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

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I am currently working on and beta testing an app called Malak. It is an opensource version of Visible VC/Carta/Angelist. as a previous founder, toolings to send and manage investors' updates, decks, fundraising and others were ridiculously expensive and now I have built one completely open sourced but I have an hosted cloud version.

Product live at https://malak.vc OSS source code at https://github.com/ayinke-llc/malak

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

#162

Working on Runno ( https://runno.dev/ ) as a side project. It's a tool for running code in the browser for educational use. [Edit]: I wrote a re-introduction to Runno: The WebComponent for Code over the weekend ( https://runno.dev/articles/web-component/ ) I've been playing around with turning it into a sandbox for running code in Python ( https://runno.dev/articles/sandbox-python/ ). This would allow you to safely e…

Amazing!

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

#164
A DNS zone management tool, made for having decent interface when using coredns as authoritative DNS: https://github.com/holysoles/zoneforge

Also considering working on a traefik plugin + helm chart for sending LLMs that ignore robots.txt to a tarpit like iocaine/nepenthes

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

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post #112

I use Apple Pencil with my iPad for figures in documents and wanted a better way to sync with my other work... so writing an iPad app for drawings using git for syncing with remote repos. Goal to release in App Store by end of April.

Oh yes please. Do you have a "preorder" on the App Store yet?

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

#166
I'm in the exploratory phase of a few projects, meaning I haven't decided if they are compelling enough (or within my skillset) to push me to develop them properly. That said, the one project I've explored multiple times, each time getting a little closer to making the full mental commitment, is a word processor.

Not a "text editor" for code and whatnot, but a real-deal word processor for writing novels and such. I cloned Visicalc (onto the Pico-8), so my "How does a spreadsheet work?" itch has been scratched. I think it's finally time to answer for myself, "How does a word processor work?" (in pure C, to level-up those skills as well) So lately I've been working on small programmatic experiments to understand the underlying subsystems necessary to build one.

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

#168
I am creating a node- and timeline based animation editor for html pages: Nodeflow Studio, ready to start my beta shortly: https://nodeflow.studio

It is designed for users who want to create interactive animations on their websites without the need for coding, making it easier and giving more precise control of the animations.

If you are a web developer and think you will be a good beta tester, then fill out the beta test form on the website.

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

#170
I'm working on tooling to turn kids from consumers into creators. I'm focusing on game development initially, but have plans for video production and hands on crafts.

For younger kids I've modified Overcooked 2, a traditionally co-op game. I've replaced the second player with a visual scripting platform that allows kids to code their way through levels — worth noting I haven't removed co-op, there's still room for 2 other players:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ackD3G_D2Hc

For older kids I've been making contributions to GodotJS, which allows you to build games in Godot using TypeScript rather than GDScript. GDScript is pretty nice, but I want to be able to teach kids skills that are more directly transferable to different domains e.g. web development:

https://github.com/godotjs/GodotJS/pull/65

I used to be Head of Engineering at Ender, where we ran custom Minecraft servers for kids: https://joinender.com/ and prior to that I was Head of Engineering at Prequel / Beta Camp, where we ran courses that helped teenagers learn about entrepreneurship: https://www.beta.camp/. During peak COVID I also ran a social emotion development book subscription service with my wife, a primary school teacher.

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