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wwalker2112on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

A newspaper for kids. Printed on real newspaper and delivered monthly. Full of puzzles, math challenges, nature facts, science experiments, outdoor scavenger hunts, and even custom card/board games for families to play. https://thecuriositytimes.com/

Limiting screen time has been a primary goal in my household and has been going well. But I wanted something that would take my kids hours every month that

1. isn’t on a screen 2. educational 3. fun

wwalker2112on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

I was looking for a old school newspaper style that is focused on games, puzzles, math, and outdoor activities. At least that is what I'm going for.

wwalker2112on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

https://thecuriositytimes.com/

I don't have payment setup yet. Just a waitlist :)

wwalker2112on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

https://thecuriositytimes.com/

wwalker2112on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

I'm in the process of figuring out fulfillment and shipping right now. I just got some samples from https://www.newspaperclub.com/ and they were pretty impressive. My other option is a local printing shop in my town. I'm visiting them later this week so we will see.

It will be in color. Broadsheet (350mmx500mm). 12 pages. Color.

I've been designing puzzles, etc.. myself. Using claude and chatgpt to brainstorm fun games/expirements/etc...

I don't have the site up yet. Waiting to get the first batch so I have some IRL images to add to the site.

wwalker2112on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

A newspaper for kids - printed and delivered monthly. Full of puzzles, math, nature facts, science experiments, card games, outdoor scavenger hunts, etc...

I wanted something for my kids to do for hours every month that is fun, education, and most importantly, screen free.

I built a custom newspaper builder along with it to help me design it. I'm not a designer so tools like phoshop don't ocme easy. This allows me to have different layouts for pages and create different re-usable elements.

wwalker2112on Show HN: Built a daily game where you sort historical events chronologically

Very fun. Would you consider putting years on the timeline to match the events up to? I think from an education perspective it would be a great feature! Nice Work!

wwalker2112on How to talk to anyone and why you should

One thing I've done to improve my communication with strangers is to stop trying to think of the perfect way to start a conversation or question.

Some of the best conversations I've had started by me asking or telling someone something in a awkward or overly simplified way at first. It takes the pressure off of both of you and a more natural conversation takes place as you both work to get on the same page, which takes time and leads to more conversation.

In the past I'd think of the perfect sentence with little nuances and edge cases covered in that sentence to what I was trying to convey, which would result in no real conversation to even take place.

Of course you will run into people who are unfriendly and won't receive this well but overall it's lead to more pleasant and natural conversations.

wwalker2112on Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost

Because they are not. If I was 18 years old right now, I'd be going into a trade of some sort. No debt, immediately earning a decent amount of money. AI will push even more kids towards this route.

wwalker2112on Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship

I've been doing a lot of SE interviews lately for my company and one of my favorite coding assessments is a polymorphism challenge, mainly because our codebases are full of it. I was shocked at the number of engineers with 20+ years of experience who didn't understand it.

wwalker2112on Why a 'Boring' Life Might Be the Happiest One

I'm not sure if a 'Boring Life' is for me. But I am sure I need some seasons of my life to be boring.

Since I was 20 I've grinded away at my career, side hustles, etc... It made me happy. But at a certain point I got far enough ahead I felt complete. I needed a boring phase.

I now wake up, have breakfast with my family, go to work, come home, play with my kids, watch a show, and go to bed. This is a day I would have scoffed at 10 years ago. But it now makes me happy. I don't think it would make me happy if I hadn't went for something the last 15.

And it might not make me happy forever, but it's perfect for me right now.

wwalker2112on Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)

A .NET library for quickly making internal tools and admin screens. Very early prototyping right now.

https://github.com/westonwalker/primelit

Drawing a lot of inspiration from interval.com. It was an amazing product but was a hosted SAAS. I'm exploring taking the idea to the .NET ecosystem and also making it a Nuget package that can be installed and served through any ASP.NET project.

wwalker2112on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)

A website builder but instead of drag and drop, you can create the entire site in markdown. There are a dozen or so themes the user can select.

Currently implementing custom markdown elements for more advanced things like forms and buttons.

wwalker2112on AI False information rate for news nearly doubles in one year

Who or what is determining what is false or true in this study? I'm just as suspicious of this study as I am with the news.

wwalker2112on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

It was a 40 minute long conversation and everything was fine until the last 5 minutes when Zelensky got mad about Vance talking about using diplomacy with Russia.

wwalker2112on Trump wins presidency for second time

I live in rural Illinois. Surrounded by people west coast elites would consider "simple". They aren't voting for a candidate because he's tall and confident.

They have 401ks. Own small businesses. Have Mortgages. Send their kids to public schools. Budget for their families. Hell, even farmers are trading commodities and are very familiar with the markets. There are so many legitimate factors that go into who they vote for.