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Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by porton »

https://github.com/vporton/xml-boiler and https://github.com/vporton/xml-boiler-dlang

It was written a specification (draft but already "functional") for automatic transformation and validation of complex (possibly multi-namespace) XML documents based on namespaces, written a software (XML Boiler) to implement these transformations. Written a short tutorial for XML Boiler.

This is HTML and LaTeX "killer".

Most of the specification was implemented in Python programming language. This project prototype "XML Boiler" is already nearly complete and is practically useful.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by xcdzvyn »

mhzsh wrote: post #308

https://streamigo.io/ It's an app to help 2+ people choose what to watch together on the most popular streaming platforms by presenting semi-random titles, asking each person to vote (swipe left/right), and settling on the "best" based on most votes/popularity. It was born out of endless scrolling through Netflix (and the like) with significant others and friends, and not settling on something to watch. Instead, this…

> It's limited to usage within the US only for now, as wrangling all of the metadata is time consuming (and we're based in the US).

Is that why CloudFlare blocked my connection? (815726e91d9955ee) :)

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by levensworth »

Once i decided to start learning FastAPI and a bit of React I had 2 projects which at the time seem like a great idea (of course, they turn out to be not that great but I learned a lot form them).

1. https://www.linic.io => A local news paper aggregator and summary for my Home country.

2. https://www.animefindr.net => an Anime recommendation engine.

Although both didn't make much fuzz and probably need a lot more work to be actually useful. I learned a lot about recommendation engines in general, the different steps of the process, how to solve the exploitation vs exploration dilema for each one and how to use the existing tools available for it.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by quickthrower2 »

shlosky wrote: post #426
emilehere wrote: post #422

Calzone is a Chrome extension for converting between timezones, just by highlighting text. It runs purely client-side. Helps me schedule international meetings when writing emails. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/calzone/ahnbgncjjn...

brilliant name

Can it convert Hawaiian to Napoli?

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by quickthrower2 »

erklik wrote: post #437
emilehere wrote: post #422

Calzone is a Chrome extension for converting between timezones, just by highlighting text. It runs purely client-side. Helps me schedule international meetings when writing emails. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/calzone/ahnbgncjjn...

No firefox version? This is defintely one of the projects that I have on my list to do at some point..

Killer feature would be (a) remember that a specific site or url for logs uses a certain time zone and them (b) convert all time stamps on that page

Half my log pages being UTC and the other half not and not always having an indicator is annoying and this would solve that.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by ilyash »

Next Generation Shell. As a shell, it's a programming language and a UI. Half baked: programming language - pretty much done, we use it at work; UI - just starting to work on.

Ananlysis of what's wrong with current shells' UIs and how to fix it - https://blog.ngs-lang.org/2023/09/30/ui-in-ngs/

Project - https://github.com/ngs-lang/ngs

Any help would be appreciated of course :)

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by quickthrower2 »

socketcluster wrote: post #83

No-code platform for building dynamic apps and websites: https://saasufy.com/ It's further along than what is available online right now though there should be an update in the next few days as it's very close to MVP. It allows you to build tables, lists and pages which update in real-time and support complex views including filtered by category and/or based on variables with pagination. It's designed to be fast and…

Will it be available without needing a crypto token?

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by xcdzvyn »

dcz_self wrote: post #441

https://jazda.org A bicycle computer. Hackable. Open source software. Off the shelf hardware. ARM microcontroller, 100% Rust, Bluetooth (not yet). I have had a bike computer nearly 3 decades ago, but the dream to have the distance counter reset automatically has remained unfulfilled. I could either get a fixed-function calculator or 100% closed overpowered gadget. Why can't I have some fun myself?!? Thankfully, now w…

> (slang) an exclamation of excitement — ale jazda! — radical!

very clever lol

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by quickthrower2 »

and-not-drew wrote: post #205

I've posted before, but https://beatyourbookie.app/ is what I've been working on for a while. The website is for tracking betting lines and finding arbitrage and +EV bets across sports betting sites. I've been hooked on the idea that there are inefficiencies in sports betting markets that can be taken advantage of, especially in betting on live events and so this started as me just collecting minute by minute odds da…

Arbs! I had fun doing them years ago but there are some issues I had:

One side decides not to take the bet, or makes it harder “call us to confirm” type thing.

Opening loads of accounts is tedious.

Some sports are easy to mess up on. I think basketball (?) may have senior and junior versions with the same team names so you can bet on the wrong thing quite easily.

My best arb was about 50% profit! But I had to wait 6 weeks for the check to arrive from the US to the UK. I was worried!

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