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

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

#411
I'm working on a combined registration and timing system [0] for motorsports organizers, mostly rallycross atm. Most RX organizers in CA are using it now. In 2023 32 events ran their timing with it!

It's designed to save organizers time and solve reg & timing problems I got tired of dealing with as a competitor.

Soon I'll be adding QR code support, so we can just scan a QR code on your helmet or car at lap (which helps handle multi driver cars etc).

I plan to rebrand it into other verticals later.

[0] https://sidewaysdata.com

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

#412
I'm thinking about how to properly test AWS Step Functions. The problem is that I can either mock the entire response for every state in JSON only, or call out to a lambda. What I want is to type check the evaluated JSONPath payload and the mocked JSON response, to ensure that my tests always adheres to global contracts/types written in JSON Schema.

I think it's doable by dynamically creating lambdas based on test cases I define in one way or another, perhaps like mocked integration services, that does nothing but validate if the event from SFN matches a schema, and that the mocked response also matches a schema.

My concern is that I can't find prior projects doing this. My use case is mostly (exclusively at the moment) calling out to lambdas, so perhaps I can get away with this kind of type checking. But it's just weird that something like this doesn't already exist! Past experiences have taught me that if no one have tried it before, my idea is usually not that good.

Let me know what you think!

(Would have liked to use durable execution which totally solves the typing issue, but can't in this case)

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

#414
GitGuard (https://gitguard.dev)

Basically it’s a way to enforce custom policy rules on GitHub PRs without writing any scripts or maintaining any custom Actions. It’s got all of the customization that you wish GitHub’s built in branch protections had.

Things like “make sure the frontend tests pass if there are frontend code changes” or “require 2 approvals only if there are no test files added” are trivial to write and enforce.

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

#415

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.

Thanks for checking it out and for the feedback — really appreciate it!

I’m sorry the loading took so long. I’m not entirely sure if the issue was with the main site or the Join Waiting List process. We’ll definitely investigate and get it fixed as soon as possible.

If it turns out that the waiting list form was the problem and you'd still like to join, feel free to shoot me an email at bear@nuwainfo.com — I'd be happy to add you directly!

Thanks again for flagging this. Your feedback means a lot and will help us improve!

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

#417

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/ap…

Great idea, validate before getting validation on social media. nice.

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

#419

I've been building mentions.us[1] - it sends you alerts when your keywords are mentioned on Hacker News, Reddit, Bluesky, LinkedIn and a few other places. For anyone who uses F5Bot, it's similar but with some extra data sources and a Slack integration. It's been a fun project. Dealing with the scale of Reddit (~300 posts/second) creates some interesting technical challenges. It's also let me polish up my frontend dev…

your pricing is little confusing, for free you are providing 100 keywords, and for you most expensive plan you are providing also 100 keywords, in fact only diff between these two is slack notification. What's the motivation behind this pricing plan?

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

#420

I'm building CAIL – an AI that makes and answers phone calls for you. You type what needs to be done – it calls, talks, waits on hold, asks questions, and sends you a summary. Kind of like a voice assistant, but for actual phone calls. Also built an AI voicemail agent – it can answer missed or declined calls, figure out what they wanted, book a meeting in your free calendar slot, or even mess with spammers if needed.…

Very cool, but isn’t this illegal? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39304736
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