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Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by n1c »

eggsome wrote: post #274
n1c wrote: post #251

* Tool that creates Twitter (X?) / Instagram feeds to RSS so I don't have to deal with algorithms etc. * A turn based game that is essentially "football manager for counter strike" where you control the whole team and their actions in "planning" and "execution" phases. * I run a Slack community for the South African tech scene, constantly hovering between "I wish I could sell this and move on" and "I really should pu…

How do early stage Tech enterprises deal with the instability and problematic infrastructure in South Africa?

This is quite hard to answer in any succinct way. It mostly comes down to "you're earning enough to just get around them".

SA is kind of a place of extremes, there is extreme poverty, unemployment etc. But if you're lucky enough to have a good job you get Uber Eats, Netflix, 200mb fibre to your house etc.

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Post by n1c »

remram wrote: post #270
n1c wrote: post #251

* Tool that creates Twitter (X?) / Instagram feeds to RSS so I don't have to deal with algorithms etc. * A turn based game that is essentially "football manager for counter strike" where you control the whole team and their actions in "planning" and "execution" phases. * I run a Slack community for the South African tech scene, constantly hovering between "I wish I could sell this and move on" and "I really should pu…

I was using 1, until Twitter shut down their API. How do you do this now? Scrape the HTML?

Yeah or use "unofficial apis" e.g. Nitter (https://github.com/zedeus/nitter)

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by n1c »

sevagh wrote: post #265
n1c wrote: post #251

* Tool that creates Twitter (X?) / Instagram feeds to RSS so I don't have to deal with algorithms etc. * A turn based game that is essentially "football manager for counter strike" where you control the whole team and their actions in "planning" and "execution" phases. * I run a Slack community for the South African tech scene, constantly hovering between "I wish I could sell this and move on" and "I really should pu…

For point 2, ever seen Door Kickers? https://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/Door_Kickers/

This is great, thanks for the link!

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Post by _gabe_ »

xcdzvyn wrote: post #161
_gabe_ wrote: post #154

https://github.com/ambrosiogabe/MathAnimation If you’ve ever tried to make a mathematical animation (think 3Blue1Brown), it’s a real pain. I was using manim for awhile to make animations for my YT channel, but the whole iteration process felt very slow and repetitive. So I thought I would recreate manim over the weekend, except with a GUI and real-time feedback. It’s been a year and a half and I’m hoping this weekend…

I remember watching the video you made on it[0] and was thoroughly impressed! Small world. I had an application for this recently but the name made it hard to find :( [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iydG-e1dQGA

Ah thanks! And yea, naming things has never been a strength for me. I’ll have to come up with something more memorable once it’s ready for an alpha release :)

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Post by adperry »

Soupy wrote: post #24

https://pastmaps.com Been working on this as a new way to find, explore, and view old historical maps and aerials of my area. Still heavily in development but have been surprised by some early traffic stats (1-2K organic uniques / mo and growing 200%+ m/m right now) Hoping to add in more advanced map tooling within the next week or 2, including new basemap options, 3d terrain view, and then a proper search box which…

Your site is similar to https://www.oldmapsonline.org/

I have found the ui for map difficult to use in the past.

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Post by roblh »

lukeh wrote: post #116

I’m working on a personal monitor mixer - a device musicians use the tailor their own mixes whilst recording, reducing cognitive load on the recording engineer - that integrates natively into modern AoIP deployments. I don’t know much about electronics beyond Ohm’s Law so it’s a massive learning curve. But it’s the most fun I’ve had in a long time.

This sounds great. I had a MOTU AVB setup for a while which does exactly this, but it’s locked to their hardware. A non vendor locked version or app would be insanely useful.

Re: Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on

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Post by ptm »

midenginedcoupe wrote: post #226
ptm wrote: post #215

I have been working on a web app that makes tutorials for elderly people who struggle with technology. Something as simple as "turn off the wifi and turn on data" can be a struggle for a lot of people. My plan is to make tools for making tutorials customized exactly to the users phone / desktop screen. So if an icon is on bottom right, the tutorial should mirror the same. I have sporadically worked on it for the few…

My experience of building accessible systems for low-literacy user groups is there's pretty much no such thing as dumbing down too much. But the one big lesson is user test, user test and user test again. People will get tripped up by all sorts of stuff you can't see coming. The good news is it sounds like your app could be mocked-up cheaply to get it infront of people to test your hypothesis before you've spent too…

Thanks for the feedback.

> .. is there's pretty much no such thing as dumbing down too much.

Yes, you're right. I think it's easy to forget what's basic to someone, is often very challenging to someone else.

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Post by gavinhoward »

eternityforest wrote: post #198
gavinhoward wrote: post #37

* Shell script replacement language that will also be useful as a production language. * Build system that people will actually love. (I hope.) * Init system that is easier to use than systemd, while also building distributed systems. * All-in-one VCS, like Fossil, but it can track changes to binary files.

I think you should definitely get some feedback on the details and specifics of the language before going further if you want it to make it to real production use. Will you have a GitHub equivalent? Git is dominant I think because it's the standard all the tools are built for, no matter how good a competing system is, I'd probably choose on ecosystem. What's the use case list for binary file tracking? That seems pret…

Yeah, I need feedback on the language. But to do so, people kinda want to be able to try it. I'm still getting it into a demo-ready state.

Since my VCS will be all-in-one, yes, it will have a GitHub equivalent. In fact, it will be more of a Gitea equivalent because anyone could spin one up.

But I'm not worried about beating git (yet) because the use case for binary tracking is assets for movies and games, and movies and games generally use Perforce. Once my VCS has replaced Perforce, I'll think about conquering git.

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