Posted by david927 11/9/2025
Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
This is a pet project for myself. I love listening to online radio while at work, helps me focus. But I didn't really click with any of the current selection of web apps out there so decided to build one myself.
It uses the great API available at radio-browser.info for all the radio information.
Been using it as a way to learn how to market a website as well. Learning a lot.
I welcome any constructive feedback.
Would suggest that you filter out any radio stations where the URL isn't working if possible.
For example I filtered down to "United Kingdom" and then "bass" - 3 of the 6 worked and would rather see ones that are active.
Also if possible to apply the country filter within the search bar, took me a second to realise I had to open the filter for country, select that, then go back to my search.
When clearing my search of "Bass" in the example above, it reset the search to default (didn't have my country filter) even though the filter was still applied when opening the filter section.
Super easy interface to use though, really well done.
It is annoying when some of the stations don't work. I've done an initial try at filtering them out without much luck but will try again.
Good idea about the country filter.
Thanks for the feedback really appreciate it!
I've been building a Decentralized Database built on top of syncing CRDTs, and recently got it to a point I can demo. It's definitely in a "proof-of-concept" stage though, known security holes and all.
I've been focused on building out the featureset and keeping everything unstable instead of trying to finalize each piece as I build it. It's the opposite of how I normally build things but I think it's been working pretty well for this.
I've written about it a few times, most recently "Using CRDTs + Sync as a Database" - https://jackson.dev/post/crdts_as_database/
Why? Most solitaire apps frustrate players with impossible games or endless randomness. Solitairle is designed for people (like me) who want a satisfying win through skill, not luck. Every day brings a new, solvable challenge, complete with helpful tools (back button, dead-end warnings) to keep it fun and frustration-free.
I’m especially interested in feedback from people who:
Enjoy casual puzzle games but get discouraged by unwinnable setups,
Value clean, minimalist interfaces without ads,
Have ideas for daily challenges or fun player stats.
Would love your thoughts: What frustrates you most about digital solitaire? What would make you want to play daily?
LINOG.ph is a live earthquake tracker for the Philippines.
The Philippines deals with thousands of earthquakes a year. Whenever the government volcanology and seismology department detects earthquakes, they post it on their official website.
When a major earthquake happens, a huge number of people try to visit the site, causing downtime for up to an hour.
LINOG.ph caches earthquake data from the official government website and the U.S. Geological Survey site, and makes them highly available to the public.
I built this after seeing friends and family donating and providing support for affected families after a major earthquake in Cebu. This was my way of helping out.
Two super typhoons have hit the Philippines in the past two weeks, so I'm also considering adding in typhoon tracking.
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It’s a single binary, dependency-free monitor in Rust that does it all: metrics, Docker, alerts, and file browsing. While maintaining a minimal footprint for embedded systems and other constrained hardware.
Every week I pull together all the new talk recordings from hundreds of conferences (Devoxx, KubeCon, PyCon, QCon, LeadDev, dotJS, and many more) as well as podcasts. I highlight a few must-watch ones with short summaries, then include a list of everything else uploaded that week.
It started as a personal project to fix my own messy YT subscriptions, and now 7,000+ people read it. I also publish fun extras like “Most Watched Talks of 2024” for Python, Java, Rust, etc.
If you watch engineering talks, you might find it useful. I’d love to know what you think!