

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Post by abhishek2580 »

We are working on verifiable execution layer for supply chain and global trade without changing the enterprise systems. A coordination layer for executing physical economy.

We integrate to the existing systems with an simple API. After working in real supply chain and real cross border trade, manufacturing and banking coordination for several years.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

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Post by cfunderburg »

Various things this month:

- I've got a native, open source MacOS music player/library _finally_ past version 1. (https://bocan.app) That's been an ugly learning curve as I'm both not the greatest Swift developer and still I want to keep adding features that I didn't quite understand at the start like ReplayGain.

- Ongoing maintenance of my badly-named open-sourced tool called Codex (https://github.com/bocan/codex). It's like a file/git based 1 person doc store that I use at work to drop markdown into, display it, with a built-in MCP server that I can use to ask it questions. THAT one is typescript so much easier. But then you have to worry about the constantly shifting sands of outdated and vulnerably dependencies to look after.

Off Net:

- Went to open my greenhouse for the season and found a nest of robins in my trash/rubbish bin. FFS. Now I can't empty it all for a long time, have to time my visits to tend to the tomatoes and peppers, and absolutely not close the doors. Anyone know how long it takes robins to fledge?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

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Post by sibidharan »

I’m working on ZealPHP (https://php.zeal.ninja, MIT), an open-source PHP framework built on OpenSwoole.

The idea is to keep the simple Apache/LAMP style PHP mental model, but modernise the runtime: PHP can handle HTTP, WebSocket, SSE, sessions, shared memory, timers, and task workers from one long-running process.

Greenfield, it's working great. For legacy code, the migration model I’m exploring is:

OpenSwoole front-of-house, PHP-FPM-style back-of-house for legacy code, and a coroutine-native path for new code. Three lanes, one server.

So in one day, all existing traditional PHP apps can have an asynchronous runtime! Hoping that I am laying the right foundations? Or not? Help me understand!

I also made a handcrafted Learn section where you build a small Personal Notes + AI Chat app + Multi-Player Tic-Tac-Toe step by step:

https://php.zeal.ninja/learn

GitHub: https://github.com/sibidharan/zealphp

After feedback from some senior PHP devs, I tightened the framework core and it now passes PHPStan level 10. Actively developing!

Still looking for feedbacks before Show HN

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