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Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by iujjkfjdkkdkf » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:19 PM UTC

kumarsw wrote: post #506

kstenerud wrote: post #433

Concise Encoding: https://concise-encoding.org The friendly data format for human and machine. Think JSON, but with 1:1 compatible twin binary and text formats and rich type support. * Edit text, transmit binary. Humans love text. Machines love binary. With Concise Encoding, conversion is 1:1 and seamless. * Rich type support. Boolean, integer, float, string, bytes, time, URI, UUID, list, map, markup, metadata, comme…

Somewhat OT, but one of my pet crazy ideas is a Forth-like data file format based on a stack. I've never thought about it enough to say if it's completely stupid or not.

Could you elaborate a bit? Would the file be a set of instructions that generates the data (this is how postscript works), or something else?

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by mourner » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:20 PM UTC

I have a ton of unfinished open source projects, but here's a recent small one I believe can take off:

https://github.com/mourner/tinyjam — a bare-bones, zero-configuration static site generator that deliberately has no features, an experiment in radical simplicity.

Essentially a tiny, elegant glue between EJS templates and Markdown with freeform structure (enabling incremental adoption) and convenient defaults, written in under 120 lines of JavaScript.

I also made a modern EJS implementation specifically for this: https://github.com/mourner/yeahjs And planning to implement a strict, minimal subset of YAML to switch over to: https://github.com/mourner/yeahml

Will be happy to hear any feedback :)

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by wes-k » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:20 PM UTC

Creating a data driven 2d vector drawing app. Essentially, a no code d3.

Still early, here's a few animations I made while playing with the tool: https://imgur.com/a/3ww4ql1

Inspiration: http://worrydream.com/DrawingDynamicVisualizationsTalkAddend...

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by m463 » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:23 PM UTC

Good time to haul out the old quote...

"Stop Starting and Start Finishing"

(but honestly I'm happier the other way)

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by errozero » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:24 PM UTC

A web based DAW type app for music production with instrument modules, piano roll etc.

https://errozero-metronic-studio-718699.netlify.app/

Click on the button with the piano icon at the top to test out the piano roll. You can play notes with the typing keyboard.

I got much further than this previously but decided to throw a lot of the code away and start again. I spent a load of time building a custom UI library before starting with things like draggable windows, linked scroll containers, dropdown menus etc.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by Folcon » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:24 PM UTC

i2shar wrote: post #570

Folcon wrote: post #560

Been spending the last 2 years or so working on putting together a data processing and exploration tool. Primarily allowing for the importing of csv files, though handle excel files to a degree (need to improve that). The data exploration side basically allows the user to put together a stack of transformations which then get applied to the data which the user can then view the result of. The data processing side all…

Heard of Trifacta? Something similar?

Similar, not as polished obviously. Also not in the cloud, the loaded data stays within the browser, all the transformations happen in browser. Primarily because I'd prefer more people to have that option. Not sure if anyone cares though...

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by jsncbt » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:24 PM UTC

Hipcharts.com is an app I’ve wanted to build for a longtime that allows you to create and share your favourite albums of the year.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by jschulenklopper » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:25 PM UTC

mjac wrote: post #554

I built Running Level https://runninglevel.com/ recently along the same lines as my other site Strength Level https://strengthlevel.com/ but have only done a soft launch. Gyms are closed here in the UK so a lot of us are out running instead. Running Level has running standards for your age/gender over many distances like 10k/marathon/mile. The calculator on the homepage helps you rate your running performance against…

Very nice; I like the simplicity of Running Level (with less options than Strength Level). Where do you get the reference level data from (for running)?

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by nergal » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:26 PM UTC

Well, my whole github page is filled with these. Some are actually usable though :) https://github.com/lallassu

Re: Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

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Post by 66d8kk » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 9:26 PM UTC

jnskender wrote: post #92

https://www.debt-dash.io Plug in some basic information about your debt accounts. Choose your payoff order and how much extra you can pay towards debt each month. I provide a month by month guide on how your payments will snowball until your debt-free. I’m the only user currently and I have a lot of work to do on branding/homepage before I share it with others but it fits the bill of unfinished but slightly useful.

This is great. Thanks for sharing.

I've often wonder how the gamification of debt / saving could work.

Have you considered that at all?