A desktop environment for Linux, visually inspired by OSX Snow Leopard with a touch of contemporary. Coming with compositor, apps like dock, finder, status bar, and a UI framework like AppKit. Scratching my own itch and would love to see if it can gain traction. Still in the early innings though.
Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#72Building a developer marketing agency. No, I'm not doing anything evil, moreover, I'm trying to do things that actually make sense for devs and founders.
https://www.literally.dev/resources/marketing-to-developers-...
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#73Two things: 1. Software: An OS that masquerades as simple note taking software. Goal is to put an end to all the disparate AI bullshit and apps owning our data. I solved context switching for myself ages ago and now I'm just trying to productize it outside my 3 companies internal usage. It also solves context switching for AI agents as a byproduct. 2. Ethics: Give Ai and proto-Agi a reason not to kill us all. An extr…
Would love try out and contribute to both of these! Let me know if you'd like to get in touch.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#74Just sold my data management software business https://www.fundipedia.com.
Now bootstrapping https://www.minute-master.com - AI formal minute generation for regulated firms primarily in financial services space but also free to use for charities.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#75My roommate and I are still working on Tornyol, our mosquito killing drone! It uses ultrasonic sonar to detect mosquitoes, and missile control theory to ram into mosquitoes and grind them in its propellers. Our target platform is a 40 grams tinywhoop so it’s safe to fly everywhere and makes almost no noise :). A Roomba for mosquitoes! The main plus compared to traditional systems is that a drone can cover an enormous…
This is incredible. What is the background you needed to even have intuition on how to build something like this?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#76My roommate and I are still working on Tornyol, our mosquito killing drone! It uses ultrasonic sonar to detect mosquitoes, and missile control theory to ram into mosquitoes and grind them in its propellers. Our target platform is a 40 grams tinywhoop so it’s safe to fly everywhere and makes almost no noise :). A Roomba for mosquitoes! The main plus compared to traditional systems is that a drone can cover an enormous…
Hadn't seen this before, this is awesome! I lived in Cameroon and Kenya briefly doing some consulting work and mosquitos still wreak havoc across the continent (and now living in DC I wouldn't mind having one of these in the summer for my place). I'm curious if you're also thinking about defense applications -- I would imagine that a super low cost drone that could help take out a shahed or other Russian drone that are wreaking havoc on Ukraine would be quite valuable
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#77Building a free service to detect fraudulent D.P.R.K job applicants.
It has been going on since 2018 at least and I have flagged thousands of such applicants.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#78I've been working on a little utility to transfer files between two computers using QR codes: https://github.com/cibyr/qftf
It's kinda like Magic Wormhole without typing. It uses iroh for the p2p networking - on both ends, and also in the little web app that you use to scan the QR codes and start the transfer.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#79I’m working on an open source TACoS (Terraform automation and collaboration software) called Burrito.
Our goal is to empower infrastructure as code with drift detection, contribution workflows and a comprehensive UI, all in a Kubernetes based software strongly inspired by ArgoCD.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
#80I'm building yet another Pomodoro app. I wanted something multiplatform with low resource consumption, using the native OS styles, so it integrated well with the OS, I'm using slint for that.
It's possible to install with nix and I'm working on other package managers. I'm targeting Linux and Mac.
It has a ticking sound, and the notifications remind you to stay hydrated, stretch and walk. I've used many different Pomodoro and I'm trying to consolidate the features I like the most from each.
Right now it works quite well on Linux and it should work on Mac.