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

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ATProto is helluva complex and inconvenient to work with without supporting libraries, even in a relatively sugary language, like Kotlin. So, I decided to write a (programmatic) code generator that takes Lexicon on input and gives all the HTTP code and data classes you may ever need. If you wonder why Bluesky native apps are crap, that's because they are in TypeScript, not in Kotlin and Swift, which are programming l…

Can you elaborate on BlueSky native apps being bad because they are written in TypeScript?

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

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post #528

I'm working on a development tool for specification-driven development. It uses LLMs to verify that your specification files and implementation do not drift. More specifically, I am trying to lower the number of false positives I'm currently seeing. I find that the LLM will hallucinate issues when there are no discrepancies, or become forgetful in the case of long documents (like RFC texts). The first step in improvi…

How does this compare to previous generations of specification-driven development using formal methods?

I think semcheck has a different use-case. AI is inherently imprecise, if you need formal mathematical verification, AI isn't suitable for that. What semcheck does give you is a very simple way to start verifying specifications, and it's best used in combination with AI-assisted development workflows where you're already spending a lot of time writing specifications (i.e. prompts).

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

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I published 2 (two!) new chapbooks of poetry, both priced at $0.00:

> Sonnets of dark-held love - A sequence of poems after the 'Sonetos del amor oscuro' by Federico García Lorca - https://rikverse2020.rikweb.org.uk/book/sonnets-of-dark-held...

> End Time - A collection of noir-themed poems for the last days of the world - https://rikverse2020.rikweb.org.uk/book/end-time/

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

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post #44

I'm building ClosedLinks, a tool for sharing files and/or messages anonymously through one-time access links with no traceable sender. Most digital tools assume persistence; ClosedLinks is built for ephemerality and unlinkability. Each link is single-use, redirects on access, and stores encrypted content only temporarily. Recipients never see the original URL, enabling plausible deniability. Think: whistleblowers. En…

"One-time access links with no traceable sender" ... so people get anonymous messages while logged-in to this site? How does the sender know about the recipient in the first place? What would I put in my HN profile to get messages on the site? You have people's email addresses... isn't that a problem when saying "no traceable sender?" People will need anonymous email addresses. Why not have pass-phrase logins?

I had this idea (linked in my 3rd most recent comment,) whereby what if I wanted to give someone some crypto via a set of keywords? Maybe you could turn this into some kind of PayPal for crypto.

Perhaps think about a video demo for this site.

Good luck anyway.

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

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post #487
post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an interesting idea. One thing that might help targeting is to have some sort of chemical that attracts the mosquitoes. In that way you can bring your target to you.

I seem to recall reading that mosquitos mainly seek out carbon dioxide...

I read this as well, and tried holding my breath (I can hold it for several minutes) while walking in the forest, and the mosquitoes still bit me.
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