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

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

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Post by sameline » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:13 AM UTC

I shared this last month as well but I’ve added a couple new features since then: a weekly digest email, a list of what you’re tracking and a price history chart.

I’ve been building https://lowlow.bot, it tracks price changes on any website. I was inspired by https://camelcamelcamel.com, but wanted something that worked for more than just Amazon. It’s been handy for big purchases I’m ok waiting for and stocking up on recurring non-perishable essentials when they go on sale. It also lets me know when something has come back in stock.

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

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Post by fullstackchris » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:14 AM UTC

Still cracking away CodeVideo, a way to create software educational content in a declarative manner. Design your course once, export it to every format you can think of (video, PDF, markdown, HTML, and more). I was recently inspired by the feature set I saw at Scrimba, so we just added slide functionality! The blog post is here: https://codevideo.substack.com/p/introducing-the-slide-displ...

And an example video is here: https://youtu.be/1duE604MGHs

It definitely has not gotten the traction I'd expected, but at the very least I'm very close to start making my own courses with it!

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

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Post by westpfelia » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:15 AM UTC

rrr_oh_man wrote: post #289

https://mydogisthebest.org — my partner wants to build a self-therapy-through-dog-memories game, I'm doing the coding. :)

Is it supposed to be a photo album of your old dog photos??

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

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Post by mattdesl » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:15 AM UTC

Developing an open source library that simulates pigment mixing in the browser, inspired by mixbox[1].

[1] https://scrtwpns.com/mixbox.pdf

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

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Post by bovermyer » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:18 AM UTC

I'm preparing to leave the corporate world after twenty years and go get a master's in software engineering this fall in Newfoundland.

Pretty anxious about that, given how massive of a life change it is, and how much will be riding on me getting good grades.

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

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Post by milindsoni » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:19 AM UTC

Im working on https://udf.ai/ ,Build and host data analysis agents quickly!

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

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Post by johnernaut » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:20 AM UTC

Working on: Pantry Recipes – AI meal generation based on what’s in your kitchen

Over the past few weekends, I’ve been building Pantry Recipes – a mobile app that lets you quickly generate recipe ideas based on the ingredients you already have at home.

The idea is simple:

- Save or quickly select ingredients you have on hand - Tap Generate Recipes and get ideas instantly - You can also describe what you want to make free-form (e.g., "cheese omelette") and the app will generate a recipe for you.

The app is free for a number of recipe generations, then offers a low-cost subscription if you want unlimited use. It's live on the iOS App Store now: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pantry-recipes/id6744589753

Happy to answer any questions if anyone’s curious about the tech, UX challenges, or what I learned from launching!

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

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Post by vlindhol » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:21 AM UTC

starsky411 wrote: post #164

Im working on a slackbot that translates passive aggressive messages into empathic speech. https://goodspeech.chat It’s not launched yet officially, only friends and family so far! Any feedback is welcome!

Fun, although often I find myself wanting to do the opposite translation :D

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

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Post by 13unk0wn » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:22 AM UTC

sameline wrote: post #311

I shared this last month as well but I’ve added a couple new features since then: a weekly digest email, a list of what you’re tracking and a price history chart. I’ve been building https://lowlow.bot , it tracks price changes on any website. I was inspired by https://camelcamelcamel.com , but wanted something that worked for more than just Amazon. It’s been handy for big purchases I’m ok waiting for and stocking up…

How are you scraping the prices? Are you using AI for that?

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

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Post by barrell » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:23 AM UTC

helenite wrote: post #302

barrell wrote: post #65

I have been working on http://phrasing.app - a language learning & acquisition tool for polyglots. I’ve been using it to study ~12 languages (5 on maintaince, 2 seriously studying, 5 casually “studying”) and it’s starting to feel really good. If anyone is learning/maintaining several languages, please reach out! I’m looking for beta testers in as many languages as possible (it supports 120+). In what I believe is sti…

The UI was a little unresponsive on mobile, and when I opened the "Media" page on desktop I got multiple block rendering errors. Opening the console reveals a syntax error (missing ] after element list) and some type errors. Also, it looks like you have to get the subscription to use it in any way? It's hard to gauge whether it is for me or not if I have no way to trial it. I found the UI a bit confusing too, I was n…

Block rendering errors on the media page is new to me. I will look into it.

The reference language error should not be shown (I mean it’s not incorrect, but there is a “no expressions error” that should take precedence).

A video is coming :) I didn’t expect so much interest from a comment in this thread. If you get in touch, I can walk you through it personally, otherwise check back in a couple weeks and there will be a video overview.