I'll be working on my own mobile proxy build: https://scrapingfish.com/blog/byo-mobile-proxy-for-web-scrap...
Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#382I recently fell in love with node-based editors so I'm working on several plugins for my game engine https://github.com/nem0/LumixEngine, e.g. node-based procedural geometry plugin, node-based image editor, visual scripting or node-based level generator. I am also thinking about using WASM as runtime for the visual script, which also means easier support for scripting in other languages which can compile to WASM.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#383My oldest daughter will turn 8 this year. These days I'm planning which would be best computer/software/OS for her (if any), but nothing in the market fits my requirements as a father. There is so much noise, distraction and overall bullshit in today's computers that I don't think it is healthy or appropriate for her. So I'm planning to make a custom (software) solution. A small set of focused, minimal, productive an…
i would recommend a chromebook. cheap, simple, and probably what she'll use at school.
chromebooks are a thing in US schools, aren't they?, but not so much in Spain, they don't regularly use computers in public schools (at least in the area we live). But I do have a small Asus laptop with a great form factor.
Thanks!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#384I'm starting a 100% Worker Owned For-Profit residential Trash and Recycling Co-operative All profits go into the neighborhoods we serve and our bylaws are based on the US Constitution. No investors or different class shares. Management term limits, workers vote for CEO and a cooperative ombudsman (termed) for representation during yearly plan/budget proposal. The CEO proposes a yearly plan/budget to the collective of…
> our bylaws are based on the US Constitution
What does this actually mean? (Could you link the bylaws?)
I find co-ops fascinating and wish you every success. And that the idea might percolate wider.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#385I'm sick of having to decide between using cloud software and using local software. Cloud software so often needs subscriptions, and if the company dies I lose access to my data. Local software isn't collaborative. I don't want to email files around to myself, or think about versions. So I'm building a software platform for local first applications on top of CRDTs. Its called Replica, though we haven't talked much ab…
Do you know about Electric SQL (https://electric-sql.com/docs/overview/technical-intro)? It sounds similar to what you describe.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#386I've been trying to think of some ideas for mobile applications to build. I want to break into the mobile space in some way, but all of my ideas seem to already exist and demotivates me from actually doing anything. Maybe someday I will get out of that headspace.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#387I just bought my first house, so I am hoping to sink my teeth into some home improvement tasks (drilling, basic plumbing, changing light fixtures etc) - definitely a challenge for someone who's only lived in rentals before. Also interested in making the home as energy efficient as possible (LED bulbs, better insulation, smart thermostatic valves on the radiators etc). If anyone has any resources to read on this pleas…
Just a suggestion for you, based on my own home improvements: break bigger things in smaller tasks and try to finish them in the same day or the day after. Sometimes life gets in the way, or you lose steam, and an incomplete repair or unfinished task starts to become a psychological drag or even make a section of your house unusable.
Another one: buy the basic tools (screwdrivers, hammer, pliers, saw, sets of screws and nails) whenever possible and have them always available, but buy other tools as you go along, because only then you'll know what you are going to need.
And yet another one: don't be afraid to do (most) things. If you do a bad job or break something you can learn something from that and re-try. If not, you can always (or mostly) hire someone to fix your errors.
I'm not a native EN speaker and slept poorly last night, so I hope you can understand my suggestions!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#388I'm working on two projects this year. First is a routine/task management app designed for people with inattentive ADHD. The goal is develop automated strategies that catch and counter the tendency for such tools to spontaneously turn "invisible" to the audience, whereupon they lose progress and time until they find a new strategy or reconnect. Second is publishing a fiction serial via a self-hosted Ghost instance us…
I am interested in both these things. Can you tell me where I might find out more about both of them? Thank you.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#389I'll be working on refining my pitch about how bad everything is and why the system needs to change... And posting that into the void where nobody will ever read it due to big tech algorithm censorship... While working a day job which allows me to profit from the root of all system flaws which I keep complaining about because it's the only one I could find which pays the bills... A kind of forced hypocrisy. Happy new…
If you actually have a manifesto of sorts I wouldn't mind reading it.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#390I'm finally getting around to writing a couple of games. I started my career because I wanted to make games when I was a kid, but took a wrong turn into embedded medical devices, databases, the web... so I figure this will be the year I have time to make some fun software and worry about FPS instead of TPS.
Interesting! What games are you working on?