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

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

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I'm working on an iOS Gopher protocol browser. The app is in an 'early stage', but the plan is to release it on the App Store as my first app once it's ready. https://github.com/flashyhuckle/GopherHop

I've been into 'small web' and unbloated websites for ease of use and privacy reasons, and all of the available gopher browser apps on iOS are not great, so I have decided to make my own. Maybe someone will find it useful.

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

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I'm working on an AI spaced-repetition flashcards app for learning vocabulary in foreign languages.

https://vocabuo.com

The idea is to have srs flashcards, like Anki, but without the pain of creating example sentences, translations, images and audio.

As a bonus, I've added the option to add vocabulary from ebooks, YouTube videos and websites.

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

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A computationally derived variant of English that has a 1-to-1 mapping between spellings and pronunciations.

Ah, but which pronunciation? English has quite a few...

Probably the one that's used by most words. English pronunciation and spelling seem to depend on the word's etymology. I'll try and derive a spelling system that results in least changes to the current vocabulary.

Edit: if you meant which dialect, it will be whatever grapheme->phoneme ruleset I get a hold of.

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

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I'm creating an infinite canvas that has all your organization's code and documentation on it. If you zoom in, you can see the code, if you zoom out you see the big picture. By giving everything a place on the map, it becomes easier to figure out your way through the landscape and understand the systems. Different modes can you show you different things: code age, authorship (bus-factor, is the person still with the…

Sounds like amazing project. Have you considered teaming up with someone from other parts of Europe? BTW checkout https://github.com/codegen-sh/codegen-sdk

Thanks, that seems useful! Too bad my entire backend is in Rust and works directly on git repos instead of checked out code.

I want to build a local company in my city of Utrecht, primarily on-site. That gives me the most energy and fun and is something that I want to optimize for.

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

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Writing software, a reading website, coverage tracking, self-hosted pulumi/terraform backend, and a space trading API game (since very recently). It’s a bit hard to spread efforts over all of them, but at least most of these projects have lasted several years now, so not constantly doing new things that never finish.

What do you mean when you say "a reading website"? Something like Goodreads? Or a website for actually reading specific content?

Reading fiction written with the writing software. Think RoyalRoad or similar websites.

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

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A Django UI Desktop app, a là Docker Desktop, but for manage Django projects. Some people prefer UI apps instead of CLI, and it could be good for juniors and starters, to get familiarized with how Django works before jumping into the command line.

It is more an excuse to create a simlpe Electron app, though.

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

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I've been working on The Road to Next [0] for almost a year. In the end, it's more than just a course on Next.js. It's a deep dive into full-stack development, covering key third-party integrations that empower you to build your own products. [0] https://www.road-to-next.com/

i read a lot of your articles, will try this for sure..

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

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I’ve deleted all my social media apps (including YOU - LinkedIn). I’m trying to really see and feel what’s actually missing in my life and trying to build it. Right now I just want to see what my friends are up to in a non-curated way.

Well done, LinkedIn is a cesspool. Ironically the only thing I am using right now is Twitter, since a lot of interesting people are still on there. There's a lot of negative but balance as well. For every MAGA or ESR's comments, I balance it out with Miguel de Icaza's views on Gaza, etc.

You should be able to use Twitter without justifying yourself
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