Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by bredren » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC

I've been working on Contextify: https://contextify.sh

Makes it easy to use Claude Code or Codex interchangeably across multiple computers. Personal editions are free, I have a hosted commercial cloud (workgroups share AI history) and commercial self-hosted option available.

It has macOS and Linux clients and I released a guide for setting up the source-available, self-hosted cloud option this week: https://contextify.sh/docs/self-hosted/

I am thinking about the other AI cli environments and providing support for those as well.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by wesammikhail » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC

I've had an idea for a different type of free & open search engine for the last 15 years. I ended up pursing other ideas instead over the years.

Last month however I decided to go back to the idea and give it a shot. Right now I'm in the process of scraping and building a huge index. The technical challenges have been plenty. But I should be ready to publish an alpha version by end of month or so.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by ilikerashers » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:30 AM UTC

I'm working on https://GovWeave.com/.

It's like a BuiltWith for Government. I am tracking all UK government spend and building a picture of software and rising/falling trends of various products in the government.

I worked as a government supplier and found it hard to find out what tech/solutions are in place without inside knowledge. My idea is that by opening the data, I can help more suppliers compete and foster innovation.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by jurajbla » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC

I've been working on MacDispatch https://macdispatch.jurajb.dev/

A macOS menu bar app to alert when apps start using too much resources and drain your battery. Helped me diagnose many leaking Chrome tabs and macOS bugged services.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by anonzzzies » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC

helloakariq wrote: post #374

I am continuing to work on Akariq [0] which provides travel eSIM data plans to 180+ countries around the world. I have had many paying customers over the past few months from Vietnam to Mexico to Europe and US of course. The three benefits of using Akariq are 1) No app, no user account which leads to literally 3-click install 2) Full transparency - you know what you are getting. A lot of other eSIM providers hide det…

I like but for many of my regular destinations you are still 2-3x more expensive than what I can trivially find myself, especially longer visiting times and more data.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by tdrgabi » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC

I am building a solitaire solver for Zachtronic Solitaire. Especially the last one. It should allow you to take a pic of the screen and tell you if it's solvable and what the next moves could be.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by niyikiza » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC

I'm working on a Claude Code governance tool that allows to define deterministic policies for tool call that can be enforced across a fleet and will be in effect even when individual users run with --dangerously-skip-permissions

https://github.com/tenuo-ai/claude-governance

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by Zoo3y » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC

chegra wrote: post #80

Just finished Veritas - Truth Across Cultures[1]. The idea is that many different cultures have written sayings that are basically the same. Similar to how one would give more credence to more than one person saying the same thing, the same is true for cultures. So, this is like my catalogue of what diverse cultures agree on. I have been promoting this book. [2][3] [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7FLQDYD [2] https:/…

Interesting concept. I would like to read this in an epub file outside of amazon if you're willing to accept outside payment.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by hmhhashem » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

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Post by 3371 » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC

I am taking my limited time before next job hunt and using coding agents to create a wego board strategy game inspired by Escape From Tarkov, Advanced Wars, and PhantomBrigade.