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Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#512Hi 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. Thes…
Nice work this looks like it would be so much nicer than fighting with the GUI tools.
Using existing component libraries via some sort of importer code looks like it might be needed to gain momentum.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#513I am working on a very simple browser extension that allows you to take notes right on youtube. It is open source, offline and everything is locally stored. Here are the links. Chrome store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/video-notes/phgnkid... Firefox store: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-notes-f... I actually would love some feedbacks and suggestions from someone here :)
The pages don't really show how to export the notes.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#514I'm working on BacklogAI, an autopilot engineer for SaaS teams. You connect GitHub, CI, Sentry, and Linear, and it takes tickets all the way to production. Claude writes the changes, BacklogAI handles tests, migrations, feature flags, staged rollouts, etc... It’s clearing months of backlog work in hours, and a couple teams I’m working with have already stopped hiring because it’s cheaper than adding more developers.…
If your story were true, I could just have Claude implement your business and would have no need to pay you.
If these productivity gains were real, no one would be giving you access.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#515I’m genetically engineering yeasts to make subtly flavored breads. I’ve already done grape aroma, now working on wintergreen. Also working on a red chamomile (using beat red biosynthesis). Just for fun. Red chamomile tea! The idea is to have niche invite-only genetically engineered flavors that I can bring to parties around SF :) what’s more special than a genetically engineered organism that you can ONLY get if I’m…
Literally how it began...
When the Yogurt Took Over https://lovedeathrobots.fandom.com/wiki/When_the_Yogurt_Took...
Wait, that means a glorious period of peace and prosperity for all is nigh.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#516Toying/Vive Coding with the idea or algorithm to classify the tendencies, ideological biases, and sentiment from contents of posts on message forums, including HN, by using LLMs to measure the temperatures and intensities of posters and replies to posts. Also thinking of incorporating ability to identify potential duplicate accounts, (e.g. same user multiple accounts) based on similar language and grammatical usage in posts. Don't see much of that type of detection in forums or message boards. Perhaps it can be useful in law enforcement circles. It's a work in progress, though, no repos yet.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#517A quiz app using minimal components like esbuild, bootstrap, etc. and pure js for routing and MVC: https://github.com/prahladyeri/abhyasa/
Also open-quiz-commons, the mcq dataset that powers the above quiz app: https://github.com/prahladyeri/open-quiz-commons
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#518To relax and reset at the end of the day, my wife plays this simple tetrisy game - fill rows and cols to make points and try not to die. But the game and many of its ilk are super frustrating. They have ads and arbitrarily make it impossible at some point to keep going (in order to show more ads I assume.) So I combined my love of roguelike deck-builders and made a game for her. It's the same basic premise of filling…
Aww, that's so sweet!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#519* A kart data analysis & video synchronizer, that helps you actually understand the ton of data that data loggers like Mychron and UniGo generate https://kartinsightspro.app - written in CHICKEN scheme with tons of FFI bindings
* Schematra https://schematra.com/ - a web "framework" written in CHICKEN scheme
* Lots of (unpublished, but will try to do so soon) eggs that spawned from building schematra & KartInsightsPro
* llm.scm (inspired by ruby's llm gem)
* imgui.scm
* aws.scm (support for core AWS services like SSM, S3, other APIs)
* umami.scm
Edit: format
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
#520Spent about 2 years improving printing and scanning stack of Linux: CUPS, SANE, AirSane, as well as some legacy drivers, and also x86 proprietary driver emulation on ARM with Box86. Even that "modern" printing stack in Linux is 20+ years old, there's still such an unbelievable amount of basic bugs and low-hanging-fruit optimizations, that it's kinda sad. Not to mention that it still maintains ALL its legacy compatibi…
This is awesome, thank you for doing this work; it’s not glamorous but it’s a key feature to making computers productive.
I know it’s not a popular opinion here but I think that Windows has two killer features that are always overlooked- the standard print dialog (and all the underlying plumbing), and the standard file dialog (at least until Windows 8).
The ability to print and to interact with files, that just works, without having to retrain people every time a new OS comes out, and without having to reprogram your apps or write your own drivers and/or UI, is incredibly important.
Yes, I know Linux and Mac have the same, but IMO Windows was light years ahead for decades, and is still more consistent and easy to use.