I built this dead-simple "image enhancing" app (http://en.hance.me) to focus in on potentially embarrassing details in photos. It allows you to specify a zoom area and create a 4-panel stacked image that progressively "zooms in" on your target area.
Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
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Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#182Com-Phone: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ac.robinson.med...
An Android app for putting photos/text/sounds together into videos, with the key aim being to have an interface that is as simple as possible. Started as part of a research project many years ago, but now mainly a labour of love for the ~30k users.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#183I'm building a new Unix shell called Oil: http://www.oilshell.org/
It's definitely not making me any money. I would say the motivation is a little bit "joy" / learning, but also frustration that shells are so old, unintuitive, and work so poorly.
I've been going for about 16 months and it's still fun, so that's good. I think that seeing progress is what make things fun.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#184I'm working on Standard Ebooks (https://standardebooks.org) in my spare time. Not only is it not-for-profit but the work is released under CC0 too, where applicable.
We got on HN a month or two ago--people really seemed to like the project and we got a lot of great new contributors. If anyone else is interested in contributing, drop me a line :)
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#185I built an interpreter for the pseudocode language my uni uses to introduce programming. It´s in Spanish, you can give it a try here:
https://pl-lang.github.io/playground/
There´s an example program here:
https://github.com/pl-lang/jsplint
My goal is to help students who might be struggling with the assignments.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#186Twicsy (Twitter picture search) still gets around 1.5 million visitors per month, but nets no money. But I wouldn't call it sheer joy though, maybe sheer stubbornness?
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#187Working on a project for connecting fans of the band Phish and allowing them to share and curate their stories... Paying out of pocket for minimal hosting costs, donation buttons all go to Mockingbird Foundation... Hoping to launch in the next month or so. Doing it because I am a huge fan of the band and the community and it's a huge part of my life I'd like to give back to.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#188I'm building a new Unix shell called Oil: http://www.oilshell.org/ It's definitely not making me any money. I would say the motivation is a little bit "joy" / learning, but also frustration that shells are so old, unintuitive, and work so poorly. I've been going for about 16 months and it's still fun, so that's good. I think that seeing progress is what make things fun.
I agree that shells need a great overhaul. But how it should look and how the path towards the "better shell" can realistically happen I have no clue.
I applaud your courage!
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#189I built this dead-simple "image enhancing" app ( http://en.hance.me ) to focus in on potentially embarrassing details in photos. It allows you to specify a zoom area and create a 4-panel stacked image that progressively "zooms in" on your target area.
Seems like something you could possibly make money off with ads given it's a pretty popular meme
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#190I'm grumpy, i dont like christmas: http://whychristmasisbullshit.com/
That is the realest website I've ever seen.