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

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

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Post by lukaszkups » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:24 PM UTC

Hmn where to start?

1. Static site generator

2. Table component for vue.js that actually deliver solutions for common use cases I had in my projects lately but had to customize existing solutions to achieve what I needed.

3. Live tile pure js library (like from Windows phone OS) - just for fun

4. Form generator based on provided json structure for vue.js projects.

5. I occasionally write random tech articles on my website and also run weekly lifelog/devlog since the beginning of this year.

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

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Post by hydandata » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:24 PM UTC

Writing a book on how to set up a simple but flexible tech stack that will scale without issues.

Backend, frontend, testing, team comms, CI/CD, cloud stuff etc. Mostly FOSS.

Friends and colleagues have been bugging me to get it done for a while, guess now is the time..

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Post by jolmg » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:24 PM UTC

lostintangent wrote: post #356

I’m working on a tool that allows developers to record and playback interactive, guided walkthroughs of a codebase, directly from their editor. It’s called CodeTour, and it’s currently available as a VS Code extension: https://aka.ms/codetour . I built it because I frequently find myself looking to onboard (or “reboard”) to a project, and not knowing exactly where to start. After speaking to a bunch of other develope…

That's a surprisingly nice approach to the problem.

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Post by gioscarab » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:25 PM UTC

I am working since 2010 on the PJON (Padded Jittering Operative Network) protocol: https://github.com/gioblu/PJON

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Post by soneca » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:25 PM UTC

A personal journal that you can share with trusted ones: https://www.quidsentio.com

I want to evolve it to a quiet social network where the incentive is to nurture relationships with closed ones, not optimize for number of people seeing your posts.

I am writing a few thoughts about my journey here: https://blog.quidsentio.com

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Post by symstym » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:25 PM UTC

dietrichepp wrote: post #140

A sound effects generator in the style of SFXR (or its many clones), but with a larger library of sound effects. https://www.ultrafxr.us/ Under the hood, it’s a software modular synthesizer with certain limitations—for example, the modules can’t be connected in a cycle. The modules are connected with code in a simple language that checks units, so you write “500ms” instead of “0.5” if you need a 500ms delay. If you w…

Sounds cool. If you haven't already, you might want to check out the Fractal Bits iOS app. It doesn't let you manually adjust parameters, only randomly generate sounds, but it makes some nice ones. It sounds probably FM-based to me.

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Post by xoelop » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:25 PM UTC

I'm working on https://goodcompanies.io, a site to share companies that are letting their people work from home during the coronavirus pandemic

I compiled the list of companies originally from the answers to DHH's tweets and now people can add their own companies too

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Post by ioddly » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:26 PM UTC

0x38B wrote: post #346

It's nothing yet, but I'm trying to hack on ProseMirror(1) and make an easy way to make quizzes (think EdX, or something - cloze, multiple choice, drop-down, etc) that can then be embedded in a page (e.g. export HTML, paste in Ghost CMS). It needs to be usable by regular people like my teacher. Learned about ProseMirror here in the thread on Edtr.io. It's very 'lego-y' and I think it'll work well, but the complexity…

How are you finding it so far?

I set out to build my own contenteditable based editor and after a couple weeks of banging my head on it, I do appreciate Prosemirror's very rigorous approach. I suspect it might be the best choice for me as well.

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Post by demircancelebi » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:26 PM UTC

There's a game called Hnefatafl, also known as Nordic chess. I've created a platform similar to lichess to play this game with others online: https://litafl.web.app/ There are still some rough edges but please check it out and let me know what you think. - P.S. Anonymous games / ratings do not work at the moment.

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Post by mkl » Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 10:26 PM UTC

bootlooped wrote: post #315

The washing machines in my building are often on the fritz or steal money. I was going to make a simple web app where you can see which ones have been recently confirmed working or broken. It would rely on user input. I think I'll try to do this with AWS s3, lambda, and athena. I want to have operating costs below a couple dollars a month, since I will likely make no money on this. I've also considered trying to use…

Might be easier to find a cheap low-spec VPS on e.g. https://lowendbox.com/