Ask HN: What projects are you working on? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by chrisgd » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

noname123 wrote: post #278

chrisgd wrote: post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Equity, directional. Using trade king right now but no tech developed. Once I prove out my model works, would look into the tech side. Using excel right now.

Nice. I'm trading delta-neutral, volatility strategies on options using Interactive Brokers API. Right now trade entry is automated, but I do adjustments and closing trades manually. I spent a lot of time on tech, digging deep into C/messaging queues/distributed backtesting/event processing but I think best to use Excel instead of worrying about tech.

Good stuff. I might need to work with you to get mine working!

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by alasdair_ » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

A price history guide for magic: the gathering cards (soon, other collectibles) at http://www.mtgprice.com

It's on app engine - something that was pretty horrible to start on but is much better now that I'm aware of most of the hidden constraints.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by rooneel » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:39 PM UTC

skizm wrote: post #254

www.sleepmarrykill.com I wanted to take node/redis for a spin and this was one of the more simple web apps I could think of. There isn't any data in the system right now so don't take the percentages too seriously. I might add the ability for users to upload images so people could up make funny trios and share them, but since this was more of a learning experience I doubt I'll get that far before something else takes…

I found a bug in there: sometimes you'll get two of same person, and since they have the same ID, they'll act like they were the same image, so you can never complete the round onwards.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by terryjsmith » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:40 PM UTC

An account service network for developers: http://www.gowalli.com/

We connect freelance developers (and small shops) to a professional account service person (we're recruiting AS people from larger agencies to do some extra work) and help them with spec, contracts, billing, change requests, and on-going support.

It's free for developers; we just add 5 - 10% to your final invoice depending on how much work we did.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by verdverm » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:50 PM UTC

silverlight wrote: post #6

nnoitra wrote: post #5

It's not a product, but I am trying to get better at meditation. Being able to calm yourself is an invaluable skill for a hacker.

I've been thinking of trying to work on this myself. Both as a way to manage stress in my life and as a way to put myself in a better creative mindset. Any good resources/tips?

Conquest of Mind by Eknath Easwaran

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by evertonfuller » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:50 PM UTC

A music discovery/streaming curated platform.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by mirovarga » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:51 PM UTC

I'm working on a RESTful API to run CasperJS scripts online plus an online IDE built on top of the API.

The IDE has quite a number of users so I hope it's useful.

You can check it up at http://ide.casperbox.com

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by alixander » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:52 PM UTC

scope wrote: post #227

alixander wrote: post #80

Just finished up my first Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alixander....

hey, am just wondering when you say 'first android app', have you made other apps for another os (iOS obviously) or this is your first app? am intrested in knowing the "context switch" on app development, from iOS to android and vice versa

First mobile app, I'm mostly a web developer

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by fitzpasd » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:58 PM UTC

Nothing overly exciting, but I've started a blog recently at shanefitzpatrick.io and am working on a Ghost theme inspired by Google's recent Material Design.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by daniel-levin » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 10:59 PM UTC

thegeomaster wrote: post #288

adamonduty wrote: post #163

I'm working on PhoneCard, a service to make cheap international phone calls without requiring a data connection. You enter the phone number in the webapp and it calls you. Next time you're using poor hotel wifi or you're frustrated with skype (e.g. multiple disconnects per hour), try PhoneCard for a high-quality call. PhoneCard can call most places in the world, and in some countries you can also purchase incoming nu…

Eh, didn't work for me. I entered the number of my mobile phone and my landline, and neither rang. I guess it's just an issue pertaining to Serbia (or maybe I'm doing something wrong?). No service works here unless they specifically mention they do. It's a frustrating thing :)

Worked for me, and I live in South Africa. Maybe you left out the country code or got the format wrong?