What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately?
Discussion Highlights (20 comments)
SophieBroderick
5 Q L https://fiveql.com I've been working on this for a while now. It creates a sort of AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md table for your database which holds all the joins, definitions, formats, and relationships, as well as what are popular criteria sets and combinations. And it populates it into a bi-directional visual (round-trip) SQL editor. Make changes in the UI or SQL text, it goes both ways. It's a single HTML file.
mgerb
I'm working on Spacecap: https://github.com/mgerb/spacecap It's a screen recording tool for Linux. The goal is to make it as fast and efficient as possible, while also being simple to use and install. It's just a hobby project that I am having fun working on. Here are some notable things about it: - Written in Zig - Uses Vulkan Video for encoding - UI built with SDL3 and imgui - Features recording, replay buffer, and screenshots
wwalker2112
A newspaper for kids. Printed on real newspaper and delivered monthly. Full of puzzles, math challenges, nature facts, science experiments, outdoor scavenger hunts, and even custom card/board games for families to play. https://thecuriositytimes.com/ Limiting screen time has been a primary goal in my household and has been going well. But I wanted something that would take my kids hours every month that 1. isn’t on a screen 2. educational 3. fun
aamargulies
Automatic local events aggregator https://whatson.town/
ghoshbishakh
I am working on analytics for AI chat and search. Suppose you have a sports shoe brand, then you would like to track what AIs recommend when they are asked "best running shoe". https://lumirank.ai/
david927
Just a fun thing I do: editing films to music. https://brodlist.com/sfe P.S. Credit to adityaathalye for the change of phrasing for these posts to add "what are you curious about?"
SMAAART
Working on putting together a self-paced "Coding with AI" course for non-SWE(s). Since I could not find anything out there, I am scratching my own itch.
moralestapia
https://httpstate.com // a super easy to use, batteries included, library and server to exchange small bits of data between apps https://wafertown.com // the first LLMORPG, you write a prompt and your character "lives" through a simulation of life using it as a guide, interacts with others, etc. sends you a summary of what it did and allows you to steer it for next day. think of it as a small tamagotchi but with hundreds (hopefully thousands!) of other players
ecliptik
Onigiri [1] - https://github.com/ecliptik/onigiri A calorie tracker for iPhone/Watch/iPad, no subscriptions, no ads, integrates with Apple Health and fully open source. Includes optional AI features, either using on-device Apple Intelligence or BYO with Anthropic, OpenAI and OpenAI compatible services (eg self-hosted). Still tuning it, but over the last month I've used it to lose around 10lbs. I'm planning to put it in Testflight to avoid the 7 day signing expiration and improve iCloud integration, but don't have any plans to put it in the App Store. Developed with Claude Code and Axiom skills [2]. 1. https://ecliptik.github.io/onigiri/ 2. https://charleswiltgen.github.io/Axiom/
jdw64
I'm building a language with AI as a personal project. My hobby is tinkering with my homepage [1], and for paid work, I'm handling a project related to autonomous drones [1] https://www.makonea.com/en-US
SleeperShip
https://www.play-when.com/daily When? Is a timeline game I've been working on for a bit. It's a board game I love playing with my family and I wanted a slicker mobile version I could play with them.
tosh
smol, a smol agent harness in 9 lines python https://smolenv.com also has minimal implementations in clojure, go, php: https://github.com/smol-env/smol cheaper, faster, less peak RAM per task than OpenCode, Hermes, Codex, pi: https://smolenv.com/t/nested-template-includes-60636/ https://smolenv.com/t/duckdb-sessionization-23811/ exploring what the minimal setup is for an agent to work well
kilroy123
I'm working to make one of the biggest free and privacy-friendly tool websites. A lot of them are things I want and need all the time. https://allthedamn.tools
robbomacrae
Benchmarking public agent skills: Oh My ClaudeCode, Superpowers, Git Ship Done, (previously Get Shit Done), and the Karpathy ones against Swebench-Pro and SlopCodeBench. I have a July vs June breakdown. It's been an interesting learning exercise and reveals the cost/performance impact of using these. https://orcabot.com/benchmarks
greenfish6
An agentic marketplace where people can buy business services from inside their claude code: https://talkshi.com
kushalpandya
Petrichor, a music player for macOS: https://petrichor.page/ This has been my work outside of work, which I spend most of my weekends on. It has gotten enough downloads (23k+) and traction to motivate me to continue.
spicyjpeg
An overhaul of my original PlayStation bare-metal programming tutorial repo: https://github.com/spicyjpeg/ps1-bare-metal It was never really meant to be an SDK of sorts that other PS1 homebrew projects would pull as a submodule and depend on, but since it more or less became one I am likely going to split off the examples from the "core" (headers, CMake build scripts and tools). I have also been asked to add more examples, particularly on how to play sounds through the SPU and access the CD-ROM drive, and may cover I/O on some PS1-based arcade systems in the future.
newbie578
I am working on a discussion board for HN’s Who is hiring. Too many times I have been burned by applying to scam listings or people who are just to self-promote and use people who want a job as a marketing channel (looking at you BetterStack, fu in particular). I want people to be able to discuss and flag companies which are lying or just a waste of time, yet HN refuses to do anything about it and doesn’t allow threads as discussions and removes comments. Hit me up if you want on the beta testers lists, already got a couple of people. rocket.dev22@gmail.com
dbmikus
I'm working on https://www.amika.dev/ , which lets you put sandboxed agents on cloud VMs and then message them over the internet. It's for agent + human devboxes, for chatting with coding agents from the web, or automating them with an API. Thing like Claude Code web, but any agent and you directly control the VM, too. We're working to make amika.dev work on any computer, homelab, or K8S cluster. For tech folks, I describe it kinda like if Tailscale and Firecracker had a baby.
Room10Mind
SupportWire → agentic live chat platform for startups: https://supportwire.ai I have fallen in love with the idea the more I spoke to potential customers. The initial feedback has given me confidence to commit to this full-time.
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Discussion Highlights (20 comments)
SophieBroderick
5 Q L https://fiveql.com I've been working on this for a while now. It creates a sort of AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md table for your database which holds all the joins, definitions, formats, and relationships, as well as what are popular criteria sets and combinations. And it populates it into a bi-directional visual (round-trip) SQL editor. Make changes in the UI or SQL text, it goes both ways. It's a single HTML file.
mgerb
I'm working on Spacecap: https://github.com/mgerb/spacecap It's a screen recording tool for Linux. The goal is to make it as fast and efficient as possible, while also being simple to use and install. It's just a hobby project that I am having fun working on. Here are some notable things about it: - Written in Zig - Uses Vulkan Video for encoding - UI built with SDL3 and imgui - Features recording, replay buffer, and screenshots
wwalker2112
A newspaper for kids. Printed on real newspaper and delivered monthly. Full of puzzles, math challenges, nature facts, science experiments, outdoor scavenger hunts, and even custom card/board games for families to play. https://thecuriositytimes.com/ Limiting screen time has been a primary goal in my household and has been going well. But I wanted something that would take my kids hours every month that 1. isn’t on a screen 2. educational 3. fun
aamargulies
Automatic local events aggregator https://whatson.town/
ghoshbishakh
I am working on analytics for AI chat and search. Suppose you have a sports shoe brand, then you would like to track what AIs recommend when they are asked "best running shoe". https://lumirank.ai/
david927
Just a fun thing I do: editing films to music. https://brodlist.com/sfe P.S. Credit to adityaathalye for the change of phrasing for these posts to add "what are you curious about?"
SMAAART
Working on putting together a self-paced "Coding with AI" course for non-SWE(s). Since I could not find anything out there, I am scratching my own itch.
moralestapia
https://httpstate.com // a super easy to use, batteries included, library and server to exchange small bits of data between apps https://wafertown.com // the first LLMORPG, you write a prompt and your character "lives" through a simulation of life using it as a guide, interacts with others, etc. sends you a summary of what it did and allows you to steer it for next day. think of it as a small tamagotchi but with hundreds (hopefully thousands!) of other players
ecliptik
Onigiri [1] - https://github.com/ecliptik/onigiri A calorie tracker for iPhone/Watch/iPad, no subscriptions, no ads, integrates with Apple Health and fully open source. Includes optional AI features, either using on-device Apple Intelligence or BYO with Anthropic, OpenAI and OpenAI compatible services (eg self-hosted). Still tuning it, but over the last month I've used it to lose around 10lbs. I'm planning to put it in Testflight to avoid the 7 day signing expiration and improve iCloud integration, but don't have any plans to put it in the App Store. Developed with Claude Code and Axiom skills [2]. 1. https://ecliptik.github.io/onigiri/ 2. https://charleswiltgen.github.io/Axiom/
jdw64
I'm building a language with AI as a personal project. My hobby is tinkering with my homepage [1], and for paid work, I'm handling a project related to autonomous drones [1] https://www.makonea.com/en-US
SleeperShip
https://www.play-when.com/daily When? Is a timeline game I've been working on for a bit. It's a board game I love playing with my family and I wanted a slicker mobile version I could play with them.
tosh
smol, a smol agent harness in 9 lines python https://smolenv.com also has minimal implementations in clojure, go, php: https://github.com/smol-env/smol cheaper, faster, less peak RAM per task than OpenCode, Hermes, Codex, pi: https://smolenv.com/t/nested-template-includes-60636/ https://smolenv.com/t/duckdb-sessionization-23811/ exploring what the minimal setup is for an agent to work well
kilroy123
I'm working to make one of the biggest free and privacy-friendly tool websites. A lot of them are things I want and need all the time. https://allthedamn.tools
robbomacrae
Benchmarking public agent skills: Oh My ClaudeCode, Superpowers, Git Ship Done, (previously Get Shit Done), and the Karpathy ones against Swebench-Pro and SlopCodeBench. I have a July vs June breakdown. It's been an interesting learning exercise and reveals the cost/performance impact of using these. https://orcabot.com/benchmarks
greenfish6
An agentic marketplace where people can buy business services from inside their claude code: https://talkshi.com
kushalpandya
Petrichor, a music player for macOS: https://petrichor.page/ This has been my work outside of work, which I spend most of my weekends on. It has gotten enough downloads (23k+) and traction to motivate me to continue.
spicyjpeg
An overhaul of my original PlayStation bare-metal programming tutorial repo: https://github.com/spicyjpeg/ps1-bare-metal It was never really meant to be an SDK of sorts that other PS1 homebrew projects would pull as a submodule and depend on, but since it more or less became one I am likely going to split off the examples from the "core" (headers, CMake build scripts and tools). I have also been asked to add more examples, particularly on how to play sounds through the SPU and access the CD-ROM drive, and may cover I/O on some PS1-based arcade systems in the future.
newbie578
I am working on a discussion board for HN’s Who is hiring. Too many times I have been burned by applying to scam listings or people who are just to self-promote and use people who want a job as a marketing channel (looking at you BetterStack, fu in particular). I want people to be able to discuss and flag companies which are lying or just a waste of time, yet HN refuses to do anything about it and doesn’t allow threads as discussions and removes comments. Hit me up if you want on the beta testers lists, already got a couple of people. rocket.dev22@gmail.com
dbmikus
I'm working on https://www.amika.dev/ , which lets you put sandboxed agents on cloud VMs and then message them over the internet. It's for agent + human devboxes, for chatting with coding agents from the web, or automating them with an API. Thing like Claude Code web, but any agent and you directly control the VM, too. We're working to make amika.dev work on any computer, homelab, or K8S cluster. For tech folks, I describe it kinda like if Tailscale and Firecracker had a baby.
Room10Mind
SupportWire → agentic live chat platform for startups: https://supportwire.ai I have fallen in love with the idea the more I spoke to potential customers. The initial feedback has given me confidence to commit to this full-time.