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Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

#552
I'm working on a simple site for running polls using alternative election methods like Instant Runoff Voting, the Condorcet Method, and Borda Counts: https://poller.io

When I looked for sites to run polls with ranked voting, I was surprised that nothing really fit my group's needs, so I figured I'd make one. The site is working (in MVP form), and I'll iterate on it more in the coming months. I'm hoping it can spread awareness about different voting schemes in addition to being a useful/simple tool for decision making.

Also, it was a fun way to learn ReasonML :)

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

#554

I'm making a new tool for writers. With it, you'll be able to write your essays on "layers" The problem? Tweets are easier to read than long-form essays, as they require less time commitment. If the content is not good on a long-form article, you'll find out way too late. With this tool I'm developing: Layer 1 is the shortest version of your essay, the 1 min read — like a tweet. The idea boiled down to the shortest v…

I had a similar idea for wikipedia.

Example: a short, by words, explanation for a mathematical problem. Then, the possibility to expand to a more rigorous proof and so on. This would enforce a top/down type of writing that could benefits audience and creators. I believe it would easely apply to the great part of knowledge sharing.

Neat implementation.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

#555
https://www.ssdnodes.com/

SSD Nodes is a bootstrapped cloud hosting provider I've been working on since 2011. Our servers are 90% lower cost than DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Linode when you commit to 1 or 3 years in advance.

We recently launched a Performance line of servers leveraging NVMe technology that boasts millions of IOPS and up to 6,400MB/s disk throughput, while still being 75% lower cost than what you would pay with at competitors.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

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post #555

https://www.ssdnodes.com/ SSD Nodes is a bootstrapped cloud hosting provider I've been working on since 2011. Our servers are 90% lower cost than DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Linode when you commit to 1 or 3 years in advance. We recently launched a Performance line of servers leveraging NVMe technology that boasts millions of IOPS and up to 6,400MB/s disk throughput, while still being 75% lower cost than what you would p…

"when you commit to 1 or 3 years in advance"

That's a tough ask from a new player. I wouldn't lead with that.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

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I'm making a new tool for writers. With it, you'll be able to write your essays on "layers" The problem? Tweets are easier to read than long-form essays, as they require less time commitment. If the content is not good on a long-form article, you'll find out way too late. With this tool I'm developing: Layer 1 is the shortest version of your essay, the 1 min read — like a tweet. The idea boiled down to the shortest v…

I actually prototyped something similar a long time ago. It allowed for authoring sections that could be composed into a number of views. The only difference is that I wanted to capture the different "facets" of an article as well - so you could have a tab that was just the code, or statistics, etc.

You could possibly prototype with a coda template: https://coda.io/@michael-joseph-rosenthal/essayist

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

#558
I'm working on a password manager desktop app called JSON Password Manager. JSON Password Manager fixes a few problems that I've found in other password managers (e.g. LastPass or Dashlane) in the past, namely:

- security -- while most popular password managers use "military-grade" encryption, everything is still stored in the cloud, and the user does not have direct access to where the data is actually stored - customizability -- I want the freedom to design how passwords and encrypted data in whatever way I wish, not having to conform to a particular online UI or mobile app

JSON Password Manager is based on JSON, meaning all of your encrypted passwords and account data can be completely edited as plain JavaScript-like objects. You can store key value pairs for your username, password, and email of an account, and include an array of objects for your security questions, for example.

Every piece of data and JSON stored in JSON Password Manager is encrypted with AES-256 bit ("military-grade" encryption) and stored as hex in a singular file. The encryption key is derived (with pbkdf2) from the users chosen master password.

The desktop app allows users to download the encrypted data file with all their passwords and transfer/use it as they wish, which means users have complete control of their encrypted data.

When they want to view the data, they can just upload the file to the desktop app on their given device, enter the master password, and they can use the encrypted "vault" on that device.

JSON Password Manager is all completely open source (MIT License) on Github: https://github.com/xtrp/JSON-Password-Manager, which is great because any potential bugs, security problems, and feature updates can be done quickly and effectively.

I've currently built out the entire password manager (although not fully tested yet), and am just working on expanding the desktop app to include new features like a strong password generator, a settings tab, etc.

I'd love suggestions, so feel free to respond to this comment or email me at xtrp@xtrp.io.

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