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A little language for dimensional analysis programming: https://github.com/whatgoodisaroad/doggerel

Rather than static types, primitive values have static dimensions and (in lieu of objects) complex values are built up into unordered vectors. The core idea being that if the language makes it easy to spin up descriptive purpose-built dimensions, vectors are the only data structure we need!

It started out as a straightforward attempt to program with units and conversions, but slowly generalized to this vector concept. The next steps are about building a static dimension language (like a type language) to slice-and-dice vectors with projections.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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A Personal Configuration Manager. An OS 'WP killer' that pushes web designs (apps/blogs/etc) via ssh to target servers. Allows for an independent way of managing your web assets and designing beautiful web sites for your self or others.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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https://pingr.io - uptime (soon performance) monitoring service

I'm looking for help regarding: - New features which you miss in such services - Pricing model (https://www.producthunt.com/discussions/how-to-choose-correc...)

It's already working, though might be buggy a little.

Thinking of switching to B2B, instead of B2C

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I'm struggling with https://memordo.com which is a minimalist flashcard platform where you can create public and private decks. I use the tool religiously because I prefer my tool over the others tools available. I think the strategy forward for me is to create some public decks that others people would like to study.. Do you guys have any cool ideas for decks?

Something for geeks, perhaps? How about practice materials for a Linux certification?

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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I think it's a little bit beyond "half" baked, but I built a thing I call Logsuck last year: https://github.com/jackbister/logsuck The idea is to have a free Splunk alternative which you can set up with just one binary. I use Splunk at work and love it, but it just doesn't seem like a product for solo developers (I can't even find a pricing page on splunk.com), and the primary free alternative, the ELK stack, seems a…

Wow, I just commented this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25702294 Maybe I can add yours a JSON view and call it done :)

Interesting! I have it in the backlog that I want to support structured logging via JSON at some point. It's pretty far down the list right now though since I personally haven't used structured logging very much.

I added an issue about it: https://github.com/JackBister/logsuck/issues/7 - if you want to chip in with any comments or even help out with implementing it it'd be much welcomed!

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Biden Unleashed https://twitch.tv/biden_unleashed

Voice/lexicon cloned, 3D, mocapped Joe Biden w/ interactive Twitch chat.

Built it after joking with a friend about Joe Biden's "gaffes", how his platform doesn't generate much enthusiasm, and that an alternate more risque Joe Biden could bring excitement to the people.

It's goofy, has some bugs, is in bad taste, but the account ended up qualifying for the Twitch Affiliate program which was neat. Also, I just think it's a funny project and my goal was to create it for those who share a similar sense of humor and could get a laugh out of it. I've been downvoted to hell and people have messaged with everything but the kitchen sink, from being called a transphobe, sexist, trumptard, bernie bro, the whole gamut. Thing is I'm none of these (maybe a bernie supporter... not bro. Support the policies, then the individual) and just wanted to make something absurd, funny, and fun for friends and others who share the same sense of humor.

The setup is a bit complicated, but it's what my budget allows for. One linux machine w/ a GTX 1060 monitors for incoming chats, when one is received it generates a text and TTS reply, then adds the username and text/audio files to the queue. The second machine handles the streaming, playing of pre-generated audio files, and monitors the queue for usernames to display in the stream and chat responses to play/display.

I've got a long list of other ideas for technical and content improvements, but they're taking the backburner for the time being while I work on learning/building more with React and search for work.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Reachoutt.com

It's an app that texts you reminders to reach out to friends/family/contacts you create on a regular basis. You set up the frequency of the reminders. There are a few API's that send along idea that to talk to them about as well.

It doesnt really work in production right now because it uses ruby cronish jobs that don't work correctly on heroku servers. Just need more time to spend on it.

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