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Posted by david927 1 day ago

Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately?
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kartoshka 1 day ago|
I am building this:

https://safetyevidence.org

It is the most comprehensive collection of benchmarks of the safety, ethics, and values of LLMs. I also aggregate sparse safety benchmark scores into a global ranking by optimizing the global ranking to maximize correlation with individual benchmarks.

mikeklaas 1 day ago||
A modern game engine that can play the Classic Fallout 1/2 games on modern systems (including mac, linux, iOS, Android). Hoping to bring these games to a wider audience.

https://github.com/fallout2-ce/fallout2-ce/

zacharyfmarion 1 day ago||
I left my job a few months ago and have been building https://oristudio.pages.dev. It’s an origami design workspace that runs in the browser. Super niche but I’ve been really loving just working on a passion project I can use for my hobby.
sailorganymede 17 hours ago||
A PR quality gate which grills me to make sure I understand the code changes I am making before I merge. I have been working on an AI app which deals with vulnerable users lest I ruin the experience for my customers so I am a little bit hesitant to "go fast" but I find AI really helpful in my process.

I actually have been working on it for a little while but this is the first week where it's been quite helpful.

metanoia_ 1 day ago||
Six months ago I began writing and publishing one essay a month. Last month my wife and I hiked Fuego Volcano in Guatamela for our 20th anniversary. Here is my essay on that: A Country Within Myself - https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-005-a-country-wit... .
aleda145 1 day ago||
10 years ago I rode my bicycle from Connecticut to Central America. I stayed in Antigua for a few days to just relax and reflect. Thanks for bringing those memories back!
metanoia_ 1 day ago||
That is quite the ride! You're welcome, glad to hear it brought back positive memories.
blipvert 1 day ago||
Nice timing!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9q91dnljpeo

metanoia_ 1 day ago||
Yes! The WSJ had a small article, a picture with a caption, about that. We were there two weeks ago, and our guide mentioned how he had never seen it so active.
yqiang 1 day ago||
I’m building FitBee, a fast, ad-free, no-nonsense calorie and macro tracker for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The app is built with Swift and SwiftUI, with a Python backend. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fitbee-calorie-macro-counter/i...
jasondigitized 37 minutes ago|
How have you acquired users? App looks cool.
jolaflow 12 hours ago||
A modern issue tracker enabling replay for agentic workflows (via board time-travel) and focus on ergonomics (native to the terminal).

https://ljtn.github.io/epiq/

rpjt 1 day ago||
I'm still tinkering with my iOS/Android app.

It allows you to get a wake up call, like you would at a hotel, but from a real, friendly person somewhere around the world. If nobody is available to make your call, you'll get an automated call with a friendly recording.

All calls happen through the app so no phone numbers exchanged.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wake-up-call-service/id6741027... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.socurious....

Eueudhsbsj32 1 day ago|
Looking at the screenshots.. is the "wake up call" concept just a cover to get a phone sex service on an app store?
vmg12 1 day ago||
I made a site https://snack.game where people can upload and share multiplayer games.

It uses webtransport instead of websockets for the networking transport so the games feel a lot better than normal web based multiplayer games. I'm surprised more people aren't using webtransport given it's supported now by all major browsers.

mikeshadpour 1 day ago|
How has WebTransport treated you in practice? I just shipped a little live map where everyone sees new reports pop in as they happen — I went with Supabase's realtime channels because I didn't trust myself to run my own socket layer, but I keep wondering what I'd gain by going lower level. Did you hit browser-support pain?
vmg12 1 day ago||
No browser support issues, the pain I run into is people running on vpns or their company's internet which block udp and by extension webtransport.
radius89 1 day ago|
Working on https://radius.to/ - a Meetup.com alternative of sorts - with fairer organiser pricing for smaller groups.

I posted a Show HN [1] here a while back, got tons of great feedback, and have been slowly improving it since, with no real marketing. Another Show HN is probably (definitely) overdue!

Current focus is shipping a "Meet people doing X" feature - i.e. "I'm going for a cycle today in Richmond Park - who wants to join" (independent from groups) so I'm excited for that. There are some UI examples of how that will look on the landing page.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40717398

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