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Hacker News July 2026: What Are You Working On?

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Several users shared diverse projects in response to the HN prompt. One creator is building a "spy mission" for his granddaughter using an Axiometa Genesis Mini and custom modules, culminating in a theme‑park reveal. A former game designer, sidelined by health issues, is developing a modest 2D roguelite with Claude Code, aiming for a demo soon.

An engineering manager described new ROI tools for security and SRE work, planning to open‑source the framework. Another contributor upgraded Cardcast.gg with automated card tracking and LiveKit integration, seeking feedback from MTG players. A developer highlighted a new SQLite n‑gram plugin and a daily word game called Snibble, now with improved onboarding and an upcoming LLM leaderboard.

Others announced a feature‑complete wishlist app, a Smalltalk VM, and data‑driven sites like The Waterline and The Scramble, largely automated via Claude. A performance‑analysis tool for Next.js sites, Nextperf.dev, was also released. Finally, a security lead built an automated scoring system for MCP servers, finding that 1 in 10 are unusable and 18% of popular servers contain issues, with 184 servers altered after publication.