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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by bladedtoys »

opticfluorine wrote: post #95

In my free time I've been working on a 2D MMORPG engine in C#. I'm working on the networking code right now, working toward being able to connect and move around the game world. I'm enjoying the network code, but I'm really looking forward to getting back to shader code and implementing dynamic lighting at some point down the road. Wanting to build an MMORPG was the main thing that got me interested in software devel…

This sounds like great fun, especially having a nice front end.

I built something similar on google app engine way back when it was new and cheap. It was browser based so more text than cool graphics. And I didn't get to play with shaders.

It may sound dry but I was thrilled with the challenges of coding for NoSQL BigTable and its promises of cheap scalability. It was a fun project.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by vinitagr »

mrieck wrote: post #46

Working on a desktop version of my webdev tool SnipCSS: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/snipcss/hbdnoadcma... The current version is a Chrome Extension that extracts every CSS rule needed to rebuild the DOM subtree of a selected element. Unlike other tools it never uses computed styles and uses the actual DevTools protocol to get the CSS. The current extension doesn't handle CSS specificity or inheritance c…

This looks like a really useful tool. I would use it. How are you planning to market it?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by vinitagr »

acutesoftware wrote: post #129

I am working on moving the interface of my notes app to Javascript (so it can be a PWA). To do this, I need to learn Javascript, so I am learning javascript by writing little games. I present to you, the worst game in the entire world - https://www.lifepim.com/apps/LifeSIM/battle

This is really cool. Not bad for your first game :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by vinitagr »

kingo55 wrote: post #124

I'm building a lightweight framework for A/B testing on sites. It's like Optimizely except it weighs just 5kb, is self hosted and allows you to build and launch split tests from inside your IDE or via CD.

How do you build that. I mean, what goes into building an A/B Testing system. Does it involve a bunch of statistics and maths?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by opticfluorine »

bladedtoys wrote: post #141
opticfluorine wrote: post #95

In my free time I've been working on a 2D MMORPG engine in C#. I'm working on the networking code right now, working toward being able to connect and move around the game world. I'm enjoying the network code, but I'm really looking forward to getting back to shader code and implementing dynamic lighting at some point down the road. Wanting to build an MMORPG was the main thing that got me interested in software devel…

This sounds like great fun, especially having a nice front end. I built something similar on google app engine way back when it was new and cheap. It was browser based so more text than cool graphics. And I didn't get to play with shaders. It may sound dry but I was thrilled with the challenges of coding for NoSQL BigTable and its promises of cheap scalability. It was a fun project.

This really resonates with me. My big motivator has always been the challenge of all the different technical details. Persistence was certainly a fun one, though I stuck with a RDBMS instead of going the NoSQL route.

It's why I'm making an open source engine instead of focusing on making a single game - I can work on whatever tech problem I find interesting at the moment, and eventually (I hope) others who are more interested in the creative side will be able to build off of the engine and create their own games. My first run-in with MMOs was back in the day when there were lots of random MMO engines written in Visual Basic 6, and the indie MMO community back in those days was amazing.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by ticmasta »

soneca wrote: post #120

A 1:1 meeting software: https://www.oneononemeeting.com It was a for-profit side-project, but since I moved to another country (following my wife's Masters) it became full-time. If you lead a team and have 1:1s, take a look :)

I'm in your target market and will take a look. What I really need is covered partially by 1:1's but I need some sort of CRM for my direct reports. I want dossiers that include the action plans out of our meetings plus more general stuff like work anniversaries, other dates and information all tied into a calendar with ideally alerts that give me a heads-up. Right now I use PerformYard, Outlook, random documents and part of an in-house app. Yuck.

let me know if you have any questions.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by robhawkes »

A few weeks ago I started Spatial Awareness, a curated newsletter for the maps and spatial community. The idea was to scratch a personal itch – to do something with all the interesting links and maps I collect – though it's gone down amazingly well with the community. It's less than a month old – with 3 issues so far – and it's already surpassed 1,000 subscribers. Check it out if you're interested in maps!

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/maps

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