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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) on Monday September 14, 2026 @08:01AM (#49695406)
https://calmsea.io

Financial Forecasting/Retirement Tool but you can drill down on individual assets and tweak params and see it from different angles.

I wanted to focus on something that wasn't AI and focus on the 'boring' non-technical parts that I've read so much about but never sunk my teeth into, like distribution and SEO. It's been a really fun experience.

As for the space, i.e. Financial Forecasting/Retirement Planning, put simply, financial security is important to me, I want to be able to retire on my own terms and for my family not to have to worry. I personally believe it is incredibly important to become financially literate and work towards financial stability if and when you can.

Also though there are a lot of Financial Calculators out there, I just couldn't find one that suited what I wanted, they all just seemed either too simple, didn't focus on what I wanted or purely existed to upsell me to a financial planner or Buyers Agent etc.

Haha also, the space if very crowded, in hindsight I would have picked a different space to focus on.