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Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

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Post by chrisrickard »

mmmuhd wrote: post #98
chrisrickard wrote: post #20

Dev to Agency ( https://devtoagency.com ) - I am writing on how developers can start and run their own custom software agencies. This is from my experience starting, running, and selling my agency over 8 years... I have never written before this, and not sure if it's something I will after this - but at this stage I need to "get it all out of my head". I don't foresee this being a forever project because ultimately I…

Thank you for this, this is exactly what I am looking for.

Very good to hear! I have only just started this and it sometimes feels like their may not be an audience, so that's great news :)

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Post by jcun4128 »

prvak wrote: post #461
jcun4128 wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is cool I have a similar thought in mind as well as far as having specific meals/ingredients to buy and suggest at random with cost for next grocery run. Looked at the repo, any screenshots of the UI/interface?

I don't have any on hand, but it's extremely bare bones. Plain HTML, no CSS, no JavaScript. Also I don't have a permanently running server yet, I just boot it up with a sqlite db in Git when i need to use it. Might respond later with screenshots if i remember when its more convenient for me.

I just wasn't sure like how you use this, is it expected to be CLI or there will be an interface. I just skimmed the readme.

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Post by sandrot »

Hi all, I’m working on an app to help find and delete duplicate or near duplicate photos. I’m building it for my dad to help him consolidate all of the redundant family photos he collects, and I’m trying to do it quickly before he completely runs out of space on iCloud. I hope it’s useful.

It’s been a lot of fun to develop, and finally gave me a chance to try out Mithril.js which is a pretty sweet piece of minimalist software.

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Post by badactor »

testmasterflex wrote: post #46
testmasterflex wrote: post #44

https://loodio.com - A smart device for bathroom privacy I built it for myself because I just hate not having privacy living with my girlfriend. Then some other people enjoyed it and I made it into a product that is launching on Kickstarter soon.

And honestly I don’t care if it takes off or not. I urgently need it. However it would be nice to get back those 50k I’ve spent on the development process but in either case I learned a lot.

Curious if there’s some way I can contact you regarding questions about getting a hw startup off the ground. I have an idea for a small household electronic which would be similar in size and (probably) complexity to yours.

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Post by consumer451 »

fsflover wrote: post #426
consumer451 wrote: post #424

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> fake-news that GMO may be harmful. I would argue that saying all GMO products are equal and the entire concept is safe is also not correct. To me, "GMOs are totally safe" sounds a lot like saying "chemicals are totally safe." There are multiple techniques, many possible product categories, with many possible safety outcomes. The safety relies on regulation by U.S. agencies which are mostly compromised by regulatory…

See my link above with scientific references. In the same way you can add poison (or herbicides) in non-GMO crops. It does not prove anything. See also: https://xkcd.com/641/ .

I agree with your sentiment, but I fail to see how it applies to what I was replying to.

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Post by xcubic »

nonbirithm wrote: post #350

An engine rewrite of a Japanese roguelike I played a lot[1]. I like Emacs, so I decided to see what would happen if I tried writing it in the style of what Steve Yegge calls "living systems", where all the code is interactively callable in-game and reusable in mods. There is no scripting layer, the implementation and extension language are one and the same (Lua). I like to think of the engine as a massive programming…

I have a question regarding this. How do you get started coding living systems?
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