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

439 points david927 | 2 comments | 29 Jun 25 20:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas which you're thinking about?
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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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VMG ◴[30 Jun 25 08:39 UTC] No.44420888[source]▶
Watch out for the BPA in the receipt paper
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1. 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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2. kleinishere ◴[01 Jul 25 23:09 UTC] No.44438787[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).