Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#1

Post by david927 » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 5:18 PM UTC

What are you working on? Any new ideas you're thinking about?

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#2

Post by username_exists » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

There are always plenty of ideas, the hard part is figuring out which ones are worth any of my time. Right now I'm working on a spreadsheet that turns everyday spreadsheet users into programmers. The absurdity of the ambition is not lost on me.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#3

Post by Insalgo » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

On wearable for developers and researchers: https://aidlab.com

It’s not a new idea but we’ve done one huge pivot this year focusing more on a b2b/healthcare market

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#4

Post by frozencell » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

If I say, a few people will copy?

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#5

Post by wakahiu » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 6:15 PM UTC

NNextDB - a blazing fast, open source, vector search database for building AI/ML applications.

https://github.com/nnextdb/nnext

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#6

Post by Genbox » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 6:16 PM UTC

At the moment I'm working on FastHash[1], a pet project of mine to port a few high-performance non-cryptographic hash functions to C#.

I'm also trying to build FastLinq, a value-by-reference Language Integrated Query (LINQ) optimized for high-performance scenarios. It is kind of a weird mix as LINQ in .NET is known for its high overhead.

Finally, I'm working on an Office setting synchronization application. I heard a podcast with Paul Thurrott complaining about the lack of sync solutions, so I thought I would do one for fun.

[1] https://github.com/Genbox/FastHash

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#7

Post by nocommandline » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

A GUI for Google App Engine - https://nocommandline.com

Also currently thinking about building a Python 3 search library to be used against Google App Engine. Google deprecated the one from Python 2 and recommends using Elastic Search (which means you're no longer dealing with a Serverless solution)

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#8

Post by mikewarot » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 6:26 PM UTC

I just restored some backups from 1995, and am digging through that archive to see if I can pull out the multi-tasking libraries I wrote for Turbo Pascal under MS-DOS. No practical use, mostly nostalgia.

I didn't document things as well is I should have, of course I was the only user, and had no thought that future me would be looking at it 27 years later.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#9

Post by allenu » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 6:28 PM UTC

I'm still working on Fresh Cards[1], a flashcard app I've written for iOS and Mac.

I'll admit that it started out as "yet another spaced repetition flashcard app" but over the past few months, with constant UX refinement, I've forged a unique approach (IMHO) to how you review your cards and browse your deck. I've received a lot of good feedback from users in my Discord, so I'm constantly changing things up to improve it.

[1] https://www.freshcardsapp.com/

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2022)

#10

Post by gregorymichael » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

frozencell wrote: post #4

If I say, a few people will copy?

That's not the greatest risk to your project.