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Inspired by MathAcademy, I'm developing: 1) a note-taking workflow in Obsidian (you take bite-sized notes about a topic, then connect "prerequisite" notes in Obsidian's canvas editor) 2) a tool that uploads each note and graph data to a database 3) a webapp that presents those notes algorithmically using spaced repetition. This enables you to allow others to "traverse" your note graph in a guided and self-paced manne…
So I'm giving a try to a project which started with marketing. No implementation, just a TikTok to see if people like it. And holy crap, we got 75k views!
The new idea [2] is easier to explain (1 pushup = 1 minute of scrolling) and already has a community. Plus, not working alone helps me focus on what I'm good at: programming. I don't regret learning about other areas but doing marketing for a living is not my thing.
I'm not getting rid of SpeedBump, though. It's a fun side project and it does help people :)
It doesn’t feel there yet, but starting to seem some workflows could be close. And non-technical folks at business are starting to pay attention and want projects moving in those areas.
I redesigned the home page today itself. Any feedback is appreciated!
Inspired by MathAcademy, I'm developing: 1) a note-taking workflow in Obsidian (you take bite-sized notes about a topic, then connect "prerequisite" notes in Obsidian's canvas editor) 2) a tool that uploads each note and graph data to a database 3) a webapp that presents those notes algorithmically using spaced repetition. This enables you to allow others to "traverse" your note graph in a guided and self-paced manne…
Along the lines of predictionbook, metaculus - something that helps you be "well calibrated", but more playful/fun than metaculus.
It doesn't have a lot of upside - predictionbook actually went offline due to lack of interest. But it was a good excuse to try out some vibe coding, and learn react native (I've mostly been a backend programmer).
In an attempt to make it more engaging and fun, I decided to have it focus on sports picks. Also partly because calibration graphs need to have a lot of predictions to yield any reliable information about your calibration.
I got it up in time for March Madness and about 25 of my friends joined and it was a good time. I nagged and reminded them a lot about about 15-20 of them predicted all 63 games, by picking the winner of each match and what their percentage confidence was. I had a leaderboard and live-blogged and gave silly awards.
I later added support for multiple "tournaments" and currently have tournaments going for NBA Playoffs and NHL Playoffs, but interest is waning. Of my friends, only 2-3 others are still regularly predicting.
Maybe it'll be more fun for the NFL season but I might also let it go a bit dormant.
Biggest challenge is that there isn't really a bulletproof way to rank people if people only predict some games in a tournament. I've tried all sorts of things, minimum # of games, bayesian kernel smoothing, but it's ultimately arbitrary when choosing how to penalize someone for not participating.
If I were to continue I'd be looking at things like automatically integrating with sports apis and odds/bookmaking apis, allowing users to create their own tournaments, etc. But ultimately, the UX of the site isn't much more than making a prediction, and then checking back later when the game is over to see your score. Not much more reason to hang around on the site than that.
Also having fun one-shoting or few-shoting, little games and interactives: