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Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by amyassin »

firefoxd wrote: post #159

I've worked at the highest paying job i ever got in my career. But then i quit in july to focus on a startup I joined after we were featured in techcrunch and received angel investment. Now i realized that the money was the least of our problem and the startup is on the brink of death. I replaced the source of my income from job to stock market investments. Now i am focusing on a new side project that poped in my hea…

Interesting. Any link or place to watch the product at?

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Post by ttd »

I built and HN-launched Vexlio (https://www.vexlio.com), a technical diagramming tool with embedded LaTeX equations, an interactive Lua-drawing mode, and other assorted neat features. It's finally reached a fairly stable point in the last few months or so, so I can start looking ahead to more interesting features!

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Post by lethuel »

I designed and implemented an in-house timeline system, which collects communications with our customers across all channels (chat, email, sms, phonecalls etc). Learned a lot, but also almost burned out closer to the end of the year. I was working remotely and mostly alone. Scope creep and lack of proper management has bitten me really hard. When I finally launched the app into production, I felt nothing but tiredness.

I still can't wrap my head around the React ecosystem. Front-end part was the most time consuming (probably because before this project I did only backend stuff). I enjoy react, but the whole game "build your own build system", "build your own framework" is beyond me. I hope the new year will bring more solutions like nextjs.

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Post by vemv »

Built a home office v2 after working a couple years in various offices, coworkings or in my living room (couch != home office).

Single best decision I've done in my career. Finally I'm in control of lighting conditions, noise level, ergonomics, schedule.

The number of hours/day (secret) I am able to comfortably deliver has literally doubled.

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Post by yuvallevental »

Trying to be the world's first person to be cured from autism. I believe my autism is caused by the shape of my forehead, which puts too much pressure on my muscles. Evidence is here: https://corticalchauvinism.com/2017/11/13/yuval-levental-cra...

Also, I have prepared for a potential surgery by getting botox injections in my forehead muscle. So far, my focus at work has dramatically improved: https://corticalchauvinism.com/2016/10/17/yuval-levental-aut...

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Post by l33t_d0nut »

Started my own company as a side gig and started selling my own software. I developed PowerShell Pro Tools for Visual Studio as well as a web site development kit with PowerShell. https://ironmansoftware.com/ It's been super rewarding and a lot of work. Very excited to see how it turns out in 2018.

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Post by seibelj »

finfun234 wrote: post #97

I launched two projects. 1) http://instant10-k.com/ An efficient way to search 10-k and 10-q filings for publicly listed companies. A Form 10-K is an annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that gives a comprehensive summary of a company's financial performance. 10-Q is the quarterly version. If you have ever purchased an individual stock you should read the 10-k and 10-Q reports.…

Instant 10k is useful and efficient, thank you
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