Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by Nevermark » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:26 AM UTC

hardlyfun wrote: post #395

Nevermark wrote: post #386

I am finishing up a 32 year old stretch project (as of this month). 99.9% sure I nailed it. Technically a 42 year old project, but it took me 10 years to find the right way to think about it and craft a formal definition. The theory seems to check, but I can't/won't be convinced until the tools based on it are complete and working without friction or exception. Many times it has felt like I was tilting at windmills,…

I am curious about the project. Can you provide a clear description?

It is something I can build a business with, without being transparent about the technical advantage. So perhaps I shouldn't have commented here. But it is a milestone moment, a big milestone after a long haul, and the "What are you working on" subject on this particular month hit me in a celebratory way.

On the business side, things seem to be well lined up.

So my apologies for being indirect. Not trying to be "mysterious".

I just favorited your comment. So at any moment I feel I can be more straightforward I will reply to any comment you make in any other thread. That will be a good moment too.

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

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Post by e2e4 » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:32 AM UTC

As a side project am writing Android app for forward collision warning (FCW), lane departure alert (LDA) along with some ADAS functions. In the mid term an planning to connect it to the cruise control. p.s. for an old Mitsubishi Delica D5 that I bought for car camping.

Any advices are highly appreciated.

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

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Post by enjaydee » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:36 AM UTC

My side project now is a websockets based dashboard that acts as a todo list for my easily distracted children in the morning. The tv remote is an lg one that can be used as a mouse, and they pop the tasks on the screen. I used chatgpt to generate some kawaii style stickers (think big eyes and sparkes). They love it. The reward is (in the morning at least) however many Blueys they can watch before the predetermined departure time.

A few improvements to go, but from what I hear from other parents (without raising it) is that they'd take advantage of something like this.

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

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Post by testycool » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:36 AM UTC

bear330 wrote: post #400

I'm working on MailTrigger — a customizable SMTP server that turns any email notification into a message on platforms like LINE, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, SMS, or pretty much anything else. The idea is simple: if your app can send an email, it can trigger notifications across multiple channels with no extra coding. Think of it as "SMTP Server to Anything." One of the cool parts is MailTrigger supports WebAsse…

Sounds like you are making fast progress. Congrats!

I wanted to check it out but using Brave Browser and Chrome on a Samsung A54 it took 10s+ to load. After a few seconds the spinner loaded, then the progress bar moved and then restarted and then loaded.

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

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Post by dross-com » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:38 AM UTC

Thinking I'm funny.

http://dross.com/blithe/dumptruck

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

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Post by talonx » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:40 AM UTC

I'm building Incidenthub.cloud - a B2B SaaS that monitors public status pages of third-party dependencies.

It was born out of a personal need in past roles and teams. I launched it last year.

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

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Post by tf2_pyro » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:40 AM UTC

I'm working on https://www.chessfunforlittleones.com/ - an electronic book to introduce children to chess through LED lights, poems and some cute chracters.

I launched the kickstarter a month ago and am currently finalising the logistics for shipping the books out and putting together the shopify site which should launch at some point in April.

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

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Post by ksassnowski » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:42 AM UTC

I've been working (on and off) on part 2 of my blog post series on the rigid body collisions [0] for over a year now. I burned out on it a few times and got super mega stuck on one particular section for months on end. I think I've finally broken through the worst of my writer's block, so there might be light at the end of the tunnel!

[0]: https://www.sassnow.ski/rigid-body-collisions/1

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

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Post by bengold14 » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:42 AM UTC

RankPic (https://www.rankpic.info) is an app to help users crowdsource their best photo. I've been building over the past 3 years. It's grown into a lovely community of people who help each other pick their best pictures for dating apps, professional photos etc.

I've seen some pretty fun novel use cases, such as (multiple!) people using it to pick out glasses, wedding invites & so on -- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rankpic-photo-ranking/id160299... (ios) -- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.rankpic.ra... (android)

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

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Post by 77ko » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:42 AM UTC

enjaydee wrote: post #403

My side project now is a websockets based dashboard that acts as a todo list for my easily distracted children in the morning. The tv remote is an lg one that can be used as a mouse, and they pop the tasks on the screen. I used chatgpt to generate some kawaii style stickers (think big eyes and sparkes). They love it. The reward is (in the morning at least) however many Blueys they can watch before the predetermined d…

Sounds very cool! Are you displaying this on a dedicated screen or using an app on a lg tv?