Project ideas from Hacker News discussions.

Show HN: ZeroFS – A log-structured filesystem for S3

Original Article

Hacker News Discussion

📝 Discussion Summary (Click to expand)

Three dominant themes in the discussion

Theme	Supporting quote
Skepticism toward hype / “vibe‑coded” tech	“Entrusting data storage to a vibe coded filesystem seems imprudent.” – abtinf
Demand for transparent, verifiable processes	“The test suites run in public CI. Each card links to the CI pipeline.” – dan_sbl
Practical adoption of object‑storage foundations	“Under the hood, S3's storage nodes are also built on a log‑structured file system… (Not posix compliant because it doesn't need to be.)” – breckognize

🚀 Project Ideas

Generating project ideas…

Verified Claims Dashboard

Summary

[Provides an automated dashboard that links every marketing claim of an open‑source project to a verifiable CI pipeline run, preventing unverified statements.]
[Core value: Trustworthy transparency that reduces skepticism and marketing hype.]

Details

Key	Value
Target Audience	Open‑source maintainers and community reviewers
Core Feature	Auto‑generation of claim‑to‑CI mapping with live status badges
Tech Stack	Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, GitHub Actions
Difficulty	Medium
Monetization	Revenue-ready: subscription per seat

Notes

[HN users repeatedly asked for "verifiable workflows" and criticized vague claims.]
[Would spark discussion on trust and verification in dev marketing.]

Smart Terminal Recording Platform

Summary

[Creates a self‑hosted service that records terminal sessions, automatically trims idle pauses, adds searchable annotations, and exports clean video or GIF embeds for documentation.]
[Core value: Faster, cleaner code walkthroughs without manual editing.]

Details

Key	Value
Target Audience	Developers, technical writers, open‑source project maintainers
Core Feature	Intelligent pause detection and optional auto‑editing with annotation overlay
Tech Stack	Rust backend, FFmpeg, React front‑end, SQLite, Docker
Difficulty	Low
Monetization	Hobby

Notes

[Several commenters praised the idea of capping pauses and suggested smarter behavior, indicating strong interest.]
[Potential to become a go‑to tool for README‑level demos and reduce HN chatter about raw recordings.]

Object‑Storage Native File System Library

Summary

[Offers a POSIX‑compatible file system abstraction that transparently maps operations to object storage (e.g., S3), handling caching, consistency, and performance optimizations automatically.]
[Core value: Enables developers to use familiar file APIs while leveraging cheap, scalable object storage without code changes.]

Details

Key	Value
Target Audience	Backend engineers, cloud architects, data‑intensive applications
Core Feature	Unified file API with built‑in object‑store caching and async consistency handling
Tech Stack	Go, Fuse, S3 client libraries, Kubernetes (optional), Prometheus
Difficulty	High
Monetization	Revenue-ready: enterprise support

Notes

[HN discussion highlighted frustration with “vibe‑coded” filesystems and praised projects like AutoMQ that use object storage cleverly.]
[Addresses a clear gap between object storage economics and developer workflow expectations.]