Hacker News: citixenkenhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=citixenkenHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:07:00 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by citixenken in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"]]>Nice. Swaps are ideally to be mutual exchanges, so that everyone has 'skin in the game'

]]>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:39:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941307citixenkenhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941307https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941307<![CDATA[New comment by citixenken in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"]]>Built ShelfSwap (https://shelfswap.io). I enjoy reading, but books are getting expensive, and many of us already have shelves of good books we’re done with. This is a simple platform to swap physical books and connect with other readers.

I used this as a real end-to-end project to sharpen my backend skills in Go (API design, data modeling, deployment), while also experimenting with AI-assisted development. It’s live, and I’ve already made a few organic connections through it.

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