I'm working on scraper bot filtering software! https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis. This week I'm going to publish the plans for building binary packages (both distribution-specific packages and tarballs full of binaries).

I have a startup idea and I’m curious what others think.

Setting up AI agents is way too complicated. I am constantly being sent to GitHub pages with installation instructions that require way too many dependencies, API connections, and more. We’re talking hours of setup and config.

So what if there was an open-source marketplace where you could just search, find an agent, click deploy, get launched into an already configured agent, and just have it do its thing? Essentially a marketplace discoverablity, automated deployment infrastructure and an interface to manage your agents.

I’d also probably create some kind of open-source solution, probably a custom Docker container, so developers can easily build agents and wrap them in a container and upload them for deployment.

Thoughts? Does anything like this already exist?

P.S. No, I don’t want to build or use another crappy AI agent builder. I want to deploy open-source agents already built by actual developers.

3D Drone Wargame.

(https://horus.sh)

I'm developing a wargame-like 3D simulator designed to train AI drones into elite stealth pilots. By integrating reinforcement learning techniques and utilizing real-life local landscape data, the simulator offers highly realistic mission scenarios.

I'm working on adding something like https://graphtoy.com/ to my lisp-based 3D art tool https://bauble.studio/. It's really useful to visualize functions like this, especially when writing animation curves that vary over time.

It's easy to add it as a plain overlay over the screen if you're graphing a function, but I really want it to be able to plot arbitrary expressions with free variables where it just infers the axes, so you can just see values overload in the orthographic view (press alt-q to see that). That way you can just write something like (ss p.x 0 10 | graph) on any expression and visualize it as you go. I haven't quite figured out how to make it seamless though...

I have been working on Hostup, with which I recently got accepted into Antler's residency program.

It's currently an upsell management and fulfillment platform built for hosts and property managers who list on Airbnb, Booking.com, and other travel websites. My goal is to make staying at Airbnbs as great as staying at a hotel (without the downsides) by building experiences for guests.

This currently includes the ability for the hosts to offer things like meal plans, at-home massages, etc. In the future, it will help them offer a faster check-in process, make personal recommendations, add interactive guides, and maybe even neighbourhood treasure hunts that involve other travelers.

[1] https://hostup.ae [2] https://antler.co

A language learning platform for Arabic.

https://parallel-arabic.com/about https://github.com/selmetwa/parallel-arabic

Currently rewiring some my home's electricity so I can monitor my PV power production locally (without the shitty built in Chinese cloud garbage with hardcoded wifi passwords).

Using the Shelly Pro EM for energy monitoring (it has 2 CT clamps, one is going on the PV output, the other on the grid input).

The data will be collected in Home Assistant on a HA Green device. Additionally, we have "smart" electricity meters here, these have a port which can be used to fine grained power & gas monitoring, should be possible to integrate that into Home Assistant as well.

It's not anything particularly challenging, it's mostly refactoring my electrical distribution board to make room for the Shelly device, routing ethernet cables, and installing some power sockets and a network switch to tie everything together.

I'm building and running a Bluesky analytics and post scheduler site, with a couple of tools on top. The network is showing good growth and promise at 33M users at the moment so I'm optimistic about it.

https://theblue.social

Working on Circuitscript, a language based on python to describe electronic schematics/circuits: https://circuitscript.net/

The motivation for creating Circuitscript is to describe schematics in terms of code rather than graphical UIs. I have used different CAD packages extensively (Allegro, Altium, KiCAD) in the past and wanted to spend more time thinking about the schematic design itself rather than fiddling around with GUIs.

The main language goals are to be easy to write and reason, generated graphical schematics should be displayed according to how the designer wishes so and to encourage code reuse.

Currently trying to improve the docs and also release an online IDE. Please check it out and I look forward to feedback!

I am trying to finish the first draft of my whodunnit novel, before I hit the two-year anniversary from when I started out. I've had good periods with streaks where I write 45 minutes in the morning, but also longer periods where the project lies dormant. 100 pages in so far.