I'm working on a desktop-based, performance- and privacy-first note-taking app that lets you quickly capture notes from any selected text using hotkeys.
I'm curious: what are your must-haves in a note-taking application?
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#42Manabi Reader - native iOS / macOS reading tool for Japanese with flashcards and Anki integration
Currently working on adding a manga mode and Netflix auto-captioning
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#43I'm working on a SEO agent: https://qwikrank.com
People hate AI generated content, but the quality is actually good and Google likes it.
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#44I'm working on an escape room! Initially I was working on a software/hardware bundle that I was planning to market to other escape rooms but I think that is the wrong approach. So I am going to build a bunch of modular stuff in my garage and eventually start my own, its been an awesome project so far! I want a more dynamic and action oriented experience so it might not really be an escape room anymore but I don't know what to call it yet.
Escape rooms are honestly... almost always a let down but the concept has a lot of potential and there are some really neat ones that standout like this local one where you pilot an airship https://www.portlandescaperooms.com/steampunk-airship
Once I build the best escape room on the planet, I can consider selling the tools.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
#45Currently working on HN Alerts — a simple free site I made to alert me (via email) to trending stories on Hacker News. It sends me an email once a story hits a certain number of upvotes per minute, so it's useful for keeping track of breaking news. https://hnalerts.com
If you’re not aware, compare https://www.hnreplies.com/
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#46The first ever SQL debugger – runs & visualizes your query step-by-step, every clause, condition, expression, incl. GROUP BY, aggregates / windows, DISTINCT (ON), subqueries (even correlated ones!), CTEs, you name it. You can search for full or partial rows and see the whole query lineage – which intermediate rows from which CTEs/subqueries contributed to the result you're searching for. Entirely offline & no usage o…
Is this postgres only? What an interesting idea!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
#47I updated the catalogue of movies and added some internal tools to my movies released on YouTube website: We Love Free Movies (https://welovefreemovies.com/). It's hard to share it because it gets flagged because of the name... But yeah, planning to add search, design touch ups, more movies, etc. this year.
Also working out the logistics of offering a microgrant to award people who want to make movies like this!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
#48I'm working on a desktop-based, performance- and privacy-first note-taking app that lets you quickly capture notes from any selected text using hotkeys. I'm curious: what are your must-haves in a note-taking application?
> I'm curious: what are your must-haves in a note-taking application?
Unlimited undos. Even if I deleted text a year ago, app must bring it back. Ideally something like git, with branches and auto-commits.
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#49Venture backed thing on language agnostic semantic mutation testing- testcode.ai
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
#50I'm building an open source game backend for Unity and Godot: https://trytalo.com. GitHub: https://github.com/talodev.
Talo makes it easy to add systems that traditionally need extra non-gameplay build time like authentication, player analytics and game stats.
Right now you can drop Talo into your game or use the API directly. Importantly, I’ve made Talo easy to self-host and you can point the Unity package/Godot plugin to your own Talo instance.