A programming language equivalence site that helps you transition from one language to another. I mean it does not have to be perfect because full equivalence don't exist for many languages but just how you would do similar things.
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#172A subscription service for open source projects. As a company I would pay you monthly and get access to bug and features development for all the open source dependencies that I am using. The more I pay the more things I can get done in a month. If a feature is too big for my budget I can accumulate month to month value on a ticket or get other companies to participate.
This sounds interesting, but doesn't make much sense. Do you mind explaining a bit more?
Interesting to see this here, I had this idea a while back and have been discussing it with people before I go on validating/invalidating it.
In my mind anyway, the idea is something like https://railslts.com/ but for potentially every other gem in your gemfile. We would provide security patches, bugfixes, features, documentation, training, version upgrade scripts/documentation and so on to subscribers.
I really like the accumulated credit for features, maybe a system of like: request feature, we put a "credit" value on the complexity of the feature, then companies/people can pledge credits/money for it would work?
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#173Tracking browsing habits.
I would like to see how much time I spent on what "kind or type" of browsing. And I can define these as a hierarchy (type->subtype). And define productive/unproductive/lessproductive segments.
Example: "stackoverflow or localhost:8081" would be "Development" kind of work. "news.ycombinator.com" --> "Reading" "gmail.com/outlook.com" --> "Commmunication" "facebook.com" -- "Unnecessary waste of time" ...and so on.
The reports would simply show- how much time I spent on what segment (Productive work/ General Browsing).
A chrome extension/app would be a good starting point - personally I do not use other browsers unless absolutely required.
Further I would also like it to automatically classify and show what kind of content I spend time browsing - like "Entrepreneurship / Programming / Nuclear fusion / Space Travel / ... "
If anybody wants to try it - let me know. I can dedicate a very small amount of time on this.
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#174Calendars & Events as a Service (aka "Stripe for Calendars") I'm sick of dealing with scheduled events, timezones, future background jobs, etc. in almost every app I build. I want a service with an elegant API and nice libraries that would let me: * Create multiple calendars (it would have an ID I could then save with my user model or whatever) * Add events to a calendar by just passing it a timestamp and other metad…
There is this one: http://php.brickhost.com
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#175A site to organize systems. There are plenty of "List of frontend development tools" or "list of git tools". I want a site where users can build lists, share them, vote on them, categorize the content and update it with the new tools. alternativeto.net is a partial attempt at doing that but it doesn't take a systems thinking approach
I've always wanted something like this to. Only, I suspect that lists are only one possible form of information that needs to be organized. I also think users should be able to shape trees (and maybe others). Maybe you encourage vistors to click on everything they agree with and thereby learn which users contributions are seen to be the most valuable. Users with the most valuable contributions could be rewarded with…
List would supported nested lists i.e it would be a tree
In terms of rewards or monetization, it would be possible to gamify contributions ala stackexchange and rely on affiliate links for commercials tools and perhaps even share the revenues with the top contributors or offer them options on what to do with the money
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#176SoundAct: Similar to IFTTT but that triggers with sound. You can record sound patterns such as a double clap, clap, footstep, etc and associate that with an action, like notifying someone or reading the news. Ideal for context where siri-like apps does not work well because of noise like the car, metro, etc.
I've had something similar in mind for a long time now... mainly for use in home automation. (Clap twice to stop your MPD, etc.) ... would be great to see this get done! ;)
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#177I'd like to see a site that focuses on the construction of logical arguments supporting various political and non-political views. I'd like for the system to allow for continued refinement of arguments on various topics and to allow for various branching of thought. That is, I'm not looking for a democracy that rewards majoritarian thought and punishes less popular but logically consistent argumentation. As an end pr…
In order for such a project to make sense, one must ask himself if he believes that there is one and universal truth that stands above human and physical laws. If there is such a thing, then there is a point in pursuing the truth, because truth gives the correct conclusions. If not, then there's no meaning in pursuing something that is relative.
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#178Tracking browsing habits. I would like to see how much time I spent on what "kind or type" of browsing. And I can define these as a hierarchy (type->subtype). And define productive/unproductive/lessproductive segments. Example: "stackoverflow or localhost:8081" would be "Development" kind of work. "news.ycombinator.com" --> "Reading" "gmail.com/outlook.com" --> "Commmunication" "facebook.com" -- "Unnecessary waste of…
Have you tried RescueTime?
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#179Something to help me switch between workflows. Everytime I want to switch to a different project (i.e. writing code for software project X to designing a mockup for software project Y), I don't even know how much time I waste getting my development environment, tools, documents, ideas, etc. setup. Sometimes I'll get an impulsive idea (i.e. how to fix that one bug), but what will stop me from doing it right then is the fact that I'd have to set everything up...
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#180A translation service - A photo of the document to be translated is emailed into the service. In 1 or 2 days time, the email is replied with an translated document. The photo can be taken with mobile phone photos and emailed.
You should check out gengo.com. Sounds like that's exactly what you're looking for, or at least they have an API that could be used to build the app you want.