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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 catlover76 »

codeapprove wrote: post #35

Is it too developed if it’s in private alpha? Anyway … I’ve been working on CodeApprove ( https://codeapprove.com ) for a while because I think code review is the biggest shortcoming of GitHub. The idea is to make a code review tool for power users. Just like you have an editor that makes you productive at writing and reading code, you should have a review app that makes you and your team productive at reviewing it.…

Looks cool. With it being in "private alpha", if I drop it in a Slack for an open source project with which I am involved, and the maintainer/leader wants to try it, will he be able to sign up?

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

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Post by generalizations »

mikewarot wrote: post #140
generalizations wrote: post #125

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Have you contrasted this with cellular automata? It seems like an advanced form of that type of construction. Could possibly benefit from some formalization.

Cellular automata apply the same rule across a grid, a bitgrid is an array of lookup tables, essentially stuffed between the cells of a static RAM. The RAM holds the values in the tables, and an latches maintain the state of each cell's inputs. Thus each cell in a bitgrid is individually programmable. A provision needs to be added to be able to read and or write (override) inputs for debugging or other purposes, such…

Oh, I meant formalization as in, this is clearly not either a turing machine or a lambda calculus, but as it appears turing-complete, it must be equivalent, and could benefit from formalization in that computer-science/mathematical sense. Then we outsiders would be able to see what we're looking at.

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

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Post by catlover76 »

todd3834 wrote: post #101

https://www.pgrammer.com/ Coding interview practice questions like LeetCode but using GPT to analyze the code and provide hints when you get stuck. It will also look over your submission and give feedback like an interviewer. I've conducted A LOT of interviews and have been the interviewee plenty of times. To me the hardest part about prepping on LeetCode was that I would sometimes get stuck on something. Not necessa…

Will definitely try this. Right now, I am finding ChatGPT a great tutor during coding interview prep (I don't really use it for hints that much, personally; I've mostly been asking it to explain the optimal solutions to various problems, because the Leetcode editorials are usually pretty poorly written, and in any event I want to be able to ask questions about them).

One thing I would like to add as a pain-point when studying for algo interviews is that I want sources of questions other than LeetCode. Maybe this has some.

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

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Post by SeanAnderson »

flir wrote: post #246
SeanAnderson wrote: post #160

I'm creating a 2D ant colony simulation that runs 24/7 in your browser. It's supposed to feel like a pet and you're supposed to want to keep it alive and check in on it as tunnels are dug, ants are born, food is found, etc. You, the proud owner of some new ants, must keep them alive. For the MVP, you'll just get a ration of food each day when you show up, but there's a catch. To unlock the food, you need to arrive at…

It reminds me a bit of Viridi: https://store.steampowered.com/app/375950/Viridi/ I don't have any suggestions, but I want to build my own version now. Emergent behaviour FTW.

Yes, absolutely! I 'played' Viridi for quite a while many years ago. I always looked forward to engaging with it - even though it was just for a second before switching to a classic game. The creators were also pretty open in discussing their development and business financials which I appreciated - http://www.icewatergames.com/blog

If you end up building something, I'd love to hear about it :)

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Post by sphars »

n1c wrote: post #282
remram wrote: post #270

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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 )

Unfortunately Nitter broke earlier this week thanks to some changes by Twitter: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983

I was using a self-hosted Nitter instance for the RSS feeds as I deactivated my Twitter account

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

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Post by specialist »

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…

Neat. Much needed.

Yes and: I would've loved a "parental controls" for eldercare. Config and arrange the entire UX. Mostly to remove stuff, highly constrain the UX. I'd be fine with a shell. Like the olden days, when we used AUTOEXEC.BAT to launch AutoMenu or Norton Commander on startup.

While the constainly evolving UI/UX of iOS is probably a good thing, each new iteration completely defeats my elders. They're simply past the point of learning new things.

For a device that champions a non-modal paradigm, the iOS UI maze has a lot dead-ends.

They should also do usability testing of Siri with elders. Something as simple as a "start over" would be great.

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

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Post by AB1908 »

jlizzle30 wrote: post #294

I've been looking for a 'Grafana for personal metrics' (eg. weight, personal finance, etc.). Does anything like this exist? Ideally very simple, stripped-down metrics/observability w/ ability to input data in UI or via API.

There's a fella named karlicoss whose work you may want to look into. See: beepb00p.xyz
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