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

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

#611

I launched Quiet UI this week: https://quietui.org/ It prioritizes accessibility, longevity, performance, and simplicity. With the autoloader, one script tag loads components dynamically without downloading the entire library. (npm also available.) Theming uses color-mix() and OKLAB to create uniform color palettes from a single CSS property. Adaptive palettes are used for dark mode. All form controls are form-associ…

Looks really nice!

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

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I’m still working on Simple Observability: https://simpleobservability.com I built it because I needed two things: - A super easy-to-install monitoring tool that doesn’t require bash scripts or config files - A mobile-friendly, UX-first interface where I can check everything from my phone It’s now pretty feature complete. I can see a full picture of all the servers and VPS I run straight from my phone. Setup is one c…

Very cool! However I couldn't get the agent running on an ARM based Oracle Linux Server 10 in OCI. I tried two different servers level=ERROR msg="failed to fetch collection config. retrying in 5s..." error="GET /configs/ failed with status: 204"

That’s not actually a bug (maybe the message need to be more verbose). The agent is running, but it doesn’t yet know what data to collect. You’ll need to finish the setup in the UI by choosing what metrics/logs you want. Once you do that, the error will go away and the agent will start collecting data

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

#613
I'm working on a tool to do evals for voice agents. The way it works is that you simply post your recordings, tools, instructions, etc and we do a diff to spot if something changes, then we mark a note on the change and run evals.

The main idea is that you don't need to configure anything, simply send us the data and we should figure out evals for you.

If anyone is building with realtime voice send me an email at username at Gmail and I'll try to help you improve your tool for free (In exchange I get to talk to real users)

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

#614
I worked on Dockside last year (https://hachipoo.com/dockside-app) — a small macOS app that makes use of the unused space around the Dock (especially nice on widescreens). It’s non-intrusive and lets you drag & drop files, jot quick notes, or add shortcuts right beside the Dock so they’re always handy without cluttering the desktop.

Right now I’m adding few of the most requested user-requested features (vertical Dock support etc.) and working on refining it for Tahoe release.

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

#615
I've been building https://carryless.org, a pack manager for people liking outdoor activities (and ultralight weight wheenies). It is focused on user experience, clean and simple UI. Open-source[1], free forever. Here's an example of one of my packs: https://carryless.org/p/Q22oPD3V

It's basically inspired by LighterPack[2], but LP is left abandoned and the UI is quite hard to work with, unfortunately.

[1]: https://github.com/eze-kiel/carryless

[2]: https://lighterpack.com/

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

#617

I got tired of Spotify recommending me the same songs, from the same artists, over and over again. So I built Riff Radar - it creates playlists from your followed artists' complete discography, and allows you to tailor them in multiple ways. Those playlists are my top listened to. I know, because you can also see your listening statistics (at the mercy of Spotify's API). The playlists also get updated daily. Think of…

Good stuff, but I don't use the follow feature on Spotify. Can it use number of plays of songs/artists to make the playlists?

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

#618
I built Wikli (https://www.wikli.com/) - an AI-powered news aggregator that clusters articles semantically and generates daily digests with editorial oversight.

The Problem: News fatigue is real. Reading 50+ articles daily (from hundred of different sources) to stay informed is unsustainable, but traditional aggregators just dump links without context.

Wikli uses a three-stage pipeline:

Scraping & Processing (Cloudflare Workers): RSS feeds → content extraction → AI classification Semantic Clustering (Python): Claude groups related articles across sources into coherent stories Digest Generation: AI synthesizes clusters into readable reports with context and TLDR

Technical Highlights:

Cloudflare Workers + PostgreSQL for scraping infrastructure Hybrid content extraction (Readability + Puppeteer fallback for tricky sites) Claude Sonnet 4 for clustering and synthesis (outperformed embedding-based approaches) Theme-based filtering with relevance scoring (0-10 scale per article) Telegram bot with stateless approval workflow for editorial control

What's Different:

Semantic clustering beats chronological or source-based grouping Context from previous digests prevents repetition Human-in-the-loop via Telegram for quality control (can edit title/approve digest) Open architecture: separate Brief Generator (Python) and Scraper API (TypeScript)

Stack: TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, Claude/Gemini APIs

The system handles rate limiting across domains, AI API throttling, and includes a DataManager abstraction for centralized data operations. Currently live in Italian at wikli.com - language-agnostic by design but focused on the Italian market for now. A the moment running with two topics (AI innovation and Inter Milano Football Club) via Telegram and wikli.com website.

Happy to get any feedback.

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

#619
NativePHP & Bifrost

https://nativephp.com

https://bifrost.nativephp.com

A two-man team, we're enabling PHP developers to get into mobile app development as easily as possible - no need to learn new languages, no new skills, just a few commands and away you go.

NativePHP is the library. Bifrost is the build and release service, getting apps into the stores faster than anything else.

This month we're planning to release the first fully open source version of the Mobile package.

How's it going?

We've sold over 2,000 licenses since May. We built Bifrost over the summer and it already has almost 300 monthly subscribers.

We just gave away another 1,000 licenses to the African PHP community.

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

#620

I'm working on a system that helps surgeons make precise bone cuts during knee replacement surgery. Believe it or not, manual cuts are still the standard in that type of procedure. Robotic systems exist but they are very costly, big, and actually add time to the surgery (bad news when you are under anesthesia and your leg is in a tourniquet). It uses 4k stereoscopic capture and bunch of ML models to match bone positi…

Curious if you’ve heard of OssoVR and what your honest assessment of VR training in your field is?
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