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Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

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Post by joshuef »

I made a simple wee Konbini compass* app for whenever I'm ambling around Tokyo so I no longer have to go through the (_so heavy_) process of opening a map app, changing to jp keyboard and typing `konbini` to reliably find something.

Instead it's just a compass face, with brand and distance.

It's free for basic konbini hunting (has probably most of the stored in Japan), and is offline first. So maybe it's useful to other folk?? (I hope so!)

There's some stamp-book style collection things in there too, but that's more fun, and a few `PRO` gated things (more stats, filtering... soon some other store types). But none of it required for finding the next Biru or coffee.

*https://apps.apple.com/us/app/achira-japan-offline-guide/id6...

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

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Post by sej8 »

I’m working on Snapy, a system that helps secondhand retail stores digitize and broadcast their live inventory across Google, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay, and more.

We’re live in 3 stores and it’s working great.

The system has two parts: a mobile app that lets employees snap photos of products to generate and publish listings, and a hardware box that sits inline between the barcode scanner and POS to track in-store sales and automatically remove the corresponding listing when something sells.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

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Post by sej8 »

I’m working on Snapy, a system that helps secondhand retail stores digitize and broadcast their live inventory across Google, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay, and more.

We’re live in 3 stores and it’s working great.

The system has two parts: a mobile app that lets employees snap photos of products to generate and publish listings, and a hardware box that sits inline between the barcode scanner and POS to track in-store sales and automatically remove the corresponding listing when something sells

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

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Post by andrewstuart »

I made a utility that backs up/images a cloud Linux server by unmounting the root disk and snapshotting it.

I made my own firmware for the little AI assistant esp32s3 AI balls you can buy from Ali Express. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008627679270.html

Made a version of Infocom adventure frotz player to work with voice control on the AI ball so I can play Planetfall using voice control.

Made a toast alerter for Linux terminal command line.

Made a thing to alert you when someone signs in to a Linux server.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

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Post by portugueasey »

tagami wrote: post #293

Opening a new maker space in Berkeley, July 3rd Noon-Midnight. Founded by 2 guys in a basement 9 years ago. Now opening it up to the community of local makers as a non-profit 501(c)(3). 3D print, laser cutters, CNC, full e-bench. https://eastbaymakersclub.com

This is extremely impressive, something I’ve always wanted to create locally. I’m in the UK so setup, registration, costs etc are very different but what’s the ballpark cost? We have a real lack of maker spaces.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

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Post by t_mahmood »

Working on my simple, frictionless journaling tool, that focuses on simplicity, and being lightweight, but still quite powerful.

And I plan to have more features like: time tracking, kanban, read later links, scripting etc, in the same simple interface.

The important part is, data is and will be stored in a single text file. No online interaction.

Right now you can

  - Take notes
  - Create to-do/mark them done
  - Organize notes/todo in projects or tags
  - Inline calculation using fend [1]
  - Powerful undo/redo
  - Archive notes that are not needed
You can check the screenshots of the app here: https://tmahmood.github.io/fluffy_sparrow/

Right now there is no demo version.

[1] [fend](https://printfn.github.io/fend/documentation/

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