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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) by 082349872349872 on Monday October 28, 2024 @05:33AM (#41969260)
Dan, instead of "What are you working on", could a better title for conveying the intent be "What are you hacking on"?
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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) by hyperbrainer on Monday October 28, 2024 @08:37AM (#41970458)
That's good, but hacking for me has a specific connotation in that you are modifying something for your purposes. Something new is "working".
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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) by webmaven on Monday October 28, 2024 @08:53AM (#41970599)
Perhaps "What are you making?" instead?
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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) by dang on Monday October 28, 2024 @01:26PM (#41973707)
It's a good idea and consistent with the original use of the term on HN. I guess the downside is if anyone with a cool side project thought that it wouldn't belong under that smaller-sounding umbrella.

Another option would be to go the whole hog and explicitly reference side projects in the title, or at least in whatever will become the instructions at the top of the regular thread.

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