Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)

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YouTube Ads

Well first and foremost, by doing exactly what you're doing now and asking a bunch of people for help too, haha. It's not been easy, and I'm truly still terrible at it. However, honestly, most came from following this tutorial series on YouTube which broke down building a basic game engine, and I stopped about 20 or so videos in once I had the tools I needed. I highly recommend! And hey feel free to DM me on something if you'd like - I'm happy to answer questions and help where I can! https://youtube.com/@2etime?si=qKoT1YBEruVel9Wj.

#Social Media Marketing #Marketing Platform #Ad Networks

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Mastodon

A few years back I developed a system of 3 sided cards https://mastodon.social/@UP8/113365055855971750 https://mastodon.social/@UP8/111168528593969946 https://mastodon.social/@UP8/111052075781351382 which didn't really connect with people. I did a collaboration with some people where I'd barcoded work prints and found that the system was not so reliable and I'd gotten out of the house without publishing the "web side" of the prints. Also I had a few boxes of glossy paper which wouldn't let me print on the back so I developed a new generation of card https://mastodon.social/@UP8/113365041910591036 https://mastodon.social/@UP8/113385742853987268 The new system reliably associates the QR code and "web side" with a print because it prints the front. I am planning a better "web side" than I had before, particularly to view stereograms with a VR headset, also to publish with the Looking Glass Go.

#Decentralized Social Network #Open Source #Social Network 790 social mentions

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Laudspeaker

#Marketing Platform #Email Marketing #Messaging 3 social mentions

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DICE.fm

Thanks! We are Swedish so it comes naturally :) oh thats interesting! Thanks for that. Been working in Music Tech, but havent seen that one. Seen that https://shotgun.live/ , https://dice.fm/ and also https://partiful.com/ are being popular in the states. Nothing really, we're just fixing most of the kinks and legal / tax things.

#Events #Event Registration #Event Discovery 27 social mentions

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txtai

In a crowded "AI space", I continue to work on txtai (<a href="https://github.com/neuml/txtai">https://github.com/neuml/txtai</a>) for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows. It's not as popular as the big frameworks but I believe it's a better solution. Time will tell.

#Search Engine #Databases #Custom Search Engine 78 social mentions

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Neurture

I quit my job and depleted savings earlier this year to work on helping others overcome addictive habits and behaviors https://neurtureapp.com Addiction is rampant right now, from social media and phones to vaping and beyond. People need access to science/research-based resources, not just a “sober” counter, which doesn’t apply to many people and is rarely helpful to those it applies to. Working with a behavioral scientist and a clinical psychologist on the UX and content of the app at the moment but any thoughts, feedback, connections, or help would be amazing.

#AI #Productivity #Photos & Graphics 1 social mentions

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Automerge

A sqlite extension that provides a virtual table backed by an Automerge document (https://automerge.org/). I believe that there are plenty of applications that could benefit from the collaboration or sync-ability that CRDTs provide, but that don't need to manage the CRDTs directly. Moving the CRDT management into the database seems like a natural fit. It's very early, and not public anywhere, but I'd be happy to chat about it if anyone has any thoughts or questions. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free_replicated_data_type.

#Databases #NoSQL Databases #Developer Tools 8 social mentions

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DataScienceJobs.com

Building a niche data science job board. Bought a catchy domain name and slowly started building. https://datasciencejobs.com/.

#Hiring And Recruitment #Job Search #Job Boards 1 social mentions

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Pelican

Do you have any links? I've recently been using Pelican[0] to create static sites using Python, but always looking for simpler solutions. [0] https://getpelican.com/.

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 32 social mentions

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Ultrance

Working on building a modern API management and monetization platform. https://useultrance.com/.

#Developer Tools #APIs #API Tools 2 social mentions

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Chattysun AI

I’m building https://chattysun.com We make it easy for any website to take advantage of the latest LLMs for sales and support function. Been reaching out to freelance clients and finding many of them want this type of feature so we can provide it to them easily, sometimes with little to no customization.

#B2B SaaS #Digital Marketing #SaaS 3 social mentions

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TouchDesigner

Will it be something like TouchDesigner[1] ? I never used it myself, but I follow a lot of creative types who make music visualizations, and art installations with it. I can't find it on Github though, maybe repo is private ? [1] https://derivative.ca/.

#Prototyping Tools #3D #Interactive Presentations 33 social mentions

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Vocabuo - The vocabulary app

A language learning app that combines Anki like spaced repetition with language learning ai tutor. https://vocabuo.com.

#AI #Productivity #Spaced Repetition 12 social mentions

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Helm.sh

You might want to choose a different name and branding. [Helm](https://helm.sh/) is already a package manager for Kubernetes with pretty similar branding.

#Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #Containers As A Service 176 social mentions

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Kidz Fun Art

Kidz Fun Art (https://kidzfun.art). Three years ago my two kids were 5 and 3 and loved to draw. I tried and tried to find a good iPad app suitable for them but everything I found was full of terrible click bait offensive ads. So, I decided to make them an app myself. It’s been a huge amount of fun, and these days thousands of other people’s kids use it too. I especially love when I get emails from them saying how their 4 year old just saw it and immediately understood how to use it. Given how much use it’s getting I hope to keep working on it as an active side project for years to come.

#AI #Productivity #Photos & Graphics 3 social mentions

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Productivity Power Tools

Got tired of existing unit test automation tools that give out fake test cases. So tried to solve that with https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Keploy.keployio One click to generate test cases that don't fail (yet).

#Regular Expressions #Programming Tools #Development 518 social mentions

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Five Books

#Books #Social & Communications #News & Books 2 social mentions

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Achromatic.dev

Working more on the SaaS starter kit Achromatic (https://achromatic.dev).

#Developer Tools #Boilerplate #Nextjs 5 social mentions

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illustration.app

I've been working on a tool (https://illustraai.com) that uses AI to create vector illustrations in consistent styles.

#Photos & Graphics #AI Image Generator #AI Art Generator 1 social mentions

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TextSniper

Continuing working on my project - TextSniper https://textsniper.app/ macOS application for text recognition.

#OCR #Image Recognition #Data Extraction 35 social mentions

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Nabubit

Currently working on: - A database design copilot: https://nabubit.com - A database management for Sqlite databases: https://litequeen.com.

#AI #Productivity #Photos & Graphics 1 social mentions

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Voltdocs

I'm hacking away on something I've built recently to improve the native "Publish to Web" feature from Google Docs. Essentially I'm grabbing the document's content and re-rendering it with a full-page background colour and better mobile support. Link: https://voltdocs.com.

#Documentation #Website Builder #Productivity 1 social mentions

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Simple Scraper

Making my data extraction Saas (https://simplescraper.io) more LLM friendly. Markdown extraction, improved Google search, workflows - search for this terms, visit the first N links, summarize etc. Big demand for (or rather, expectation of) this lately.

#Web Scraping #API Tools #Scraper 21 social mentions

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Folge

Thank you for pointing it out! The link should be https://folge.me.

#Productivity #Customer Communication #Document Management 11 social mentions

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SEOJuice

Hey HN! I’m working on SEOJuice [1], an automated tool for internal linking and on-page SEO optimizations. It's designed to make life a little easier for indie founders and small business owners who don’t have time to dig deep into SEO. So far, I’ve managed to scale it to $3,000 MRR, and recently made the move from the cloud to Hetzner, which has been a game-changer for cost efficiency. We’re running across multiple servers now, and handling everything from link analysis to on-page updates with a bit more control. The journey’s been a mix of hands-on coding (and a lot of coffee) and constant optimization. It’s been challenging but incredibly fun to see how much can be automated without compromising on quality. Happy to chat more about the tech stack or any of the growth pains if anyone’s interested! [1] https://seojuice.io.

#AI #SEO Tools #SEO Monitoring 1 social mentions

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VectorArt.ai

Working on an AI to generate SVG vector images. SVGs are awesome and currently unrepresented in the diffusion-based model landscape. We have something that produces pretty great results and we're working on the next version which should be even better. https://vectorart.ai.

#AI #Design Tools #Web Icons 4 social mentions

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Openkoda

I am working on Openkoda, an open-source platform for insurance applications based on pre-built templates and generative AI to accelerate the implementation of new insurance products and distribution channels. Why? The insurance sector is probably the slowest to adopt innovation in finance, lagging far behind banking. E-commerce is on the opposite end of the spectrum. https://openkoda.com.

#CRM #Project Management #Sales 12 social mentions

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ZenMic

Building an AI podcast generator. https://zenmic.com Please try it, its FREE.

#Podcasts #Podcast Tools #Generative AI 2 social mentions

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JustFax Online

I continue working on JustFax Online[0] - a service to send a one-time fax without the need for an account or subscription. I now realized that I started it almost one year ago. It's both amazing how much I was able to achieve in a year, but on the same hand a bit frustrating that I did not achieve what I wanted to. Nevertheless, will continue to work on it and improve it. [0] https://justfax.online/en/.

#Communication #Office & Productivity #Fax 1 social mentions

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Everyone Draw

#Digital Whiteboard #Diagrams #Idea Management 6 social mentions

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TrackSub.io

I'm building an app to help small-to-medium businesses track and manage their subscription spending https://tracksub.io/.

#Finance #Finance Management #Budgeting And Forecasting 1 social mentions

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Formester

So that form/quiz/survey building is simple and easy. https://formester.com.

#Form Builder #Forms And Surveys #Polls And Quizzes 3 social mentions

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SaaS Custom Domains

I'm working on a Cloudflare alternative. My goal is to implement different Cloudflare Enterprise features and make it affordable. https://saascustomdomains.com.

#Domains #Cloud Infrastructure #CDN 1 social mentions

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Mockoon

I'm currently working on Mockoon, an API mocking tool. It's an open-source project that I've been relentlessly improving over the past 7 years. I decided to build a SaaS/cloud offering to help finance my work on the project. I'm solo bootstrapping, and revenues are slowly growing. It's not the easiest path, but definitely worth it! https://mockoon.com.

#Developer Tools #APIs #API Tools 35 social mentions

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Skipper AI

Building http://tryskipper.ai/ I built a Slack bot that converts your Slack conversations to detailed Jira tickets in seconds. Our team needs to routinely convert Slack convos into tickets manually, and it gets tedious and repetitive. Automating scribbled requirements to a ticket has been a big time saver. It's like I have a Jira assistant now.

#AI #Productivity #Photos & Graphics 1 social mentions