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#512Been working on this for a few years now, scraping it and starting over multiple times but finally actually have it live on a site. A friend of mine and I are theme park enthusiasts I guess and we're trying to make a freely accessible collection of all things theme parks. Theres a few competitors out there - some wiki style, some scraped content.
The API isn't live yet but the ultimate goal will be to allow theme park bloggers to integrate our data. Still in the very early stages, need to figure out a monetization plan. Have a few ideas but want to build a solid product first and worry about money later.
Tech stack: - Strapi for the api/cms - Nextjs for frontend - Tailwind - Meilisearch - willnorris/imageproxy
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#513I'm working on a robot that can make noodle-based dishes by itself in a food truck. The end goal is to just do a bit of prep work in the morning, turn it on and leave it running all day to sell food in Seattle.
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#514I'm working on a language optimized for solving programming challenges as quickly as possible. That is, I'm not optimizing for execution time , I'm optimizing for time between reading the problem statement and having a working solution . As far as I'm aware, there aren't any existing languages in this space. There are plenty of "code golf" languages, which optimize for shortest finished program , but that's slightly…
I hope this will in no way be interpreted as discouraging or snobbish, just want to add a little perspective. Please understand that I’m very supportive of your endeavor...
> As far as I'm aware, there aren't any existing languages in this space.
In some form or another, all existing languages (other than joke langs) are in this space. That’s why we have programming languages. Ultimately they all prioritize some subset of “problems” that they optimize solving.
That said, in terms of instant feedback I’d look at LightTable and (believe it or not) Chrome dev tools as prior art.
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#515https://audiblogs.com Let's you listen to any web article in your podcast player
This is fantastic. I spent a lot of time looking into making my own podcast feed with audio of articles but never pushed through hard enough to get it working.
It's working perfectly on desktop but I'm having some trouble on Castbox. When I navigate to the link from the QR code Castbox can't find the feed.
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#516I am building a new hosting platform for nodejs web applications which makes it easy to integrate different support services. Need to view your logs, or see helpful metrics? Want your application to automatically scale in multiple regions? Want to get alerted when your app fails?
I am building a platform that can provide you all of this and much more out of the box if you host your web application with us.
Traditionally you would have configured each of these support services individually in your infrastructure which is a mess and requires time, money, and expertise. Our platform seamlessly encapsulates these services so it can “just work” with you app like magic.
Checkout our platform (work in progress) https://plugins.quadnix.com
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#517I'm working on a language optimized for solving programming challenges as quickly as possible. That is, I'm not optimizing for execution time , I'm optimizing for time between reading the problem statement and having a working solution . As far as I'm aware, there aren't any existing languages in this space. There are plenty of "code golf" languages, which optimize for shortest finished program , but that's slightly…
One idea I started building and never finished was "pseudocode as code".
The idea was to have a compiler for pseudocode used in CS books in place of real code.
There are a few small differences (eg. using = vs :=) but most books and interview-preparing materials use a C-like notation.
Then I started reading papers written by language researchers (which use haskell-like pseudocode) and realised the size of the task at hand.
Probably trying to please only CS students / people doing interviews would still make for a fun hack.
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#518A browser extension called Curb Your Consumerism that detects when you are on a checkout page and shows you how long it took you to earn enough money to complete that purchase. The idea is about increasing the mindfulness of your purchases and reducing unnecessary environmental waste driven by impulse buying. Here's what I'm planning next: - Detecting the checkouts and extracting the checkout total generally across w…
This is great idea and I love the name.
Like some others hear I'm more interested in the carbon cost of purchases. How long it takes to earn the cost is something my brain automatically calculates! (maybe younger folks don't do that).
I recently worked on an idea to try and build a movement to rally people around taking action to benefit the CO2 problem during a specific month of the year: https://march2zero.com
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#519I'm working on the iOS version of Proxyman (https://proxyman.io).
If you know Charles Proxy, you know Proxyman is, a native macOS app that provides better UIUX and debugging features, e.g. Scripting with JS or Automation scripts for iOS/Android.
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#520A travel planning app to help people convert their pent-up desire to explore the world again into live travel plans. It constantly monitors: - State-level travel restrictions for 65 countries - Airbnb and hotel prices and availability - Flight prices and availability - Cross-border driving restrictions for road trips You don't need to open 20 tabs to check that your flights match the hotel options, and then check tha…
Great name!