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Posted by david927 11/9/2025

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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kianlocke 11/9/2025|
A notation and IDE for writing fractal poetry (LambdaConf video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjg2LeQMvk)

A constraint-solver for a novel algorithmic theory of harmony (cadence.is)

a word game based on transformations from one word to another (unreleased)

email my username at thekeyunlocks.us for access to any of them or if you want to talk shop!

brirtch 11/10/2025||
I'm working on a free replacement to the NY Times daily mini crossword after they started charging for it and I didn't want to pay. https://www.jepeto-mini.com/ (DNS may still be propagating).

A fun project with lots of challenges finding word lists, refining them, using AI for clue generation, etc.

0x00cl 11/10/2025|
I played it, and it was fun. Some feedback (I'm on mobile) is that it needs UX improvement.

At first I wasn't sure what I had to do, it simply throws you into the game, and it's easy to get confused with the numbers around it, because usually if there are numbers, there is going to be somewhere (usually at the bottom) the numbers and the clue for each of them.

It took me a bit to find how to get the clues from the vertical words (double tapping).

The onscreen keyboard isn't very responsive in the sense that I had to tap several times the backspace to delete a letter.

It doesn't allow to play again :(

brirtch 11/10/2025||
Thanks for the helpful feedback. I'll take a look. Yes, you can only play once per day.
aunderscored 11/10/2025||
Working on some tailored to my needs tax reporting software. I submit claims to my workplace in batches under a number of different categories. Using this as an excuse to get better at some bits of SQL, leaning Textual as well, which I'm hoping to use in other things. Other than that I'm cooking a few IRC bots that I swap to when the other code becomes a bit too boring
talonx 11/10/2025||
- What I'm working on right now - https://incidenthub.cloud - It monitors cloud/SaaS status pages. I'm working on some white-labeling features.

- New ideas - Easier way for new users to try out the product. It's currently a few steps, but I want to optimize it for specific user personas.

jdsully 11/10/2025||
I'm working on Sum Buddy an AI spreadsheet. I didn't like the way Microsoft and Google were integrating their AI by essentially tacking on a chatbox and I wanted to explore more native integrations, like its another part of the tool bar.

https://www.sumbuddy.net/sumbuddy.html

isodude 11/10/2025||
I am trying to build a local setup where I spawn dockers (fetched via skopeo) as systemd-nspawn machines in userland (rootless), with network managed by a service that uses netkit devices to setup network in their empty network namespaces. I am looking at using Sommelier to manage wayland.

The end goal is to have a laptop with an easy way to build lab environments which is secure and rootless.

epaga 11/10/2025||
Mindscope 2 : https://mindscopeapp.com (iOS / macOS)

A hierarchical text canvas for organizing thoughts and taking notes. I wrote v1 years ago and now spent about year rewriting it in SwiftUI and adding all my dream features like reminders, deep linking, and lots more. Currently in TestFlight beta, nearing release.

quinto_quarto 11/9/2025||
I'm a writer, non technical, and I'm building Eyeball - https://tryeyeball.com/

Eyeball is a bookmarks app that turns your own saved links into hyper-personalized playlists. It's like having a personal curator in your pocket that sends you a weekly issue of your own personal "magazine" on Sundays.

wkoszek 11/10/2025||
https://www.bsub.io - batch processing for developers.

You submit heavy duty jobs without worrying about infra, and we take care of execution. We're starting with PDF extraction. Audio transcoding + STT (speech to text) is next. Video transcoding will follow.

This allows you to have $5/mo VPS and get media operations figured out.

NoSalt 11/10/2025|
A spreadsheet using just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Yes ... I know this exists out there about a million times, but I just want to see what I can do.

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