I'm working on a web-based raymarching renderer. I'm hoping to use it to make silly web interactives. It's still early days but it can be found here: https://jesterswilde.dev/rmfw
Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#492During the holidays, I’ve experimented with some ideas. I wondered if it was possible to make money in 2025 using simple, nano banana wrappers, thr answer is yes!
for example, RecolorLife.com and Headshoti.com generate around $800 USD.
Now I will expand for real estate.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#493Working on a way to keep my agents running using email while I'm away from my desk. I want to spend time with the moments that matter, not babysitting agents. I want them to keep working while I'm out. Why can't I just email them?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#494Hi HN, I am working on Circuitscript, a language based on python to describe electronic schematics: https://circuitscript.net/. A basic IDE (called the Bench) to try Circuitscript is available online: https://bench.circuitscript.net/
During the December break, I have implemented some new features: automatic stable refdes annotations, parameter assignment rules for easy part number assignment and some ERC rules. These are also important parts of the design workflow to help turn a schematic into a usable BOM and layout.
I have created a usb-uart converter board with the CH340 chip. The complete schematic was coded with Circuitscript and then imported as a netlist into kicad pcbnew to do the pcb layout. The design was produced with JLCPCB and after receiving the boards I tested them and they do work! The design files are here https://github.com/liu3hao/usb-uart-bridge. The circuitscript code file is here https://github.com/liu3hao/usb-uart-bridge/blob/main/usb_uar... and the generated pdf from the circuitscript code is here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liu3hao/usb-uart-bridge/re...
The motivation for creating Circuitscript is to describe schematics in terms of code rather than graphical UIs after using different CAD packages extensively (Allegro, Altium, KiCAD) for work in the past. I wanted to spend more time thinking about the schematic design itself rather than fiddling around with GUIs.
Please check it out and I look forward to your feedback, especially from electronics designers/hobbyists. Thanks!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#495This is something I built over the holidays to support people having a hard time with the short days and early sunsets: https://sunshineoptimist.com.
For the past several years I would look up the day lengths and sunset times for my location and identify milestones like “first 5pm sunset”, “1 hour of daylight gained since the winter solstice”, etc. But that manual process also meant I was limited to sharing updates on just my location, and my friends only benefitted when I made a post. I wanted to make a site anyone could come to at any time to get an optimistic message and a milestone to look forward to.
Some features this has:
- Calculation of several possible optimistic headlines. No LLMs used here.
- Offers comparisons to the earliest sunset of the year and shortest day
- Careful consideration of optimistic messaging at all times of year, including after the summer solstice when daylight is being lost
- Static-only site, no ads or tracking. All calculations happen in the browser.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#496Another pass at the keyword index for my indieweb/blogosphere discovery website.
Turns out there are a lot of words and some are more useful than others!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#497https://fuzzygraph.com - aspires to be the most beautiful equation graphing app
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#498https://leaddly.com
Find local businesses with no websites (or check bad ones with built in SEO tools).
Build contracts, create billable invoices and track tasks for clients with a lightweight, web dev focused CRM.
Essentially, an all in one platform for web developers to find and manage their clients
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#499This is the year I take my open source MMO to public alpha!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#500Over the holidays I was building a wooden birdhouse with a Unifi Protect camera and a small web interface that automatically identifies the birds and shows me a simple overview over which type of bird visited how many times. Birdhouse: https://img.notmyhostna.me/cRQ1gJfZCHjQKwFrgKQj UI: - https://img.notmyhostna.me/Hnw4qcvbg1ZQCrFxzGMn - https://img.notmyhostna.me/62TFwSXSRRbCfxDz297h - https://img.notmyhostna.me/40q…
Cool project. Do you have a repo for it?