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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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Post by sim04ful »

I'm working on a tool called Font of Web https://fontofweb.com that helps identify the fonts used on any website. It not only detects the fonts but also shows exactly where they're used (which HTML elements) and how they're styled (weight, line height, size, letter spacing).

My goal is to build a comprehensive database of font usage across the web. By collecting and analyzing this data, I believe we can uncover valuable trends, such as:

* Common font pairings * Popular heading fonts over time * Market share of commercial fonts * Top font foundries based on actual usage

I originally built a version of this four years ago and saw a surprising amount of organic interest. I've now rebuilt the tool from the ground up, switching from a Puppeteer-based crawler to an invisible iframe approach. (More details in another post)

Check out the current version at https://fontofweb.com. I would appreciate any feedback

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

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Post by kylecazar »

mavamaarten wrote: post #81

I live next to a school, so there's a low speed limit (30 km/h). Still, people drive like race drivers and the city hasn't ever responded to the residents' hopes of introducing a speed camera. I wanted to have some data on how many people speed, the max speed recorded, that sort of thing. Things the city should be doing after many complaints of dangerous driving and people being almost killed on zebra crossings. I ha…

On my street they installed one of those 'current speed' radar displays to let people know they are speeding.

I've never thought they worked really, but this is a new one. It has very prominent red and blue flashing lights that trigger if you are 5+ over. I've seen countless people slow down immediately, it's that jarring/terrifying

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

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Post by spmcl »

Several different tracks, having a hard time focusing on one.

- A little free library, but for e-books. Having a bit of trouble with this one because I think that the move to e-books inherently removes much of the magic of a little free library of physical books. Plus there's the whole "letting users upload things is hard" thing.

- E-ink picture frame. It's been done before and it's mainly just a use for an old rpi laying around.

- Looking to start a tech meetup in my small locale. It's hard to meet tech people in my area, let alone people who are willing to present.

- TUIs to aid me in my day job. Claude makes whipping up proofs of concept super easy and quick, so this one is the most fun to me right now.

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

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Post by cyco130 »

I'm building a web-based Atari 8-bit emulator [1]. I haven't pushed my current progress yet, the repo only contains the CPU emulator and a few utils which I wrote a few years ago. Lots of bugs and missing features but it can already run some of my favorite games, so I'm pretty happy and proud!

[1] https://sfotty.cyco130.com

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

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Post by rootnod3 »

Very cliched, but I am working on my own Lisp dialect. I want a more streamlined syntax and keywords, but keep the "batteries included" idea from CL. So, Scheme/Clojure syntax with a CL live image approach, including condition systems, and a fleshed out standard library.

Initially was aiming to use MLIR or at least LLVM but will probably try to handroll to a) reduce dependencies and b) as a learning experience.

The bootstrapped is written in CL with no dependencies and hopefully soon it will be self-hosted.

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

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Post by Dlooooloo »

spmcl wrote: post #483

Several different tracks, having a hard time focusing on one. - A little free library, but for e-books. Having a bit of trouble with this one because I think that the move to e-books inherently removes much of the magic of a little free library of physical books. Plus there's the whole "letting users upload things is hard" thing. - E-ink picture frame. It's been done before and it's mainly just a use for an old rpi l…

What is TUIs?

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

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Post by globular-toast »

jay-barronville wrote: post #477
globular-toast wrote: post #318

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm starting to think about a similar thing for noise. The noise of motor vehicles seems to be out of control and I am sure it is causing misery for the majority of the population who have to live near roads. I reckon a single loud motorcycle could disturb tens of thousands of people, potentially waking or startling them, raising blood pressure etc. in a single 10 minute trip. Unfortunately I think awareness of this…

> I reckon a single loud motorcycle could disturb tens of thousands of people, potentially waking or startling them, raising blood pressure etc. in a single 10 minute trip. What absolutely grinds my gears is when a loud motorcycle or sports car drives through my residential neighborhood right after patiently rocking my baby to sleep. Interestingly, as a motorcycle and sports car owner myself, I never thought about th…

> Interestingly, as a motorcycle and sports car owner myself, I never thought about that aspect for even a second

Right, because the car's cabin and motorcycle helmet protect the driver/rider from it. The noise they create are specifically designed to be heard by everyone but the operator. It's like me sitting in my back garden wearing earplugs, while blasting music out the front into the street.

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