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

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

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Post by mattbrewsbytes »

mpolichette wrote: post #861
variodot wrote: post #592

https://shopspec.io/ ShopSpec is a deterministic parametric furniture generator (bookshelves, cabinets, shop carts, leg-and-rail frames, multi-carcass composites) that encodes real woodworking intelligence and outputs shop-ready artifacts. Most recently, introduced the concept of value engineering by sweeping across dimensions to batch evaluate candidates that ranks based on sheet purchases. Also have in beta an MCP…

This is amazing, I may use it for a built-in pantry i'm planning to build. In my use case, I end up with one side at an angle, is there a way to support that?

In a recent project the countertop contractor digitally measured the walls, even ones that look square weren't, not a 90 degree corner to be found! You should build cabinets as squared boxes and level them when installing. The trim work that surrounds it will hide gaps, etc.

Generally if there is space because of odd angled walls there really isn't any advantage to trying to use it. You're talking square inches of drawer/cabinet space, it really doesn't matter as far as usable space is concerned. Its a huge hassle to try and build cabinets that are not square - things like how do you screw/nail parts and not have the screw/nail blow out a finished side? It can be done, but should it?

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

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Post by Deegy »

io84 wrote: post #950

Simple recommendation app that asks 10+ AI models for the top options for whatever you’re looking for, and it pools the results to give you the overall top three: https://top3.best/ I mainly built it to explore which areas have model consensus and which have diversity of opinion.

I've wanted something like this! Thanks

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

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Post by arionhardison »

I am making a way to hold city councils accountable for flock cameras in their district.

I have 1k councils so far, mapping shit now so you can in 1 click petition to remove or replace the council member.

https://san-francisco.ca.us.codify.city/

Trying to have all ready for mid-terms Nov. 3

fec.dev to find ballots

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

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Post by lyorig »

Currently iterating on Sandlot, an SDL3 wrapper in Rust that enforces lifetimes and generally offers an idiomatic Rust interface with less opportunities to shoot yourself in the foot.

It’s the first proper library I’ve published for the world to see (still in uni, so yeah, not as experienced as most of you) and I’m still figuring out the bookkeeping that comes with releasing new versions etc, but it’s been a great learning experience and even the vain hope that someone will find it useful one day is quite nice.

https://github.com/lyorig/sandlot

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

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Post by saulpw »

lackoftactics wrote: post #724

I don't know if it counts as a project, but I just posted my first YouTube video yesterday after spending 100 hours learning about cameras, audio, and video editing in Final Cut Pro. I just want to share my thoughts on programming and tech in general, and doing that on a blog has become much harder nowadays because trust in written content has been lost. https://www.youtube.com/@itspshemektech

> doing that on a blog has become much harder nowadays because trust in written content has been lost.

I also like writing, but I started a podcast for similar reasons. I call it "proof of human".

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

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Post by djake »

I’m building www.movegoalpost.com. It’s a team based system for managing project requirements of any sort, but I’m focusing on software and product managers since it’s a segment I know.

The basic idea is that ticket (or chat) based workflows loose tons of context over time. During periods of rapid iteration, even the tickets themselves can’t always keep up with changes in the requirements. Goalpost projects are lightly structured documents. Due to that structure, it can easily give you a view of what changed in any particular update, or you can search or browse the overall up to date spec if you are just looking to get context on something.

There are some nice quality of life features. Changes live in batches which can (optionally) be subjected to customizable approval rules. Email notifications to stakeholders when requirements change. The ability to move changes to different batches, pre-approval.

Still WIP, but I’d love any feedback!

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