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Ask HN: What do you wish existed? (October 2025)

by pwlm on 10/7/25, 9:05 AM with 19 comments

What software or hardware product do you wish existed that you are ready to use right now? How much would you pay? Any existing thing you wish worked differently?
  • by idontwantthis on 10/7/25, 9:48 PM

    A city map for cyclists that is updated and reviewed by other cyclists. How to get from A to B in a given city, the safest way possible, but with maps that can be edited like a wiki.

    CityMapper is pretty good but there’s no way for me to correct a route because one stretch of it is actually a death trap that no one should bike on.

  • by mikewarot on 10/7/25, 11:19 PM

    A distribution of the Genode OS that was usable as a daily driver.

    A working realization of Memex, 80 years late in coming

    I'd love to rent time on one of the machines AtomicSemi is building, I've got a chip I'd like to make, the BitGrid

    Documentation for Free Pascal/Lazarus that was useable, alternatively a framework that replaces their existing documentation so that you could DIY parts of it without their weird build system.

  • by sloaken on 10/8/25, 2:15 PM

    Home use robot weed killer / puller. Does not need to be fast, but does should not need manual moving for each square foot. Although, if it was fast, I could drive it like a lawn mower speed that (even as slow as 1/4 pace) would be acceptable.
  • by OsrsNeedsf2P on 10/7/25, 9:21 AM

    Up to date information on Android/iOS alternative phones with a path to purchase. I want to know what the web browser experience is like, eSIM support for data, and Android app emulation performance. Most online information is from like 2020
  • by deanmoriarty on 10/10/25, 5:18 AM

    A TurboTax-quality tax filing service for American expats with American investments who live abroad (particularly interested in a few European countries) and have to file in their country of residence and declare the income from such investments. I would pay $1-2k a year for a service like that, as I prefer to do things myself than relying on a CPA who will inevitably mess things up.
  • by ecesena on 10/8/25, 2:19 AM

    A robot that folds laundry.
  • by fiftyacorn on 10/9/25, 11:53 AM

    I want a browser extension that is effectively a spam filter for ai content on reddit or similar. Same to filter out spam reviews

    Or an app that just retrieved the content for groups I'm in on Facebook not what some algorithm thinks i want

  • by HellDunkel on 10/9/25, 7:04 PM

    A great dinosaur museum in my home town.

    A good print magazine on fashion and music.

    Good looking sneaker which are 100% renewable.

    A way to configure my local print newspaper to have only the things i am interested in making it 50% lighter.

  • by rtcoms on 10/9/25, 3:42 PM

    True wireless earbuds with case also having bluetooth speaker, mic and clip to attach it on T-shirt.

    Foldable E-ink tablet that can also be used as monitor.

  • by OgsyedIE on 10/7/25, 11:46 PM

    Tastedive for technology-adjacent blog posts.
  • by GoldenMonkey on 10/8/25, 7:21 PM

    a better dating app. a better job matching service.