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trubalca··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
Making a design studio for people who want to purchase custom 3D wood maps from me: maroatlas.com
trubalca··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
I make wooden laser-cut custom maps. Right now I am working on making larger 2’x10’ versions

maroatlas.com

trubalca··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)
I make 3D Laser cut maps! themapsguy.com
trubalca··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
I am working on selling my laser cut maps to hotels

themapsguy.com

and improving my language learning app:

lexical.app/white-paper

trubalca··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
Also building a CW Ham radio from a kit
trubalca··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
Building a text editor w/ git-like version history

versionary.app

trubalca··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
Thank you, I appreciate it! :)
trubalca··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
I can usually get a map shipped out within a day of the order (depending on what time you order at). I'll have you give me the custom map information here:

preview.themapsguy.com

trubalca··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
I use a CO2 laser yeah
trubalca··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
I sell laser cut decorative maps

TheMapsGuy.com

trubalca··on App Feedback
Hi all, I've been working on this collaborative text editor with a buddy for a few days now and we are having a difficult time getting in contact with writers. The primary differentiator is a simple UI for GIT-like functionality including branching, merging, diffs, and pull requests. We feel semi-confident that there is some industry that needs this functionality enough to pay for it but we aren't sure who exactly. Some people we have thought of so far include:

- screenwriters - lawyers - editors / writers - academics - students potentially - anyone who has important documents and cares about version history

We are struggling to figure out how to reach out to these people and subsequently interview them. We are looking for design partners who will guide the creation of the product and hopefully ultimately pay for it. Would love to hear your guys' thoughts on how to find and reach out to these people

trubalca··on Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years
Hey, thanks. I'll go fix the toy story bug haha. I am also working on making it quicker by pre-loading the audio. Thanks for the feedback!
trubalca··on Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years
Haha, thanks man. If there a particular language you'd like me to add just lmk
trubalca··on Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years
Hey thanks! I do hope to add some additional basic grammar instruction in the future... similar to what is in the grammar guides that I mention in the white-paper
trubalca··on Show HN: Lexical - How I learned 3 languages in 3 years
Hi there! I'm working on it right now and hope to have it added by the end of the week. I'll shoot you a message here when I've got it added. Or, you can send me an email so I can respond to your there: taylorboan@me.com
trubalca··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
I have essentially the same question!
trubalca··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
I sell 3D laser manufactured maps - themapsguy.com