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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)

#991

Going solo on https://meldsecurity.com/ I'm putting a bunch of security tools / data feeds together as a service. The goal is to help teams and individuals run scans/analysis/security project management for "freemium" (certain number of scans/projects for free each month, haven't locked in on how it'll pan out fully $$ wise). I want to help lower the technical hurdles to running and maintaining security tools for tea…

I user the ycombinator link, but it still says 0 credits, what gives?

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

#992
Running OpenStreetMap off the grid (self-hosted to say the least) on a Raspberry Pi 500 (and maybe a Pi Zero 2W) for Internet In a Box:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielkrol_openstreetmap-acti...

All of the street and satellite tiles are thanks to maps.black. The search uses Nominatim's sqlite3 mode. I was told that it's experimental only because it hasn't been tried in production yet, so I'm sort of testing it in the process. So far I'm only doing administrative boundaries and natural features, but so far so good! I'm going to slowly add a few more types of POIs, I just don't want the database file to get too big.

Note that Internet in a Box has an OSM offering already, but the data is five years old and the tech makes it harder to update. As of today, there are much easier options on the table, and we get cool stuff like 3d buildings. Also, the search was much more limited.

* https://internet-in-a-box.org/

* https://maps.black/

* https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/customize/SQLite/

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

#993
Been moonlighting on this while working on other projects — but it’s time to make it a main one.

vistoya.com — think Dribbble for the fashion industry (if you’re a designer or brand), or Product Hunt for fashion (if you’re a shopper).

The core idea: fashion pros need a place to show their vision, not just list their products. Most platforms today are built for transactions, not creative discovery.

I started with a web app (not mobile-first) because it’s a platform for pros, and pros work on desktop. When solving the classic chicken-and-egg problem, it made sense to optimize conversion for the supply side first — the content creators.

Dribbble has over 16M users. If something similar takes off in fashion, the monetization potential is even more interesting — not just via pro accounts, but by layering a marketplace on top once the community is thriving.

The marketplace won’t look or feel like traditional e-commerce. Here, you’re not shopping — you’re discovering brands through their creative output, storytelling, and visual identity. It’s shopping without realizing you’re shopping.

I’m planning to test multiple TikTok organic growth agencies to drive early traffic and build the initial network effects.

If this resonates with you — fashion, creator economy, community-driven discovery — would love to chat.

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

#994
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I've been working on a 3D voxel-based game engine for like 10 years in my spare time. The most recent big job has been to port the world gen and editor to the GPU, which has had some pretty cute knock-on effects. The most interesting is you can hot-reload the world gen shaders and out pop your changes on the screen, like a voxel version of shadertoy. https://github.com/scallyw4g/bonsai I also wrote a metaprogramming…

Looks great!

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

#998
I built a free app, https://multiborder.io, that lets you add borders to multiple images at a time. I simply use it when I post photography to Instagram, because Instagram prefers 4:5 for maximum viewability, but most of my photos are 2:3. This preserves the aspect ratio for vertical and landscape, and also is aesthetically pleasing (imo).

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

#999

https://avanci.design Taking a break from tech to work on a luxury fashion brand with my mum. She hand paints all the designs. I it first collection is a set of silk scarves and we’re moving into skirts and jackets soon. Been a wonderful journey to connect with my mum in this way. And also to make something physical that I can actually touch. Tech seems so…ephemeral at times

Put "Hand painted" in the copy somewhere. That's relevant info that people would mentally discount the price against.

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

#1000
I’m working on an early-stage project (still seeking a technical co-founder) built around a simple belief: most people never meet the minds they were meant to build with.

Not people with the same hobbies — but people who think at a similar depth, share silent values, challenge you without reducing you, and understand how you arrived at your thoughts even when they disagree.

The idea: use conversational AI to map how someone thinks (their cognitive patterns, lenses, metaphors, reasoning flow) — and use that to connect people whose minds resonate, complement, or ignite each other.

Not a social network. Not a dating app. More like a “cognitive matching layer” for collaborators, co-founders, deep conversational partners, builders, philosophizers — including quiet outliers who normally stay undiscovered.

I’m currently working through how to design thought signatures based on dialogue and how to ensure alignment + ethical transparency (no dopamine traps, no commercialization of vulnerability).

If this sparks something in you — whether you’re into AI, cognitive modeling, meaningful digital architecture, or just the idea that the right conversations can change lives — I’d love to jam, get feedback, or maybe even find the right partner to build this with.

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