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Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
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#122Meditation tracker to help people engage and focus on themselves.
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#123I'm sick of having to decide between using cloud software and using local software. Cloud software so often needs subscriptions, and if the company dies I lose access to my data. Local software isn't collaborative. I don't want to email files around to myself, or think about versions. So I'm building a software platform for local first applications on top of CRDTs. Its called Replica, though we haven't talked much ab…
I really like your idea. Might I suggest monetizing it via a marketplace approach? You completely release your product for free as an Open-source offering. Then you create a hosted marketplace for plugins where you take a commission for each purchase there. (I've written a bit about it on my newsletter https://unzip.dev/0x00d-open-source-business-models/#forecas... - last point)
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#124Finding a large, long-term project that’s just mine.
Maybe code, maybe writing, maybe organizational.
But something that in 10 years time will look like a significant, positive investment.
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#125Beginning two long endeavors this year. 1. Becoming UltraStrong. A concept I made-up to test myself. Compete and not zero any events in an open strongman event on a Saturday, then complete a 50 miler (ultra marathon) on a Sunday. I did ultras in my 20s and competed in two strongman competitions last year. 2. Reading and writing an essay on all the books in my library; roughly 300 books. Posted on another thread.
Gotta say, I absolutely love the UltraStrong concept. Are you being particularly selective about the strongman events you're entering? I've come across a few that have one or two events where even the opening weight/implement might cause issues for anyone trying to run the next day, let alone run an ultramarathon.
Thanks! My only requirement is they have a stone event. I don't like them but when people think strongman they think atlas stones. Also needs to be in the open category; I can enter the masters division in 2.5 years but I feel that would be cheating as the weights are significantly less. I believe I have ~7 years to complete (45) this goal as age will become a factor in doing both at once.
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#126I'm working on a website to track the progress of bonsai trees. I like the bonsai sub reddit, the way people share their trees, but there is no good way to see the trees over time.
I don't do a lot of coding any more, so it is nice to keep my hand in. I was feeling pretty rusty. I also suck at front end dev so pushing my comfort zone. I don't know where I'm headed with it, but I am hoping I will find it useful, and some of my friends will too. I suppose I will keep adding features and see how it goes!
If anyone here likes bonsai then maybe take a look at bonsai-garden.com where you will find how far I got over Christmas!
I'm hoping this will be a nice distraction from my career for a while!
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#127My oldest daughter will turn 8 this year. These days I'm planning which would be best computer/software/OS for her (if any), but nothing in the market fits my requirements as a father. There is so much noise, distraction and overall bullshit in today's computers that I don't think it is healthy or appropriate for her. So I'm planning to make a custom (software) solution. A small set of focused, minimal, productive an…
I'm interested in following your progress on this. I have a 2 year old who I want to show computers/computational systems to as early as possible. I followed you on Twitter... but is there somewhere I can subscribe to hear more about this project in particular?
Thanks, I guess Twitter is the best option, yup. I'm also in mastodon, same username at c.im. But I must warn you that I'm not the most focused, perseverant person..
I also have a 3yo, so if I'm late for the older one, we still have time left for our young ones :D
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#128I plan to work more on API Bakery [0], my project generator service.
The thing works but looks and feels barebones, and I also need to focus more on marketing (which, as a techie, is a thing I avoid the most).
I also plan to get more hands-on experience with the current state of the art AI - probably more prompt-engineering level than pytorch level, but I do like to dive in so who knows.
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#129Working at a still-feels-new-to-me job as Graphics Director for Opinion at The New York Times. Our small team publishes arguments and guest essays supported by visual evidence, like these: - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/29/opinion/scien... - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/08/opinion/urban... - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/07/20/opinion/ancie... But I'm a believer in asking for…
I work in tech for public media and am it's almost disheartening to know what kind of resources other publications have. We have people spread across everything at once. Do you work for the technology department or for the editorial department?
For the Opinion section. (Editorial)
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#130I'm planning on transforming allergy care.
There's no reason for you to be allergic to things. The way we treat allergies today, with antihistamines and nasal spray doesn't solve the underlying problem; it just tries to cover it up. Accessible allergy immunotherapy is the future. And in the future, taking antihistamines for allergies is going to seem like taking a painkiller for an ear infection. Why would you treat the symptoms when you could treat the root cause?
This is what I'm fixing with Wyndly: https://www.wyndly.com