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

Posted by david927 11/9/2025

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

464 points | 1369 commentspage 54

ManuelKiessling 11/10/2025|

I‘m trying to create an app skeleton plus tooling that allows to build serious business applications on top of Symfony, where you don’t run into architectural trouble even with very complex apps:

https://github.com/dx-tooling/etfs-app-starter-kit

HugoDz 11/10/2025||

- A level design editor (Svelte, Rust) https://www.spritefusion.com/ - Turning full stack apps into single binaries for buy-once software (self-hosting) https://jesterkit.com/exe

t0mk 11/10/2025||

I've been working on real estate prices map visualization for a couple of years as a side job. There's

  - Aggregations of m2 price and price history development
  - Area and address details with time-on-market stats
  - 3D map visualization

https://hintakartta.com

dvh 11/9/2025||

Making my first ATE (automatic test equipment) and considering whether I should use diy linear power supply or buy dc-dc switching module.

haidrali 11/17/2025||

https://tablr.io/ - AI based review analytics

ayt1da 11/10/2025||

Have been working on compgeo for a few months now and came up with a neat algo for our configurator at work!

https://substack.com/@xlogiclabs/note/p-177713038?r=6s54sx&u...

unpack3101 11/10/2025||

We are building https://ceogenerator.com/ to help investors, founders and product teams validate product–market fit in minutes, not months. We also offer Generative Engine Optimization + Competition monitoring.

We are looking for an angel! Please reach out at hello@ceogenerator.com

silentloop 11/11/2025||

Im working on https://shoehorn.dev, nextgen internal developer portal.

- self-hosted - backstage compatible (zero change if you have catalog-info or templates files) - cli - event-driven - 15-minute setup - zero config principles - lightning fast search

grinnick 11/12/2025|

We should chat! I'm the founder of roadie.io. I don't see an email on your profile but feel free to reach out at david@roadie.io or via linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtuite/

silentloop 11/12/2025||

Oh totally missed adding my email in the bio. updated that now. hello@shoehorn.dev anyways I will send you an email.

martin-adams 11/10/2025||

I’ve gone old school. After reviewing a few people’s CV’s the easiest format was for me to record a video with the feedback, so I put a site together for that:

https://resume.fail/

No AI, you just buy my time.

I’m also looking to do a couple freebies if anyone wants to anonymise their CV and let me use it for a promo example.

properbrew 11/10/2025|

I like the path options.

Is this US focused or also applicable to UK/EU people?

martin-adams 11/10/2025||

Thanks. I’m based in the UK so have a good grasp on that, but I’ve reviewed someone’s resume from the US just as easily. Generally, English speaking and preferably in a digital related field, but a lot of the common pain points seem to be universal. It’s only difficult when it’s a field that’s highly niche as hard to know what’s common knowledge.

I like to play the role of the person doing the hiring, hence why the form asks for an example job description.

properbrew 11/10/2025||

Interesting, the impression I got from the site was that this is US specific (dollar currency) and not that you're based in the UK.

I'll keep your site in mind if needed, I think the video response is a key selling point, great idea.

martin-adams 11/10/2025||

Thanks, and great feedback about the use of dollars!

tiagoTedSky 11/9/2025|

I’m building Cozy Watch, a macOS app that brings GitHub notifications straight to your desktop.

It tracks pull requests, CI results, and mentions in real time — so you know when you’re needed without checking GitHub or digging through emails.

It has a menu bar for quick access and a clean desktop UI for more detail.

https://www.cozywatch.com

macbethmerlin 11/21/2025||

Hey there, love the app. Is there a way to configure Cozy Watch to use a PAT instead of OAuth?

AquiGorka 11/9/2025||

Some years ago, I co-founded a startup that would run workflows when email messages arrived, any email from any source was parsed and it would trigger "actions" that could include notifications - this sounds like a good use case for it! You don't need the service to expose an api to listen in, since most services end up sending email as last fallback.

tiagoTedSky 11/9/2025||

Thank you for you feedback!

Do you still run that startup?

With Cozy Watch, I use the GitHub API, never thought about using emails as triggers.

I’ve actually got GitHub emails disabled, they can get pretty spammy.

AquiGorka 11/10/2025||

Sadly no, the feedback loop with users lacked consistency and we never got around finding use cases. One of the visions for it was to help people clean up inboxes, because as you put it, some sources can get pretty spammy. I'll keep an eye out for Cozy Watch, I hope you are successful!

tiagoTedSky 11/17/2025||

Thank you!

Please let me know if it can be helpful for you or your team.

reach me here: tiago@cozywatch.com

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