83 projects published
A tandem, reverse-trike halftrack the builder is constructing from the front end of an ATV and the back end of a snowmobile, replacing the skis with wheels. It is designed to ride more like a motorcycle, with extra length for a passenger and a cargo basket, and to end up looking like it came out of Mad Max. The builder plans to cruise around at festivals running an ad-hoc taxi service as a way of meeting people and striking up conversations.
A work-in-progress tool providing a thin OIDC authentication layer for self-hosted LLM engines, implemented as a relay: users log in with their organization's identity provider, generate an API key for themselves, and point their harnesses at the relay instance. Written in Erlang and deliberately minimal — no web chat interface and no feature gating.
A personal Firefox fork maintained by HN user ramijames. It removes unwanted features (Firefox sync, VPN), reworks Mozilla's UX/UI choices, and adds integrations the author wants: integrated mail and calendar, a Notion-like document library system, native ad-blocking, a terminal, Trello-like task tracking, and Harvest-like time tracking. It also integrates AI (Apple Intelligence on macOS for simple tasks and Claude for harder ones). The fork replaces half a dozen open applications and enables workflows such as scheduled web searches delivered as a custom daily email brief, a queryable memory of work across clients, aggregated analytics from multiple web dashboards, a node-based infinite canvas with live websites in the workflow, and automatic task updates triggered by actions like sending a client email.
jbm is building a soccer game based on Mike Tyson's Punch-Out as an experiment to see whether they can create some method for an AI agent to iterate on making something "more fun", acknowledging that this depends on the definition of fun.
The author (yu3zhou4) states that they keep doing independent research in the theory of AI despite their odds.
Diligly, launched today by the author, provides investor-ready data rooms for startups.
A contemplated project: commenter suralind says they are 'kinda leaning towards' vibe coding their own GUI coding agent. They currently use Pi and have recently been playing with Herdr and Paseo, but none of these tools feels right to them and they think something better could be done. They are hesitant about starting because they believe succeeding at such a project would require writing (vibe coding) hundreds of thousands of lines of code, which they find depressing.
An existing coding agent tool that commenter suralind currently uses. Mentioned as one of the tools that, despite being 'amazing', doesn't feel right to them while they consider building their own GUI coding agent.
A tool that commenter suralind has recently been playing with. Mentioned as one of the existing tools that doesn't feel right to them while they consider building their own GUI coding agent.
A tool that commenter suralind has recently been playing with. Mentioned as one of the existing tools that doesn't feel right to them while they consider building their own GUI coding agent.
boznz's next novel, which will be either science fiction or fantasy. The genre is not yet decided: it is currently a blend of both, but the author plans to lean heavily toward one genre for the final book, based on past negative experience with crossing genres.
An old-style RTS game the author is vibing into existence, experimenting with how far local AI models can go for drawing, 3D models, rigging and sprites, while using Claude to generate code.
Abbox is a tool being built by elchuzade (Kamran Elchuzade) to help engineers focus longer on tasks without being interrupted by non-technical people making small website requests.
A personal home media server built on headless Debian running on a Raspberry Pi. It streams music and videos, holds the author's game ROMs, and automatically standardizes file names, handles tagging, and manages subtitles. It is attached to a 6-drive enclosure filled with repurposed old HDDs. The author built and customizes it almost entirely by instructing Claude rather than writing code or terminal commands, spending about an hour each night tweaking it.
An idea for a terminal that uses a proportional-width font instead of a monospace font, so characters like "i" and "w" take up their appropriate horizontal space rather than identical width. The author notes table output from commands like ls -l or top would remain aligned by spending cycles doing math, something now practical because computers are fast and no longer need to conserve cycles.
A system (in development, no repo yet) that connects texts such as books and research papers in a meaningful way, to help people decide what to read and be aware of how texts relate to each other. The builder plans to make it open-source later.
Repair of a Collins 651S-1 receiver. The 65-95 MHz VCO module was bad, so the builder found a similar (but not identical) replacement module from a different model receiver and added an op-amp based circuit to simulate the missing DC tracking signal output. By over-damping the PLL loop filter the loop locks and receives properly; the loop is stable and responsive from 17 to 29.9999 MHz, but not much below that — the repair is nearly complete.
A platform for selling event tickets, positioned as an alternative to Ticketmaster or weezevent. The builder is developing it in their free time and is also using it to test working with AI tools; they have not yet decided whether to turn it into a company.
A multiplayer client for Grand Theft Auto IV, being built in the style of FiveM/RageMP, aimed at reviving the game's online scene.
A personal cooking challenge series run by skyberrys during November (starting in October) consisting of weekly cooking challenges used to practice and refine a Thanksgiving day feast. The series is about three weeks out from the final meal; the current week is focused on brussels sprouts, with earlier weeks covering cauliflower and the classic seasoning blend of sage, rosemary, and thyme.
The author is rebuilding a benchtop CNC milling machine.
An idea from allagin for an app similar to Action but focused on repairs such as electronics and cars: clients post a repair request and masters respond with their offers.
An idea-stage proposal by commenter eimrine for GPLv3 software that makes data storage across multiple HDD/SSD devices unbreakable and consistent: automatic serverless backups, always-available metadata for all files no matter how many storage devices are connected, per-file priority determining multiple copies, accessible software, and easy encryption of all devices with no ties to commercial entities. The author sketches first ideas such as requiring more than one disk for system needs, knowing all of the user's data devices, and priority-based replication.