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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)

439 points david927 | 13 comments | 29 Jun 25 20:21 UTC | HN request time: 1.034s | source | bottom

What are you working on? Any new ideas which you're thinking about?
1. peterm4 ◴[29 Jun 25 23:25 UTC] No.44417564[source]▶
Not as exciting or big as some of the projects on here, but just a small personal one I’ve been wanting to do for a while.

I recently impulse bought an Epson receipt printer, and I’ve started putting together a server in Go to print a morning update every day. Getting it to print the weather, my calendar and todos, news headlines, HN front page. Basically everything I pick up my phone for in the morning, to be on paper rather than looking at a screen first thing. Very early days but hacking away and learning escpos/go! (Vibecoding a lot of it)

https://github.com/petertjmills/escpos-server

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2. bix6 ◴[30 Jun 25 01:02 UTC] No.44418130[source]▶
Very cool. I’ve thought about a digital dashboard for something similar (wave / weather report mostly) but I love the printer aspect.
3. santana16 ◴[30 Jun 25 01:17 UTC] No.44418221[source]▶
You have an interesting point. Screens are always changing and rarely taken seriously. Words on paper create a sense of weight and permanence. Make it work!
4. tim-- ◴[30 Jun 25 02:27 UTC] No.44418636[source]▶
This reminds me of a project for using a receipt printer to print of physical tickets of GitHub issues. https://aschmelyun.com/blog/i-built-a-receipt-printer-for-gi...
5. czarofvan ◴[30 Jun 25 03:28 UTC] No.44419029[source]▶
Very different from all the magic mirror sort of solutions. Nice!
6. andrewrn ◴[30 Jun 25 05:30 UTC] No.44419756[source]▶
Wow this is a really interesting concept. I have had many ideas for how to loosen the grip of the digital maelstrom on my brain. You're right, not looking at the phone in the morning is critical, and reading a few things on a page seems a lot more weighty and important than flitting by things on a phone.
7. VMG ◴[30 Jun 25 08:39 UTC] No.44420888[source]▶
Watch out for the BPA in the receipt paper
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8. peterm4 ◴[30 Jun 25 09:11 UTC] No.44421109[source]▶
Where I am, BPA receipts are banned, fortunately. Also making sure to buy BPA free alternatives.
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9. larodi ◴[30 Jun 25 13:20 UTC] No.44422967[source]▶
Love it I should do the same. We compare results :))
10. martin_a ◴[30 Jun 25 15:06 UTC] No.44424265[source]▶
Which printer did you buy? Only gave it a quick glance but there seems to be a wide variety of printers...
11. kleinishere ◴[01 Jul 25 23:09 UTC] No.44438787{3}[source]▶
Are there any keywords that help with identifying the most clean/neutral paper? Went down the rabbit hole briefly and had a tough time feeling confident in what was credibly Bpa free (at least on Amazon).
12. jodrellblank ◴[02 Jul 25 03:31 UTC] No.44440027[source]▶
Did you see the recent submission "A receipt printer cured my procrastination [ADHD]" ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44256499 ) ?
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13. peterm4 ◴[03 Jul 25 19:11 UTC] No.44458267[source]▶
I did. My idea has preceded me seeing that article for a while now, but reading that was definitely a push finally try it out.