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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Friday October 17, 2025 @03:37PM (#45621073)
Interesting. Hadn’t heard of any existing that far back. Do you know if they generated revenue at all? What was it called?
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Monday October 13, 2025 @12:21AM (#45564646)
More than that. It’s past proof of concept! Now to just build out the bits to get it to pass app review…
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Monday October 13, 2025 @12:20AM (#45564640)
I’ll cross that bridge if I get there! That would be a great problem to have if it sees such interest/usage.

Keep in mind I’d only be storing comments and the references to where they’re posted. I don’t need to know the webpages ahead of time at all.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Sunday October 12, 2025 @08:21PM (#45563405)
I’ve got a side project going that’s a browser extension (starting with Safari + Sign in with Apple) intended to add a comment layer to the internet as a whole. I’m calling it Chaffiti (https://chaffiti.com).

The idea is to enable a comment section on any webpage, right as you’re browsing. Viewing a Zillow listing? See what people are excited about with the property. Wonder what people think about a tourist attraction? It’ll be right there. Want to leave your referral or promo code on a checkout page for others? Post it.

Not sure what the business model will look like just yet. Just the kind of thing I wish existed compared to needing to venture out to a third party (traditional social media / forums etc) to see others’ thoughts on something I’m viewing online. I welcome any feedback!

I created a no-frills guest list management web app for social get togethers. You rsvp via sms and event hosts can broadcast any updates/reminders as needed. I got a little “dissatisfied” seeing group chats light up with “+1!” when plans were shared. Would be cool to enhance it and make it a business but [excuses here].

Here’s an example event: https://addyourself.to/it/c047e279-f5b4-4de8-9456-3fe71a77aa...

Re:Ask HN: What happens to your passwords when you die? on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @06:05PM (#23911487)
This line of thinking is exactly what got me down the path of building out Passbox fwiw.

https://passbox.co

Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:15AM (#23193096)
That, or variations of it, have come up in discussions and it is interesting. It's not just you being tired, no worries.

Sadly (?) I'm not currently interested in going down that path, potentially against the law. Don't think I'd want to go bat on those grounds.

Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:06AM (#23193013)
I like this take - especially relaxing the persona. Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:28PM (#23184200)
I agree! That’s what I want to get across with the shareable results page:

https://whopaidmore.com/results/44b47a99-0f7c-4064-8d23-1925...

I think it could use an additional reward component though...

Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @10:58AM (#23180332)
Here’s an example results page if you’re curious.

https://whopaidmore.com/results/44b47a99-0f7c-4064-8d23-1925...

Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @10:16AM (#23179800)
Some buddies and I were talking about a similar site (https://whopaid99cents.com) that spawned the idea for this.

I found the original concept so absurd but amusing that I wanted to make my own version!! It’s been a welcome distraction as you can imagine and could be the basis for something more. Tbd...

Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:30AM (#23179241)
Deployed on heroku with python/django, postgres and react. Stripe for payments too.
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:07AM (#23178997)
These are interesting to think about. Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @08:19AM (#23178546)
This one's really silly but I got excited to build it out for my own entertainment.

It's called Who Paid More (https://whopaidmore.com) and the idea is pretty frivolous. Every day (EDT) you volunteer an amount you want to pay to see how your amount stacks up against others for that day. Think ranking and relative % across users for that period and the ability to share those results. Not much more to it at the moment.

I feel a little stuck trying to think of what would make it more fun/novel/rewarding besides just being curious about what people put money into.

OP here:

I found the above interesting for my own project but it got me wondering. What steps do you or people you know take today to handle digital inheritance?

Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now? on Sunday March 22, 2020 @09:30AM (#22654810)
If anyone’s got marketing suggestions please do share!
Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now? on Sunday March 22, 2020 @09:29AM (#22654805)
I’ve got a couple things going with my transferable data store, Passbox (https://passbox.co):

- the final touches of a dead man switch feature - outlining a marketing/promotion plan for the app overall

Re:What happens to your emails after you die on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:10PM (#22563795)
I’m actually building Passbox (https://passbox.co) to help with this
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I don't disagree with you here. I just aim to offer a one-stop shop to get that access.

The ideal scenario too is for credentials, data, etc that's not currently shared between people when alive. So I, for example, as a single dude don't have anyone else with access to me iPhone, email, or Facebook. That's not something I'd just hand over to anyone just in case. In a Passbox scenario though then by all means!

Thanks for your comment!

Email is the current approach I decided to _start_ with but isn't the only way to go about it. Voice calls, text messages and maybe even push notifications (if a mobile app materializes) are feasible approaches too.

I’m with you on number 1. It’s going to be an interesting challenge to overcome but I’m mindful that even the biggest of names today started from scratch.

Understood on your second point but should it be wound down it’s easy to contact everyone, provide a suitable sunset notice and allow off-boarding.

Thanks for your comments!

Thanks for this comment!
Thanks!
I haven’t coded anything for that yet but my thinking is to possibly have the third party user pay the balance of what’s owed (probably up to a cap) to access the account owners data. Reason being that without that anyone could ride for free by using a card that is then canceled

Thanks for your question!

Thanks for your feedback and compliment!

As you can imagine I had to pick an approach and run with it. Nothing’s set in stone and I’m considering the exceptional feedback throughout to see what changes I should make that are mutually beneficial.

Taking pricing off the table would you be game to give the app a test drive and email me your feedback/thoughts?

Thanks again!

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