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mgerb··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
Thanks for the suggestion. I plan to explore things like this as it stabilizes and becomes more feature complete.
mgerb··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
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

mgerb··on Gooey: A GPU-accelerated UI framework for Zig
ImGui is reliable and Zig makes it trivial to use.
mgerb··on In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information
Big fan of miniflux with this dark theme https://github.com/catppuccin/miniflux
mgerb··on Smart garage door controller is no longer smart
I haven’t previously heard about the ratgdo, but I recently did this myself with an ESP8266, relay, garage door remote, and Tasmota for the firmware. It works flawlessly with MQTT/Homeassistant. The individual components (excluding the opener) are < $10.
mgerb··on Low-cost Smartwatch powered by ESP32 module
I love this! As a daily user of the F-91W I do on occasion wish it had a few more features, but it mostly satisfies my needs. I love the form factor and the weight. I just wish it at least had a countdown timer.
mgerb··on Take more screenshots (2022)
It saddens me that I don’t have many screenshots from when I was younger, even if it was just pictures of my desktop. Although I make an effort to take more screenshots these days, I made a simple tool to take screenshots on an interval. I wish I had done something like this 15 years ago.

If anyone is interested: https://github.com/mgerb/mgcapture

mgerb··on Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing competitions
On mobile replace the “www” with “i” to get something that actually works on a phone. The new mobile site is such horrible user experience in almost every way.
mgerb··on Notes on My Colon Cancer
27 at the moment and reading this thread has gotten me worried as I have a family history of colon cancer. Both of my parents get checked regularly and have had polyps removed. I wonder if I should just go or if it isn’t realistic to worry about it at my age yet.
mgerb··on WebWormHole: Send files quickly using WebRTC
Seems to work well sending images from my phone, but please let me select multiple at one time.
mgerb··on Reddit has become a guide to personal finance
I've been doing the exact same thing for quite some time now. Google is filled with so many garbage results. For most things I want to see short and sweet answers by real people.

Just yesterday I searched for "index funds vs etf reddit", as I'm really new to any sort of investing. The first reddit result on google has a simplified response that is to the point.

Now try searching google for "index funds vs etf" and the results are littered with investing sites and long lists of information, that is more than likely helpful, but much more verbose.

mgerb··on SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM
Maybe they can finally open up their app registration to 3rd party developers now. It has been down for like 3 years.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNxc82RJuzC0DnISat...