I've been working on an encrypted note taking web app called 'fieldnotes'. It's designed to remove friction for writing down everything I might want to reference later by having a very clean and uncluttered interface.
It started out as just a side project for myself and to learn the full scope of software development: From concept to design, architecture, implementation, deployment and monitoring etc. It's been extremely valuable as a learning tool and has increased my confidence in my own skills quite a bit.
Some weeks ago I realized that I was so happy with the result that I will pursue monetizing it. There is still some ways to go but I'm very exited with the whole project :)
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#52I want to build something where people can publish their own blog via their browser using webrtc and indexeddb. but i haven't started yet
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#53I love when technology intersects with non high tech environments.
So I built BuzzMeIn that hooks up to old school phone based apartment buzzers via a Twilio phone number and now the sky's the limit of what I can do.
Plus it solves real people everyday problems, making life more convenient (which I'm also a big fan of)
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#54I've felt strongly for a few years that there is a market (strong interest, if not financial) for a small computer designed to let you be creative and expressive and to learn how computers really work. Over the past year and a half, I've built up a BASIC-like system on my own bare metal kernel on ARM64, giving a boot-to-BASIC programming and prototyping environment in a few seconds. I've worked down the stack as far…
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#55I'm making a PC game about that weird and ethereal (and scary) feeling you get from empty public buildings. I've already sold over 2000 copies and it hasn't even left beta yet. https://q-andrew.itch.io/anemoiapolis
Great stuff, I just got shivers looking at your trailer late at night here.
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#56I'm having a lot of fun making a virtual ant farm as a side project.
https://meomix.github.io/antfarm/
I found some code written in 1991 for Unix (in C) and decided I would port it to React and get it running on the web. I have to implement persistence and iron out a few bugs, but it's at least functional at this point.
I wrote the original coder and let them know I'm rewriting their code 30 years later. They're stoked to see it come back to life and I find that motivates me to do a good job. Plus, some of my friends' kids have started to take an interest in it.
I'm not sure which direction I'll go with it long-term. I kind of wanted to get it running on an e-ink screen and have it sit on my desk or become more like a tamagotchi. I don't have any experience working with hardware and think it would a cool way to learn some of that stuff.
I'm probably going to add some more features to it like a queen ant, food, pathfinding, etc. I saw this cool "ant-based solution to the TSP" https://www.theprojectspot.com/tutorial-post/ant-colony-opti... which I could see being solved by the ants over time and then introducing variables like weather or user-interaction which disrupt the path and then watching it get solved again, etc.
idk! I just played SimAnt when I was young and impressionable and am taking it way too far now. :)
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#57I founded a YIMBY group where I live, because I did not want to be part of tech workers pricing other people out. Now we're a chapter of YIMBY Action: https://yimbyaction.org/ It's interesting in that it's very different from tech, but also rewarding to make a difference in people's lives.
How difficult was it? I'm thinking of doing something similar in my mid-sized mid-western city. There are so many growth opportunities stunted by zoning laws. I'm a big advocate for regulation but parking mandates and housing density limits present more problems than solutions.
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#58I've felt strongly for a few years that there is a market (strong interest, if not financial) for a small computer designed to let you be creative and expressive and to learn how computers really work. Over the past year and a half, I've built up a BASIC-like system on my own bare metal kernel on ARM64, giving a boot-to-BASIC programming and prototyping environment in a few seconds. I've worked down the stack as far…
I have had this exact idea before, and agree with you on almost every front except for this seeing widespread adoption by non-hackers. :P
"Radically freeing" is exactly how I'd imagine it too.
If you need any help at all on the non-technical aspects (logistics, fundraising, manufacturing/stock-keeping), please shoot us a message (email in bio). Not asking for anything in return, would just love to see something like this come to market.
So many creators overlook these aspects, and they're arguably more important than the technical specifics.
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#59I am working to educate municipalities about the risks of building new gas stations as EVs begin to get market share. Gas stations are expensive to cleanup and the insurance to cover spills is often insufficient.
I envision a future 20-30 years from now as profits dry up the industry collapsing and leaving municipalities holding the toxic asset of an expensive to cleanup site. These sites will then require municipalities to write grants, hire construction staff, etc.
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#60My main area of interest is developer infrastructure -- hence I'm making a Git-like version control system for huge repos: https://www.haberdashervcs.com/
It's in crude form now, but I'm working to change that.