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

Post by Yoric » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 8:00 AM UTC

thomasmg wrote: post #471

I'm working on a new memory-safe systems programming language that is supposted to be (almost) as fast as C, Rust etc, but as simple and concise as Python: https://github.com/thomasmueller/bau-lang There is a playground which is using a C compiler and WASM, and so is quite fast, while running fully in the browser. Theres also a (online) conversion tool to convert and compare source code. There are some benchmarks as…

Post by glohbalrob » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 8:06 AM UTC

mceoin wrote: post #496

I'm working on an AI spreadsheet platform called Sourcetable ( https://sourcetable.com ). Most people use it for analysis and ops work, + data science. I find myself using Sourcetable to run our company: query the DB, analyze the user data, make projections, write copy, help with technical SEO (search the web, scrape data, check status codes, clean my sitemap, run vector space analysis etc.), talk to apps, financial…

Post by eps » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 8:13 AM UTC

barrell wrote: post #32

Still working on https://phrasing.app - an app for polyglots to learn over 120 languages in the most effective manner and a beautiful UI. Just finished a onboarding flow, now updating the search and create experience to fall more in line with actual usage from users, then hopefully prepping for a more public launch :) Had a fun week fixing up the application so it’s 100x faster on 5 different axes, and it’s starting…

Post by CalRobert » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 8:36 AM UTC

rcy wrote: post #191

I am working on a site that allows kids to chat and play online with other kids. To connect, kids must have their parents sign up and connect with the parents of their friends. Kids can chat with their parents and family as well as other kids in their network. Messages can be monitored by parents. There are also other activities like a bot workshop where simple llm bots can be "programmed" by creating system prompts…

Post by saran2020 » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 8:58 AM UTC

juxtaposicion wrote: post #360

I’m building Popgot ( https://popgot.com ): compare unit prices (per oz/sheet/lb) across Costco, Walmart, Target, and Amazon. We normalize fuzzy sizes (“family,” “mega,” multipacks) so you see the actually cheapest option for staples. New: a deep research mode that, on demand, crawls thousands of product pages and uses visual LLMs to read label photos (ingredients, counts, square footage) when the text is messy. Firs…